Tuesday, August 5, 2008: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
104 D, Midwest Airlines Center
COS 22 - Ecosystem Stability and Resilience
8:00 AMCOS 22-1Nitrogen critical loads for epiphytic macrolichens in mixed-conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada, California
Mark E. Fenn, USDA Forest Service, Sarah Jovan, US Forest Service, Linda Geiser, USDA Forest Service
8:20 AMCOS 22-2Rethinking peace parks as socio-ecological systems: "Environmental peacemaking" and resilience
Keith G. Tidball, Cornell University, Marianne E Krasny, Cornell University
8:40 AMCOS 22-3Estimating ecological resilience: The self-identity approach - CANCELLED
Fridolin S. Brand, Technische Universität München
9:00 AMCOS 22-4Historic range of variability of upland vegetation in Wyoming national forests
Carolyn B. Meyer, University of Wyoming, Dennis H. Knight, University of Wyoming, Gregory K. Dillon, University of Wyoming
9:20 AMCOS 22-5Climate and human-mediated fire regimes of a humid coast redwood forest
Steve Norman, US Forest Service Southern Research Station
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 22-6Temporal stability of ecosystem function on coral reefs: Roles of density-dependence, species interactions, and the portfolio effect
Loic Thibaut, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Sean R. Connolly, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
10:10 AMCOS 22-7A test of alternative stable states theory in producer communities of temporary wetlands
Sigrid D.P. Smith, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10:30 AMCOS 22-8Can intertidal eelgrass persist and spread by engineering its hydrodynamic environment?
Sylvia Yang, University of Washington, Elizabeth Wheat, University of Washington, Micah Horwith, University of Washington, Arwen Norman, University of Washington, Jennifer Ruesink, University of Washington
10:50 AMCOS 22-9Spatial indicators of catastrophic regime shifts in ecological systems
Vishwesha Guttal, The Ohio State University, Ciriyam Jayaprakash, The Ohio State University

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