Monday, August 3, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Grand Pavillion VI, Hyatt
COS 15 - Sustainability
1:30 PMCOS 15-1The interactions of climate change, land management policies and forest succession on fire hazard and ecosystem trajectories in the wildland-urban interface
Bart R. Johnson, University of Oregon, John P. Bolte, Oregon State University, Scott D. Bridgham, University of Oregon, David W. Hulse, University of Oregon, Ronald P. Neilson, USDA Forest Service, Robert G. Ribe, University of Oregon, Gabriel I. Yospin, University of Oregon, Alan A. Ager, USDA Forest Service, Constance A. Harrington, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Jane A. Kertis, USDA Forest Service, James M. Lenihan, USDA Forest Service, Peter J. Gould, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Max Nielson-Pincus, University of Oregon
1:50 PMCOS 15-2Networks as mechanisms for community wildfire preparedness planning: Across scale relationship building for complex human and natural systems
Kristen C. Nelson, University of Minnesota, Rachel F. Brummel, University of Minnesota, Sam Burns, Fort Lewis College, Antony Cheng, Colorado State University, Pamela Jakes, USDA Forest Service, Stephanie S. Souter, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Victoria Sturtevant, Southern Oregon Univeristy, Daniel Williams, USDA Forest Service
2:10 PMCOS 15-3Fire risk and forest carbon offsets: The need for ecologically informed policy
Matthew D. Hurteau, Northern Arizona University, Bruce A. Hungate, Northern Arizona University, George W. Koch, Northern Arizona University, Malcolm North, USDA Forest Service
2:30 PMCOS 15-4Effects of commercial harvesting on snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) populations in the tidal wetlands of Maryland
Patrick W. Cain, Towson University, Richard A. Seigel, Towson University
2:50 PMCOS 15-5Rooftop ecology: Using Sedum as a nurse plant to increase plant diversity on a green roof
Colleen M. Butler, Tufts University, Colin M Orians, Tufts University
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 15-6Systematic conservation planning and the value of information
Stephen C. Newbold, U.S. EPA, Juha Siikamaki, Resources for the Future
3:40 PMCOS 15-7The role of ecology in local governments: The Environmental Advisory Board of Larimer County as a case study
Dale R. Lockwood, Colorado State University
4:00 PMCOS 15-8Comparing and explaining public acceptance of ecological forestry in Tasmania and the U.S. Pacific Northwest
Robert G. Ribe, University of Oregon, Rebecca Ford, University of Melbourne, Kathryn Williams, University of Melbourne
4:20 PMCOS 15-9Habitat use by Mexican criollo and British beef cattle breeds in arid- and semi-arid environments of New Mexico and Chihuahua
Jose O. Roacho Estrada, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Ed L. Fredrickson, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range, Gerardo A. Bezanilla Enriquez, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Alfredo Gonzalez, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range, H. Raul Peinetti, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range, Felipe A. RodrÍguez Almeida, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
4:40 PMCOS 15-10The source sink dynamics of anurans in stormwater basins of the New Jersey coastal plain
Kathleen McCarthy, Rutgers University, Richard G. Lathrop, Rutgers University

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