94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)

Thursday, August 6, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Dona Ana, Albuquerque Convention Center

Presider:

Angela J. Brandt, Landcare Research

8:00 AM

COS 86-1

Community and ecosystem response to a pesticide disturbance in ponds: The role of assembly history and compositional variability
Lauren M. Woods, Washington University; Elisabeth Calhoon, Ohio Wesleyan University; Patricia J. Troy, Ohio Wesleyan University; Amy L. Downing, Ohio Wesleyan University

8:20 AM

COS 86-2

Severe drought and novel community trajectories in a desert spring system
Michael T. Bogan, University of California, Berkeley; David A. Lytle, Oregon State University

8:40 AM

COS 86-3

Landscape and local variation in mixed evergreen forest composition related to Phytophthora ramorum (Sudden Oak Death) near Big Sur, California
Frank Davis, University of California Santa Barbara; Mark Borchert, San Bernadino National Forest

9:00 AM

COS 86-4

Abiotic and biotic drivers of seedling survival in a hurricane-impacted tropical forest
Liza S. Comita, The Ohio State University; Maria Uriarte, Columbia University; Jill Thompson, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (Edinburgh); Inge Jonckheere, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Jess K. Zimmerman, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras

9:20 AM

COS 86-5

Large-scale damage assessment from Hurricane Dean in the dry tropical forests of the Yucatan Peninsula
Jennifer A. Holm, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Deborah Lawrence, University of Virginia; Laura Schneider, Rutgers University; John Rogan, Clark University; Birgit Schmook, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur

9:40 AM

COS 86-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 86-6

The importance of competition under disturbance: Evidence from a long-term microbial experiment
Cyrille Violle, CNRS; Zhichao Pu, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lin Jiang, Georgia Institute of Technology

10:10 AM

COS 86-7

Soil mite community from wildfired mountain sites and its implication to the climate change
Chuleui Jung, Andong National University; Jiwon Kim, Andong National University; Eunson Keum, Andong National University; Hoonbok Yi, Seoul Women's University, Seoul, Korea

10:30 AM

COS 86-8

Evidence for sustainability of seagrasses responding to Washington’s shellfish agro-ecosystems
Jennifer L. Ruesink, University of Washington

10:50 AM

COS 86-9

Indirect effects of key ecosystem engineer alters distribution of foundation species
Jada-Simone S. White, California State University, Chico; Benjamin M. Bolker, McMaster University

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COS 86 - Community Disturbance and Recovery I