COS 16 - Urban Ecosystems

Monday, August 3, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Grand Pavillion II, Hyatt
Presider:
Robert L. Sanford Jr., University of Denver
1:30 PM
 An integrated monitoring/modeling framework for assessing human-nature interactions in urbanizing watersheds: Onondaga and Wappinger Creeks, New York
Myrna H. Hall, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Karin E. Limburg, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Giorgos E. Mountrakis, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Peter M. Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Bongghi Hong, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Karla Hyde, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Lori L. Luo, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Seth J. Myers, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
1:50 PM
 Shoreline urbanization reduces terrestrial insect subsidies to fishes in North American lakes
Tessa B. Francis, University of Washington Tacoma; Daniel E. Schindler, University of Washington
2:10 PM
 Nitrogen dynamics at the ground water-surface water interface of a degraded urban stream
Paul Mayer, USEPA, National Health and Environmental Research Laboratory, Corvallis OR; Sujay S. Kaushal, University of Maryland; Peter M. Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Elise Striz, US Environmental Protection Agency
2:30 PM
 The effects of exurbanization on the food and habitat of pileated woodpeckers
Marie E. Wilson, University of the South; Jordan M. Casey, James Cook University; David G. Haskell, University of the South
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Interactions of socioeconomic patterns with vegetation cover and biodiversity in Los Angeles, CA
Lorraine T. Weller Clarke, University of California; G. Darrel Jenerette, University of California
4:00 PM
 Distribution of floral resources and pollinators across an urbanized landscape
Kevin C. Matteson, University of Illinois at Chicago; Sarah N. Dougher, Fordham University
4:20 PM
 Invasive plants in private neighborhoods: Does neighborhood governance make a difference?
Sarah J. Cech, Nature Center at Shaker Lakes; Joel M. Gramling, The Citadel; Norman S. Levine, College Of Charleston; Patrick Hurley, Ursinus College; Angela Halfacre, Furman University
4:40 PM
 Environmental and biological controls of urban tree transpiration: Implications for urban hydrology
Emily B. Peters, State of Minnesota; Joseph P. McFadden, University of California, Santa Barbara; Rebecca A. Montgomery, University of Minnesota
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