Friday, August 6, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
335, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 113 - Forest Habitats: Temperate
8:00 AMCOS 113-1Snowshoe hare browse behavior in the Adirondacks: How availability, preference, and forest structure influence winter browse choices
Celia Evans, Paul Smith's College, Jorie Favreau, Paul Smith's College, Mara Moser, Paul Smith's College, Michael Brennan, Adirondack Park Agency Visitor Interpretive Center
8:20 AMCOS 113-2Snowshoe hare movement behavior in the Adirondacks:  The effects of available food and cover on home ranges and moves
Jorie Favreau, Paul Smith's College, Celia Evans, Paul Smiths College, Jessie Gardner, Paul Smith's College
8:40 AMCOS 113-3A survey of herbaceous plants and grasses of the Berry College Longleaf Management Area
J. Culberson, Berry College, M. L. Cipollini, Berry College, R. Armstrong, Berry College, T. Baldvins, Berry College, E. Lane, Berry College, K. Miller, Berry College, C. McDaniel, Berry College, C. Strippelhoff, Berry College
9:00 AMCOS 113-4Variability in land snail, salamander and plant communities along gradients in soil calcium and acidic deposition in the Adirondack Mountains, New York
Colin M. Beier, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Anne Woods, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, James P. Gibbs, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Martin Dovciak, SUNY-ESF
9:20 AMCOS 113-5Variation in leaf function and the distribution of plants along tropical and temperate mountains
Catherine M. Hulshof, University of Arizona
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 113-6Population dynamics of the ethnobotanical herb, black cohosh, Actaea racemosa L., in western Maryland
Sunshine L. Brosi, Frostburg State University, James A. Howell Howell, Allegany College of Maryland, Joseph R. Ferrari, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
10:10 AMCOS 113-7ESS allocation to foliage, wood, and fine roots in trees competing for light and nitrogen: An analytically-tractable, individual-based model and quantitative comparisons to data
Ray Dybzinski, Princeton University, Caroline E. Farrior, Princeton University, Adam Wolf, Carnegie Institution for Science, Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota, Stephen W. Pacala, Princeton University
10:30 AMCOS 113-8Landscape-scale estimates of acorn production for five species of Southern Appalachian oaks
Anita K. Rose, USDA Forest Service, Katie Greenberg, USDA Forest Service, Todd M. Fearer, University of Arkansas
10:50 AMCOS 113-9Effects of watershed liming on a food web in an Adirondack forest
Timothy S. McCay, Colgate University, Matthew A. Neatrour, Colgate University, Catherine L. Cardelus, Colgate University, Matthew Zimmerman, Colgate University

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