Thursday, August 5, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
407, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 98 - Urban Ecology I
1:30 PMCOS 98-1The impacts of urbanization on the spread of exotic plants and persistence of native plant diversity
Amy Stephens Davis, UNC Charlotte, Ross Meentemeyer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1:50 PMCOS 98-2Land cover-nitrogen interactions in small watersheds: patterns of variation within a semi-arid urban system
James B. McConaghie, University of California, Davis, Weiqi Zhou, University of California, Davis, Mary L. Cadenasso, UC Davis
2:10 PMCOS 98-3Effect of land use on nitrogen cycling in Baltimore residential areas in MD, USA
Yulia Savva, Johns Hopkins University, Katalin Szlavecz, Johns Hopkins University, Peter M. Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Richard V. Pouyat, US Forest Service
2:30 PMCOS 98-4Urban aquatic contaminants & benthic ecology: Comparing invertebrates, chemical concentrations, and water quality across a Superfund site
W. Lindsay Whitlow, Seattle University, Lindsey Youngquist, Seattle University, Ann Frost, Seattle University, Douglas Latch, Seattle University, Peter J. Alaimo, Seattle University
2:50 PMCOS 98-5Landscape fragmentation and its relations with urbanization and social and economic developments in Beijing urban region, China
Jiangxiao Qiu, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiaoke Wang, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fei Lu, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhiyun Ouyang, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 98-6Seed and feeder preferences of wild birds in the United States and Canada
David J. Horn, Millikin University
3:40 PMCOS 98-7Urbanisation, plant traits and extinction: Evidence from the new world
Nicholas S. G. Williams, University of Melbourne, Steven E. Clemants, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Richard T. Corlett, National University of Singapore, Amy Hahs, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Michael A. McCarthy, The University of Melbourne, Mark McDonnell, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Mark W. Schwartz, University of California, Davis, Ken Thompson, University of Sheffield, Peter A. Vesk, The University of Melbourne, Richard P. Duncan, Lincoln University
4:00 PMCOS 98-8Effects of organic carbon sources on denitrification in forested, restored, and urbanized streams
Tamara A. Newcomer, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Sujay S. Kaushal, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Paul Mayer, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Peter M. Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
4:20 PMCOS 98-9An analysis of historical wetland loss in an urban landscape
Lisa A. McCauley, University of Central Florida, David G. Jenkins, University of Central Florida, Pedro Quintana-Ascencio, University of Central Florida

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