Wednesday, August 4, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
321, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 74 - Community Disturbance and Recovery II
1:30 PMCOS 74-1Cascading effects of biotic disturbance and foraging refugia: Maintenance of diversity and function in an arboreal ant community
Andrew J. MacDonald, University of Michigan, Doug Jackson, University of Michigan
1:50 PMCOS 74-2Impacts of sudden oak death at Point Reyes National Seashore: Tanoak mortality, vegetation dynamics, and fuel loading
Benjamin Ramage, University of California--Berkeley, Alison Forrestel, University of California--Berkeley, Max A. Moritz, University of California--Berkeley, Kevin O'Hara, University of California--Berkeley
2:10 PMCOS 74-3Utilizing the trophic interactions of nematodes as indicators of changes in soil biota associated with the loss of Bouteloua eriopoda grasslands
Jeremy R. Klass, New Mexico State University, Jacqueline M. Trojan, New Mexico State University, Stephen H. Thomas, New Mexico State Univerisy, Debra Peters, USDA Agricultural Research Service
2:30 PMCOS 74-4Mixing it up: The role insecticide mixtures in aquatic wetlands
Jessica Hua, University of Pittsburgh, Rick A. Relyea, University of Pittsburgh
2:50 PMCOS 74-5Native ants and plant restoration: A test of the ‘field of dreams’ hypothesis
Lori Lach, The University of Western Australia
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 74-6Disturbance timing affects mechanisms of coexistence
Adam David Miller, The Pennsylvania State University, Stephen H. Roxburgh, CSIRO, Katriona Shea, The Pennsylvania State University
3:40 PMCOS 74-7Seeds of change: A comparison of seeding vs. natural recovery for post-fire rehabilitation in a ponderosa pine forest
Melissa A. McMaster, Northern Arizona University, Andrea E. Thode, Northern Arizona University, Michael J.C. Kearsley, National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park
4:00 PMCOS 74-8Convergence in species and functional composition of secondary forests over time in central Panama
Saara J. DeWalt, Clemson University, Daisy H. Dent, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Julie S. Denslow, Institute of Pacific Island Forestry
4:20 PMCOS 74-9Amphibian occupancy dynamics in a primary successional landscape
Evan H. Campbell Grant, US Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center/ MEES Program, University of Maryland, College Park, Charlie Crisafulli, US Forest Service, William F. Fagan, University of Maryland
4:40 PMCOS 74-10Long-term changes in structure and radial growth in three old-growth red spruce (Picea rubens) forests in West Virginia
Eric Heitzman, West Virginia University, Sean Dougherty, West Virginia University, James Rentch, West Virginia University, Steven Stephenson, University of Arkansas, Steve Adams, Dabney Lancaster Community College

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