Thursday, August 5, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
336, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 82 - Forests II
8:00 AMCOS 82-1Ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) diversity as related to altitude in tropical montane cloud forests of Perú
Sarah A. Maveety, Wake Forest University, Robert A. Browne, Wake Forest University
8:20 AMCOS 82-2The impact of forest logging and fragmentation on the species richness and density of Malagasy rainforest carnivores
Brian D. Gerber, Virginia Tech, Sarah M. Karpanty, Virginia Tech, Johny Randrianantenaina, Centre Valbio
8:40 AMCOS 82-3Using contemporary and historical data to establish baseline carbon storage in mature, unmanaged pine-hardwood stands of the Midsouth
Don C. Bragg, USDA Forest Service
9:00 AMCOS 82-4Testing soil legacy effects of the invasive shrub Cytisus scoparius on Douglas fir seedling growth
Ingrid M. Parker, University of California, Santa Cruz, Karen A. Haubensak, Northern Arizona University, Sara Grove, University of California, Santa Cruz, Stephanie Kimitsuka, University of California, Santa Cruz, Jeffrey R. Foster, Fort Lewis, Nancy Benson, Fort Lewis
9:20 AMCOS 82-5Invasion of Abies fraseri and Picea rubens in a southern Appalachian grassy bald over 30 years
Joe H. Sullivan, University of Maryland, J. Dan Pittillo, Western Carolina University (Retired), Taylor Keen, University of Maryland
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 82-6Temporal variation in prevalence and intensity of chytridiomycosis in three species of frogs at La Selva, Costa Rica
Steven Whitfield, Florida International University, Jacob Kerby, University of South Dakota, Lydia R. Gentry, University of Idaho, Maureen A. Donnelly, Florida International University
10:10 AMCOS 82-7Persistence of early-successional tree species in a late-successional hemlock-hardwood forest landscape
Robert T. Fahey, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Craig G. Lorimer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, David J. Mladenoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison
10:30 AMCOS 82-8Concerted effects of plant compounds and endophytic fungi on food quality of giant bamboo to bamboo lemurs
Daniel J. Ballhorn, University of Minnesota, Stefanie Kautz, Field Museum of Natural History, Imke Schmitt, University of Minnesota
10:50 AMCOS 82-9A functional insight into tropical dry forest succession: Theoretical and practical implications
Mariana Yolotl Alvarez-Añorve, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mauricio Quesada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,,, Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, University of Alberta, Canada, Luis Daniel Avila-Cabadilla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
11:10 AMCOS 82-10Epiphyte-phorophyte network structure in a fragmented tropical dry forest in western Mexico
Roberto Sayago, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Martha Lopezaraiza-Mikel, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Alfredo Cascante-Marin, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, Mauricio Quesada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,,

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