95th ESA Annual Meeting (August 1 -- 6, 2010)

Wednesday, August 4, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

321, David L Lawrence Convention Center

Presider:

Carol L. Landry, The Ohio State University

1:30 PM

COS 74-1

Cascading effects of biotic disturbance and foraging refugia: Maintenance of diversity and function in an arboreal ant community
Andrew J. MacDonald, University of California, Santa Barbara; Doug Jackson, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

1:50 PM

COS 74-2

Impacts of sudden oak death at Point Reyes National Seashore: Tanoak mortality, vegetation dynamics, and fuel loading
Benjamin Ramage, Randolph-Macon College; Alison Forrestel, University of California--Berkeley; Max A. Moritz, University of California, Berkeley; Kevin O'Hara, University of California, Berkeley

2:10 PM

COS 74-3

Utilizing 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 PM

COS 74-4

Mixing it up: The role insecticide mixtures in aquatic wetlands
Jessica Hua, Purdue University; Rick A. Relyea, University of Pittsburgh

2:50 PM

COS 74-5

Native ants and plant restoration: A test of the ‘field of dreams’ hypothesis
Lori Lach, University of Western Australia

3:10 PM

COS 74-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 74-6

Disturbance timing affects mechanisms of coexistence
Adam David Miller, The Pennsylvania State University; Stephen H. Roxburgh, CSIRO; Katriona Shea, The Pennsylvania State University

3:40 PM

COS 74-7

Seeds 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

4:00 PM

COS 74-8

Convergence in species and functional composition of secondary forests over time in central Panama
Saara J. DeWalt, Clemson University; Daisy H. Dent, University of Stirling; Julie S. Denslow, Institute of Pacific Island Forestry

4:20 PM

COS 74-9

Amphibian occupancy dynamics in a primary successional landscape
Evan H. Campbell Grant, US Geological Survey; Charlie Crisafulli, US Forest Service; William F. Fagan, University of Maryland

4:40 PM

COS 74-10

Long-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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