96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011)

1:30 PM

Drivers of Burn Severity Patterns in the Northern Cascade Range, Washington, USA
C. Alina Cansler, University of Washington; Donald McKenzie, US Forest Service

1:50 PM

CANCELLED - Top-down and bottom-up control of fire regimes in montane grasslands of the Valles Caldera, New Mexico, USA
Jacqueline J. Dewar, University of Arizona; Donald A. Falk, University of Arizona; Craig D. Allen, Fort Collins Science Center, Jemez Mountains Field Station; Robert R. Parmenter, Valles Caldera Trust; Thomas W. Swetnam, University of Arizona; Christopher H. Baisan, University of Arizona

2:10 PM

Interannual- to millennial-scale interactions among climate, vegetation, and fire in tundra ecosystems of Alaska, USA
Philip E. Higuera, University of Idaho; Melissa Chipman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jennifer Barnes, National Park Service; Paul Duffy, Neptune and Company, Inc.; Feng Sheng Hu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2:30 PM

Frequent fire or mowing inhibits resprouting vigor in dominant shrubs of Florida scrub
Eric S. Menges, Archbold Biological Station; Jose Olano, Universidad de Valladolid; Kevin Main, Archbold Biological Station

2:50 PM

Fire results in increased physiological vigor for surviving Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) and creosote bushes (Larrea tridentata) in the Mojave Desert
Kevin J. Horn, Brigham Young Univiersity; Joseph Wilkinson, Brigham Young Univiersity - Provo; R. Stephen White, Brigham Young Univiersity - Provo; Samuel B. St. Clair, Brigham Young University

3:10 PM

Break

3:20 PM

Fuel composition influences fire temperature, residence time, and understory hardwood survival in pine savannas
Darin P. Ellair, Louisiana State University; William J. Platt, Louisiana State University

3:40 PM

Leaf traits and litter flammability: Understanding multi-species mixtures
Rita Margarida Quinones-Magalhaes, Texas Tech University; Dylan Schwilk, Texas Tech University

4:00 PM

Stand age and tree density effects on carbon accumulation patterns in post-fire Cajander larch (Larix cajanderi) forests of Far Northeastern Siberia
Heather D. Alexander, University of Texas at Brownsville; Michelle C. Mack, University of Florida; Scott Goetz, Woods Hole Research Center; Michael M. Loranty, Colgate University; Pieter S. A. Beck, Woods Hole Research Center; Kamala Earl, University of Florida

4:20 PM

The effect of fire on resource discovery in Mediterranean ant communities
Jessica M.C. Pearce-Duvet, Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC; Xavier Arnan, Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals (CREAF); Anselm Rodrigo, Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals (CREAF); Raphaël Boulay, Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC; Xim Cerdá, Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC

4:40 PM

Vegetation changes in infertile grasslands occur only after decades of fire frequency differences
Johannes (Jean) M. H. Knops, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Wenjin Li, Lanzhou University; Xiaoan Zuo, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences

COS 80 - Fire