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

Monday, August 8, 2011: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Ballroom B, Austin Convention Center

1:30 PM

Land use alters seedling recruitment patterns along an urban-rural gradient
Benjamin T. Connor Barrie, University of Michigan; Ines Ibanez, University of Michigan

1:50 PM

The patterns of urban biodiversity of terrestrial animals
Stanley H. Faeth, University of North Carolina Greensboro; Susanna Saari, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Christofer Bang, Arizona State University

2:10 PM

Raindrop: improving urban watershed awareness using mobile device technology
Timothy Carter, Butler University; Mary Miss, Mary Miss / City as Living Laboratory; Jason Steckel, Williams Creek Consulting

2:30 PM

Biomass and plant diversity of naturally colonized green roof substrate in New York City
Jason M. Aloisio, Wildlife Conservation Society; Kevin C. Matteson, University of Illinois at Chicago; Matthew I. Palmer, Columbia University; James D. Lewis, Fordham University

2:50 PM

Ecological gardening increases the aesthetic quality of gardens
Petra Lindemann-Matthies, University of Education Karlsruhe; Thomas Marty, University of Zürich

3:10 PM

Break

3:20 PM

Incorporating soil ecological knowledge into green infrastructure design: ecosystem services and rain gardens in a semi-arid city
Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman, University of Arizona

3:40 PM

Rapid assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem function in urban remnants reveals ecological integrity and resilience in novel ecosystems
Dieter F. Hochuli, The University of Sydney

4:00 PM

Effects of urban development and forest cover patterns on Garry oak (Quercus garryana) acorn dispersal processes
Julia L. Michalak, University of Washington

4:20 PM

Lifestyles choices, socio-economic status, and vegetation dynamics in urban ecosystems: is Raleigh, NC on a path to becoming baltimore, MD?
Kevin Bigsby, North Carolina State University; Melissa R. McHale, North Carolina State University; George Hess, NC State University; J. Morgan Grove, USDA Forest Service

4:40 PM

Estimation of biomass and diversity of earthworms within the Cleveland Metroparks and how they influence plant and soil invertebrate communities
Anton F. Schermaier, Cleveland State University; B. Michael Walton, Cleveland State University

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COS 1 - Urban Ecology