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

Colorado Plateau Native Plant Program: A plant materials development program
Wayne Padgett, Bureau of Land Management; Troy Wood, U.S. Geological Survey

CANCELLED - Long and short-term effects of fire on pine savanna groundcover vegetation
Ellen R. Leichty, Louisiana State University; William J. Platt, Louisiana State University

Dispersal and survival of Bobwhite quail released from surrogators
John C. Kinsey, Texas State University; John T. Baccus, Texas State University; Robert Perez, Texas Parks and Wildlife; Dr. Michael Small, Texas State University; Thomas R. Simpson, Texas State University

Applying the diversity-invasion hypothesis to test restoration as biocontrol
Kelly G. Lyons, Trinity University

Gravel mine reclamation on the shortgrass steppe: Current status and assessment of competition
Michael H. Schiebout, Union University; Scott B. Franklin, University of Northern Colorado

Variability of aboveground and belowground carbon stocks in Florida flatwoods ecosystems undergoing restoration and management
K. Elizabeth Becker, University of Central Florida; J. Mikaela Anderson, North Carolina State University; C. Ross Hinkle, University of Central Florida

Tree growth, mortality, and reproduction in a 20-year old maple-basswood forest restoration
Jonathan H. Henn, St. Olaf College; Christina R. Herron-Sweet, St. Olaf College; Amy E. Kendig, University of Minnesota; Tyler K. Refsland, University of Illinois; Kathleen L. Shea, St. Olaf College

Productivity and soil characteristics as indices of tallgrass prairie restoration success
Amy E. Kendig, University of Minnesota; Tyler K. Refsland, University of Illinois; Jonathan H. Henn, St. Olaf College; Christina R. Herron-Sweet, St. Olaf College; Kathleen L. Shea, St. Olaf College

Conservation genetics of the endangered Sargent’s Cherry Palm, Pseudophoenix sargentii
Tonya D. Fotinos, Florida International University & Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden; Sandra Namoff, Claremont Graduate University & Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden; Carl Lewis, Center for Tropical Plant Conservation, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL; M. Patrick Griffith, Montgomery Botanical Center; Javier Francisco-Ortega, Florida International University & Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden; Joyce Maschinski, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden; Eric J. von Wettberg, Florida International University & Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Selecting suitable macrophytes for remediation and restoration of leachate channel in a sanitary landfill
Hee Sang Han, Seoul National University; Uhram Song, Seoul National University; Eun Ju Lee, Seoul National University

Effects of crested wheatgrass soil on native plant production
Baili Foster, Colorado State University; Paul J. Meiman, Colorado State University; Brett Wolk, Colorado State University; Mark W. Paschke, Colorado State University

Changes in understory vegetation in Hawaiian wet forest 15 years after removal of nonnative feral pigs
Rebecca J. Cole, University of Colorado at Boulder; Creighton M. Litton, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Seed germination and seedling survival of five endemic Florida Scrub species in intact and degraded habitats
Elizabeth L. Stephens, University of Central Florida; Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio, University of Central Florida; Luz M. Castro-Morales, University of Central Florida

Clipping response strategies of nine bunchgrasses native to the blue ash-oak savannah of the inner bluegrass region of Kentucky
Jann E. Fry, University of Kentucky; Jyotirekha Chakravarty, University of Kentucky; Timothy D. Phillips, University of Kentucky; Scott K. Gleeson, University of Kentucky; Allison Reloj, University of Kentucky

Local resource control versus regional constraints on species coexistence in restored stream reaches
K. Tara Willey, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Christopher M. Swan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Bryan L. Brown, Virginia Tech

Smoke-stimulated germination of Native Seeds: A management option
Robert D. Cox, Texas Tech University; Yi-Fang Chou, Texas Tech University

Changes to nutrient availabilities and cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) metrics following non-surface disturbing restoration treatments in a sagebrush-steppe ecosystem
Jan R. Summerhays, Utah State University; Eugene W. Schupp, Utah State University; Alexandra D. Reinwald, Utah State University

Is cutting and regrowth spraying more effective than cutting and stump painting to kill Asiatic bush honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.)?
Kurt E. Schulz, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Jessica Wright, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Sabrina Ashbaker, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Response of understory plant communities to timber and fire management in a mixed-pine hardwood forest
Raelene M. Crandall, Washington University; Ronald E. Masters, Oklahoma State University

Bison-mediated seed dispersal in a tallgrass prairie reconstruction
Peter Eyheralde, Iowa State University; Emily J. Artz, Iowa State University; W. Sue Fairbanks, Iowa State University

The effects of initial vegetation composition, seed availability, fire and competition on herbaceous species recruitment in savannas and savanna restoration
Christina M. Andruk, University of Texas at Austin; Norma L. Fowler, University of Texas at Austin

Pioneer effects on exotic and native tree colonizers: Insights for Araucaria forest restoration
Gislene Ganade, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Maria N. Miriti, The Ohio State Univesrsity; Guilherme G. Mazzochini, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Claudia P. Paz, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS

Guiding ecological restoration in invaded landscapes
Susan Cordell, USDA Forest Service; Erin J. Questad, USDA Forest Service; Kealohanuiopuna M. Kinney, University of Maryland; James R. Kellner, Brown University; Jarrod M. Thaxton, Eastern Kentucky University; Gregory P. Asner, Carnegie Institution for Science

Regional evaluation of recovery following restoration in Platte River wetlands
Anna E. Statz, Simpson College; Phillip A. Seiwert, Simpson College; Clinton K. Meyer, Simpson College

Competitive control of an exotic mangrove: Restoration of native mangrove forests by altering light availability
Leiyi Chen, SunYat-Sen (Zhongshan) University & Rice University; Shaolin Peng, Sun Yat-sen University; Evan Siemann, Rice University

Contrasting seedling survival of an early- and late-colonizing species transplanted to burned shrublands in the northeast Mojave Desert
Sara J. Scoles-Sciulla, Western Ecological Research Center; Lesley A. DeFalco, US Geological Survey, Westen Ecological Science Center

PS 11 - Restoration Ecology