97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012)

Friday, August 10, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

E142, Oregon Convention Center

8:00 AM

COS 185-1

Estimating species extinction rates: Spatial distribution of species and geometry of habitat destruction
Fangliang He, Sun Yat-sen University; Xiaoling Yang, Sun Yat-sen University; Stephen P. Hubbell, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

8:20 AM

COS 185-2

Measuring the distribution of marine cryptofauna in the Mariana Archipelago using Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS)
Catherine J. Harris, University of Hawaii at Manoa

8:40 AM

COS 185-3

Citizen science to map the flora of the Zurich region, Switzerland
Thomas Wohlgemuth, Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL; Petra Bachmann, Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL; Andreas Keel, Fachstelle Naturschutz; Michael Kessler, Institute of Systematic Botany; Michael P. Nobis, Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL; Reto Nyffeler, Institute of Systematic Botany; John H. Spillmann, Institute of Systematic Botany; Gabriela S. Wyss, Sukkulenten-Sammlung

9:00 AM Cancelled

COS 185-4

Bird distribution: Breeding birds distribution pattern in different land use in mountainous hills in Nepal
Tej B. Basnet, Tribhuvan University; Odd W. Jacobsen, Bergen University College; Khadga Basnet, Tribhuvan University

9:20 AM

COS 185-5

All for one or one for all? Mapping many species individually vs. simultaneously with random forest
Emilie B. Henderson, Oregon State University; Janet Ohmann, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service; Matt Gregory, Oregon State University; Heather M. Roberts, Oregon State University

9:40 AM

COS 185-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 185-6

Calling the odds in the gamble of bioassessment: The importance of quantifying taxonomic sufficiency
Kieran A. Monaghan, University of Aveiro; Amadeu Soares, University of Aveiro

10:10 AM

COS 185-7

Understanding lichen diversity on remote areas using parataxonomic units as a surrogate for species richness
Paula V. Casanovas, University of Maryland; Heather J. Lynch, SUNY Stony Brook; William F. Fagan, University of Maryland

10:30 AM

COS 185-8

Fine-scale topography shapes spider community structure along an elevational gradient: Links between guild identity, temperature, and habitat structure
Stephanie M. Cobbold, Utah State University; James A. MacMahon, Utah State University

10:50 AM

COS 185-9

Relationships between tree diversity and aboveground biomass in some hardwood forests of Alabama
Santosh K. Ojha, Alabama A&M University; Luben Dimov, Alabama A&M University

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