COS 70 - Restoration Ecology III

Tuesday, August 7, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
B117, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM
 Rearing endangered butterflies in prison: Incarcerated women as collaborating conservation partners
Dennis Aubrey, The Evergreen State College; Carri J. LeRoy, The Evergreen State College; Nalini Nadkarni, University of Utah; Dan J. Pacholke, State of Washington; Kelli Bush, The Evergreen State College
1:50 PM
 Resource use by giant tortoises introduced as “ecological analogs” to Pinta Island, Galápagos
Elizabeth A. Hunter, University of Georgia; Linda J. Cayot, Galapagos Conservancy; Washington Tapia, Galapagos National Park Service; James P. Gibbs, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
2:10 PM
 The biogeochemistry of oyster restoration: Initial conditions determine potential mitigation
Rebecca J. Bernard, The University of Alabama and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab; Behzad Mortazavi, University of Alabama and Dauphin Island Sea Lab
2:30 PM
 Estimating the economic value of environmental stewardship volunteer events: A cost based approach in King County, Washington
Jean M. Daniels, US Forest Service, PNW Research Station; Alicia S. T. Robbins, University of Washington, School of Forestry; Weston Brinkley, FORTERRA; Kathleen Wolf, University of Washington; John M. Chase, US Forest Service, PNW Research Station
2:50 PM
 Conceptual model-driven ecological research to conserve and restore temperate zone tidal forested wetland habitat for endangered salmon
Heida L. Diefenderfer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Amy B. Borde, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Is fire enough? The joint effects of fire and deer herbivory on hardwood regeneration and species composition in central Texas woodlands
Christina M. Andruk, University of Texas at Austin; Norma L. Fowler, University of Texas at Austin
3:40 PM
 Small mammal and reptile occupancy across unmined and restored forest in southwestern Australia
Maggie D. Triska, The University of Western Australia; Richard J. Hobbs, The University of Western Australia; Michael D. Craig, Murdoch University; Vicki L. Stokes, Alcoa of Australia; Roger P. Pech, Landcare Research
4:00 PM
 Habitat requirements and restoration targets for secretive marshbirds in southeastern Wisconsin
Daniel J. Larkin, Chicago Botanic Garden; Wesley J. Glisson, Northwestern University; Ryan S. Brady, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Andy T. Paulios, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
4:20 PM
 Wading bird foraging trade-offs in response to the production and concentration of prey
James M. Beerens, Florida Atlantic University; Erik G. Noonburg, Florida Atlantic University; Dale E. Gawlik, Florida Atlantic University; Doug Donalson, US Army Corps of Engineers
4:40 PM
 Response of a keystone rodent to landscape-scale restoration of desert grasslands
Bradley J. Cosentino, Hobart and William Smith Colleges; Robert L. Schooley, University of Illinois; Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, USDA Agricultural Research Service; John M. Coffman, New Mexico State University