COS 22 - Restoration Ecology I

Monday, August 6, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
B117, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM
 Investigating the congruence between vegetation succession and faunal recolonization in a production landscape: A case study of bats in south-western Australia
Joanna M. Burgar, Murdoch University; Michael D. Craig, Murdoch University; Vicki L. Stokes, Alcoa of Australia
1:50 PM
 Herbaceous and woody vegetative assessment in a newly restored mixed tidal regime freshwater wetland
James B. Deemy, University of Georgia; Edward R. Crawford, Virginia Commonwealth University
2:10 PM
 Riparian restoration and genetic diversity of a foundation tree along the principal river of the Southwest
Dylan Fischer, The Evergreen State College; Carri J. LeRoy, The Evergreen State College; Sharon M. Ferrier, Northern Arizona University; Erika Hersch-Green, Michigan Technological University; Gery Allan, Northern Arizona University; Karla Kennedy, Northern Arizona University; Randy Bangert, Northern Arizona University; Thomas Whitham, Northern Arizona University
2:30 PM
 Ecological restoration of the western-Negev dunes system in light of land-use changes: Aeolian activity and faunal response
Udi Columbus, Ben-Gurion University; Yaron Ziv, Ben-Gurion University; Haim Tsoar, Ben-Gurion University
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Vernal pool soil properties and their role in restoration success
Akasha M. Faist, University of Colorado; Sean P. O'Neill, University of Colorado at Boulder; Diana R. Nemergut, University of Colorado; Sharon K. Collinge, University of Colorado
3:40 PM
 Using plant functional traits to refine ecological restoration techniques: A seedling transplant experiment
Vanessa Boukili, Earthwatch Institute; Robin L. Chazdon, University of Connecticut; John C. Volin, University of Connecticut
4:00 PM
 Effects of altered precipitation and increased warming on a restored southern California salt marsh
Anastasia C. Shippey, CSU Long Beach; C.R. Whitcraft, CSU Long Beach
4:20 PM
 Remnant and restored community trajectories following disturbance
Diane Harshbarger, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
4:40 PM
 Aboveground net primary productivity and soil properties in forested wetlands after restored hydrology from notching of dikes on the Mississippi River near the Loosahatchie Bar
Melissa B. Koontz, The University of Memphis; Christopher J. Lundberg, Louisiana State University; Robert R. Lane, Louisiana State University; John W. Day, Louisiana State University; Ronald D. DeLaune, Louisiana State University; S. Reza Pezeshki, University of Memphis