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

1:30 PM

COS 159-1

Postglacial climate and fire-mediated forest diversity on the western Olympic Peninsula, Washington
Daniel G. Gavin, University of Oregon; Linda B. Brubaker, University of Washington

1:50 PM

COS 159-2

Fog and the fire regime in coastal California
Nathan C. Emery, University of California Santa Barbara

2:10 PM

COS 159-3

Enhanced water relations during post-fire recovery: The role of plant height and leaf area
Jennifer L. Schafer, North Carolina State University; Bradley P. Breslow, North Carolina State University; Stephanie N. Hollingsworth, North Carolina State University; Matthew G. Hohmann, US Army Corps of Engineers ERDC - CERL; William A. Hoffmann, North Carolina State University

2:30 PM

COS 159-4

Fire and floods in the Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico: The 2011 Las Conchas Fire impacts on montane species diversity and food webs
Robert R. Parmenter, Valles Caldera Trust; Rebecca W. Oertel, Valles Caldera Trust; T. Scott Compton, Valles Caldera Trust; Sarah Kindschuh, Valles Caldera Trust; Mark Peyton, Valles Caldera Trust; William Meyer, Valles Caldera Trust; Colleen Caldwell, USGS Wildlife Coop Unit; Gerald Z. Jacobi, Consultant; Orrin Myers, University of New Mexico; Matthew Zeigler, New Mexico State University; Kelsey Yule, The University of Arizona

2:50 PM

COS 159-5

The roles of fire and environmental factors in plant community dynamics of high-elevation yellow pine woodlands in northeastern West Virginia
Lauren F. Howard, Arcadia University

3:10 PM

COS 159-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 159-6

Can climate change increase fire severity independent of fire intensity?
Phillip J. Van Mantgem, United States Geological Survey; Jonathan C. B. Nesmith, University of California; MaryBeth Keifer, National Park Service; Eric E. Knapp, USDA Forest Service

3:40 PM

COS 159-7

Reproductive consequences of fire disturbance on Joshua tree in the Mojave Desert
Andrew H. Lybbert, Brigham Young University; Samuel B. St Clair, Brigham Young University

4:00 PM

COS 159-8

A landscape scale assessment of cheatgrass density effects on fire occurrence and severity in central Nevada
Kevin J. Badik, University of Nevada, Reno; Peter J. Weisberg, University of Nevada, Reno

4:20 PM

COS 159-9

Coarse woody debris dynamics following stand-replacing wildfires in dry coniferous forests of the interior Pacific Northwest
David W. Peterson, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

4:40 PM

COS 159-10

Simulating fire hazard across forested landscapes in Oregon and Washington through integration of the Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool (VDDT) and the Fuel Characteristic Classification System (FCCS)
Jessica Halofsky, University of Washington; Stephanie K. Hart, University of Michigan; Morris C. Johnson, Pacific Northwest Research Station; Joshua S. Halofsky, Washington Department of Natural Resources; Miles Hemstrom, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service

COS 159 - Fire