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

8:00 AM

COS 174-1

Ecohydrologic functions of small washes on a Mojave Desert bajada and some impacts of their disturbance
Darren R. Sandquist, California State University, Fullerton; David R. Bedford, U. S. Geological Survey; Miguel Macias, California State University, Fullerton.; David M. Miller, U. S. Geological Survey; April R. Newlander, California State University, Fullerton; Kim S. Perkins, USGS; Susan Schwinning, Texas State University

8:20 AM

COS 174-2

A subregional analysis of climate / fire interactions in California
Jon E. Keeley, U.S. Geological Survey; Thomas McGinnis, U.S. Geological Survey; Kathryn N. Keeley, University of Califoria

8:40 AM

COS 174-3

Evaluating plant community responses to rainfall extremes in southwest U.S. ecosystems using radiometric change detection
Dawn M. Browning, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Catriana Steele, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003

9:00 AM

COS 174-4

Predictive modeling of spatial patterns of soil nutrients associated with fertility islands in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts
Erika L. Mudrak, Cornell University; Jennifer L. Schafer, North Carolina State University; Andres Fuentes Ramirez, Iowa State University; Claus Holzapfel, Rutgers University; Kirk A. Moloney, Iowa State University

9:20 AM

COS 174-5

Soil deposition and UV radiation influence litter decomposition in a shrub-invaded dryland ecosystem
Eva M. Levi, University of Arizona; Steven R. Archer, University of Arizona; Heather L. Throop, New Mexico State University; Katharine Predick, University of Arizona; Paul W. Barnes, Loyola University; Mark A. Tobler, Loyola University

9:40 AM

COS 174-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 174-6

Changes in limiting resources in semiarid ecosystems enhance invasibility and composition of ephemeral plants
Milagros A. Jiménez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Juan J. Armesto, Universidad Católica de Chile, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity; Aurora Gaxiola, Universidad Católica de Chile, Instituto de Ecologia y Biodiversidad; Martin Carmona, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity and CASEB, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Fabian M. Jaksic, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

10:10 AM

COS 174-7

Fire alters top-down effects of small mammal granivores on Mojave Desert plant communities
Samuel B. St. Clair, Brigham Young University; Kevin J. Horn, Brigham Young Univiersity; Brock McMillan, Brigham Young University

10:30 AM

COS 174-8

Woodland successional phase effects vegetation recovery after prescribed fire
Jonathan D. Bates, USDA - Agricultural Research Service

10:50 AM

COS 174-9

The effects of temperature and water availability on the germination of Bromus rubens
Rachel M. Nettles, Brigham Young University; Kevin J. Horn, Brigham Young Univiersity; Sam St.Clair, Brigham Young University

11:10 AM

COS 174-10

The effects of habitat age in the surrounding landscape on spider communities in Eucalyptus plantations in the Northern Negev, Israel
John D. Herrmann, Michigan State University; Martin H. Schmidt, University Koblenz-Landau; Yael Lubin, Ben-Gurion University

COS 174 - Arid And Semi-Arid Systems