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

8:00 AM

COS 39-1

Tree-ring analysis of the fungal disease Swiss needle cast in the Western Oregon coast
E. Henry Lee, USEPA; Peter A. Beedlow, USEPA; Ronald S. Waschmann, USEPA

8:20 AM

COS 39-2

Regional patterns of tree mortality in old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest
Matthew J. Reilly, Oregon State University; Thomas A. Spies, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

8:40 AM

COS 39-3

Alkaline soils, sparse ground vegetation, and low altitude positively influence post-windthrow tree regeneration in temperate and boreal forests of Switzerland (Central Europe)
Kathrin Priewasser, Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL; Thomas Wohlgemuth, Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL; Hansheinrich Bachofen, Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL; Peter Brang, Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL; Barbara Moser, Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL; Harald Bugmann, ETH Zurich

9:00 AM

COS 39-4

Demographic consequences of selective logging for the arboreal marsupial Dromiciops gliroides in Chiloé Island, Chile
Juan L. Celis-Diez, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity; Fabian M. Jaksic, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Juan J. Armesto, Universidad Católica de Chile, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity

9:20 AM

COS 39-5

Seed dispersal limitation of tree Aextoxicon punctatum in historically isolated and fragmented rainforest in semiarid Chile
Mariela C. Núñez-Ávila, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity; Maria Uriarte, Columbia University; Pablo A. Marquet, Santa Fe Institute; Juan J. Armesto, Universidad Católica de Chile, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity

9:40 AM

COS 39-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 39-6

Patterns in stress and reproductive hormones in salmon-eating grizzly and black bear populations
Heather M. Bryan, University of Calgary Veterinary Medicine; Chris T. Darimont, University of California, Santa Cruz; Paul P. Paquet, Raincoast Conservation Foundation; Katherine E. Wynne-Edwards, University of Calgary Veterinary Medicine; Judit E. G. Smits, University of Calgary Veterinary Medicine

10:10 AM

COS 39-7

Soil carbon storage in response to chronic warming in a temperate forest
Melissa A. Knorr, University of New Hampshire; Brian Godbois, University of New Hampshire; Serita D. Frey, University of New Hampshire

10:30 AM

COS 39-8

An ecological context for “whole system” conservation of eastern Washington forests
Liane R. Davis, The Nature Conservancy; Ryan D. Haugo, The Nature Conservancy; Darren Kavanagh, Adze Informatics

10:50 AM

COS 39-9

Long- term changes in American beech (Fagus grandifolia) forest metacommunities at the edge of its range
David A. Rogers, University of Wisconsin - Parkside

11:10 AM

COS 39-10

Spatial Planning of Climate Adaptation Zone in response to projected climate change: Promoting climate adaptation of endangered species (Prionailurus bengalensis) habitat
Gyounghye Baek, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; Dongkun Lee, Seoul National University; Chan Park, National Institute of Environmental Research

COS 39 - Forest Habitats: Temperate II