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

Thursday, August 9, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

D135, Oregon Convention Center

1:30 PM

COS 170-1

A decade of change in avian abundance and richness in an urban forest, Forest Park in Portland, Oregon
Nancy E. Broshot, Linfield College

1:50 PM Cancelled

COS 170-2

Elevated levels of herbivory on an urban-rural gradient reveal species-specific signals of landscape degradation in novel ecosystems
Dieter F. Hochuli, The University of Sydney

2:10 PM

COS 170-3

Effects of urban stormwater infrastructure on dissolved nutrient export from semi-arid, urban watersheds
Rebecca L. Hale, University of Utah; Laura Turnbull, Arizona State University; Stevan Earl, Arizona State University; Nancy Grimm, Arizona State University

2:30 PM

COS 170-4

Minimising the ecological impact of urban growth
Jessica R. Sushinsky, University of Queensland; Jonathan Rhodes, University of Queensland; Hugh P. Possingham, University of Queensland; Tony K. Gill, University of Queensland; Richard A. Fuller, University of Queensland

2:50 PM

COS 170-5

Urban tree mortality rates: applying concepts from demography and monitoring in Oakland, CA
Lara A. Roman, USDA Forest Service

3:10 PM

COS 170-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 170-6

Variation in the vital rates of an allergenic plant, common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.), across an urban to rural and temperature gradient
Sydne Record, Harvard University; Jamia L. Jennings, Mount Holyoke College; Kristina A. Stinson, Harvard University

3:40 PM

COS 170-7

The effects of urbanization on body condition and plumage condition in nestling and juvenile Florida scrub-jays
Angela Tringali, University of Central Florida; Reed Bowman, Archbold Biological Station

4:00 PM

COS 170-8

Evaluating the biophysical and social results of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful’s urban tree plantings as a social-ecological system
Jessica M. Vogt, Indiana University; Sarah K. Mincey, Indiana University; Burnell C. Fischer, Indiana University

4:20 PM

COS 170-9

Natural and social processes in the shrinking city
Gerardo R. Camilo, Saint Louis Zoo; Ping Wang, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences; Onesimo Sandoval, Saint Louis University

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COS 170 - Urban Ecology I