PS 98
Latebreaking: Urban Ecosystems

Friday, August 9, 2013: 8:30 AM-10:30 AM
Exhibit Hall B, Minneapolis Convention Center
 A Comparison of soil arthropod biodiversity in two urban prairies and turfgrass
Armando Mireles, Chicago State University; Karel Jacobs, Chicago State University; Susan Kirt, Chicago State University
 Ant biodiversity in an arid urban landscape
Javier G. Miguelena Bada, University of Arizona; Paul B. Baker, University of Arizona
 Diversity of residential plant communities along an urbanization gradient
Emma K. Dixon, Brown University; Christopher Neill, Marine Biological Laboratory; Erika J. Edwards, Brown University; Elisabeth B. Ward, Brown University; Peter M. Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
 Examining the effects of human additions of feed corn on the food web in an urban pond using stable isotope analysis
Stephen Balogh, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Kimberly L. Schulz, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Danielle Thiele, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Brian van Ee, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
 Frequency characteristics of urban house finch songs
Dakota Hawkins, Westminster College; Christine M. Stracey, Westminster College
 Groups of gardens:  how do yard characteristics influence birds in an urban matrix?
J. Amy Belaire, University of Illinois at Chicago; Emily Minor, University of Illinois at Chicago
 Relationships among remotely sensed canopy data and herbivorous insect abundances in urban forests
Ryan M. Sword, University of Wisconsin - Madison; John Couture, University of Wisconsin; Philip A. Townsend, University of Wisconsin - Madison
 The effects of urbanization on aboveground carbon storage and woody species composition in the Boston metropolitan region
Elisabeth B. Ward, Brown University; Christopher Neill, Marine Biological Laboratory; Emma Dixon, Brown University; Peter M. Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
 Variation in tree growth and response to drought across an urban land-use gradient in the Chicago metropolitan region
Margaret B. Bialecki, The Morton Arboretum; Robert T. Fahey, The Morton Arboretum; David R. Carter, The Morton Arboretum; Bryant C. Scharenbroch, The Morton Arboretum
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