99th ESA Annual Meeting (August 10 -- 15, 2014)

PS 25-70

The influence of branch order on optimal leaf vein geometries: Murray’s law and area preserving branching
Charles A. Price, University of Western Australia

PS 25-71

Different responses of boreal understory vegetation after 1 versus 11 years of snow removal
Gesche Blume-Werry, Climate Impacts Research Centre, Umeå University; Hjalmar Laudon, Swedish University of Agricultural Science; Juergen Kreyling, University of Bayreuth; Ann Milbau, Umeå University

PS 25-72

Characteristics of small rodent populations in a natural deciduous forest and a Japanese larch plantation
Shin-Jae Rhim, Chung-Ang University; Hyun-Su Hwang, Chung-Ang University; Seung-Hun Son, Chung-Ang University; Eun-Jae Lee, Daejeon Development Institute; Woo-Shin Lee, Seoul National University

PS 25-73

Belowground responses to elevation in a tropical montane cloud forest
Caitlin I. Looby, University of California, Irvine; Kathleen K. Treseder, University of California, Irvine

PS 25-74

Quantifying the relative success of community forestry in the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park, Nepal, using remote sensing techniques and satellite imagery
Jared R. Stapp, University of Maine; Robert J. Lilieholm, University of Maine; Suraj Upadhaya, University of Kentucky; Tora Johnson, University of Maine; Carol Kinsey, SeedTree; Jessica E. Leahy, University of Maine; Timothy M. Waring, University of Maine

Cancelled

PS 25-75

Species diversity and regeneration status of a Sal (Shorea robusta Gaertn. F) forest in Nepal
Bikash Kumar Mishra, Jawaharlal Nehru University; S. C. Garkoti, Jawaharlal Nehru University

PS 25-76

Anthropogenic alterations in soil chemistry (metals and pH) and their relationship to amphibian body size and abundance in New York State forests
Christine E. Bruno, City University of New York, College of Staten Island; William Wallace, City University of New York, College of Staten Island

PS 25-77

Radial growth and δ 13 C responses of black spruce to climate
Xanthe J. Walker, University of Saskatchewan; Jill F. Johnstone, University of Saskatchewan; Michelle C. Mack, University of Florida

PS 25-78

Landscape and forest structural controls on wood density and aboveground biomass along a tropical elevation gradient in Costa Rica
Chelsea Robinson, University of California, Los Angeles; Sassan Saatchi, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Thomas W. Gillespie, University of California, Los Angeles; David B. Clark, University of Missouri-St. Louis & University of Virginia; Johanna Hurtado Astaiza, Organization for Tropical Studies; Miles R. Silman, Wake Forest University; Sandy Andelman, Conservation International

PS 25-79

The legacy of Pleistocene glaciation on soil conditions and productivity of a Rocky Mountain conifer forest
Blake J. Osborn, University of Wyoming; David G. Williams, University of Wyoming

PS 25-80

Does restoring oak woodlands from closed-canopy forests reduce carbon sequestration?
J. Stephen Brewer, University of Mississippi

PS 25-81

Tree population structure and spatial pattern in an ecotone of Abies-Tsuga upper-montane conifer forest of subtropical Taiwan
Jei-Ker Lin, National Chung Hsing University; Kuoh-Cheng Yang, Providence University; Chiou-Rong Sheue, National Chung Hsing University; Peter Chesson, University of Arizona; Jian-Lu Huang, Taiwan Academy of Ecology; Tao-Sheng Lee, Forestry Bureau

PS 25-82

Forest dynamics over 24 yr in a tropical lowland rainforest, Taiwan: Influences of monsoons, typhoons and climate change
Wei-Chun Chao, National Chiayi University; Guo-Zhang Michael Song, National Chung Hsing University; Kuo-Jung Chao, National Chung Hsing University; I-Ling Lai, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology; Kuoh-Cheng Yang, Providence University; Jianwu Tang, Marine Biological Laboratory

PS 25-83

Habitat characteristics, demography, and movement of Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus [=Bufo] canorus) in the Sierra Nevada, California
Christina T. Liang, USDA Forest Service; Cathy Brown, US Forest Service; Kathryn K. Wilkinson, US Forest Service; Stephanie L. Barnes, US Forest Service; Lucas R. Wilkinson, US Forest Service; Carolyn T. Hunsaker, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station

PS 25-84

Delayed ant response to forest fragmentation: Evidence from the Wog Wog long-term habitat fragmentation study in Australia
Jeffrey L. McClenahan, University of Colorado at Boulder

PS 25-85

Bothrops atrox in captivity, change isotopic composition in tissues collected from different environments of the eastern Amazon
Melissa Gaste Martinez, University of Sao Paulo; Hipocrates de Menezes Chalkidis, Integrated College Tapajós; Ana Maria Moura, Butantan Institute; Raimundo Cosme de Oliveira-JR, CPATU, EMBRAPA; Plinio B. Camargo, University of Sao Paulo

PS 25-86

Long-term demographic rates in temperate old-growth forests of Slovenia
Thomas A. Nagel, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty; Dejan Firm, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty

PS 25-87

Mechanisms of treeline species range shift in Basin and Range sub-alpine bristlecone pine/limber pine forests
Brian V. Smithers, UC Davis; Adelia Barber, University of California Santa Cruz; Constance I. Millar, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station; Malcolm P. North, USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station

Cancelled

PS 25-88

Forest fragmentation disrupts the population dynamics of a late-successional tropical tree
Jenny Zambrano, SESYNC; Roberto Salguero-Gomez, The University of Queensland

PS 25-89

Effects of hemlock logging on ant biodiversity patterns in northern hemlock-hardwood forests
Amy E. Arnett, Unity College; Erika F. Latty, Unity College; Taylor Noble, Unity College; Kathleen Dunckel, Unity College

PS 25-90

Interactive effects of bryophyte species and climate warming on tree seedling establishment
Signe Lett, Umeå University; David Wardle, Nanyang Technological University; Marie-Charlotte Nilsson, Swedish Univeristy of Agricultural Sciences; Ellen Dorrepaal, Umeå University

PS 25-91

Nutrients, light, earthworm biomass and deer herbivory as predictors of seedling survival at the prairie-forest ecotone in western Minnesota
Peter H. Wyckoff, University of Minnesota, Morris; Jon Anderson, University of Minnesota, Morris; Aaron Goemann, University of Minnesota, Morris; Alayna Johnson, University of Minnesota, Morris; Heidi Swanson, University of Minnesota, Morris; Alice E. Toll, University of Minnesota, Morris

PS 25-92

To plant or not to plant? Results from a century-long forest planting experiment
Michelle Elise Spicer, Lehigh University; Robert K. Booth, Lehigh University

PS 25-93

Low forest bird migration proportions in sub-Antarctic and temperate forests of southwestern South America
Rajan Rijal, University of North Texas; Jaime E. Jiménez, IEB-UMAG-UNT; Ricardo Rozzi, IEB-UMAG-UNT

PS 25-94

Ecological controls on mercury input and storage in a Pacific Northwest temperate rainforest
Mariah Smith, The Evergreen State College; Abir Biswas, The Evergreen State College; Levi Travis, The Evergreen State College; Rebecca Burghardi, The Evergreen State College; Carri J. LeRoy, The Evergreen State College; Dylan Fischer, The Evergreen State College

PS 25-95

Forest mesification: The demographic causes and consequences of maples’ rise to dominance in temperate forests
Teegan A. McClung, University of Michigan; Daniel W. Katz, University of Michigan; Ines Ibanez, University of Michigan

Cancelled

PS 25-96

Parent material, N cycling, and foliar chemistry in northern hardwood forests
Yi Dong, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Ruth D. Yanai, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Melany C. Fisk, Miami University of Ohio; Russell Briggs, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Mariann Johnston, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

PS 25-97

Variation of Pentaclethra macroloba natural history and genetic structure along an elevational gradient in lowland Costa Rica
Kristen R. Treat, Occidental College; H. Elizabeth Braker, Occidental College

PS 25 Forest Habitats

PS 25
Forest Habitats