2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11)

8:00 AM

COS 80-1

Exotic and native ungulate foraging pressures along Texas Hill Country streams: Impacts on riparian structure and function
Maggie S. Yarnold, Loyola University Chicago; Tom Arsuffi, Texas Tech University

8:20 AM

COS 80-2

Soil crusts, vascular plants and disturbance in Northern Rocky Mountain grasslands
Mandy L Slate, The University of Montana; Ragan M. Callaway, The University of Montana

8:40 AM

COS 80-3

Intermediate-severity wind disturbance in mature temperate forests: Effects on legacy structure, carbon storage, and stand dynamics
Garrett W. Meigs, University of Vermont; William S. Keeton, University of Vermont

9:00 AM

COS 80-4

Temporal changes in leaf area index within an urban brownfield
Frank Gallagher, Rutgers University; Allyson B. Salisbury, Rutgers University; Jason C. Grabosky, Rutgers University

9:20 AM Cancelled

COS 80-5

Above- and belowground recovery after high-severity wildfires in ponderosa pine forests
Suzanne M. Owen, USDA FS; Carolyn Hull Sieg, USDA FS; José M. Iniguez, USDA FS; Andrew J. Sánchez Meador, Northern Arizona University; Adair M. Patterson, Northern Arizona University; Catherine A. Gehring, Northern Arizona University; Paula J. Fornwalt, USDA FS; Michael A. Battaglia, USDA FS; Peter Z. Fulé, Northern Arizona University

9:40 AM

COS 80-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 80-6

Patterns and drivers of stream thermal response to wildfires in the Pacific Northwest
Elliot D. Koontz, University of Washington; Ashley Steel, U.S. Forest Service; Julian D. Olden, University of Washington

10:10 AM

COS 80-7

Lightning is the primary cause of large tropical tree mortality
Evan M Gora, University of Louisville; Phillip M. Bitzer, University of Alabama in Huntsville; Jeffrey C Burchfield, University of Alabama in Huntsville; Stephen P. Yanoviak, University of Louisville

10:30 AM

COS 80-8

Environmental fluctuation mediates metacommunity structure
Carina Rauen Firkowski, University of Toronto; Marc W. Cadotte, University of Toronto - Scarborough; Marie-Josée Fortin, University of Toronto

10:50 AM

COS 80-9

Disturbance legacies and the post-fire dynamics of an emerging, introduced forest disease
Allison Simler, University of California Davis; Margaret R. Metz, Lewis & Clark College; Ross K. Meentemeyer, North Carolina State University; Kerri M. Frangioso, University of California, Davis; Tyler. B. Bourret, University of California, Davis; David M. Rizzo, University of California, Davis

11:10 AM

COS 80-10

Enhanced productivity versus increased fire: What will constrain carbon stocks in a warmer future in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem?
Paul D. Henne, US Geological Survey; Todd J. Hawbaker, U.S. Geological Survey

COS 80 - Communities: Disturbance And Recovery I

Meeting Information

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