2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11)

8:20 AM Cancelled

COS 46-1

Spekboom planting in degraded areas improves soil properties in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
Sheunesu Ruwanza, University of Venda; Bryce Panter, Rhodes University

8:00 AM

COS 46-2

Ecological restoration of pollinator communities requires restoring connectivity
Stephen D. Murphy, University of Waterloo

8:40 AM

COS 46-3

Ecological restoration of degraded sandy grassland using microbial organic compound in Horqin Sandy Land, Northern China
Shaokun Wang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Xueyong Zhao, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Tala Awada, University of Nebraska; Xiaoan Zuo, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences

9:00 AM

COS 46-4

Facilitating adaptation in tropical montane plants to changing precipitation along an elevation gradient
Christina Leopold, University of Hawaii at Hilo; Steven C. Hess, U.S. Geological Survey; Kimberly Kahaleua, University of Hawaii at Manoa

9:20 AM

COS 46-5

Using a functional similarity index to assess reclamation strategies in the Athabasca oil sands region of northern Alberta, Canada
M. Derek MacKenzie, University of Alberta; Jeffrey Hogberg, University of Alberta; Brad D. Pinno, Natural Resources Canada

9:40 AM

COS 46-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 46-6

Applied nucleation accelerates tropical forest tree recruitment and litterfall inputs after a decade
Karen D. Holl, University of California, Santa Cruz; Fernando Casanoves, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza; José Miguel Chaves-Fallas, University of Missouri-St. Louis; Oscar Lanuza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua; Federico Oviedo-Brenes, Organization for Tropical Studies; J. Leighton Reid, Missouri Botanical Garden; Rakan A. Zahawi, University of California, Santa Cruz

10:10 AM

COS 46-7

Soil-foraging marsupials as ecosystem engineers: Learnings from the Mulligans Flat-Goorooyarroo Woodland Experiment
Catherine E. Ross, The Australian National University; Sue McIntyre, CSIRO; Philip Barton, The Australian National University; Saul Cunningham, The Australian National University; Adrian Manning, The Australian National University

10:30 AM

COS 46-8

The potential carbon benefit of reforesting non-native grasslands on Hawaii Island with endemic Acacia koa trees
Paul C. Selmants, USGS; Benjamin M. Sleeter, USGS; Nicholas Koch, Forest Solutions, Inc.; James B. Friday, University of Hawaii at Manoa

10:50 AM

COS 46-9

Ensuring plant diversity and restoring soil function in disturbed landscapes: Hitchhiking native forbs with white spruce
Adam L. Mathison, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology; Amanda L. Schoonmaker, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology; M. Derek MacKenzie, University of Alberta

11:10 AM

COS 46-10

Historical ecology of Onondaga Lake
Catherine Landis, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Robin W. Kimmerer, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Donald J. Leopold, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

COS 46 - Restoration Ecology II

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