2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11)

COS 162 - Forests: Temperate II

Thursday, August 10, 2017: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

E146, Oregon Convention Center

1:30 PM

COS 162-1

Where might forest restoration take precedence over maintaining spotted owl habitat?
R. Keala Hagmann, Applegate Forestry LLC; Debora L. Johnson, Applegate Forestry LLC; K. Norman Johnson, Oregon State University

1:50 PM

COS 162-2

Surviving dormancy: The phenotypic plasticity of xylem parenchyma as starch storage organs across 2750 meters of elevation in the Sierra Nevada
Jessie Godfrey, UC Davis; Jessica Orozco, University of California Davis; Paula Guzmán-Delgado, University of California Davis; Jason Riggio, University of California, Davis; Maciej A. Zwieniecki, UC Davis; Aude Tixier, uc davis

2:10 PM

COS 162-3

The direct and indirect influence of habitat fragmentation on ecosystem function: Ant-mediated seed removal in a long-term habitat fragmentation experiment
Jeff McClenahan, University of Colorado; Saul Cunningham, The Australian National University; Andrew J. King, CSIRO; Brett A. Melbourne, University of Colorado at Boulder; Kika Tuff, University of Colorado at Boulder; Kendi F. Davies, University of Colorado at Boulder

2:30 PM

COS 162-4

Disturbance, succession, and diversity in eastern deciduous riparian forests
Thomas P. Diggins, Youngstown State University; Leah R. Kaldy, Youngstown State University; Tiffany Betras, Youngstown State University

2:50 PM

COS 162-5

Old-growth temperate rainforest in western Washington: Fungal communities in canopy soil as adaptive facilitators to environmental change
Korena Mafune, University of Washington; Daniel Vogt, University of Washington; Kristiina Vogt, University of Washington

3:10 PM

COS 162-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 162-6

Estimating species-specific competition coefficients with a Bayesian hierarchical model of the neighborhood effect of competition on tree growth
David N. Allen, Middlebury College; Albert Y Kim, Amherst College

3:40 PM

COS 162-7

The misadventures of Catbird and Robin: How these fine-feathered "finks" disperse two invasive shrub species
Anthony C. Cullen, Rutgers University; Kathleen E. Farley, Rutgers University; Susan Smith Pagano, Rochester Institute of Technology; Claus Holzapfel, Rutgers University

4:00 PM

COS 162-8

Invasive earthworms alter nutrient availability and uptake by forest understory plants
Annise M. Dobson, Cornell University

4:20 PM

COS 162-9

Cross-scale analysis of biophysical facilitators of vegetation establishment and growth on Mount St. Helens, WA
Douglas S Thalacker, Portland State University; Andrés Holz, Portland State University

4:40 PM

COS 162-10

Reversing biodiversity decline in threatened floodplain ecosystems
Beverley R. Clarkson, Landcare Research; Scott Bartlam, Landcare Research; Corinne H. Watts, Landcare Research

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