ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)

PS 6 - Community disturbance, recovery

Monday, August 6, 2007: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Halls 1 and 2, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
Predicted ecological effects of Sudden Oak Death on mesic oak forests in the Southern Appalachians
Monica H. Moss Watkins, The University of Southern Mississippi; Ronald L. Hendrick Jr., University of Georgia
Influence of dispersal on disturbance and recovery dynamics in a marine benthic landscape
Carolyn J. Lundquist, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd.; Simon F. Thrush, University of Auckland; Judi E. Hewitt, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd.
Hurricane disturbance may affect foliar tannin concentrations of buttonwoods on Bahamian islands
Louie H. Yang, University of California, Davis; Gaku Takimoto, Toho University; David A. Spiller, University of California, Davis
Resilience of a terrestrial arthropod community to a catastrophic event
R. Andrew Rodstrom, Washington State University; John J Brown, Washington State University
Legacies of prehistoric agriculture on herbaceous plant community composition in a desert grassland
Todd A. Ontl, Iowa State University; Hoski Schaafsma, Arizona State University; Sharon J. Hall, Arizona State University; John M. Briggs, Kansas State University
Two habitats post-Hurricane Katrina exhibit similar levels of species biodiversity in plants and soil-dwelling invertebrates
Meri Cibilic, Our Lady of Holy Cross College; Tracey P. Thayer, Our Lady of Holy Cross College; Katherine E. B. Law, Our Lady of Holy Cross College