Session: Urban ecology (ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007))

Monday, August 6, 2007: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Exhibit Halls 1 and 2, San Jose McEnery Convention Center

Site variation in biodiversity of hymenopteran (Insecta) predators and parasites in urban conifer stands
Sylvio G. Codella, Kean University; Bruce E. Kuntz, Kean University; Jonathan K. O'Brien, Kean University; Khaled Dardir, Kean University; Katerine Raymondi, Kean University

PS 19-180

An ecological ethics for a "crowded planet": Assessing the normative foundations of an emerging ESA vision
Thad Miller, Arizona State University; Ben Minteer, Arizona State University

PS 19-181

Restoration of an urban lake ecosystem: Water quality, point-source pollution, and non-point source pollution
Jodee Hunt, Grand Valley State University; Idaliza Gomez, Grand Rapids Community College

PS 19-182

Variation in highway woody plant communities and soils along urban-rural gradients in Louisville, KY
Tara L. E. Trammell, University of Utah; Brad P. Schneid, University of Louisville; Margaret M. Carreiro, University of Louisville

PS 19-183

Differing avian connections to a semi-arid ecosystem
Erica Schwartzmann, Arizona State University; Jason Walker, Arizona State University

PS 19-184

Urban landscape design and bird community structure in Phoenix, Arizona: Management implications
Susannah B. Lerman, USDA Forest Service; Paige S. Warren, University of Massachusetts Amherst

PS 19-185

Woody plant production and leaf area index along urban-rural highway gradients in Louisville, KY
Shannon A. Scroggins, University of Louisville; Tara L. E. Trammell, University of Utah; Margaret M. Carreiro, University of Louisville

PS 19-186

The energy and mass balance of Los Angeles County
Nicole Ngo, University of California, Irvine; Diane Pataki, University of Utah

PS 19-187

Have urban stresses led to locally adapted populations of herbaceous species, useful for restoration?
Steven N. Handel, Rutgers University; Steven E. Clements, Brooklyn Botanic Garden; Edward Toth, Greenbelt Native Plant Center, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation; Hadas A. Parag, Rutgers University; Timothy J. Chambers, Greenbelt Native Plant Center, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation

PS 19-188

Chloride dynamics in the hyporheic zone of a flashy urban stream in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
Paul Mayer, USEPA, National Health and Environmental Research Laboratory; Elise Striz, US Environmental Protection Agency; Edward Doheny, US Geological Survey; Sujay Kaushal, UMCES Appalachian Laboratory; Peter M. Groffman, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

PS 19-189

Eco-health impacts of urban tropical wastewater in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Msimbazi River Case Study
Amani N. McHugh, Duke University

PS 19-190

Ecological restoration in urban zones: Barranca Tarango case in Mexico City
Gumercinda Corona-Alvarez, Instituto de Ecologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; Ana Mendoza, Instituto de Ecologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

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