Session: Ecosystem stability (ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007))

Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Exhibit Halls 1 and 2, San Jose McEnery Convention Center

PS 45-78

Resilience of grasslands to grazing across an elevation gradient in the southern interior of British Columbia
Lauchlan H. Fraser, Thompson Rivers University; Cameron N. Carlyle, University of British Columbia; Roy Turkington, University of British Columbia; Don Thompson, Federal Government of Canada

PS 45-79

Existence of alternative stable states in the producer communities of temporary wetlands
Sigrid D.P. Smith, University of Michigan

PS 45-80

Soil-vegetation feedbacks in dynamic landscapes: Implications for restoration
Debra P.C. Peters, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Jeffrey E. Herrick, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Curtis Monger, New Mexico State University; Greg Okin, UCLA

PS 45-81

Linking plants, soil, and microbes: Geomorphic and ecological stability in the Nebraska Sand Hills
Kimberly R. Payne, University of Nebraska; David A. Wedin, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Rhae A. Drjber, University of Nebraska; Jeremy T. Hiller, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

PS 45-82

Effects of silvicultural disturbance on diversity, species composition, and soil resource availability in Appalachian forests
R. Travis Belote, The Wilderness Society; Robert H. Jones, West Virginia University; Carola A. Haas, Virginia Tech; Thomas R. Fox, Virginia Tech

PS 45-83

Herbivorous fishes serve as a first line of defense against environmental stress
Peggy Fong, UCLA; Matthew J Wartian, University of California Los Angeles

PS 45-84

Temporal boundaries of invertebrate adaptation to abiotic anthropogenic stressors in freshwater streams
Marjorie L. Brooks, Southern Illinois University; Robert E. Zuellig, U.S. Geological Survey; Donna R. Kashien, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory; Peter M. Kiffney, National Marine Fisheries Service; William H. Clements, Colorado State University

PS 45-85

Alternative stable states in a Pacific Northwest estuary
Jennifer L. Ruesink, University of Washington; Alan C. Trimble, University of Washington

PS 45-86

Possible alternate stable states in an soft-sediment benthic marine habitat
Christy M. Bowles, American River College; Edwin D. Grosholz, University of California, Davis

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