ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)
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COS 143 - Community disturbance and response

Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
J2, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
8:00 AM
COS 143-1
Communities contain closely related species during ecosystem disturbance: Examples from whole-lake experiment zooplankton communities
Matthew R. Helmus, Vrije Universiteit; James A. Rusak, Dorset Environmental Science Centre; Michael J. Patterson, Fisheries and Oceans Canada; W. Bill Keller, Ontario Ministry of the Environment; Norman D. Yan, York University
8:20 AM
COS 143-2
Legacies of recent disturbance history on post-fire regeneration of a subalpine forest
Carol Wessman, University of Colorado; Cristina Rumbaitis-del Rio, Rockefeller Foundation; Kerry Kemp, University of Colorado
8:40 AM
COS 143-3
Burning, bulldozing, and the effectiveness of rehabilitation: A study of disturbance response pathways in subalpine vegetation
Seraphina C. Cutler, La Trobe University; John W. Morgan, La Trobe University
9:00 AM
COS 143-4
It's all downhill from here: Ecosystem function declines with ski slope grading
Jennifer Williamson Burt, AECOM Design and Planning
9:20 AM
COS 143-5
Changes in ground flora of forested riparian areas following a disturbance gradient
Stacey L. Olszewski, University of Minnesota; Rebecca Montgomery, University of Minnesota; Brian J. Palik, USDA Forest Service; Eric K. Zenner, Penn State University
9:40 AM
COS 143-
Break
9:50 AM
COS 143-6
Restoration in New Zealand biodiversity sanctuaries: Effects on community structure from removal of a guild of invasive species
Bruce R. Burns, Landcare Research; John G. Innes, Landcare Research; Corinne H. Watts, Landcare Research; Craig A. Gillies, Department of Conservation
10:10 AM
COS 143-7
Response of vegetation to increased grazing intensity in temperate desert steppe
Gensuo J. Jia, CAS Intitute of Atmospheric Physics
10:30 AM
COS 143-8
Riparian vegetation community response to over 80 years of de-watering, lower Owens River, California
Derek A. Risso, Oregon State University
10:50 AM
COS 143-9
Reintroduction of native salmonids affects the distribution and abundance of fish populations in the Cedar River, WA, USA
Peter M. Kiffney, National Marine Fisheries Service; George R. Pess, National Marine Fisheries Service; Joseph H. Anderson, University of Washington
11:10 AM
COS 143-10
Ecological consequences of historical and modern freshwater disturbance events in an estuarine ecosystem
Andrew L. Chang, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Gregory M. Ruiz, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
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