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

COS 56 - Restoration ecology in forest habitats: Methods and approaches

Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Willow Glen II, San Jose Marriott
1:30 PM
The holes-digging method for promoting vegetation restoration
Yuping Hou, Sun Yat-Sen University; Longsheng Yu, Sun Yat-Sen University; Baoming Chen, Sun Yat-Sen University; Shaolin Peng, Sun Yat-sen University; Guanfeng Liang, Macao Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau
1:50 PM
Nurse plants for increasing Abies religiosa survival and growth: Consequences for Monarch Butterfly (Dannaus plexipus) habitat restoration
Arnulfo Blanco-García, National University (Mexico) or Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; Roberto Lindig-Cisneros, National University (Mexico) or Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
2:10 PM
Prediction of unknown potential natural vegetation in heavily disturbed area based on a community assembly rule
Fumito Koike, Yokohama National University; Yoshiko Kobayashi, Yokohama National University; Koji Kato, Yokohama National University
2:30 PM
Changes in root morphology and function after clipping the main root of Quercus suber seedlings
Jordi Cortina, University of Alicante; Carlos Garcia-Nuñez, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Los Andes; Esther Rubio, University of Alicante; Encarnacion Hernandez, University of Alicante and CEAM Foundation; Alberto Vilagrosa, CEAM Foundation
2:50 PM
Early effects of site preparation on the native ground layer vegetation of a hydric soil in North Carolina, USA
Benjamin O. Knapp, Clemson University; Joan L. Walker, USDA Forest Service; Susan Cohen, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune; Andrea M. Silletti, The University of Georgia
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Assessment of precommercial thinning as a restoration tool for coast redwood-Douglas-fir forests
Jesse F. Plummer, Humboldt State University; Christopher R. Keyes, Humboldt State University
3:40 PM
Factors affecting subcanopy growth following variable-density thinning in second-growth conifer forests on the Olympic Peninsula in Western Washington
Emily J. Comfort, Mississippi State University; Scott D. Roberts, Mississippi State University; Constance A. Harrington, USDA Forest Service
4:00 PM
Effects of light on the restoration of the American chestnut to the forests of Mammoth Cave National Park
Albert J. Meier, Western Kentucky University; Jonathan L. Bowers, Western Kentucky University
4:20 PM
Simulating changes in forest structure and light availability in response to different thinning approaches
Douglas G. Sprugel, University of Washington; Katherine A. Grieve, University of Washington; Charles B. Halpern, University of Washington