Session: Fire (93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008))

1:30 PM

COS 96-1

Effects of fire intensity on resprouting potential of woody groundcover vegetation in midwestern barrens
Sheryl M. Petersen, The Holden Arboretum; Paul B. Drewa, Case Western Reserve University

1:50 PM

COS 96-2

Effects of fire intensity, repeated burning, and time since fire on woody vegetation of an eastern sand savanna
Alan Haney, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Marlin L. Bowles, The Morton Arboretum; Steven Apfelbaum, Applied Ecological Services; Emily Lain, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Tom Post, Indiana Department of Natural Resources

2:10 PM

COS 96-4

Effect of fire and insect outbreaks on long-term forest succession in boreal forests of eastern Quebec
Mathieu Bouchard, Université Laval

2:30 PM

COS 96-3

Patterns and controls of community structure in South African and North American grasslands: Convergence and contingency
Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico; Melinda Smith, Colorado State University; Richard W.S. Fynn, University of Botswana; Kevin P. Kirkman, University of Kwazulu-Natal; Peter D. Wragg, University of Minnesota; John Blair, Kansas State University; Catherine E. Burns, San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory; Alan Knapp, Colorado State University

2:50 PM

COS 96-5

Convergence and contingency in patterns and controls of productivity in South African and North American savanna grasslands
A.K. Knapp, Colorado State University; Greg Buis, Colorado State University; Richard W.S. Fynn, University of Botswana; Kevin P. Kirkman, University of Kwazulu-Natal; Navashni Govender, Scientific Services Kruger National Park; John Blair, Kansas State University; Catherine E. Burns, San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory; Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico; Melinda Smith, Colorado State University

3:10 PM

COS 96-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 96-6

Long-term interaction between fire and vegetation: 2000 years of variability in the fire regime of the Siskiyou Mountains (SW Oregon, USA)
Daniele Colombaroli, University of Oregon; Daniel Gavin, University of Oregon

3:40 PM

COS 96-7

Unifying wildfire models from ecology and statistical physics
Richard D. Zinck, UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Ecological Research - UFZ; Volker Grimm, Helmholtz Centre for Ecological Research - UFZ

4:00 PM

COS 96-8

A probabilistic wildfire risk model for Los Alamos National Laboratory
Randy G. Balice, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Scot D. Johnson, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Kathryn D. Bennett, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Todd L. Graves, Los Alamos National Laboratory

4:20 PM

COS 96-9

Impacts of post-fire salvage logging on soil bacteria in mixed conifer forests in central Oregon
Tara N. Jennings, USDA Forest Service; Jane E. Smith, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Forestry Sciences Lab; Elizabeth W. Sulzman, Oregon State University; Sarah Beldin, USGS FRESC

4:40 PM

COS 96-10

Mulching the forest: Mastication treatment effects on surface fuels and plant cover
Michael A. Battaglia, USDA FS; Chuck C. Rhoades, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station; Monique Rocca, Colorado State University; Natalia Canova, Colorado State University; Brett Wolk, Colorado State University; Michael G. Ryan, Colorado State University

COS 96 - Fire