Session: Historical Ecology and Survey Records (93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008))

1:30 PM

COS 9-1

Using original land survey records and soils to map the pre-settlement distribution of tamarack in southeastern Wisconsin
Anne H. Reis, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; James A. Reinartz, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

1:50 PM

COS 9-2

History and latitudinal gradients in mammal species diversity
Michael D. Weiser, University of Oklahoma

2:10 PM

COS 9-3

Spatial reconstruction of western spruce budworm outbreak dynamics in the central western Cascades of Oregon since AD 1600
Alan J. Tepley, University of Colorado

2:30 PM

COS 9-4

Climate change and elevational shifts in the spatial pattern of larch budmoth outbreak: Evidence from 300 years of tree ring data
Derek M. Johnson, Virginia Commonwealth University; Ulf Buentgen, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL; Kyrre L. Kausrud, University of Oslo; David C. Frank, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL; Jon Olav Vik, University of Oslo; Tristan Rouyer, University of Oslo; Kyle J. Haynes, University of Virginia; Andrew M. Liebhold, USDA Forest Service; Nils Chr. Stenseth, University of Oslo; Jan Esper, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL

2:50 PM

COS 9-5

Preindustrial forests in the balsam fir-yellow birch bioclimatic zone in eastern Canada - CANCELLED
SÃ©bastien X. Dupuis, UniversitÃ© du QuÃ©bec Ã Rimouski; Dominique Arseneault, UniversitÃ© du QuÃ©bec Ã Rimouski; Luc Sirois, UniversitÃ© du QuÃ©bec Ã Rimouski

3:10 PM

COS 9-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 9-6

Changes in organic matter flux and phytoplankton community structure in two northern Wisconsin lakes at the time of logging
Jennifer E. Schmitz, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Sara Hotchkiss, University of Wisconsin; Randy Calcote, University of Minnesota; James A. Rusak, Dorset Environmental Science Centre

3:40 PM

COS 9-7

The history and ecology of jack pine budworm populations in northwestern Wisconsin: Shift in insect disturbance regimes following European-American settlement of a pine-dominated forest
Michael A. Tweiten, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Sara Hotchkiss, University of Wisconsin

4:00 PM

COS 9-8

Land-use legacies in northern Great Lakes forests: Vegetation changes in and around Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore since pre-settlement
Urs Gimmi, University of Wisconsin-Madison; David J. Mladenoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Volker C. Radeloff, University of Wisconsin-Madison

COS 9 - Historical Ecology and Survey Records