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

8:00 AM

Seedling recruitment and establishment of Lupinus perennis L. (wild blue lupine) in a mixed-management ecosystem
Michael A. Plenzler, Bowling Green State University; Helen J. Michaels, Bowling Green State University

8:20 AM

COS 119-2

Initial effects of burn piles on vegetation and soil following conifer removal from a montane meadow
Sheena S. Hillstrom, Washington State University; Charles B. Halpern, University of Washington

8:40 AM

COS 119-3

Demographic responses of congeneric prairie forbs in response to soil nitrogen and calcium - CANCELLED
Maria N. Miriti, The Ohio State University; Estela Maria Quintero, The Ohio State Univesrsity; Peter Curtis, The Ohio State Univesrsity; Robert Klips, The Ohio State University; Vikas Malik, The Ohio State Univesrsity

9:00 AM

COS 119-4

Differences in belowground heterogeneity between anthropogenic sediments and buried soil within a restoration of dewatered sediments in southwestern Wisconsin
Ana J. Wells, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Nick J. Balster, University of Wisconsisn - Madison

9:20 AM

COS 119-5

A spatial evaluation of recent National Fire Plan treatments across the western US
Tania Schoennagel, University of Colorado-Boulder; Cara R. Nelson, University of Montana; Teresa B. Chapman, University of Colorado-Boulder; Gunnar C. Carnwath, University of Montana; Dave Theobald, Colorado State University

9:40 AM

COS 119-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 119-6

Local Populus fremontii outperformed by transplanted genotypes: Re-assessing the home-site hypothesis in restoration
Patrick M. Babbin, The Evergreen State College; Zachary A. Miller, The Evergreen State College; Dylan Fischer, The Evergreen State College; Benjamin J. Marcus, The Evergreen State College; Tristan O. Woodsmith, The Evergreen State College; Jordan A. Erickson, The Evergreen State College; Thomas G. Whitham, Northern Arizona University; Gery J. Allan, Northern Arizona University; Randy K. Bangert, Idaho State University

10:10 AM

COS 119-7

Multiple constraints on ecological restoration: Re-establishment of black grama grass (Bouteloua eriopoda) after intensive grazing
Sandy Tartowski, USDA-ARS; Darren James, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range

10:30 AM

COS 119-8

Factors affecting the establishment of Scirpus validus in urban lakeshore restorations
Dana A. Vanderbosch, University of Minnesota; Susan M. Galatowitsch, University of Minnesota

10:50 AM

COS 119-9

Improving strategies for coastal river restoration: Tracking anadromous river herring in a coastal Massachusetts stream
Holly J. Frank, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Martha E. Mather, University of Massachusetts; Joseph M. Smith, University of Massachusetts Amherst; John T. Finn, University of Massachusetts; Robert M. Muth, University of Massachusetts

11:10 AM

COS 119-10

Effects of dams on stream connectivity and access to source populations for aquatic species restoration
Jeffrey T. Maxted, University of Wisconsin; Matthew W. Diebel, Wisconsin DNR Bureau of Science Services; Emily H. Stanley, University of Wisconsin

COS 119 - Restoration Ecology