Session: Land Use and Land-Use History (93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008))

PS 50-153

Extent and distribution of prairies in the southeastern United States in the early 19th century
John A. Barone, Columbus State University

PS 50-154

Land-use and -cover change near hibernacula of the endangered Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis): Current and projected risks to species recovery
Michael G. Just, North Carolina State University; Matthew G. Hohmann, US Army Corps of Engineers ERDC - CERL

PS 50-155

Responses of forests on sandy soils to post-European land-use changes
Randy Calcote, University of Minnesota; Sara Hotchkiss, University of Wisconsin; Elizabeth Lynch, Luther College; David J. Mladenoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jeanine Rhemtulla, University of Wisconsin-Madison

PS 50-156

Water quality trends in a changing landscape in Puerto Rico
Brenda I. Castro-Voltaggio, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus; Jorge R. Ortiz-Zayas, Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies (ITES)-University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras

PS 50-157

Social-biophysical feedbacks and land change in an arid rangeland region
Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Rhonda K. Skaggs, New Mexico State University

PS 50-158

Land-use and spatial scale effects on the arthropod communities of Azores
Pedro Cardoso, Universidade dos Açores; Paulo A. Borges, Universidade dos Açores; Silvia Calvo, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC); Francisco O. Dinis, Universidade dos Açores; Clara S. Gaspar, Universidade dos Açores; Jorge M. Lobo, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)

PS 50-159

An analysis of plant community change 1811: Present in western New York using historical surveys
Evelyn L. Brister, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth N. Hane, Rochester Institute of Technology; Karl F. Korfmacher, Rochester Institute of Technology

PS 50-160

How do forest management and habitat impact the phylogenetic and functional group diversity of lichen communities?
Matthew P. Nelsen, University of Chicago; Susan Will-Wolf, University of Wisconsin-Madison

PS 50-161

Do perennial roots stimulate soil biota and increase soil quality? Evidence from no-till conversion of high-yielding tallgrass prairie - CANCELLED
S. Tianna DuPont, University of California, Davis; Steve W. Culman, Cornell University; Jerry D. Glover, The Land Institute; Howard Ferris, University of California, Davis

PS 50-162

Patterns of historic landscape modification impact modern beech population genetics
Jessica Mikels-Carrasco, University of Notre Dame; Lynn L. Anderson, University of Notre Dame; Jason McLachlan, University of Notre Dame

PS 50-163

Is inequality good for conservation? Effects of income on land-use practices, deforestation, and fragmentation in the Peruvian Amazon
Jeanine M. Rhemtulla, McGill University; Oliver T. Coomes, McGill University; Carlos Rengifo Upiachihua, Sembrando Futuro en la Amazonía

PS 50-164

Stable isotopic signatures in animal tissues track differences along the rural-urban land-use gradient - CANCELLED
Michelle M. Frack, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; Miquel Gonzalez-Meler, University of Illinois - Chicago; Chris Whelan, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

PS 50 - Land Use and Land-Use History