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

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

PS 60 - Forest Habitats

Thursday, August 7, 2008: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM

Exhibit Hall CD, Midwest Airlines Center

PS 60-86

Age class, longevity, and growth rate relationships: Evidence for increasing growth in both young and old trees
Sarah E. Johnson, Northland College; Marc D. Abrams, Pennsylvania State University

PS 60-87

Forest or grassland: Predictive modeling of tropical montane forest distributions in a forest-grassland mosaic
Milind Bunyan, University of Nevada Las Vegas, School of Life Sciences; Aditya Singh, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Shibu Jose, University of Missouri

PS 60-88

Tree dynamics following simulated hurricane damage in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico
Jennifer Holm, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; David Horton, Washington University in St. Louis; Jess K. Zimmerman, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras; Aaron Shiels, USDA, APHIS, National Wildlife Research Center

PS 60-89

Plant functional trait correlations as indicators of drought resistance strategies in trees of the Australian rainforests
Roger W. Shaw, University of Texas at Austin; Timothy J. Curran, School for Field Studies

PS 60-90

Leaf phenology and specific leaf area influence the frost resilience of Australian upland rainforest seedlings
Eric Braden, Texas Tech University; Jennifer Goodwillie, Bard College at Simon's Rock; Timothy J. Curran, School for Field Studies

PS 60-91

Seed dispersal and predation by Proechimys semispinosus and Sciurus granatensis in gaps and understory in central Panama
Alejandra Carvajal, University of New Mexico; Gregory H. Adler, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

PS 60-92

Plant architecture and habitat variation of the exotic ant-plant Ricinus communis (L.) across tropical landscapes
Case M. Prager, Columbia University; Victor D. Carmona-Galindo, Occidental College; H. Elizabeth Braker, Occidental College

PS 60-93

Analysis of echolocation calls from the insectovorous bats of the Yucatan penninsula, Mexico
David R. Ortiz, Instituto de Ecología, UNAM

PS 60-94

Thermal profiles of downed wood in the Oregon Coast Range relative to plethodontid salamander temperature tolerances
Matthew R. Kluber, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station; Deanna H. Olson, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station; Klaus J. Puettmann, Oregon State University

PS 60-95

Forest fragmentation and its effects on Lepidoptera species and their associated larval parasitoids
Daniel M. Pavuk, Bowling Green State University; Melanie L. Bergolc, Bowling Green State University

PS 60-96

Differential growth responses of mature trees and seedlings to a gradient of atmospheric nitrogen deposition
Harbans L. Sehtiya, University of Illinois at Chicago; John Lussenhop, University of Illinois at Chicago; Hormoz BassiriRad, University of Illinois at Chicago

PS 60-97

Aboveground production across a soil resource gradient: Allocation shift and potential calcium limitation
Tom W. Baribault, Michigan State University; Richard K. Kobe, Michigan State University; David E. Rothstein, Michigan State University

PS 60-98

Structural characteristics of an old-growth longleaf pine stand on Horn Mountain, Alabama
Sharon M. Hermann, Auburn University; John C. Gilbert, Auburn University; John Kush, Auburn University

PS 60-99

A landscape level tool to assess longleaf pine extent: Connecting the dots
John C. Gilbert, Auburn University; Dean H. Gjerstad, Auburn University; John Kush, Auburn University

PS 60-100

Carbon storage in old-growth western larch (Larix occidentalis) forests of western Montana
Sarah Bisbing, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas H. DeLuca, Bangor University; Paul Alaback, University of Montana

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