94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)

COS 64 - Restoration Ecology I

Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Pavillion IV, Hyatt
Presider:
Virginia Matzek
8:20 AM
The chemical ecology of tropical reforestation
Tara Joy Massad, University of Chicago; Lee A. Dyer, University of Nevada
8:40 AM
Density, disease, and fuels treatment effects on large tree growth and mortality
Malcolm North, USDA Forest Service; Matthew D. Hurteau, Pennsylvania State University; Jamie M. Shields, University of California, Davis; Patricia E. Maloney, University of California - Davis
9:00 AM
Biotic effects of established vegetation on tree colonization in early successional shrublands on Chiloé Island, Chile
Marcela A. Bustamante-Sánchez, Universidad de Concepción; Juan J. Armesto, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity; Charles B. Halpern, University of Washington
9:20 AM
Are urban stream restoration projects worth it?
Melissa A. Kenney, University of Maryland; Peter R. Wilcock, Johns Hopkins University; Benjamin F. Hobbs, Johns Hopkins University; Nicholas Flores, University of Colorado
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
Avian use and egg selenium at constructed wetland habitat, Salton Sea, California
Thomas W. Anderson, Salton Sea Science Office; A. Keith MIles, Western Ecological Research Center; Mark A. Ricca, U.S. Geological Survey; Douglas A. Barnum, Salton Sea Science Office; Douglas H. Deutschman, San Diego State University; Rebecca Lewison, San Diego State University
10:10 AM
The impacts of ecological restoration treatments on wildlife populations in ponderosa pine forests: A meta analysis
Elizabeth L. Kalies, Northern Arizona University; Wally Covington, Northern Arizona University
10:30 AM
Restoring pattern without process in lake restoration
Zach Welch, University of Florida; Wiley M. Kitchens, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
10:50 AM
Current tree densities linked to late-19thcentury high-severity fires in Colorado Front Range upper montane forests
Tania Schoennagel, University of Colorado-Boulder; Thomas Veblen, University of Colorado-Boulder; Rosemary L. Sherriff, Humboldt State University
11:10 AM
A tale of two landscapes: Assessing aspen in northern and southern Utah with ecological indicators
A. Joshua Leffler, USDA-ARS; Paul C. Rogers, Utah State University; Ronald J. Ryel, Utah State University