Session: Forest Habitats: Temperate (94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009))

PS 52-114

Unraveling the effects of N deposition on root function in temperate forests
Quanying Du, The Pennsylvania State University; David Eissenstat, The Pennsylvania State University; Andrea Masia, University of Bologna; Lindsay Rustad, US Forest Service, ME; Rich Bowden, Allegheny College; Erica Smithwick, The Pennsylvania State University

PS 52-115

Mechanisms of recovery following disturbance in forest ecosystems on the Atlantic coastal plain
Kenneth L. Clark, USDA Forest Service; Nicholas Skowronski, USDA Forest Service; Andrea Kornbluh, Rowan University; Michael Gallagher, USDA Forest Service; John Hom, USDA Forest Service; Dennis Gray, Rutgers University; John Dighton, Rutgers University

PS 52-116

Habitat use by a mixed native - exotic ambrosia beetle community in the oak-hickory forest
Sharon E. Reed, University of Missouri; Rose-Marie Muzika, University of Missouri

PS 52-117

Pacific Northwest second-growth forest carbon dynamics in relation to plant community drivers
Justin L. Kirsch, The University of Washington; Alexandra N. Kazakova, University of Washington; Emily B. Anderson, The Evergreen State College; Margaret Pryor, The Evergreen State College; Dylan Fischer, The Evergreen State College

PS 52-118

Determinant of moth diversity in southern Korea: plant diversity, soil characteristics or other abiotic factors?
Sei-Woong Choi, Mokpo National University; Hui Kim, Mokpo National University

PS 52-119

Microbial dynamics following small scale harvesting in northern hardwood forests
Jennifer L. Stoffel, Upper Iowa University; Stith T. Gower, University of Wisconsin Madison; David J. Mladenoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Teri C. Balser, University of Florida-Gainesville; Jodi A. Forrester, University of Wisconsin

PS 52-120

Effects of aspect and slope position on Quercus alba growth rates
Thomas P. Nelke, University of Missouri; Sharon Reed, University of Missouri; Rose-Marie Muzika, University of Missouri

PS 52-121

Relationship of biodiversity and land use in forested plots in New Hampshire, USA
William Clapham, USDA-ARS, retired; Marjorie M. Holland, University of Mississippi; James M. Fedders, USDA-ARS, Appalachian Farming Systems Research Center

PS 52-122

Initial ground layer response to prescribed burning, thinning, and season on the southern Cumberland Plateau
Joel C. Zak, Alabama A&M University; Luben D. Dimov, Alabama A&M University; Callie J. Schweitzer, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station; Stacy L. Clark, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station

PS 52-123

Not all logs are created equal: Coarse woody debris characteristics influence seedling density in a Minnesota cedar-birch forest
Stephen C. Rossiter, University of North Dakota; Chad C. Jones, Connecticut College; Mark A. White, The Nature Conservancy; Gabriel J. Chandler, Connecticut College

PS 52-124

Black cohosh presence and abundance relative to environmental gradients
Nicole R. Hupp, Regis University; Luben Dimov, Alabama A&M University

PS 52-125

Recent compositional changes in a temperate deciduous forest: insights from long-term forest dynamics plots and the SIGEO network
Norman A. Bourg, Smithsonian Institution - National Zoological Park; Shawn Behling, University of Maryland; Nicole E. Gilbert, Clemson University; Francisco Dallmeier, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; William J. McShea, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute at the National Zoological Park; Alfonso Alonso, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

PS 52-126

Predicting the vulnerability of loblolly pine stands to high loblolly pine mortality at Fort Benning, Georgia, USA
Soung-Ryoul Ryu, Clemson University; G. Geoff Wang, Clemson University; Joan L. Walker, USDA Forest Service

PS 52-127

Decline in a native woodland species (Senna hebecarpa, Caealpiniaceae) due to experimental invasions of Microstegium vimineum (Poaceae)
Jonathan T. Bauer, Michigan State University; Luke Flory, University of Florida

PS 52 - Forest Habitats: Temperate