Session: Forests (95th ESA Annual Meeting (August 1 -- 6, 2010))

PS 54-56

The ecology of conifers in tropical montane forests on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo
Shin-ichiro Aiba, Kagoshima University; Tatsuyuki Seino, University of Tsukuba; Kanehiro Kitayama, Kyoto University

PS 54-57

Phenological colonization of leaf-ties on American beech and white oak
Elisha Sigmon, George Washington University; John T. Lill, George Washington University

PS 54-58

Elk herbivory alters small mammal assemblages in high elevation snow melt drainages
Elliott W. Parsons, University of Montana; John L. Maron, The University of Montana; Thomas E. Martin, Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit

PS 54-59

The effect of non-native forestry on landscape connectivity for wildlife in Nicaragua
Suzanne Hagell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Carol Chambers, Northern Arizona University; Sarah Otterstrom, Paso Pacifico; Claudia Perla Medrano, Paso Pacifico

PS 54-60

The effects of consumer and resource-based limitations on oak recruitment failure
Alisha Duwyn, University of Guelph; Andrew S. MacDougall, University of Guelph

PS 54-61

Can soil fungi affect bacterial functional groups that mediate greenhouse gas emission in forests?
David J. Burke, The Holden Arboretum; Juan Carlos López-Gutiérrez, University of Northern British Columbia; Jared L. DeForest, Ohio University; Kurt A. Smemo, The Holden Arboretum

PS 54-62

Soil variation and functional trait assembly in diverse dipterocarp forest
Masatoshi Katabuchi, University of Florida; Hiroko Kurokawa, Tohoku University; Sylvester Tan, Forest Department Sarawak; Tohru Nakashizuka, Tohoku University

PS 54-63

Long-term variability of litterfall nitrogen and phosphorus in a tropical dry forest of Mexico
Guillermo N. Murray Tortarolo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Victor J. Jaramillo, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; Angelina Martinez-Yrizar, Instituto de Ecologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; Maribel Nava-Mendoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

PS 54-64

Establishment and growth dynamics of contrasting tree species during 100-years of secondary succession in a Midwestern US deciduous forest
Grace P. John, University of Texas, Austin; Ryan McEwan, University of Dayton

PS 54-65

Stomatal regulation during drought of three co-occurring conifer species in northern Arizona
Dan F. Koepke, Desert Botanical Garden; Thomas E. Kolb, Northern Arizona University

PS 54-66

Hemlock woolly adelgid resistance in naturally-occurring eastern hemlocks
L. Radville, University of Rhode Island; L. Ingwell, University of Rhode Island, University of Idaho; R. Casagrande, University of Rhode Island; B. Maynard, University of Rhode Island; E. Preisser, University of Rhode Island

PS 54-67

Diversity of moth species and the identifying indicator species in five different forest habitats of southern Korea
Sei-Woong Choi, Mokpo National University

PS 54-68

Asynchrony in productivity and respiration control patterns of net CO₂ exchange during recovery from disturbance in forest ecosystems
Kenneth L. Clark, USDA Forest Service; Nicholas Skowronski, USDA Forest Service; Andrea Kornbluh, Rowan University; Michael Gallagher, USDA Forest Service; Dennis Gray, Rutgers University

PS 54-69

Effects of acid deposition and liming mitigation Park, NY
Catherine L. Cardelus, Colgate University; Justin Roy, Colgate University; Mallory Lostumbo, Colgate University; Timothy S. McCay, Colgate University

PS 54-70

Potential effects of the decomposition of chestnut litter on nutrient cycling in Eastern North American forests
Chase C. Rosenberg, Ohio University

PS 54-71

Disturbance and environmental influences on regeneration layer dynamics of mixed-pine forest ecosystems of Upper Michigan, USA
Priscilla A. Nyamai, The Ohio State University; P. Charles Goebel, The Ohio State University; David M. Hix, The Ohio State University; R. Gregory Corace III, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

PS 54-72

Plant diversity patterns and their relationships with soil and climatic factors along an altitudinal gradient in the Mt. Jiri National Park Area
Hui Kim, Mokpo National University; Sei-Woong Choi, Mokpo National University

PS 54-73

A survey on nitrate reductase activity in hardwood species in a northeastern temperate forest
Mana Hayashi Tang, Brown University; Stephen Porder, Brown University; Jerry M. Melillo, Marine Biological Laboratory

PS 54-74

The effects of American chestnut mast on consumer population dynamics
Harmony J. Dalgleish, The College of William and Mary; Robert K. Swihart, Purdue University

PS 54-75

Tree community change over time stratified across an integrated soil moisture index, inside, and outside of a prescribed burn in the edge of Appalachia Preserve System in Southern Ohio
William Patrick White, Wright State University; James R. Runkle, Wright State University

PS 54-76

Composition of old-growth canyon-slope woodlands in Zoar Valley, western New York State, as associated with slope angle, elevation, and aspect
Thomas P. Diggins, Youngstown State University; Richard Catterlin, Youngstown State University

PS 54-77

The effects of woody invasive species on leaf litter inputs in a northeastern deciduous forest
Christopher M. Hone, The Pennsylvania State University; Margot Kaye, The Pennsylvania State University

PS 54-78

Effects of fragment metrics on woody species diversity in semiarid-oak forests of the Upper Mixtec region, Oaxaca, Mexico
Ma. de los Remedios Aguilar S, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional_U. Oaxaca, Instituto Politécnico Nacional; Rafael F. Del Castillo, Instituto Politecnico Nacional

PS 54-79

A first glance into the Clearwater Refugium of northern Idaho: A preliminary pollen record from Dismal Lake
Erin M. Herring, University of Oregon; Daniel G. Gavin, University of Oregon

PS 54-80

The effect of habitat disturbance on common Lepidoptera in the New Jersey Pinelands
Dane C. Ward, Drexel University; Walter F. Bien, Drexel University; Harold W. Avery, The College of New Jersey; James R. Spotila, Drexel University

PS 54-81

Impacts of soil resource base on oak seedling functional response
Jerry L. Burgess, Beth Tfiloh High School; Christopher M. Swan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Katalin Szlavecz, Johns Hopkins University

PS 54-82

Impacts of beech bark disease on the virgin beech-hemlock forest at Tionesta Research Natural Area, Allegheny National Forest
Todd E. Ristau, USDA Forest Service; Andrea T. Hille, USDA Forest Service; Robert White, USDA Forest Service

PS 54 - Forests