Session: Forest Habitats: Temperate (96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011))

8:00 AM

COS 63-1

Combined effects of earthworms and forest age on below- and aboveground processes in the Mid-Atlantic region
Katalin Szlavecz, Johns Hopkins University; Melissa K. McCormick, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Dennis F. Whigham, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Lijun Xia, Johns Hopkins University; Scott Pitz, Johns Hopkins University; Chih-Han Chang, Johns Hopkins University; Michael J. Bernard, Johns Hopkins University; Jay O'Neill, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

8:20 AM

COS 63-2

Plant diversity and effects of harvesting on riparian reserves in forested landscapes
Lana E. D'Souza, Weyerhaeuser NR Company; Laura Six, Weyerhaeuser NR; Jonathan Bakker, University of Washington; Robert E. Bilby, Weyerhaeuser NR

8:40 AM

COS 63-3

Woody composition and structure of upland forest at carpenter park nature preserve: Implications for management
Tih-Fen Ting, University of Illinois at Springfield

9:00 AM

COS 63-4

Growth dynamics of American beech and sugar maple trees exposed to long-term calcium and aluminum additions
Joshua M. Halman, University of Vermont; Paul G. Schaberg, USDA Forest Service; Gary J. Hawley, University of Vermont; Christopher F. Hansen, University of Vermont; Timothy J. Fahey, Cornell University

9:20 AM

COS 63-5

Cumulative effects of natural and anthropogenic stressors on avian populations
Andrew J. Kroll, Weyerhaeuser NR; Jack Giovanini, Weyerhaeuser NR; Jay Jones, Weyerhaeuser NR; Edward B. Arnett, Bat Conservation International; Bob Altman, American Bird Conservancy

9:40 AM

COS 63-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 63-6

Life history and habitat use characterization of temperate forest birds from Chiloe Island, southern Chile: Implications for research and conservation in a changing landscape
Iván A. Díaz, Universidad Austral de Chile; Juan J. Armesto, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity

10:10 AM

COS 63-7

Comparing pre-European and contemporary carbon emissions from wildfire in the montane forest of the Colorado Front Range, USA
Sara Brown, University of Wyoming; Ingrid C. Burke, University of Wyoming; Peter M. Brown, Rocky Mountain Tree-ring Research, Inc.; William K. Lauenroth, University of Wyoming; Daniel R. Schlaepfer, University of Basel

10:30 AM

COS 63-8

No detectable ecosystem carbon changes despite community-level impacts of invasive deer in New Zealand conifer-hardwood forests
Mark G. St. John, Landcare Research; Robert B. Allen, Landcare Research; Fiona Carswell, Landcare Research; Sean Husheer, Lincoln University; Sarah J. Richardson, Landcare Research; David Wardle, Nanyang Technological University

10:50 AM

COS 63-9

Do changes in habitat predict observed changes in small mammals in Yosemite National Park?
Maria João Santos, Stanford University; James H. Thorne, University of California, Davis; Craig Moritz, Australia National University

11:10 AM

COS 63-10

Using stand-structure data from older protected forests to validate models for identifying late-successional and older forests in large-scale surveys
James Rosson Jr., USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station; Anita K. Rose, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station

COS 63 - Forest Habitats: Temperate