Session: Restoration Ecology (96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011))

PS 11-127

Colorado Plateau Native Plant Program: A plant materials development program
Wayne Padgett, Bureau of Land Management; Troy Wood, U.S. Geological Survey

PS 11-128

CANCELLED - Long and short-term effects of fire on pine savanna groundcover vegetation
Ellen R. Leichty, Louisiana State University; William J. Platt, Louisiana State University

PS 11-129

Dispersal and survival of Bobwhite quail released from surrogators
John C. Kinsey, Texas State University; John T. Baccus, Texas State University; Robert Perez, Texas Parks and Wildlife; Dr. Michael Small, Texas State University; Thomas R. Simpson, Texas State University

PS 11-130

Applying the diversity-invasion hypothesis to test restoration as biocontrol
Kelly G. Lyons, Trinity University

PS 11-131

Gravel mine reclamation on the shortgrass steppe: Current status and assessment of competition
Michael H. Schiebout, Union University; Scott Franklin, University of Northern Colorado

PS 11-132

Variability of aboveground and belowground carbon stocks in Florida flatwoods ecosystems undergoing restoration and management
K. Elizabeth Becker, University of Central Florida; J. Mikaela Anderson, North Carolina State University; C. Ross Hinkle, University of Central Florida

PS 11-133

Tree growth, mortality, and reproduction in a 20-year old maple-basswood forest restoration
Jonathan H. Henn, St. Olaf College; Christina R. Herron-Sweet, St. Olaf College; Amy E. Kendig, University of Minnesota; Tyler K. Refsland, University of Illinois; Kathleen Shea, St. Olaf College

PS 11-134

Productivity and soil characteristics as indices of tallgrass prairie restoration success
Amy E. Kendig, University of Minnesota; Tyler K. Refsland, University of Illinois; Jonathan H. Henn, St. Olaf College; Christina R. Herron-Sweet, St. Olaf College; Kathleen Shea, St. Olaf College

PS 11-135

Conservation genetics of the endangered Sargent’s Cherry Palm, Pseudophoenix sargentii
Tonya D. Fotinos, Florida International University & Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden; Sandra Namoff, Claremont Graduate University & Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden; Carl Lewis, Center for Tropical Plant Conservation, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL; M. Patrick Griffith, Montgomery Botanical Center; Javier Francisco-Ortega, Florida International University & Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden; Joyce Maschinski, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden; Eric J. von Wettberg, Florida International University & Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

PS 11-136

Selecting suitable macrophytes for remediation and restoration of leachate channel in a sanitary landfill
Hee Sang Han, Seoul National University; Uhram Song, Seoul National University; Eun Ju Lee, Seoul National University

PS 11-137

Effects of crested wheatgrass soil on native plant production
Baili Foster, Colorado State University; Paul J. Meiman, Colorado State University; Brett Wolk, Colorado State University; Mark W. Paschke, Colorado State University

PS 11-138

Changes in understory vegetation in Hawaiian wet forest 15 years after removal of nonnative feral pigs
Rebecca J. Cole, University of Colorado at Boulder; Creighton M. Litton, University of Hawaii at Manoa

PS 11-139

Seed germination and seedling survival of five endemic Florida Scrub species in intact and degraded habitats
Elizabeth L. Stephens, University of Central Florida; Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio, University of Central Florida; Luz M. Castro-Morales, University of Central Florida

PS 11-140

Clipping response strategies of nine bunchgrasses native to the blue ash-oak savannah of the inner bluegrass region of Kentucky
Jann E. Fry, University of Kentucky; Jyotirekha Chakravarty, University of Kentucky; Timothy D. Phillips, University of Kentucky; Scott Gleeson, University of Kentucky; Allison Reloj, University of Kentucky

PS 11-141

Local resource control versus regional constraints on species coexistence in restored stream reaches
K. Tara Willey, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Christopher M. Swan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Bryan L. Brown, Virginia Tech

PS 11-142

Smoke-stimulated germination of Native Seeds: A management option
Robert D. Cox, Texas Tech University; Yi-Fang Chou, Texas Tech University

PS 11-143

Changes to nutrient availabilities and cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) metrics following non-surface disturbing restoration treatments in a sagebrush-steppe ecosystem
Jan R. Summerhays, Utah State University; Eugene W. Schupp, Utah State University; Alexandra D. Reinwald, Utah State University

PS 11-144

Is cutting and regrowth spraying more effective than cutting and stump painting to kill Asiatic bush honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.)?
Kurt E. Schulz, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Jessica Wright, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Sabrina Ashbaker, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

PS 11-145

Response of understory plant communities to timber and fire management in a mixed-pine hardwood forest
Raelene M. Crandall, Washington University; Ronald E. Masters, Oklahoma State University

PS 11-146

Bison-mediated seed dispersal in a tallgrass prairie reconstruction
Peter Eyheralde, Iowa State University; Emily J. Artz, Iowa State University; W. Sue Fairbanks, Iowa State University

PS 11-147

The effects of initial vegetation composition, seed availability, fire and competition on herbaceous species recruitment in savannas and savanna restoration
Christina M. Andruk, University of Texas at Austin; Norma L. Fowler, University of Texas at Austin

PS 11-148

Pioneer effects on exotic and native tree colonizers: Insights for Araucaria forest restoration
Gislene Ganade, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Maria N. Miriti, The Ohio State University; Guilherme G. Mazzochini, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Claudia P. Paz, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS

PS 11-149

Guiding ecological restoration in invaded landscapes
Susan Cordell, USDA Forest Service; Erin J. Questad, USDA Forest Service; Kealohanuiopuna M. Kinney, University of Maryland; James R. Kellner, Brown University; Jarrod M. Thaxton, Eastern Kentucky University; Gregory P. Asner, Carnegie Institution for Science

PS 11-150

Regional evaluation of recovery following restoration in Platte River wetlands
Anna E. Statz, Simpson College; Phillip A. Seiwert, Simpson College; Clinton K. Meyer, Simpson College

PS 11-151

Competitive control of an exotic mangrove: Restoration of native mangrove forests by altering light availability
Leiyi Chen, SunYat-Sen (Zhongshan) University & Rice University; Shaolin Peng, Sun Yat-sen University; Evan Siemann, Rice University

PS 11-152

Contrasting seedling survival of an early- and late-colonizing species transplanted to burned shrublands in the northeast Mojave Desert
Sara J. Scoles-Sciulla, US Geological Survey, Westen Ecological Science Center; Lesley A. DeFalco, US Geological Survey, Westen Ecological Science Center

PS 11 - Restoration Ecology