Session: Forest And Rangeland Management (97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012))

8:00 AM

Comparative demography of two declining oak species in a Mediterranean-climate savanna
Frank W. Davis, University of California, Santa Barbara; Claudia M. Tyler, University of California Santa Barbara; Bruce E. Mahall, University of California

8:20 AM

COS 136-2

Will increase of human population result in decrease in forest area?
Xiongwen Chen, Alabama A&M University

8:40 AM

COS 136-3

Can tree saplings survive under bottom-up regulated ungulate densities in productive habitats
Jasper L. Ruifrok, University of Groningen; Han Olff, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen; Christian Smit, University of Groningen

9:00 AM

COS 136-4

Effects of lodgepole pine death due to mountain pine beetle and forestry management on understory plant communities
Rebecca Harris, University of Colorado, Boulder; William D. Bowman, University of Colorado

9:20 AM

COS 136-5

Forestry patch retention can assist re-establishment of biodiversity into adjacent harvested areas
Sue C. Baker, University of Tasmania; Jayne Balmer, University of Tasmania; Thomas P. Baker, University of Tasmania; Helen C. Stephens, University of Tasmania; Brad S. Law, Industry and Investment NSW; Andrew B. Hingston, University of Tasmania; Nick M. Fountain-Jones, University of Tasmania; Tim J. Wardlaw, Forestry Tasmania; Mark G. Neyland, Forestry Tasmania; Gregory J. Jordan, University of Tasmania

9:40 AM

COS 136-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 136-6

Bioenergy harvesting impacts on ecologically important stand structure and habitat characteristics
Caitlin E. Littlefield, University of Vermont; William S. Keeton, University of Vermont

10:10 AM

COS 136-7

Assessing spatial heterogeneity outcomes in five rangelands experimentally managed with pyric-herbivory
Devan Allen McGranahan, Sewanee: The University of the South; David M. Engle, Oklahoma State University; Samuel Fuhlendorf, Oklahoma State University; Stephen Winter, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; James R. Miller, University of Illinois; Diane M. Debinski, Iowa State University

10:30 AM

COS 136-8

Integrating vegetation growth, natural disturbances, and management in eastern Oregon and Washington dry forests
Joshua S. Halofsky, Washington Department of Natural Resources; Miles Hemstrom, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service; Simon Bisrat, California Department of Fish and Wildlife; Theresa Burcsu, Institute for Natural Resource; Treg Christopher, Institute for Natural Resources; Megan K. Creutzburg, Portland State University; Jessica Halofsky, University of Washington; Emilie B. Henderson, Oregon State University; Anita T. Morzillo, Oregon State University; Xiaoping Zhou, USDA Forest Service

10:50 AM

COS 136-9

Using historical data to guide forest restoration in the central Sierra Nevada
Eric E. Knapp, USDA Forest Service; Malcolm North, USDA Forest Service; Becky L. Estes, USDA

11:10 AM

COS 136-10

Modeling tree growth in a selectively logged temperate forest
Meng-Hsueh Yu, The Graduate Center, City University of New York; Charles D. Canham, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Charles M. Peters, New York Botanical Garden

COS 136 - Forest And Rangeland Management