Session: Sustainability: Agriculture/Forestry (97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012))

1:30 PM

COS 24-1

Smooth brome is an attractive alternative host for the wheat stem sawfly
Ryan J. Bixenmann, Montana State University; David Weaver, Montana State University; Tracy M. Sterling, Montana State University

1:50 PM

COS 24-2

Stakeholder perspectives on conservation program implementation in agricultural landscapes
John W. Doudna, Iowa State University; Matthew J. Helmers, Iowa State University; Matthew E. O'Neal, Iowa State University; John C. Tyndall, Iowa State University

2:10 PM

COS 24-3

Greenhouse gas emissions and energy production potential from an oil palm wastewater lagoon in southwest Costa Rica
Hana Fancher, University of Colorado; Philip G. Taylor, University of Colorado; Samantha R. Weintraub, University of Colorado; Cory C. Cleveland, University of Montana; Alan R. Townsend, University of Colorado at Boulder

2:30 PM

COS 24-4

The effects of harvest practices and intensity on carbon sequestration in Douglas-fir forests of western Washington, USA
Paul W. Fischer, University of Washington; Gregory J. Ettl, University of Washington; Sándor F. Tóth, University of Washington; Jeffery M. Comnick, University of Washington; Nora Konnyu, University of Washington; Kevin R. Ceder, University of Washington

2:50 PM

COS 24-5

Linking arbuscular mycorrhiza to sustainable agricultural production: Can mycorrhiza increase sorghum production and grain quality?
Adam Cobb, Oklahoma State University; Gail Wilson, Oklahoma State University

3:10 PM

COS 24-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 24-6

Total soil carbon changes and stable carbon isotope dynamics following reforestation of pasture with broadleaf and conifer plantations in Brazil
Rachel L. Cook, North Carolina State University; Jose Luiz Stape, North Carolina State University

3:40 PM Cancelled

COS 24-7

Managing an intensified Amazonia: Estimating the effect of agricultural intensification of key commodities on ecosystem service delivery in Amazonia (widthdrawn)
Christine S. O'Connell, University of California, Berkeley; Nathaniel Mueller, Harvard University; Jonathan Foley, University of Minnesota; Steve Polasky, University of Minnesota; James Gerber, University of Minnesota; Paul West, University of Minnesota

4:00 PM

COS 24-8

Dynamics of climbing palms in an African forest
Duncan Thomas, Washington State University; George B. Chuyong, University of Buea; David Kenfack, Center for Tropical Forest Science & Smithsonian Global Earth Observatory; Sainge N. Moses, Korup Forest Dynamics Plot Programme

4:20 PM

COS 24-9

Synchronizing cover crop flowering time with human demands in reduced-till organic agroecosystems: A comparative genomics approach
Jude Maul, Sustainable Agriculture Systems Laboratory; Steven Mirsky, USDA-ARS Sustainable Agriculture Systems Laboratory; Sarah Emche, Sustainable Agriculture Systems Laboratory

COS 24 - Sustainability: Agriculture/Forestry