Session: Ecosystem Stability And Resilience II (97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012))

8:00 AM

Long-term ecosystem impacts of invasions and implications for community dynamics: Exotic grasses and soil N cycling in Hawai′i
Stephanie G. Yelenik, U.S. Geological Survey; Carla D'Antonio, University of California Santa Barbara; Michelle C. Mack, University of Florida; Nicole DiManno, University of California

8:20 AM

COS 186-2

Cross-scale interactions drive ecosystem responses to precipitation in the Chihuahuan Desert
Finn C. Pillsbury, New Mexico State University; Debra Peters, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Dawn M. Browning, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Michael Duniway, U.S. Geological Survey

8:40 AM

COS 186-3

Linking decision-making processes to land use patterns on the Great Plains
Mari Elise Ewing, University of Colorado

9:00 AM

COS 186-4

Diversity buffers agricultural yield under variable environmental conditions
Katherine K. Ennis, University of California, Santa Cruz; Lauren C. Cline, University of Michigan; David J. Gonthier, University of Michigan; Daniel W. Katz, University of Michigan; Binbin Li, University of Michigan; Lindsey MacDonald, University of Michigan; Theresa Wei Ying Ong, University of Michigan; Yahn-Jauh Su, Michigan State University; Ivette Perfecto, University of Michigan; Bradley J. Cardinale, University of Michigan

9:20 AM

COS 186-5

Unknown unknowns: Management strategies under uncertainty and alternate stable states
Carl Boettiger, UC Berkeley; Alan Hastings, University of California, Davis

9:40 AM

COS 186-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 186-6

Effects of agroecological optimization and decision-making on threshold behavior
Patrick G. Lawrence, Montana State University; Judit Barroso, Montana State University; Bruce Maxwell, Montana State University; Anton Bekkerman, Montana State University; Clain Jones, Montana State University; Lisa J. Rew, Montana State University

10:10 AM

COS 186-7

Quantifying the transition in composition and function in eastern hemlock forests impacted by hemlock woolly adelgid
Katherine L. Martin, The Pennsylvania State University; P. Charles Goebel, The Ohio State University

10:30 AM

COS 186-8

Human-induced trait change in a recently collapsed salmon population complex
Stephanie M. Carlson, University of California, Berkeley; Eric R. Huber, University of California, Berkeley; William H. Satterthwaite, NOAA Fisheries

10:50 AM

COS 186-9

Ecology, hydrology and alternate stable states in Sahelian grazing systems
Lara Prihodko, South Dakota State University; Niall P. Hanan, South Dakota State University; Armel Kaptue, South Dakota State University; Rebecca McKeown, Colorado State University; Moussa Karembé, Université de Bamako; Fadiala Dembélé, Institut Polytechnique Rurale; Djibo Boubacar, Université de Bamako; Fatoumata Traore, Université de Bamako; Fankele Diarra, Université de Bamako

11:10 AM

COS 186-10

Ecological biogeomorphology: Metaanalysis of post-fire wind erosion in sagebrush steppe
Matthew J. Germino, US Geological Survey; Joel B. Sankey, USGS; Amber N. Hoover, Idaho State University; Nancy F. Glenn, Idaho State University

COS 186 - Ecosystem Stability And Resilience II