Session: Temperate Forests I (100th ESA Annual Meeting (August 9 -- 14, 2015))

1:30 PM

Consistency and conditionality of Pseudotsuga menziesii biomass change dynamics through succession across ecosystems of the Cascade Mountains, USA
David M. Bell, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station; Andrew N. Gray, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

1:50 PM

COS 131-2

What causes female bias in the secondary sex-ratios of the dioecious woody shrub Salix sitchensis colonizing a primary successional landscape?
Christian Che-Castaldo, University of Maryland; Charles M. Crisafulli, USDA Forest Service; John Bishop, Washington State University; William F. Fagan, University of Maryland

2:10 PM

COS 131-3

Drought-induced stomatal closure rising canopy temperature observed from space
Bijan Seyednasrollah, Duke University; James Clark, Duke University; Jean-Christophe Domec, Duke University

2:30 PM

COS 131-4

Using silvicultural management and genetic selection to assist in the restoration of American chestnut to the northeastern U.S.
Gary J. Hawley, University of Vermont; Paul G. Schaberg, USDA Forest Service; Paula F. Murakami, USDA Forest Service; Kendra M. Gurney, The American Chestnut Foundation; Joshua Halman, State of Vermont

2:50 PM

COS 131-5

Using dendroecological techniques to interpret the response of trees to environmental change at Vermont Monitoring Cooperative’s Mount Mansfield study site
Alexandra M. Kosiba, University of Vermont; Paul G. Schaberg, USDA Forest Service; Shelly A. Rayback, Unviersity of Vermont; Gary J. Hawley, University of Vermont

3:10 PM

COS 131-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 131-6

Response of Louisiana Waterthrush to shale gas development
Mack W. Frantz, West Virginia University; Petra B. Wood, West Virginia University; James Sheehan, West Virginia University; Gregory George, West Virginia University; Amy B. Welsh, West Virginia University; Steve Latta, The National Aviary

3:40 PM

COS 131-7

Hydrobiogeochemical control of temporal variation in atmospheric nitrate export from a temperate forest watershed
Robert D. Sabo, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; David M. Nelson, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Keith N. Eshleman, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

4:00 PM

COS 131-8

Long-term changes in ecosystem nitrogen availability and nitrate export in two neighboring watersheds in the Adirondack Mountains
Gabriel A. Zabala, Utica College; Robert D. Sabo, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Sara E. Scanga, Utica College; Gregory B. Lawrence, U.S. Geological Survey; Alexandria A. Alinea, Utica College; Charles D. Schirmer, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; David M. Nelson, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Keith N. Eshleman, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

4:20 PM

COS 131-9

Cerulean warbler territory habitat selection related to operational silviculture prescriptions in West Virginia
Gretchen E. Nareff, West Virginia University; Petra B. Wood, West Virginia University; Todd Fearer, Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture

4:40 PM

COS 131-10

Consequences of changing fire frequency for carbon pools and fluxes in a Longleaf Pine savanna system
Justin Wright, Duke University; Gregory M. Ames, Duke University; Cari D. Ficken, Duke University

COS 131 Temperate Forests I

COS 131
Temperate Forests I