Session: Paleoecology (101st ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2016))

8:00 AM

COS 98-1

Wildfires size impact long-term vegetation trajectories in northeastern coniferous boreal forest of Canada
Cécile C. Remy, Université en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Université de Montpellier; Yves Bergeron, University of Quebec in Abitibi-Temiscamingue; Christelle Hély, Institut des sciences de l'évolution de Montpellier, École Pratique des Hautes Études; Adam A. Ali, Universite Montpellier II; Martin Lavoie, Laval University

8:20 AM

COS 98-2

Megafauna collapse and vegetation changes in Lagoa Santa region, southeastern Brazil
Marco Raczka, Florida Institute of Technology; Mark B. Bush, Florida Institute of Technology; Paulo Eduardo De Oliveira, Universidade de São Paulo

8:40 AM

COS 98-3

A millennial scale perspective on changes to benthic communities: Changes in clam abundance and growth rates in Sydney Harbour (Australia)
Juan Gabriel Dominguez Sarmiento, Macquarie University; Matthew A. Kosnik, Macquarie University; Dorrit E. Jacob, Macquarie University

9:00 AM

COS 98-4

Timing and drivers of woolly mammoth extinction on St. Paul Island in the late Quaternary
Yue Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Pete Heintzman, University of California, Santa Cruz; Soumaya Belmecheri, Pennsylvania State University; Brendan J. Culleton, Pennsylvania State University; Lee Newsom, Pennsylvania State University, Penn State University; Warren P. Porter, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Beth Shapiro, University of California, Santa Cruz; John W. (Jack) Williams, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Matthew Wooller, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Russ Graham, Pennsylvania State University

9:20 AM

COS 98-5

Andean microrefugia: Testing the Holocene to predict the Anthropocene
Frazer Matthews-Bird, Florida Institue of Technology; Bryan G. Valencia, Florida Institute of Technology; William Gosling, University of Amsterdam; Dunia H. Urrego, University of Exeter; Joseph J. Williams, Aberystwyth; Mark B. Bush, Florida Institute of Technology

9:40 AM

COS 98-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 98-6

Ecological baselines and restoration in the high Andes: A long-term perspective
Bryan Valencia, Florida Institute of Technology; Mark B. Bush, Florida Institute of Technology; William Gosling, University of Amsterdam; Angela L. Coe, The Open University

10:10 AM

COS 98-7

Human alteration of iconic Galápagos Islands ecosystems: A paleoecological perspective
Aaron F. Collins, Florida Institute of Technology; Mark B. Bush, Florida Institute of Technology; Alejandra Restrepo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Honey D. Whitney, Florida Institute of Technology

10:30 AM

COS 98-8

Searching for a pre-fire drought signal in the wood anatomy of a fire-scarred fossil tree
Bruce A. Byers, Bruce Byers Consulting; Lucia DeSoto, University of Coimbra; Markus Stoffel, University of Berne; Dan Chaney, National Museum of Natural History; Sidney R. Ash, University of New Mexico; Anya Byers, The Nature Conservancy; Jonathan Byers, Alpine of the Americas Project

10:50 AM

COS 98-9

How novel are 21^st century climates? A global assessment of future climates and their analogs back to the last interglacial, 125,000 years ago
Kevin D. Burke, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jack Williams, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Stephen T. Jackson, U.S. Geological Survey

COS 98 - Paleoecology