Session: Communities: Disturbance And Recovery II (2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11))

1:30 PM

What happens when 100 km² of sand dunes are sprayed with pesticides? A three years follow-up
Ittai Renan, Tel Aviv University; Lilach Raijman, Tel Aviv University

1:50 PM

COS 103-2

Past drought affects forest decline dynamics in western North American forests
David M. Bell, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station; Matthew J. Reilly, Oregon State University; Warren B. Cohen, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station; Andrew N. Gray, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station; Thomas A. Spies, USDA Forest Service; Zhiqiang Yang, Oregon State University

2:10 PM

COS 103-3

Evaluating ecological community change and resilience using multivariate gradient analyses
Karl A Lamothe, University of Toronto; Donald A Jackson, University of Toronto; Keith M. Somers, University of Toronto

2:30 PM

COS 103-4

Evidence for declining forest resilience to wildfires under climate change
Camille Stevens-Rumann, University of Idaho; Kerry B. Kemp, University of Idaho; Daniel C. Donato, Washington State Department of Natural Resources; Philip Higuera, University of Montana; Brian Harvey, University of Wisconsin; Penelope Morgan, University of Idaho; Thomas T Veblen, University of Colorado; Monica T. Rother, University of Colorado

2:50 PM

COS 103-5

What are the drivers and likely consequences of drought-related tree mortality in Sierra Nevada forest trees?
Andrew M. Latimer, University of California Davis; Michael J. Koontz, University of California Davis; Derek J.N. Young, University of California, Davis

3:10 PM

COS 103-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 103-6

Does altering burn regime impact trait composition via changes in composition or intraspecific trait changes?
Justin Wright, Duke University; Gregory M. Ames, Duke University

3:40 PM

COS 103-7

Summer and winter drought drive the initiation and spread of spruce beetle infestation
Sarah J. Hart, University of Colorado-Boulder; Thomas T. Veblen, University of Colorado; Dominik Schneider, University of Colorado; Noah P. Molotch, University of Colorado

4:00 PM

COS 103-8

Successional change in environmental relationships of forest understory after burial by volcanic tephra
Donald B. Zobel, Oregon State University; Joseph A. Antos, University of Victoria

4:20 PM

COS 103-9

Effects of disturbance intensity and frequency on old-field community diversity, composition, and functional groups
James Moore, Christian Brothers University; Beverly Collins, Western Carolina University; Chad Pope, The University of Memphis; Scott Franklin, University of Northern Colorado

4:40 PM

COS 103-10

Canopy cover moderates seedling microclimate: Implications for conifer regeneration under a changing climate
Kimberley Taylor Davis, University of Montana; Zachary Holden, USDA Forest Service; Philip Higuera, University of Montana; Solomon Dobrowski, University of Montana

COS 103 - Communities: Disturbance And Recovery II