Session: Communities: Disturbance And Recovery (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

PS 14-18

The effect of understory vegetation removal and slope orientation on the germination of two shrub species in a fir forest in Mexico City
Yuriana Matínez, UNAM; Silvia Castillo-Argüero, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Alma Orozco-Segovia, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; J. Alejandro Zavala, UAM; Ernesto V. Vega-Peña, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

PS 14-19

Snail communities in the last remaining primary Tamaulipan thorn forest and successional thorn forest
Briante Najev, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Kathryn E. Perez, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Raziel Flores, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Andrew McDonald, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Ben Hutchins, Texas Parks and Wildlife; Jeffrey C. Nekola, The University of New Mexico

PS 14-20

Dune building grasses and disturbance: Distribution and response to burial
Ben Nettleton, Virginia Commonwealth University; Julie Zinnert, Virginia Commonwealth University

PS 14-21

A comparison on the response of old-growth floodplain forests to ice storm and hurricane damage along a moisture gradient in the Beidler Forest
Brittany DiRienzo, Clemson University; Lauren Pile, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service; G. Geoff Wang, Clemson University; Bo Song, Clemson University; Dapao Yu, Chinese Academy of Sciences

PS 14-22

Impact of hurricanes Irma and María on forest temperature of the secondary forest patch “El Bosquecito” of the University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón
Jesús D. Quiñones-Llópiz, University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón; Concepcion Rodriguez-Fourquet, University of Puerto Rico Bayamon

PS 14-23

Alternative stable state driving changes in community assemblage within the Pascagoula River
Sara Barrett, University of Southern Mississippi; Jake Schaefer, University of Southern Mississippi; Scott Clark, University of New Mexico

PS 14-24

Investigating potential effects of wind turbine color on attracting pollinating insects
Madison S. Crawford, University of Wyoming; Lusha M. Tronstad, University of Wyoming; Delina E. Dority, University of Wyoming; Michael E. Dillon, University of Wyoming

PS 14-25

Evaluating the long-term effects of prairie restoration seed-mix richness on floral diversity and abundance in reclaimed strip mined landscapes
Andrew Lybbert, The Ohio State University; Sarah Cusser, University of Texas; Karen Goodell, The Ohio State University

PS 14-26

Resilience mechanisms in Pisaster ochraceus populations in response to sea star wasting disease
Jenna M. Sullivan, Oregon State University; Bruce A. Menge, Oregon State University

PS 14-27

Comparing the effects of Hurricane Irma on South Florida ecosystems
Marcel Bozas, Florida International University

PS 14-28

Recovery of Chihuahuan Desert grassland communities following fire
Juan Camacho, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Alesia Hallmark, University of New Mexico; Scott Collins, University of New Mexico

PS 14-29

Neighborhood effects on radial tree growth during extreme drought and heavy rainfall years
V. R. Kirk Acharya, University of Michigan; Inés Ibáñez, University of Michigan

PS 14-30

Short-term physiological responses of Puerto Rican dry forest after Hurricane Maria
Tristan Allerton, Clemson University; Skip J. Van Bloem, Clemson University; Stefanie L. Whitmire, Clemson University

PS 14-31

Effects of hurricanes, in the context of ongoing sea level rise, on plant communities in coastal transitions
Lance Umlang, Louisiana State University; Stephen Potts, Louisiana State University; William J. Platt, Louisiana State University

PS 14-32

Community succession after cranberry bog abandonment within the New Jersey pinelands
Rebecca J. Klee, Monmouth University; Kelly I. Zimmerman, Montclair State University; Pedram P. Daneshgar, Monmouth University

PS 14-33

Land-use legacies and extreme events interact to shape species composition in a secondary tropical forest
Monique Picon, University of Puerto Rico; Jess Zimmerman, University of Puerto Rico; Maria Uriarte, Columbia University

PS 14-34

Experimental tests of methanogenic microbiome resilience following resource-induced stress in model bioreactors
David Huber, West Virginia State University; Vadesse Lhilhi Noundou, West Virginia State University; Teodoro Espinosa-Solares, Universidad Autonoma Chapingo; Emmanuel Chavarria-Palma, West Virginia State University; Sridhar A. Malkaram, West Virginia State University; Natalia A. Montenegro-Garcia, West Virginia State University; Ifeoma R. Ugwuanyi, West Virginia State University

PS 14-35

Assessing aquatic community composition, habitat, and environmental conditions in the northern Gulf of Mexico over a three decadal period: 1986-2015
Martin T. O'Connell, University of New Orleans; Mark S. Peterson, University of Southern Mississippi; Sean P. Powers, University of South Alabama & Dauphin Island Sea Lab; Ann M. Uzee-O'Connell, University of New Orleans; E. John Anderson, University of Southern Mississippi; J. Read Hendon, University of Southern Mississippi

PS 14-36

Long term impacts of partial cut on epixylic bryoflora in the boreal black spruce-feathermoss forests
Jeffrey Opoku-Nyame, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue; Alain Leduc, Université du Québec à Montréal; Nicole Fenton, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

PS 14 - Communities: Disturbance And Recovery