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

8:00 AM

COS 57-1

Biomass dynamics in a long-term Amazonian forest fragmentation experiment
Chloé Debyser, McGill University, Quebec Center for Biodiversity Science; William F. Laurance, James Cook University, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Ana C.S. Andrade, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Susan G. Laurance, James Cook University, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; José L.C. Camargo, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Thomas Lovejoy, United Nations Foundation, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, George Mason University; Andrew Gonzalez, McGill University, Quebec Center for Biodiversity Science

8:20 AM

COS 57-2

Forest transition reduces surface temperature by altering biophysical properties in second-growth canopies
Bethany Blakely, University of Notre Dame; Adrian Rocha, University of Notre Dame; Jason McLachlan, University of Notre Dame

8:40 AM

COS 57-3

Shrub responses to wildfire severity and their influences on understory plant communities
Clark Richter, University of California - Davis; Marcel Rejmanek, University of California - Davis; Hugh D. Safford, Regional Ecologist, USDA Forest Service

9:00 AM

COS 57-4

From the forest to the city: How are community-level effects by apex predators disrupted by anthropogenic pressures?
Samantha Lima, University of Michigan; Rumaan Malhotra, University of Michigan; Nyeema C. Harris, Applied Wildlife Ecology (AWE) Lab, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan

9:20 AM

COS 57-5

Freeze effects on black mangroves: A Winter Storm Inga case study
Carolyn A. Weaver, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; C. Edward Proffitt, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

9:40 AM

COS 57-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 57-6

The legacy of smelter aerosols on soil physicochemical and plant community characteristics in a degraded watershed
Scott B. Robinson, University of Montana; Benjamin P. Colman, University of Montana; Robert W. Pal, Montana Tech of the University of Montana

10:10 AM

COS 57-7

Restoring resilience through frequent fire and plant community succession on post-agricultural landscapes of the southeastern U.S
Kevin Robertson, Tall Timbers Research Station; Cinnamon Robertson, Tall Timbers Research Station

10:30 AM

COS 57-8

Tree mortality caused by a non-native disease impacts regeneration trajectories in California’s fire-prone coastal forests
Allison Simler, University of California Davis; Margaret Metz, Lewis & Clark College; Kerri M. Frangioso, University of California, Davis; Ross K. Meentemeyer, NC State; David M. Rizzo, University of California, Davis

10:50 AM

COS 57-9

The importance of fire management for conserving flower-visiting insect diversity in a longleaf pine sandhill forest
Chase Kimmel, University of Florida; Jaret C. Daniels, University of Florida

11:10 AM

COS 57-10

Assessing the impact of climate-altered fire regimes on extirpation risk of whitebark pine in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Elizabeth R. Pansing, University of Colorado Denver; Diana F. Tomback, University of Colorado Denver; Michael B. Wunder, University of Colorado Denver

COS 57 - Communities: Disturbance And Recovery I