Session: Arid And Semi-Arid Systems (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

8:00 AM

COS 90-1

A study contrasting two congener plant species: Psidium guajava (introduced guava) and P. galapageium (Galapagos guava) in the Galapagos Islands
Hugo Valdebenito, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Galapagos Science Center UNC –USFQ, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador.

8:20 AM

COS 90-2

Woody-plant encroachment in the Chihuahuan Desert: Precipitation, herbivory and precipitation effects on Prosopis glandulosa recruitment
Luis Weber-Grullon, Arizona State University; Osvaldo E. Sala, Arizona State University; William Rutherford, University of Arizona; Steven R. Archer, University of Arizona

8:40 AM

COS 90-3

Drivers of desert communities: Post fire seedling folivory preferences of Great Basin rodents
Rebekah Stanton, Brigham Young University; Sam St.Clair, Brigham Young University

9:00 AM

COS 90-4

Intraspecific variation in plant water transport and use in sagebrush
Harmandeep Sharma, Idaho State University; Keith Reinhardt, Idaho State University; Kathleen A. Lohse, Idaho State University

9:20 AM

COS 90-5

Root distribution in a piñon-pine-juniper woodland in New Mexico
Susanne Schwinning, Texas State University; Marcy Litvak, University of New Mexico; William T. Pockman, University of New Mexico; Robert E. Pangle, University of New Mexico

9:40 AM

COS 90-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 90-6

Moving beyond traditional ecological restoration on the Colorado Plateau
Daniel E. Winkler, U.S. Geological Survey; Jayne Belnap, U.S. Geological Survey; John B. Bradford, U.S. Geological Survey; Brad J. Butterfield, Arizona State University; Stella M. Copeland, University of California, Davis; Michael Duniway, U.S. Geological Survey; Akasha Faist, New Mexico State University; Stephen Fick, U.S. Geological Survey; Scott L. Jensen, U.S. Forest Service; Andrea T. Kramer, Chicago Botanic Garden; Rebecca Mann, U.S. Geological Survey; Robert T. Massatti, U.S. Geological Survey; Molly L. McCormick, U.S. Geological Survey; Seth M. Munson, U.S. Geological Survey; Dana M. Backer, Bureau of Land Management; Steve D. Parr, Upper Colorado Environmental Plant Center; Alix A. Pfennigwerth, U.S. Geological Survey; Adrienne Pilmanis, BLM; Bryce A. Richardson, USDA Forest Service; Ella Samuel, Bureau of Land Management; Kathy See, Western Colorado Landscape Collaborative; Kristina E. Young, University of Texas at El Paso; Sasha Reed, U.S. Geological Survey

10:10 AM

COS 90-7

Clinal variation of the genus Washingtonia (Arecaceae)
Lorena Villanueva-Almanza, University of California; Eric Focht, University of California; Eleinis Ávila-Lovera, University of California; Vanessa Perez, University of California; Christian Silva-Bejarano, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste; Exequiel Ezcurra, University of California, Riverside

10:30 AM

COS 90-8

Vegetation dynamics at refuge sites of the plains mouse (Pseudomys australis) in the western Simpson Desert, Australia
Catherine E. M. Nano, Northern Territory Government; Chris R. Pavey, CSIRO

10:50 AM

COS 90-9

The long-haired rat (Rattus villosissimus): an ecosystem disrupter in arid Australia
Chris R. Pavey, CSIRO; Catherine E. M. Nano, Northern Territory Government

11:10 AM

COS 90-10

Ecological release and the niche variation hypothesis: A comparative approach at White Sands
Clay F. Noss, University of California, Berkeley; Erica Rosenblum, University of California, Berkeley

COS 90 - Arid And Semi-Arid Systems