Session: Temperate Forests I (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

8:00 AM

COS 70-1

Outlook for white pines in the southern Sierra: Results from a mountainous survey of blister rust and beetles
Joan Dudney, University of California, Davis; Jonathan Nesmith, National Park Service; Adrian Das, USGS Western Ecological Research Center; Nathan L. Stephenson, United States Geological Survey; John J. Battles, University of California, Berkeley

8:20 AM

COS 70-2

Resistance and resilience of German forests to droughts: The influence of drought-stress on radial growth of conifers species in Germany
Valentina Vitali, UQAM, University of Freiburg; Ulf Büntgen, University of Cambridge; David I. Forrester, Swiss Federal Institute of Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL; Jürgen Bauhus, University of Freiburg

8:40 AM

COS 70-3

Coarse woody debris and hollow modification by fire and climate in south-east Australia
Mitchell G Stares, University of Wollongong; Christopher E Gordon, University of Wollongong; Luke Collins, La Trobe University; Ross A. Bradstock, University of Wollongong; Kristine French, University of Wollongong

9:00 AM

COS 70-4

Habitats supporting mountain stewartia (Stewartia ovata) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and eastern Tennessee
Joshua J. Granger, Mississippi State University; David S. Buckley, University of Tennessee; John M. Zobel, University of Tennessee

9:20 AM

COS 70-5

The quantitative analysis of cooling effect by urban forests in summer
Hojin Lee, Interdisciplinary program in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Seoul National University; Sungsik Cho, Seoul National University; Minseok Kang, National Center for AgroMeteorology; Joon Kim, Seoul National University; HoonTaek Lee, Seoul National University; MinSu Lee, Seoul National University; Jihyeon Jeon, Seoul National University; Chaeyeon Yi, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; Britta Jänicke, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences; Changbum Cho, Applied Meteorology Research Division; Kyu Rang Kim, Applied Meteorology Research Division; Baek-Jo Kim, Applied Meteorology Research Division; Hyun Seok Kim, Seoul National University

9:40 AM

COS 70-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 70-6

Influence of white-tailed deer and an invasive shrub on ant communities: A long-term experimental study
Michael B. Mahon, Miami University; Kaitlin U. Campbell, University of North Carolina at Pembroke; Thomas O. Crist, Miami University

10:10 AM

COS 70-7

The current status of the extent and structural components of shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) primary regeneration in forests across the eastern USA
James Rosson Jr., USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station; James M. Guldin, USDA Forest Service

10:30 AM

COS 70-8

Species specific changes in diameter growth rate under persistent droughts over four years
Minsu Lee, Seoul National University; Juhan Park, Seoul National University; HoonTaek Lee, Seoul National University; Wookyung Song, Seoul National University; Siyeon Byeon, Seoul National University; Jihyeon Jeon, Seoul National University; Hojin Lee, Interdisciplinary program in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Seoul National University; Hyun Seok Kim, Seoul National University

10:50 AM

COS 70-9

Assessing wellsite reclamation on Alberta’s forested lands
Randi Lupardus, University of Alberta; Anne McIntosh, University of Alberta; Arnold Janz, Government of Alberta; Dan R. Farr, Government of Alberta

11:10 AM

COS 70-10

Do windstorms create novel microsites in forest communities? A test using tip-up mounds in northern Michigan
Tiffany Betras, University of Pittsburgh; Thomas P. Diggins, Youngstown State University; Walter P. Carson, University of Pittsburgh

COS 70 - Temperate Forests I