2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10)

COS 89 - Urban Ecosystems I

Wednesday, August 8, 2018: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
235-236, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
1:30 PM
Transformation in urban social-ecological systems
Ahjond Garmestani, US Environmental Protection Agency
1:50 PM
The value of nature in cities
Maike Hamann, University of Minnesota; Bonnie Keeler, University of Minnesota; Perrine Hamel, Stanford University; Marie Donahue, University of Minnesota; Kelly Meza Prado, University of Minnesota; Katie K. Arkema, Stanford University; Greg Bratman, Stanford University; Kate A. Brauman, University of Minnesota; Jacques C. Finlay, University of Minnesota; Anne Guerry, Stanford University; Sarah E. Hobbie, University of Minnesota; Justin A. Johnson, University of Minnesota; Graham K. MacDonald, McGill University; Robert McDonald, The Nature Conservancy; Timon McPhearson, The New School; Nick Neverisky, University of Washington; Spencer A. Wood, University of Washington
2:10 PM
Microbial communities composition analysis from urban parks of Shanghai and their role in sustainability of parks
Deepika Kumari, Tongji University; Xin Wang, Tongji University; Jiang Wu, Tongji University; Varenyam Achal, East China Normal University
2:30 PM
Trait change in two functionally different ground beetles species along spatio-temporal gradients from 1900 to now and from anthropogenic to nearly natural landscapes
Silvia Keinath, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research; Mark-Oliver Rödel, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research; Frieder Mayer, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research; Johannes Frisch, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin; Johannes Müller, Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
2:50 PM
The influence of urbanization on pollination success and plant fitness
L. Ruth Rivkin, University of Toronto; Marc Johnson, University of Toronto
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Friends with benefits: Effects of vegetative shading on plant survival in a green roof environment
Axton C. Aguiar, University of Wollongong; Kristine French, University of Wollongong; Sharon A. Robinson, University of Wollongong
3:40 PM
The sensitivities of tree physiology and growth to land pavement
Xiaoke Wang, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Adademy of Sciences; Yuanyuan Chen, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Xuming Wang, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Bowen Cui, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Zhiyun Ouyang, Chinese Academy of Sciences
4:00 PM
Stressed with pests: Can landscape design be used as a tool to reduce pests on urban trees?
Sarah E. Parsons, NC State University; Steven D. Frank, North Carolina State University
4:40 PM
Comparison of plant greenness among neighborhoods of different income-levels in Portland, Oregon using Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS surface reflectance
Michelle Talal, Oregon State University; Mary Santelmann, Oregon State University - Corvallis, OR
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