Session: Urban Ecosystems III (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

1:30 PM

The strength of biological control from ground-level arthropod predators across an urbanization gradient in southeastern Pennsylvania
Daniel B. Turner, Temple University; Jocelyn E. Behm, Temple University

1:50 PM

COS 125-2

Living large: Invasive species thrive in cities
Kristi M Backe, North Carolina State University; Steven D. Frank, North Carolina State University; JÃ©rÃ´me Rousselet, L'Institut national de la recherche agronomique; Alain Roques, L'Institut national de la recherche agronomique

2:10 PM Cancelled

COS 125-3

Accessing the sustainability of urban ecological-economic systems based on emergy analysis in consideration of ecosystem services (widthdrawn)
Yuxue Pan, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences; Yu Tian, Beijing Normal University

2:30 PM

COS 125-4

Does lead contamination have New Orleans mockingbirds singing the blues?
Jordan Karubian, Tulane University; Stephanie McClelland, Royal Holloway University of London; Myra Finkelstien, UC Santa Cruz; Renata Ribeiro, Tulane University; Jan Komdeur, University of Groningen; Howard Mielke, Tulane University

2:50 PM

COS 125-5

Moving toward standardization in landscape gradient definition
Benjamin J. Padilla, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Christopher Sutherland, University of Massachusetts Amherst

3:10 PM

COS 125-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 125-6

Rodent communities across a gradient of urbanization and abandonment in New Orleans, Louisiana
Anna C Peterson, University of Tennessee; Bruno M. Ghersi, University of Tennessee; Joshua Lewis, Tulane University; Claudia Riegel, City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite, Rodent Control Board; Michael J. Blum, Tulane University, University of Tennessee

3:40 PM

COS 125-7

The un-greening of suburbia: An exploration of the patterns and drivers of tree loss across Long Island, NY
Steve M. Raciti, Hofstra University; Penelope Ramos, Hofstra University; Anthony Sisti, Hofstra University

4:00 PM

COS 125-8

Changes in plant community composition and diversity in response to metal contaminated soil
Allyson B. Salisbury, Rutgers University-Newark; Frank J. Gallagher, Rutgers University; Liliana Meneses, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina; Claus Holzapfel, Rutgers University Newark

4:20 PM

COS 125-9

Global urbanization effects on vegetation activity and temperature
MarÃa Semmartin, IFEVA, School of Agronomy University of Buenos Aires, Conicet; MartÃn F. Garbulsky, University of Buenos Aires; Santiago R. VerÃ³n, University of Buenos Aires; Paula Casadei, University of Buenos Aires; Tamara Propato, University of Buenos Aires

4:40 PM

COS 125-10

A ¹⁵NÂ isotope tracer experimentally demonstrates that nonnative plants limit energy flow to higher order consumers in residential yards
Desiree L. Narango, City University of New York; TomÃ¡s A. Carlo, The Pennsylvania State University; Douglas W. Tallamy, University of Delware; Peter P. Marra, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

COS 125 - Urban Ecosystems III