Session: Tropical Forests II (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

1:30 PM

Persistence of snake carcasses on roads and its effect on estimating mortality due to roadkills in a megadiverse country
Laura Ximena Casas-Cabrera, Universidad del Quindio; Lina Marcela Robayo-Palacio, Universidad del Quindio; Fernando Vargas-Salinas, Universidad del Quindio

1:50 PM

COS 124-2

How do tropical trees maintain high growth rate on low-P soils? The effect of tree adaptation
Ryota Aoyagi, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Klaus Winter, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Benjamin L. Turner, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

2:10 PM

COS 124-3

Species richness and composition of understory vegetation in regeneration forests on an Andean range of Quindio, Colombia
Pedro Pablo Cardona-Olarte Sr., Universidad del Quindío

2:30 PM

COS 124-4

Impacts of tropical deforestation on temperature and human well-being
Nicholas Wolff, The Nature Conservancy; Yuta Masuda, The Nature Conservancy; Erik Meijaard, University of Queensland; Jessie Wells, University of Queensland; Eddie Game, The Nature Conservancy

2:50 PM

COS 124-5

Effects of hurricanes Irma and María on the dominant forests types of Puerto Rico and signs of ecosystem resilience
Humfredo Marcano-Vega, Southern Research Station, Forest Inventory and Analysis; Luis Ortiz-López, Southern Research Station, Forest Inventory and Analysis; Iván Vicéns-Jiménez, International Institute of Tropical Forestry; Ixia Avilés-Vázquez, Southern Research Station, Forest Inventory and Analysis

3:10 PM

COS 124-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 124-6

Past forest cover affects tree species diversity in fragmented forest landscapes in Borneo
Yayoi Takeuchi, National Institute for Environmental Studies; Hiromitsu Samejima, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies; Bibian Diway, Sarawak Forestry Corporation

3:40 PM

COS 124-7

Multi-scale investigation on the effects of landscape fragmentation on plant functional diversity in an African forest
Jenny Zambrano, SESYNC; Norbert J. Cordeiro, Roosevelt University; Carol Garzon-Lopez, Universidad de los Andes; Lauren A, Yeager, University of Texas at Austin; Claire Fortunel, University of Texas at Austin; Noelle G. Beckman, Utah State University

4:00 PM

COS 124-8

Ecohydrological vulnerability and resilience in Honduras in a changing climate
Bruce A. Byers, Bruce Byers Consulting; Luis A. Caballero, Global Communities

4:20 PM

COS 124-9

Local connectivity, and not fragment area, drive species richness in a multiscale analysis of a fragmented Hawaiian landscape
Elske Tielens, University of Oklahoma; Maile C. Neel, University of Maryland; Daniel Gruner, University of Maryland

4:40 PM

COS 124-10

Simulating environmentally sensitive tropical forest tree recruitment for Earth system models
Lara Kueppers, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Adam Hanbury-Brown, University of California, Berkeley; Daniel J Johnson, Utah State University; Liza S. Comita, Yale University; Thomas L. Powell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Ryan Knox, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab; Charles D. Koven, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

COS 124 - Tropical Forests II