2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10)

COS 77 - Communities: Disturbance And Recovery II

Wednesday, August 8, 2018: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
333-334, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
1:30 PM
Inhibition of coral settlement at multiple spatial scales by a pervasive competitor
Nicolas R. Evensen, The University of Queensland; Christopher Doropoulos, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere; Kathleen M. Morrow, George Mason University; Cherie A. Motti, Australian Institute of Marine Science; Peter J. Mumby, The University of Queensland
1:50 PM
Ecological filtering in scrub fragments reduces taxonomic and functional diversity of native bees, but does not homogenize bee assemblages
Keng-Lou J. Hung, The Ohio State University, University of California, San Diego; John S. Ascher, National University of Singapore; Jessica A. Davids, University of California, San Diego; David Holway, University of California, San Diego
2:10 PM
Herbivory slows forest recovery following bark beetle outbreaks
Robert A. Andrus, University of Colorado; Thomas T Veblen, University of Colorado; Sarah J. Hart, Washington State University
2:30 PM
Fire history but not nitrogen availability mediates plant recovery from subsequent disturbances
Cari D. Ficken, Duke University; Justin P. Wright, Duke University
2:50 PM
Changing fire regimes and resilience of lodgepole pine forests in Yellowstone
Monica Turner, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Brian Harvey, University of Washington; Winslow D. Hansen, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Kristin H. Braziunas, University of Wisconsin-Madison
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Multi-decade succession of the understory plant community following the 1988 fires: Assessing patterns of recovery
Andrew J. Andrade, University of Colorado Denver; Diana F. Tomback, University of Colorado Denver; Sabine Mellmann-Brown, US Forest Service; Timothy R. Seastedt, University of Colorado at Boulder
3:40 PM
Defaunation alters invertebrate communities and their impact on ecosystem processes in an Afrotropical forest
Therese Lamperty, Rice University; Kai Zhu, University of California, Santa Cruz; John Poulsen, Duke University; Amy E. Dunham, Rice University
4:00 PM Cancelled
COS 77-8
Fossorial birds, biological soil crust disturbance and plant diversity in a Peruvian desert (widthdrawn)
María C. Rengifo, Northern Arizona University; César A. Arana, Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM)
4:20 PM
Restoring mine land for wildlife- tradeoffs and benefits of prairies
Rebecca Swab, The Wilds; Nicola Lorenz, The Ohio State University; Richard P. Dick, Ohio State University
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