Session: Urban Ecosystems (2020 ESA Annual Meeting (August 3

PS 67-

Planting weeds: Clover inclusion in urban grasslands
Paige Boyle, Utah State University; Kelly Kopp, Utah State University

PS 67-

If you build it, they may collide: The effects of urbanization and light pollution on bird-building collisions in downtown Salt Lake City, UT
Mollyanna Warner, Tracy Aviary; Cooper Farr, Tracy Aviary

PS 67-

Effects of soil amendments and crop varieties on evapotranspiration in an urban garden and potential for urban heat island mitigation
Gaston E. Small, University of St. Thomas; Ivan Jimenez, University of St. Thomas; Michael Salzl, University of St. Thomas; Paliza Shrestha, University of Minnesota

PS 67-

Built by nature: Community and function in natural and structurally analogous urban systems
Katherine Manning, Kent State University; Reid Coffman, Kent State University; Christie Bahlai, Kent State University

PS 67-

Tree growth and health are changed by land pavement in Beijing China
Xiaoke Wang, University of Chinese Adademy of Sciences; Bowen Cui, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

PS 67-

The relationship of urban green space to urban expansion based on gravity methods
Qizhen Li, Central South University of Forestry and Technology; David J. Gibson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Saroj Thapa, Southern Ilinois University; Xijun Hu, Central South University of Forestry and Technology

PS 67-

Baltimore forest fragment soils: Changes in nutrients over 17 years
Ian Yesilonis, Johns Hopkins University; Katalin Szlavecz, Johns Hopkins University; Yinhong Hu, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Vincent Giorgio, NYC Environmental Protection; Richard Pouyat, Emeritus, USDA Forest Service

PS 67-

The local and landscape features associated with roost site selection and nesting success in urban black vulture (Coragyps atratus) and turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) populations
Hannah Partridge, University of North Carolina - Charlotte; Sara Gagné, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

PS 67-

Cultivated ecology: Integrating plant cultivation and artificial selection into the study of urban ecosystems
Diane Pataki, University of Utah

PS 67-

Evapotranspiration of irrigated residential lawns across the United States
Noortje Grijseels, University of Utah; Elizaveta Litvak, University of Utah; Diane Pataki, University of Utah

PS 67-

Conserving native trees increases native bird diversity and community composition on office developments
Karen Dyson, Research & Design for Integrated Ecology

PS 67-

Impacts of 50 years of urbanisation on natural ecosystems and people’s use of ecosystem services
Dan Richards, ETH Zurich

PS 67-

Quantifying the trade-offs of native and non-native heavy metal hyperaccumulating weeds (Plantago spp.) and their influence on rhizospheric soil microarthropod communities in contaminated sites in Baltimore
Eric Yee, Johns Hopkins University; Meghan Avolio, Johns Hopkins University; Katalin Szlavecz, Johns Hopkins University

PS 67-

Are native bees declining in southeastern Massachusetts?
Ludimira Ribeiro, Massasoit Community College; Joshua P Keady, Massasoit Community College; Adam Germaine, Massasoit Community College; Prisca Sanon, Massasoit Community College; Folusho Ajayi, Massasoit Community College; Andrew Oguma, Massasoit Community College; Michael Bankson, Massasoit Community College

PS 67-

Evidence for competition between honey bees and bumble bees in southeastern Massachusetts
Samuel Wong, Massasoit Community College; Vania Lopes, Massasoit Community College; Adam Germaine, Massasoit Community College; Prisca Sanon, Massasoit Community College; Folusho Ajayi, Massasoit Community College; Andrew Oguma, Massasoit Community College; Michael Bankson, Massasoit Community College

PS 67-

Assessing the impacts of seasonal leaf litter disturbance on overwintering pollinators and natural enemies
Max H. Ferlauto, University of Maryland; Karin T. Burghardt, University of Maryland, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

PS 67-

Using biosolids and compost to restore urban soil function and improve conditions for tree establishment
Emily C. Keener, University of Maryland College Park; Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman, University of Maryland

PS 67-

Effects of aviation noise, anthropogenic noise pollution, daily and seasonal rhythms of natural noise, on avian communication along a noise pollution gradient
Paola Garrison-Tovar, Southern Utah University; Jazmine James, Southern Utah University; Denton Shepherd, Southern Utah University; Rachel Bolus, Southern Utah University

PS 67-

How does urban form influence PM_2.5 concentrations: Insights from 350 different-sized cities in the rapidly urbanizing Yangtze River Delta region of China, 1998–2015
Weixin Ou, Nanjing Agricultural University

PS 67 - Urban Ecosystems