Contributed Poster

A biologically informed threshold for distinguishing between modern and historical migration patterns of northern pintail ducks

A cross-scale pattern-process interactions approach for predicting the spread of West Nile at regional and continental scales

A race for light: Understanding sapling architecture for Amazon forest regeneration

Above- and below-ground connectivity: Revisiting questions of stability in a constructed old field

Acid waters held by tank bromeliads: Causes and potential consequences

Advancing field-based techniques to identify microbial allies in nitrogen retention in agricultural soils

Analysis of colonization, growth and mortality in a maple-basswood forest restoration over 30 years

Analyzing fatal bird-window collisions occurring on USU’s C&SS Building, Brigham City, Utah

Anthropogenic nutrient enrichment alters the culturable soil microbiome in a wetland ecosystem

Application of a novel near-term, iterative water quality forecasting workflow to NEON lakes

Aquatic-terrestrial linkages in the Florida Everglades: Evidence and prospective investigations

Are temporal trends in bee and non-bee abundance similar in Plymouth County, MA?

Assessing intraspecies relationships: A phylogeographic analysis of genetic variation in the three-lined salamander (Eurycea guttolineata)

Authentic ecological data as a tool to promote engagement and academic success among virtual biology students

Bee communities throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area: Time, area and management

Beyond canopy cover: Examining predictors of urban forest composition and diversity across California

Biochar and biodiversity: A meta-analysis of biochar effects on vegetation in restoration trials

Biocrust disturbance decreased cyanobacteria, increased fungi, and altered shrubland and grassland nitrogen pools

Bio-ecological management of cucumber moth, Diaphania indica on bitter gourd

Biogeographical patterns in competitor-enemy interactions suggest release from apparent competition in a range-expanding insect

Bobcat (Lynx rufus) occurrence and felid co-occurrence: Abundance, competition, and trends in coat pattern variation

Butterfly migration along the Georgia coast and recommendations for optimal surveying

Calanus pacificus from Puget Sound, WA show avoidance behaviors when exposed to hypoxic, but not acidic, environmental stressors in the laboratory

Can a necromenic nematode serve as a biological Trojan horse for an invasive ant?

Characterization of immune genes in an urban Plethodon cinereus population

Climate change attitudes across the rural-urban divide: What’s going on in rural America?

Comparing methods of addressing uncertainty in urban forestry damage assessments following Hurricane Irma using random forest and k-nearest neighbors

Comparisons when using the Forest Inventory and Analysis variables to quantity forest disturbances

Costs and benefits of uncrewed aerial systems at long term vegetation research sites in drylands

Cottontails vs. vegetation: A more unpredictable interaction than we thought

Created mangrove forest succession, pioneer species, and chronosequence assessment in Tampa Bay, Florida

Current and potential tree species assemblages across 185 urban areas in the eastern US: Ecological relationships and dissimilarities to species at their climate analogs at end of century

Degradation factors of environmental DNA suggested by meta-analyses

Detection and analysis of community response to threats using a novel soundscape approach

Diurnal temperature regimes drive seedling distribution at an abrupt treeline

Does forest management matter? The future of US forest function under changing climate, disturbance, and management

Does leaf size predict herbaceous plant water use strategy?

Drivers of reproductive success in Mitchella repens

Drought promotes early leaf abscission regardless of leaf habit but increases litter phosphorus losses only in evergreens

Dynamic assimilation and leaf gas exchange survey measurements

Dynamics of particulate matter concentration in urban forest in Korea

Eastern carpenter bees (Xylocopa virginica) are experiencing wing discoloration, with St. Louis, MO as a hotspot

Ecological function of urban rooftop garden as a green roof in New York City

Ecological memory modulates land surface phenology and productivity measures

Effects of a floodplain restoration on amphibians in an agricultural landscape

Effects of agricultural land management on soil denitrification: A meta-analysis

Effects of boreal tree species on soil fertility, litter quality, and decomposition in Lapland, Finland: A case study of Kivalo area

Effects of eelgrass density on filter feeder biomass and condition index in a multi-habitat living shoreline

Effects of herbicide treatment on Ammophila arenaria decomposition

Effects of invasive species on post-fire seedling establishment in Ceanothus spinosus

Effects of microsite conditions on seedling recruitment across a climate gradient

Effects of oil and gas fragmentation on arthropod communities in the Allegheny National Forest

Effects of pollen limitation on seed production in the pale pitcher plant (Sarracenia alata)

Effects of Residential Landscaping on Alpha and Beta Plant Diversity Across Spatial Scales

Effects of understory seeding on ecosystem properties in planted longleaf pine forest

Elucidating relationships of mineral-associated and particulate organic matter stocks, distribution, and stoichiometry across contrasting grassland ecosystems

Enclosed nests of birds: to avoid predation or to regulate microclimate?

Evaluating California’s Natural Community Conservation Planning Act (1991) for two target species

Evolutionary trends in leaf vein architecture across spatial scales

Examining skin microbiome of Trinidadian guppy and ectoparasite infection dynamics

Experimental calibration of trapping methods for addressing bias in arthropod biodiversity monitoring

Experimental support for defensive coloration in Eurycea lucifuga

Exploring the link between functional composition and ecosystem functioning by hierarchical dynamic modelling: Do traits explain spatiotemporal variation in plankton growth dynamics?

Exploring the role of chance events in the introduction success of the island canary (Serinus canaria) to Midway Atoll

Exploring the switch from growth to reproduction: A bumble bee case study (Bombus spp)

Filamentous bacteriophages and the competitive interaction between Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains under antibiotic treatment: A modeling study

Flexibility in the critical period of nutrient sequestration in bumble bee queens

Floral variation in Bejaria resinosa (Ericaceae) and its relation to flower visitors

Flying in the gap: Making vital connections in ecology using NASA airborne data

Foliar endophytic fungi diverge from forest-scale island biogeography patterns observed in ectomycorrhizae of Pinus spp

Foraging behavior differs with group size among common loons (Gavia immer) overwintering on a freshwater lake in South Carolina

Genera-specific analysis of wild bees in an urban ecosystem

Genomic diversity of the narrow endemic and endangered legume Astragalus tricarinatus

Grizzled Skippers stuck in the south: Population level responses of an early successional specialist butterfly to climate across its UK range over 40 years

Growth and development of iron-oxidizing bacterial films in an iron-rich drainage system in central CT, USA

Habitat patches providing south-north connectivity are under-protected in a fragmented landscape

Heterogeneity begets heterogeneity: Increasing soil heterogeneity increases plant diversity and richness

High rainfall as a potential driver of regional hemlock woolly adelgid decline in the northeastern U.S.

High school - university partnerships support advanced STEM research methods in exploring local and global ecosystem health through the study of bee microbiome

Historical land use change alters the structure of forest floor invertebrate communities

Historical land use change reduces habitat availability for keystone seeding-dispersing ant, Aphaenogaster sp.

How accurate are our current BAI estimation methods? An evaluation of how eccentricity and coring affect BAI estimation accuracy

Human recreation impacts seasonal activity and occupancy of the American black bear (Ursus americanus) across the urban-wildland interface

If you can’t take the heat, move deeper in the soil: investigating the fire-tolerance of biocrust microbes

Impact of public transportation on urban green space distribution and access in New York City

Impact of winter severity and duration on wild bee abundance in Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Implications of plant origin, vegetative structure, and yard management on arthropod herbivory patterns in residential landscapes

Implications of wind-borne agricultural antibiotics on soil microbial communities and ecosystem processes

Interacting nutrient enrichment and moisture modify plant-microbe relationships in a coastal plain wetland

Interaction of spatial and temporal patterns in abundance-occupancy relationships

Interactive effects of temperature and Bisphenol A on phytoplankton growth, community structure, and bioremediation capacity

Interseeded cover crop impacts on ecosystem carbon and water fluxes in no-till, rainfed corn in the Northern Plains

Intra- and interspecific immune variation in Daphnia

Invasional meltdown in southern California marine communities: Could greater community diversity facilitate invader dominance?

Invasive Amur honeysuckle and native honeysuckle leaf blight: The smallest shrubs are the most affected

Investigating how genotype and environment influence the growth and drought response physiology of quaking aspen trees

Investigating the effects of hydrological restoration on mammal communities

Is multiple nutrient addition affecting mesofauna-mediated litter decomposition in Patagonian woodlands?

Landscape and local factors influence abundance of a human-dispersed invasive plant

Lateralization of predatory behavior in two congeneric ambush predators

Leaf isotopes and remote sensing reveal legacies of redlining in Midwestern cities

Life in the shadows of the reef: species assemblages in cryptic coral habitats

Limited extent with big intent: Effects of urban residential landscaping at the heat-water nexus

Litter functional trait diversity impacts decomposition dynamics: A riparian agroecosystem study

Litter removal increases native plant diversity in coastal sage scrub

Lizard feeding enhances Ixodes pacificus vector competency to Borrelia burgdorferi

Long-term vs. transient plant responses to warming and nitrogen addition in a temperate old field

Macrosystems EDDIE modules increase students' proficiency and confidence working with R in both face-to-face and virtual classrooms

Meadow or forest species: What do northern Idaho ground squirrels prefer?

Measuring occupancy of breeding birds at a local scale in the Sacramento Valley using automated recorders

Mechanisms of competitive effects of an invasive grass on native vegetation in a restored upland Mississippi forest

Methods to characterize spatial-temporal patterns of pond transitions in estuarine ecosystems

Microplastics as novel sedimentary particles in coastal wetlands: A review

Modeling colonization and extinction dynamics gives insights into invasion success of Hydrilla verticillata in riverine rock pools

Monitoring the impact of habitat restoration on multi-taxa wildlife diversity in the California Delta

Nectar bacteria stimulate pollen germination and bursting to enhance their fitness

Nitrogen transformations and microbial biomass in soils associated with Chinese and hybrid chestnut trees

Oleander aphid dynamics affect monarch butterfly egg abundance on milkweed host plants

On their best behavior: Does conservation weaken effects of urbanization on bee visitation networks?

On-site/ultra-rapid environmental DNA detection for river invasive fish species

Ophidiomycosis surveillance and detection in snake populations in Puerto Rico

Owl be hard to find: Using eBird to determine the effects of urbanization on breeding great horned owls (Bubo virginianus)

Perennial forage species and soil microbial nitrogen transformations in East Africa: implications for climate-smart agriculture

Persistent decadal differences in plant communities restored under contrasting climate conditions

Phenological mismatch: Invasive shrub impact on wildflower survival

Photosynthesis and growth of invasive plants exposed to extreme drought in California coastal grassland

Phytoplankton on the go! understanding the effects of thermal acclimation across scales on the movement behaviour of C. reinhardtii

Plant-fungal chemical feedbacks mediate host affinity and functional roles of endophytes

Prevalence of the microsporidian parasite Thelohania contejeani in crayfish across five Ohio watersheds

Probing structural differences in contemporary soil carbon models

Proposed application of weight-of-evidence approaches for decision-making related to protecting aquatic life from excess nutrients

Quantifying the role of environmental variation in individual success

Rapid differentiation of soil-borne plant pathogen and bacteria communities in response to prairie plant community manipulation field experiment

Recent Sphagnum peatland expansion on the North Slope of Alaska

Red oak seedling leaf damage is higher nearby mature red oak trees and influences both leaf and stem biomass ratios

Remote-camera traps and undergraduate research: Bringing the 4DEE framework to life

Resistance and resilience to invasion is stronger in synchronous than compensatory communities

Restoring a Garry oak ecosystem: Native and exotic vegetation recovery following Scotch broom removal

Ripe old age: Do large, old trees contribute disproportionately to forest recruitment?

Satellite estimates of grass productivity in a shrubby southwestern rangeland

Seawater is more than just salt: Disentangling the effects of salinization and pH on coastal soil carbon cycling

Seed predation by small mammals could inhibit upslope range shifts of deciduous hardwood tree species in montane forests of the northeastern United States

Simulating water transport through complex leaf venation network architectures

Spatial and temporal factors influencing wildlife use of overpass crossing structures on an Arizona canal

Species’ abundance patterns interpreted in the light of Liebig’s Law of the Minimum

Stenotrophomonas chitinases: The key to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis inhibition?

Temporal dynamics of leaf phenology in a vegetation mosaic of the campo rupestre, Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Temporal patterns of area burned and burn severity of large wildfires in the rangelands of western United States

The current state of urban agriculture and extension and research needs in the Northeast U.S

The effect of a novel herbicide adjuvant in treating Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)

The effects of agriculture on fish communities in the Upper Mississippi River System through archaeological and modern time periods

The effects of Bythotrephes longimanus invasions increase with time since establishment in three lakes in northern Minnesota

The effects of cattle grazing intensity on the arthropod community in a mixed-grass prairie rangeland

The effects of light availability, prey capture, and their interaction on pitcher plant morphology

The effects of surface water availability and vegetation density on animal biodiversity in an urban riparian ecosystem

The effects of thiamethoxam on Bombus impatiens foraging efficiency

The impact of small vertebrate consumers on community assembly in degraded California sage scrub

The implications of acoustic software match ratios for bat species identification and composition

The influence of habitat and climate on the morphology and coloration of peripheral western fence lizard populations in Washington State

The interconnection between land cover and land surface temperature in the arctic and boreal regions

The leaf size-number trade-off in Central Amazonian forest saplings

The local and landscape features associated with roost attendance and nesting success in urban black vulture (Coragyps atratus) and turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) populations

The Milkweed Adaptation Research and Education Network: Designing distributed research to advance education and answer questions about phenology and herbivory

The relationship between frequency overlap and temporal acoustic avoidance in a temperate North American bird community

The resilience of flowers: Corrective reorientation after disturbance

The response of urban greenness to precipitation at the continental scale

There and back again: Intraspecific plant physiological responses to multiple droughts and recovery in a perennial C4 grass

Tracking grassland plant phenophases using near-surface remote sensing at a northern tall grass prairie

Tracking leaf trait differentiation of newly diverging subspecies of Chenopodium oahuense on the Hawaiian Islands

Tree damagers: a unified framework for categorizing and examining the ecological role of non-human vertebrate tree damaging species

Uncovering how partner interchangeably affects mutualistic outcomes in a species complex of seed-dispersing ants

Unintended consequences of mitigating agricultural run-off: Changes to symbiotic bacterial communities of resident isopods

Using eBird to assess the impact of urban land development on Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) breeding occupancy in the Southeastern United States

Using interseeded cover crops to enhance nitrogen ecosystem services driven by plant-soil microbial relationships in agroecosystems

Using plastic tree shelters to improve post-fire ecological restoration of California chaparral and coastal sage scrub communities

Utilizing remote sensing to quantify grassland stability in response to drought

Variation in eelgrass wasting disease severity affects consumption patterns and preferred food availability for an eelgrass herbivore

Variation in the onset of first rains reveals germination niche specialists and generalists in a clade of native jewelflowers

Variation of floral and extrafloral nectar resources in trees of the genus Inga (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) in coffee agroforests

Water quality monitoring in the headwaters region of the Raritan River Basin in Central New Jersey

Where is the N? Measuring N-pools in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland after 25-years of fertilization

Within and between species physiological traits and stress resistances of three high-elevation pines