COS 201 - Restoration Ecology 5

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM EDT

  Herbivore alternatives: Tripneustes ventricosus, on coral reefs to reduce the abundance of nuisance species.
  

  Presenting Author: Hunter B. Howard – University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; Institute for Socio-Ecological Research

  Coauthor: Stacey Williams – Institute for Socio-Ecological Research

  Coauthor: Manuel Olmeda – Institute for Socio-Ecological Research
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

  Forest restoration: assessing the role of priority effects as a mechanism for resistance to plant invasion
  

  Presenting Author: Laís Petri – University of Michigan

  Coauthor: Inés Ibâñez – University of Michigan
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM EDT

  Post burn heterogeneity contributions to recruitment of invasive forb Oncosiphon piluliferum
  

  Presenting Author: Stuart T. Schwab – University of California - Riverside

  Coauthor: Darrel Jenerette – University of California - Riverside

  Coauthor: Loralee Larios – University of California, Riverside
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

  The impact of Microstegium vimineum, seed predation, and herbivory on the regeneration of a mesophytic and a xerophytic oak in a restored open-oak woodland
  

  Presenting Author: Griffin L. Williams – University of MIssissippi

  Coauthor: Stephen Brewer – University of Mississippi
• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM EDT

  Management and environmental factors associated with simulated restoration seeding barriers in sagebrush steppe
  

  Presenting Author: Stella Copeland – USDA-Agricultural Research Service

  Coauthor: John B. Bradford – USGS

  Coauthor: Stuart Hardegree – USDA-Agricultural Research Service

  Coauthor: Daniel R. Schlaepfer – US Geological Survey & Northern Arizona University

  Coauthor: Kevin Badik – The Nature Conservancy