COS 98 - Restoration Ecology 2

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM EDT

  Does pathogen accumulation make western yarrow (Achillea millefolium) a good bridge species in restoration?
  

  Presenting Author: Mary E. DuPre – MPG Ranch

  Coauthor: Chuck Casper – MPG Ranch

  Coauthor: Morgan Luce McLeod – MPG Ranch

  Coauthor: Philip Ramsey – MPG Ranch

  Coauthor: Rebecca Bunn – Department of Environmental Sciences, Western Washington University

  Coauthor: John Maron, n/a – Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana

  Coauthor: Ylva Lekberg – MPG Ranch and W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

  On the ground and from above: a multi-scale analysis of the factors influencing small mammal populations in a restored tallgrass prairie
  

  Presenting Author: Erin Rowland-Schaefer – Northern Illinois University

  Coauthor: Holly P. Jones – Northern Illinois University
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EDT

  Plant functional groups’ role in ecosystem function and stability in response to long term precipitation variability
  

  Presenting Author: Camille Traylor – University of California - Davis

  Coauthor: Valerie Eviner – University of California - Davis
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EDT

  American chestnut seedlings are more responsive to light than oaks and hickories: An assessment of growth and photosynthetic traits
  

  Presenting Author: Garrett R. Evans – SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

  Coauthor: Julia I. Burton – Michigan Technological University

  Coauthor: William A. Powell – SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

  Coauthor: John E. Drake, PhD Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology – SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EDT

  Redwoods Rising: a collaborative journey to move from vast, second-growth-redwood ecosystems (Sequoia sempervirens) to a path for the old-growth forests of the future
  

  Presenting Author: Joanna L. Nelson – Save the Redwoods League

  Coauthor: Paul Ringgold – Save the Redwoods League

  Coauthor: Mitch Hayes – Save the Redwoods League

  Coauthor: Spencer Stiff – Save the Redwoods League

  Coauthor: Laura Lalemand – Save the Redwoods League

  Coauthor: Samantha Yarbrough – Save the Redwoods League

  Coauthor: Victor Bjelajac – CA State Parks

  Coauthor: Amber Transou – CA State Parks

  Coauthor: Rosalind Litzky – CA State Parks

  Coauthor: Steve Mietz – Redwood National Park, National Park Service

  Coauthor: Leonel Arguello – Redwood National Park, National Park Service

  Coauthor: Sarah Belcher – Redwood National Park, National Park Service

  Coauthor: Michelle O'Herron – O'Herron & Company
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

  CANCELLED - Upland forest construction promotes evaporative losses in integrated watershed reclamation projects in the Boreal Plains of Canada
  

  Presenting Author: M. Graham Clark – McMaster University

  Coauthor: Sean K. Carey, PhD – McMaster University

  Coauthor: Rich Petrone – University of Waterloo