COS 209 - Communities: Disturbance And Recovery 5

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM EDT

  Experimentally testing compound drivers of hemlock loss
  

  Presenting Author: Audrey Barker Plotkin – Harvard Forest, Harvard University

  Coauthor: David Orwig – Harvard Forest, Harvard University

  Coauthor: Aaron M. Ellison – Harvard Forest, Harvard University
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM EDT

  Wildfire-induced shifts in soil microbial communities affect growth and competitive ability of Coast Redwood and Douglas fir
  

  Presenting Author: Caroline Daws – Stanford University

  Coauthor: Claire E. Willing, Ph.D. – Stanford University

  Coauthor: Lydia M. Villa – Stanford University

  Coauthor: Kabir G. Peay – Stanford University
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EDT

  Mapping tree mortality in temperate northeastern forests following drought and multiyear defoliation by Lymantria dispar dispar using Landsat-8 data products
  

  Presenting Author: Danielle Tanzer – University of Connecticut

  Coauthor: Robert Fahey – University of Connecticut
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EDT

  Impacts of wildfires and grazing on the recovery of forage quality in mixed native prairies
  

  Presenting Author: Roy R. Vera Velez – University of Saskatchewan

  Coauthor: Sera A. Grover – University of Saskatchewan

  Coauthor: Brendan K. Bischoff – University of Alberta

  Coauthor: Cameron N. Carlyle – University of Alberta

  Coauthor: Eric G. Lamb – Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EDT

  Are restored seismic lines heading in the right direction? Comparing taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional plant diversity in boreal peatlands
  

  Presenting Author: Ellie M. Goud, n/a – University of Waterloo

  Coauthor: Scott J. Davidson – University of Plymouth

  Coauthor: Anna Dabros – Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service

  Coauthor: Kimberly Kleinke – University of Waterloo

  Coauthor: Megan Schmidt – University of Waterloo

  Coauthor: Maria Strack – University of Waterloo
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EDT

  Dynamic interactions between forest understory vegetation in relation to harvest intensity and time since harvest
  

  Presenting Author: Samuel F. Bartels – University of Northern British Columbia

  Coauthor: Chiara Chirico – University of Northern British Columbia

  Coauthor: S. Ellen Macdonald – University of Alberta