Ecological Society of America

2011 ESA Annual Meeting - Austin, Texas

2010 ESA Annual Meeting - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2009 ESA Annual Meeting - Albuquerque, New Mexico

2008 ESA Annual Meeting - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2007 ESA Annual Meeting - San Jose, California

2006 ESA Annual Meeting - Memphis, Tennessee

2006 ESA International Conference - Merida, Mexico

2005 ESA Annual Meeting - Montreal, Canada

2004 ESA Annual Meeting - Portland, Oregon

2003 ESA Annual Meeting - Savannah, Georgia

2002 ESA Annual Meeting - Tucson, Arizona

2001 ESA Annual Meeting - Madison, Wisconsin

2000 ESA Annual Meeting - Snowbird, Utah

1999 ESA Annual Meeting - Spokane, Washington

KEY: Student (S), SEEDS Alumni (A), Faculty (F), and ESA Staff (E).

2011 ESA Annual Meeting - Austin, Texas

Poster Session

• Environmental Rhetoric and Communication Strategies, Kimberly Gibson (S), Stanford University
• Assessing secondary ecosystem succession in Livingstone Forest, NC, Joey Johnson (S), Livingstone College; Ezra Mutai, Livingstone College; Andrew West, Livingstone College; Sashikala Sabaratnam, Livingstone College; Ryan E. Emanuel, North Carolina State University
• Ground truthing LIDAR data within a successionally diverse piedmont forest. Rolanda Sue (S), Johnson C. Smith University; Joseph L. Fail Jr., Johnson C. Smith University; Jamaal Jackson, Johnson C. Smith University; Megan Talley, Johnson C. Smith University; Michelle Jackson, Johnson C. Smith University; Camille Grimsley, Johnson C. Smith University; Ryan E. Emanuel, Appalachian State University
• Assessment of secondary ecosystem succession in Hoke County, North Carolina; Zach E. Barthel (S), University of North Carolina at Pembroke; Doshie A. Smith, University of North Carolina at Pembroke; Caleb J. Sutton, University of North Carolina at Pembroke; Ryan E. Emanuel, North Carolina State University; Leon S. Jernigan, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
• Population dynamics and growth patterns of reintroduced Gunnison’s prairie dog colonies at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, and their impact on the preexisting vegetative community. Ricardo Duran III (S), Arizona State University
• Landscape resistance to dispersal of a common poison frog in the lowlands of northeastern Costa Rica. Beatriz Otero-Jiménez (S), University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus; A. Justin Nowakowski, Florida International University
• Effects of sea level rise on a rare Pterocarpus forested wetland in Puerto Rico. Ricardo J. Colón-Rivera (S), Texas A&M University; Rusty A. Feagin, Texas A&M University; Jason B. West, Texas A&M University
• Root Nodulation in the wetland tree Pterocarpus officinalis along coastal and montane systems of northeast of Puerto Rico. Rachel G. Perez (S), East Los Angeles College; T. Heartsill Scalley, International Institute of Tropical Forestry
• A new bio-bay: Bioluminescence in the Humacao Natural Reserve, Puerto Rico. Carlos M. Zayas-Santiago (S), University of Puerto Rico at Humacao; Ricardo J. Colón-Rivera, Texas A&M University; Rusty A. Feagin, Texas A&M University
• Pollen and public health: A citizen science project. Tiffany S. Carey (S), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Daniel W. Katz, University of Michigan
• How pebble size affects logperch (Percina caprodes) foraging behavior. Harriett Brown (S), University of Missouri; Jeffrey D. Fore, University of Missouri; Douglas B. Noltie, University of Missouri
• Secondary forest succession quantification using LIDAR analysis in the southern Appalachians. Tucker J. Souther (S), Western Carolina University; Robbie G. Kreza, Western Carolina University; Marcus C. Mentzer, Western Carolina University; Brian D. Kloeppel, Western Carolina University; Ryan E. Emanuel, North Carolina State University
• Assessment of secondary succession in North Carolina: Advancing understanding of successional vegetation through coupled field and remote sensing studies. Ryan E. Emanuel (F), North Carolina State University; Zach E. Barthel (S), University of North Carolina at Pembroke; Jamaal Jackson, Johnson C. Smith University; Michelle Jackson, Johnson C. Smith University; Joey Johnson (S), Livingstone College; Robbie G. Kreza, Western Carolina University; Marcus C. Mentzer, Western Carolina University; Ezra Mutai, Livingstone College; Doshie A. Smith, University of North Carolina at Pembroke; Tucker J. Souther (S), Western Carolina University; Rolanda Sue (S), Johnson C. Smith University; Caleb J. Sutton, University of North Carolina at Pembroke; Megan Talley, Johnson C. Smith University; Andrew West, Livingstone College; Joseph Fail Jr., Johnson C. Smith University; Leon S. Jernigan, University of North Carolina at Pembroke; Brian D. Kloeppel, Western Carolina University; Sashikala Sabaratnam, Livingstone College
• Biodiversity loss and reforestation in rural Maya Yucatan. Erica Fernandez (S), Stanford University
• Priority effects on a marine fouling community: Changes on the community structure due to the first colonizer. Nelson Omar Bonilla (S), Universidad Metropolitana
• The effects of invasive European buckthorn and restoration on microbial metabolic processes and fungal communities in an oak woodland
  Dayani S. Pieri (S), Chicago Botanic Garden; Lauren A. Bailey, Lake Forest College; Andrew W. Wilson, Chicago Botanic Garden; Daniel J. Larkin, Chicago Botanic Garden; Louise M. Egerton-Warburton, Chicago Botanic Garden
• Pepperweed invasion increases nitrogen cycling rates in a managed grassland. Evan Portier (S), University of California, Berkeley; Wendy H. Yang, University of California, Berkeley; Whendee L. Silver, University of California, Berkeley
• The effects of pH on carbon mineralization to CO2 and CH4 in peatlands across an ombrotrophic-minerotrophic gradient. Nathanael M. Eisenhut (S), University of Oregon; Rongzhong Ye, University of Oregon; Brendan J. M. Bohannan, University of Oregon; Qusheng Jin, University of Oregon; Scott D. Bridgham, University of Oregon
• Quantifying environmental and topographic controls on soil respiration in a montane drainage system. Rebecca L. Minor, University of Arizona; Cynthia L. Wright (S), Texas A&M University; Shirley A. Papuga, The University of Arizona; Greg A. Barron-Gafford, University of Arizona
• Effects of production method and geography on the fungal community composition in green coffee beans. Iman Sylvain (S), University of Michigan; Timothy James, University of Michigan
• Maximizing research efforts through PhD-mentored undergraduate research experiences: The humacao natural reserve. Ricardo J. Colón-Rivera (S), Texas A&M University; Rusty A. Feagin, Texas A&M University

Contributed Oral Papers

• Does a shift to small flowers in annual groundcherries leave specialist pollinators behind?
  Stephanie Cruz Maysonet (S), University of Puerto Rico in Bayamón; T'ai H. Roulston, University of Virginia
• Distribution and habitat use of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in a declining southeast Florida conservation area
  Joshua P. Scholl (S), Florida Atlantic University (SEEDS Student); Leonardo Calle, Florida Atlantic University (SEEDS student); Evelyn M. Frazier, Florida Atlantic University; Tobin Hindle, Florida Atlantic University
• Why are total soil respiration measurements higher in urban forests than rural forests. Russell Auwae (S), University of Hawaii at Manoa
• Progressive Ecology: Shifting the flow of conservation biology through involving communities in the Northeastern Ecological Corridor of Puerto Rico through research and its declaration of nature reserve, Ricardo Rivera, Northwestern University; Ana Elisa Pérez-Quintero (S), University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras and SEEDS; Diana K. Guzmán, Northeastern Ecological Corridor, Coalition; Lourdes B. Lastra-Díaz, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus; Sara B. Ocasio, University of Puerto Rico; Carmen Guerrero, Coalition Pro-Northeastern Ecological Corridor; Ramón Salazar, University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras and SEEDS; Betsabé D. Castro-Escobar, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus; Beatriz Otero, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus

Organized Oral Sessions

• From knowledge to action: Creating a social movement
  Erica Fernandez (S), Stanford University
• Thinking globally, acting locally - what does this mean for today’s ecologists?
  Ana Elisa Pérez-Quintero (S), University of Puerto Rico; Leanne M. Jablonski, Marianist Environmental Education Center

Symposiums

• .Identifying drivers of biocultural homogenization and an urban sense of place
  Alexandria K. Poole, Center for Environmental Philosophy, Institute of Applied Science, University of North Texas; Ricardo Rozzi, University of North Texas and University of Magallanes - Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Chile; Ana Elisa Pérez-Quintero, University of Puerto Rico; Yanet Medina, Universidad de Magallanes Programa de Conservación Biocultural Subantártica - Parque Etnobotánico Omora
• Revolutionary Ecology: Defining and Conducting Stewardship and Action as Ecologists and Global Citizens:Moderated by: Ricardo J. Colón-Rivera
  

2010 ESA Annual Meeting - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Poster Session

• Stimulation of facultative CAM photosynthetic activity in a coastal dune Dudleya (Crassulaceae) in association with flowering. Maria M. Bangal(S), San Jose State University, Susan C. Lambrecht, San Jose State University.
• Edaphic and density effects on the competitive ability of the Ni-hyperaccumulator, Alyssum murale Waldst. and Kit. (Brassicaceae). Kiona S. Ervin(S), Howard University, Mary A. McKenna, Howard University.
• Induction, acclimation, and behavioral phenotypes: Predator cues change flight initiation distance in hatchling red-eyed tree frogs. Alex M. Lebron(S), Cornell University, Karen M. Warkentin, Boston University.
• Induced response of Solanum carolinense to dispersed and aggregated leaf damage.
  Ordom B. Huot(S), Cornell University and Florida State University, Tania N. Kim, Florida State University, Stacey L. Halpern, Pacific University, Nora Underwood, Florida State University
• Effect of herbivore density on Leptinotarsa juncta oviposition preference and larval performance on its host plant, Solanum carolinense. Kathryn A. Staver (S), St. Olaf College, David W. McNutt, Florida State University, Stacey L. Halpern, Pacific University, Nora C. Underwood, Florida State University
  Unexpected generalized pollination system in a tropical island herb, Heliconia caribaea.
  Stephanie Cruz Maysonet(S), University of Puerto Rico in Bayamón, Elvia Meléndez-Ackerman, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras and Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation (CREST-CATEC), Silvana Martén-Rodríguez, National Museum of Natural History - Smithsonian Institution.
• What’s eating you? How predation and parasitoidism suppress populations of Lema daturaphila. Ricardo J. Rivera(S), University of Puerto Rico.
• Nutrient enrichment effects on invasive aquatic plants and invertebrate herbivores.
  Maria Magdalena Meza-Lopez(A), Rice University, Evan Siemann, Rice University.
• Stock structure of the demersal fish Cynoscion nebulosus examined by multiple techniques. Courtney T. Lee(S), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, R. Deborah Overath, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, John T. Froeschke, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Cynthia Morales, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Gregory W. Stunz, Texas A&M- Corpus Christi, Robert Vega, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
• Molecular phylogeography of the western hognose snake (Heterodon nasicus).
  Malaya Lualhati(S), SEEDS-ESA, Dee Denver, Oregon State University, Fredric J. Janzen, Iowa State University.
• Motivations for participation in conservation amongst four communities in Central America. Tanika L. Connesero(S), Northern Arizona University, Erik Nielsen, Northern Arizona University.
• The response of European buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica to soil amendments in restoration. Dayani S. Pier(S), Oakton Community College, Lauren G. Umek, DePaul University, Liam Heneghan, DePaul University.
• There goes the neighborhood: Reproductive success of Bletia patula when Spathoglottis plicata moves in. Wilnelia Recart (S), University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, James D. Ackerman, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, Ana A. Cuevas, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, Nadia P. Flores-Saldaña, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, Carlos M. Zambrana-Torrelio, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus.
• Variation in Native, and Cactaceae Seeds in the Soil as a Function of an Invasive Exotic Grass in Mona Island Reserve. Betsabé D. Castro-Escobar(S), Institute for tropical ecosystems studies-college of natural sciences, Elvia J. Meléndez-Ackerman, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Benjamin J. Crain, Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies-College of Natural Sciences.
• Effect of Megathyrsus maximus, exotic grass, on soil mites in Mona Island Reserve.
  Lourdes B. Lastra-Díaz (S), University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, Elvia Melendez-Ackerman, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras Campus, Lorna M. Moreno(S), University of Puerto Rico.
• Population and genotype-level effects on light responses in an invasive liana, celastrus orbiculatus (Oriental Bittersweet). Jenna A. P. Hamlin (S), University of North Carolina of Asheville, Jennifer Rhode Ward, University of North Carolina at Asheville.
• The efficiency of niche envelope models in predicting species distributions: A comparison of species distribution modeling approaches using historical presence only data. Israel Del Toro(A), University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
• Inter- and intra-specific functional trait response to environmental change in an herbaceous forest understory. Jessica S. Guo(S), Columbia University, Julia I. Burton, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Matthew I. Palmer, Columbia University, David J. Mladenoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Development of a test to measure undergraduate knowledge and comprehension of competition theory. Marc A. Bliss (S), Northeastern University, Joel K. Abraham, SimBiotic Software, Eli Meir, SimBiotic Software.
  

Contributed Oral Papers

• Competition in Pigeonpea intercrops: Comparison of plant characteristics and architecture in Malawian sole-legume and maize-legume agriculture
  Iman Sylvain(S) , SEEDS Fellowship; Howard University, Sieglinde Snapp, Michigan State University.

Symposium

• “Revolutionary Ecology: Multidisciplinary and Multimedia approaches to Cooling the Planet” Ana Elisa Pérez-Quintero (S), University of Puerto Rico. Charissa Jones, New College of Florida
  Serge A. Farinas, University of Michigan , Malaya Lualhati (S), Oregon State University , Melissa Armstrong (E), Ecological Society of America, Elizabeth R. Uses Knife, Oglala Lakota College , Mattias Lanas (S), Stanford University , Marla Striped Face-Collins, University of New Hampshire.
  Workshop
• Engage in planetary stewardship both now and in the future. Matthew D. Whiteside, University of California Irvine, Robery Salguero- Gomez, The University of Pennsylvania, Naupaka Zimmerman, Stanford University Andreá L. Kuchy, University of Idaho, F. Stuart Chapin University of Alaska Mary E. Power, University of California, Berkeley Dan C. Donato, Oregon State University Val H. Smith, University of Kansas Erica Fernandez(S), SEEDS.
  

2009 ESA Annual Meeting - Alburquerque, New Mexico

Poster Session

·        Phosphorus uptake in a stream draining a watershed underlain with discontinuous permafrost in interior Alaska. Sarah A. Renteria (S)1, Jeremy Jones2, and Amanda J. Rinehart2. (1) University of Texas at El Paso, (2) University of Alaska Fairbanks

·        Site of Origin and Degree of Plasticity Affect Sucecess of an Invasive Liana: Celastrus orbiculatus. Jenna A. P. Hamlin(S), University of North Carolina of Asheville

·        Making scents of nectar volatiles: Insights from an alpine wildflower Polemonium viscosum. Sadie L. Todd (S)1, Candace Galen1, Jennifer Geib1, Rainee Kaczorowski2, and Robert A. Raguso2. (1) University of Missouri, (2) Cornell University

·        SEEDS students preparing for the future of ecology. Melissa Armstrong (E), Erin Vinson (E), and Teresa Mourad (E). Ecological Society of America

·        Heavy metals pollutants in the El Paso, TX Region: Results from a SEEDS Special Project. Elizabeth J. Walsh, The University of Texas at El Paso, David Borrok, University of Texas at El Paso, Israel Del Toro (S), University of Texas at El Paso, and Kevin W. Floyd, University of Texas at El Paso.

·        Evaluating Experimental Education Through an Intertidal Ecology Field Trip. Kate Lowry (S), Stanford University - SEEDS, Cynthia Wilber (F), Stanford University, and Rodolfo Dirzo, Stanford University.

·        The TREE Program: Bringing Ecological Research to Local Students. Jeramie T. Strickland (A), Lori Neuman-Lee, Shannon Thol, and Fredric Janzen. Iowa State University.

·        Success of mentoring sessions in a large-lecture introductory biology course. David J. Grisé, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Courtney T. Lee (S), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

·        Mycorrhizal Inoculation Potentials Along a Stand-Replacing Fire Chronosequence in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forest. Allan R. Bacon1, Stephanie R. Jackson (S)1, Valerie J. Kurth1, Stephen C. Hart2, and Nancy C. Johnson1. (1) Northern Arizona University, (2) University of California, Merced

·        Effects of penguin colonies on water quality and algal biomass near tourist landing sites on the Antarctic Peninsula. Ruth Rodriguez, University of Texas at El Paso, Sarah A. Renteria (S), University of Texas at El Paso, Vanessa L. Lougheed, University of Texas at El Paso

·        A rapid assessment of Antarctic Peninsula Ecosystems: Impact of nutrient inputs on primary producer communities. Ruth Rodriguez1, Israel Del Toro (S)1, Santonu Goswami1, Jose Herrera1, Mark Lara1, Paulo Olivas2, Sarah A. Renteria (S)1, Sandra Villareal1, Katrina Weber1, Craig E. Tweedie1, and Vanessa L. Lougheed1. (1) University of Texas at El Paso, (2) Florida International University

·        Environmental justice and the step to a more sustainable community through policy making. Erica Fernandez (S), SEEDS and Central Coastal Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy

·        Genetic stock structure of spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, populations in the western Gulf of Mexico. Courtney T. Lee (S)1, Cynthia Morales1, Gregory W. Stunz1, Robert Vega2, and R. Deborah Overath1. (1) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, (2) Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

·        Effects of an experimentally clumped resource on den use patterns of male raccoons (Procoyon lotor) at Baskett Wildlife Research Area. James L. Loveall (S), Morgan E. Wehtje, and Matthew E. Gompper. University of Missouri

·        Selective predation of Pachygrapsus crassipes and Hemigrapsus oregonensis on the California horn snail, Cerithidea californica in the laboratory. Maria Magdalena Meza-Lopez (S)1, Julio Lorda2, and Armand Kuris2. (1) University of California, Los Angeles, (2) University of California, Santa Barbara

·        Determining wheter mate-seaching males use directional information in female signals in the treehopper. Umbonia crassiconrnis. Ashely N. Groves (S), Jennifer A. Hamel, and Reginald B. Cocroft. University of Missouri

·        Assessing relative rates of development between 13- and 17-year periodical cicadas species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Jeselyn Calderon-Ayala (S)1, Elizabeth Wade2, and Chris Simon, Ph.D.2. (1) Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto Rico, (2) University of Connecticut (UCONN)

·        Response of an Alyssum Ni-hyperaccumulator and an Alyssum non-accumulator to variation in soil nickel. Iman Sylvain (S), Tyrone Dash, and Mary McKenna. Howard University

·        An evaluation of Jester's Creek restoration project: Vegetation. Jere Boudell and Serge A. Farinas (S). Clayton State University

·        Vegetation structure and it’s relation to socioeconomic status in Columbia, Missouri. Jason T. Edwards (S), T. Kevin O'Donnell, and Charles H. Nilon. University of Missouri

·        Seasonal distribution of pollutants in the lower Mississippi River in the area of Port Gibson MS. Roberta F. Laing (S) and Alex D. W. Acholonu. Alcorn State University

·        Toward a complete model of radial growth in Pinus edulis: the effects of CO2 and prior years. C. Susannah Tysor (S), Northern Arizona University, Amy V. Whipple, Northern Arizona University, and George W. Koch, Northern Arizona University

·        Why do species go extinct: A closer look at implementation gaps in vaquita (Phocoena sinus) conservation. Adriana Leiva (S), Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Ecological Society of America SEEDS Fellowship and Lisa T. Ballance, Southwest Fisheries Science Center.

·        Seed rain and phenology in an invasive species removal experiment in Mona Island Reserve, Puerto Rico. Xavier A. Jaime-Davila (S)1, Denny S. Fernandez1, Julissa Rojas2, and Elvia Meléndez-Ackerman3. (1) University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, (2) University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, (3) University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

·        Life inside the mat: links between Lepanthes orchids and bryophyte presence in the Luquillo Experiment Forest, Puerto Rico. Juan G. García Cancel Jr., University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Elvia J. Melendez-Ackerman, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, Paola Olaya, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras and Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation (CREST-CATEC), Nadia P. Flores, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, Amelia Merced, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, and Raymond Tremblay, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras and Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation (CREST-CATEC).

Oral Session

·         Organic vs. conventional: Weed management in the agricultural systems in the suburban areas of San Cristóbal de las Casas. Ana Elisa Pérez-Quintero (S), University of Puerto Rico

·        A latitudinal gradient in the distribution of variance in plant functional traits. Jeffrey K. Lake1, Annette M. Ostling1, Stephen P. Hubbell2, JP Drury2, Andrea Maguire1, Zachary Brym (S)1, Carlin Ziska1, and Sreya Vempatti1. (1) University of Michigan, (2) University of California-Los Angeles

·        Hypersensitive-like defense in Live Oak: Discovery and efficiency against a host-specific gall former. Cristina M. Campbell (S), Glen R. Hood, and James R. Ott. Texas State University-San Marcos

·        Impacts of Impoundment on Herbaceous Vegetation and Seed Banks in Bald Cypress Swamps in Central Louisiana. Serge A. Farinas (S), Clayton State University and Beth A. Middleton, USGS.

·        Heavy Metal Distribution and Bioaccumulation in Chihuahuan Desert Harvest Ant (Pogonomyrmex rugosus) populations. Israel Del Toro (S), University of Texas at El Paso, David Borrok, University of Texas at El Paso, Kevin W. Floyd, University of Texas at El Paso, and Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey, University of Texas at El Paso.

·        Distribution of the Available Light Resource Within a Temperate Forest May Explain One Mechanism by which the Invasive Plant, Elaeagnus umbellate, Has Established in a Novel Environment. Zachary T. Brym (S), Jeffrey Lake, and Annette Ostling. University of Michigan

·        Effects of soil texture and prehistoric agriculture on ecosystem properties in the Sonoran desert. Jolene Trujillo (S), Arizona State University, Sharon Hall, Arizona State University, Hoski Schaafsma, Arizona State University, John M. Briggs, Kansas State University

·        Improving Springs Ecosystems Stewardship: A Rapid Multi-Cultural Inventory and Assessment Approach. Colleen A. Cooley (S), Grand Canyon Wildlands Council and Lawrence E. Stevens, Museum of Northern Arizona and Grand Canyon Wildlands Council.

2008 ESA Annual Meeting - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Poster Sessions

·         Increased chloride levels and habitat heterogeneity reduce insect diversity in Rio Grande riparian habitats
Jarrod Blue (S), Davidson College, Scott Collins, University of New Mexico

·         Chemical profile of Nworie River in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
Alex D. W. Acholonu (F), Alcorn State University, Peter U. Okorie, Imo State University, Melissa N. Fipps, Alcorn State University, Kelly L. Davis, Alcorn State University

·         The effects of elevation and succession on pollination webs in Hawaiian ecosystems
Jonathan B. Koch (S), University of Hawai'i at Hilo, Heather F. Sahli, University of Hawai'i at Hilo

·         Flowering synchrony, fecundity, and spatial distribution of Frasera caroliniensis in northern Alabama
Joel C. Zak, Alabama A&M University, Luben D. Dimov (F), Alabama A&M University

·         Fate of seeds dispersed by old world monkeys in the New World tropics, SW Puerto Rico
Steven A. Sloan (F), University of Puerto Rico, Bayamón

·         Investigation of uranium uptake by Sporobolus airoides
Colleen A. Cooley (S), Northern Arizona University, Jani C. Ingram, Northern Arizona University, Nancy C. Johnson, Northern Arizona University

·         Morphological population variation of the sulu goby (Acentrogobius suluensis) in the western and southern Pacific Ocean
Adriana Leiva (S), Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Frank Pezold, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi

·         Effect of Megathyrsus maximus on soil and plant communities of Mona Island Reserve
Lorna M. Moreno (S), University of Puerto Rico, Elvia Meléndez- Ackerman (F), Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies, Christopher Cheleuitte (S), Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies, Brenda Castro (S), University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Josue Sanchez, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Alexandra M. López, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Nicole Rivera, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Laura Yunes, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus

·         Effects of invasive plants on coastal sage scrub soil and microbial communities of Mission Trails regional park
Irene M. Hale (S), San Diego State University, Marguerite Mauritz, San Diego State University, David A. Lipson, San Diego State University

·         Invasion increases activities of soil microbial extracellular enzymes involved in carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous processing in coastal sage scrub
Kimberly J. Komatsu (A), Yale University, Heather G. McGray, University of California, Irvine, Katharine N. Suding, University of California, Irvine

·         Is an invasive grass causing biotic homogenization in Mona Island Reserve?
Alexandra M. López, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Josué Sánchez, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Lorna Moreno (S), University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Brenda Castro (S), University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Nicole M. Rivera, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Laura L. Yunes, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Elvia Meléndez (F), Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies (ITES), Chistopher Cheleuitte (S), Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies (ITES)

·         Effects of penguin colonies on water quality and algal biomass near tourist landing sites on the Antarctic Peninsula
Ruth Rodriguez, University of Texas at El Paso, Sarah A. Renteria (S), University of Texas at El Paso, Vanessa L. Lougheed, University of Texas at El Paso

·         Assessing tourists’ environmental perceptions and behavior prior to and during landings in the Antarctic Peninsula
Gilda Victorino (S), University of Texas at El Paso, Edith J Velasco, University of Texas at El Paso, Mitzel Aveytia, University of Texas at El Paso, Kevin Le, University of California Santa Barbara, Ute Kaden, Hanna High School, Vanessa L Lougheed, University of Texas at El Paso

·         Rapid assessment of ecosystem respiration: Carbon dioxide emissions at several locations of the Antarctic Peninsula
Paulo C. Olivas, Florida International University, Santonu Goswami, University of Texas at El Paso, Jose Herrera (S), University of Texas at El Paso, Sandra Villarreal, University of Texas at El Paso, Mark Lara, University of Texas at El Paso, Amorita Amendariz, University of Texas at El Paso, Michele Phillips, University of Texas at El Paso, Israel Del Toro (S), University of Texas at El Paso, Craig E. Tweedie, University of Texas at El Paso, Steven F. Oberbauer, Florida International University

·         Lichen diversity and abundance at several penguin-dense sites along the Antarctic Peninsula
Sandra Villarreal, University of Texas at El Paso, Santonu Goswami, University of Texas at El Paso, Jose Herrera (S), University of Texas at El Paso, Mark Lara, University of Texas at El Paso, Paulo C. Olivas, Florida International University, Michele Phillips, University of Texas at El Paso, A. Armendáriz, University of Texas at El Paso, Israel Del Toro (S), University of Texas at El Paso, Craig E. Tweedie, University of Texas at El Paso

·         Antarctic terrestrial flora: Rapid assessment of biomass, vegetation cover, and bryophyte stress level
Mark Lara, University of Texas at El Paso, Santonu Goswani, University of Texas at El Paso, Sandra Villareal, University of Texas at El Paso, Jose Herrera (S), University of Texas at El Paso, Paulo C. Olivas, Florida International University, Israel Del Toro Sr (S)., University of Texas at El Paso, Amorita Armendariz, University of Texas at El Paso, Michele Philips, El Paso Independent School District, Craig Tweedie, University of Texas at El Paso

·         Changes in algal communities in the South Shetland Islands and Antarctica Peninsula littoral zone along a gradient of penguin rookery sizes
Sarah A. Renteria (S), University of Texas at El Paso, Ruth Rodriguez, University of Texas at El Paso, Katharine M. Noonan, Oakland High School, Vanessa L. Lougheed, University of Texas at El Paso

·         Bat diversity in the San Franciso cave, La Trintaria, Chiapas, Mexico
Carlos Chávez (S), El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Anna Horváth, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur

·         Terrestrial microarthropod biodiversity analysis of the northern Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands: With notes on mircoarthropod biotic and abiotic interactions
Israel Del Toro (S), University of Texas at El Paso, A. Armendáriz, University of Texas at El Paso, M. Lara, University of Texas at El Paso, S Villarreal, University of Texas at El Paso, J Herrera (S), University of Texas at El Paso, S. Goswami, University of Texas at El Paso, M. Phillips, University of Texas at El Paso, CE Tweedie, University of Texas at El Paso, Paulo Olivas, Florida International University

·         Intraspecific tree competition and spatial continuity
Luben D. Dimov (F), Alabama A&M University

·         Distribution of land hermit crabs and gastropod shell usage in mainland Puerto Rico
Juan J. Nieves Alvarez, University of Puerto Rico-Bayamón, Concepción Rodriguez (F), University of Puerto Rico-Bayamón, Zuania Colón (S), University of Puerto Rico-Bayamón

·         A native plant butterfly garden for pre-K environmental literacy and undergraduate education and research
Barbara J. Abraham (F), Hampton University, Janice D. Cawthorn, Hampton University, Barbara G. Shipes, Hampton University

·         Evaluating learning gains from conservation exercises across multiple institutions
Matthew I. Palmer, Columbia University, Nora Bynum, American Museum of Natural History, Barbara J. Abraham (F), Hampton University, John A. Cigliano, Cedar Crest College, Christine A. Engels, American Museum of Natural History, Stuart R. Ketcham, University of the Virgin Islands, John F. Mull, Weber State University, Jason Munshi-South, Baruch College, City University of New York, Jennifer M. Rhode, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Patricia Szczys, Eastern Connecticut State University

·         Science outreach for students: Connecting Outreach and ecology
Charissa Jones (S), New College of Florida, Erika Anne Miller, New College of Florida, Margaret Lowman (F), New College of Florida, Jennifer Dyer, New College of Florida, Zachary I. Evers, New College of Florida, Evan Miller, New College of Florida

·         Promise banners as a tool to educate schoolchildren from minority-majority schools about polar research
Jose Herrera (S), University of Texas at El Paso, Gilda Victorino, University of Texas at El Paso, Sandra Villarreal, University of Texas at El Paso, Sarah Renteria (S), University of Texas at El Paso, Ruth Rodriguez, University of Texas at El Paso, Claudia V Garcia, University of Texas at El Paso, Sergio Rodriguez, University of Texas at El Paso, Israel del Toro (S), University of Texas at El Paso, Edith J Velasco, University of Texas at El Paso, Vanessa L Lougheed, University of Texas at El Paso, William H Robertson, University of Texas at El Paso, Craig E. Tweedie, University of Texas at El Paso, Aaron A Velasco, University of Texas at El Paso

·         The explosive nature of SEEDS campus ecology chapters
Erin Vinson (E), Ecological Society of America, Melissa Armstrong (E), Ecological Society of America

·         Teaching ecology through original student research
Joseph L. Fail Jr. (F), Johnson C. Smith University, Demetrius Hawkins, Johnson C. Smith University, Douglas Lawrence, Johnson C. Smith University

·         Evaluating learning gains from using biodiversity conservation teaching modules in undergraduate courses at five institutions
Stuart R. Ketcham, University of the Virgin Islands, Barbara J. Abraham (F), Hampton University, Nora Bynum, American Museum of Natural History, John A. Cigliano, Cedar Crest College, Christine A. Engels, American Museum of Natural History, Margaret-Ann Mayer, Dine College, Emily H. Mooney, Muhlenberg College, Eleanor Sterling, American Museum of Natural History

·         Different growth patterns lead to mortality and survival in Pinus edulis
C. Susannah Tysor (S), Northern Arizona University, Amy V. Whipple, Northern Arizona University, George W. Koch, Northern Arizona University

·         Water quality trends in a changing landscape in Puerto Rico
Brenda I. Castro-Voltaggio (S), University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, Jorge R. Ortiz-Zayas, Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies (ITES)-University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras

·         The population-level effects of an ecosystem engineer: Earthworms affect the behavior of a territorial salamander, Plethodon cinereus
Rita I. Cáceres (S), University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, Tami S. Ransom, University of Virginia

·         Fish ecology x analytical chemistry: The application of an interdisciplinary work for understanding the migratory behavior of an eurihalin fish species
Cristiano Q. de Albuquerque (S), Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Norbert Miekeley, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, José H. Muelbert, Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

·         Pollinators and other arthropod visitors to a native plant butterfly garden in southeastern Virginia
Barbara J. Abraham (F), Hampton University, Julie M. Gillem, Hampton University, Danielle E. Williams, Hampton University, Jaronica M. Byner, Hampton University, Alyson C. Weekes, Hampton University, Tasha N. Counts, Hampton University

·         Effect of mid-summer haying on early and late flowering prairie plants
Becky Begay (A), University of Kansas, Helen M. Alexander, University of Kansas, Erin Questad, University of Kansas

·         The early development of cichlid: Host of the cuckoo catfish
Hector Rosario (S), Univesity of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, Michael B. Hawkins, University of Colorado at Boulder, Alexander Cruz, University of Colorado at Boulder

·         Alpine plants shift flowering times and flower production in response to increased snowpack, nitrogen, and temperature
Warren B. Sconiers (S), University of California, Irvine, Isabel W. Ashton, University of California, Irvine, Jane G. Smith, University of California, Irvine, Katharine N. Suding, University of California, Irvine

·         Predation of painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) nests: Examining potential attractants and deterrents on a habitat scale
Jeramie T. Strickland (A), Iowa State University, Fredric J. Janzen (F), Iowa State University

·         Is there a relationship between the size and mortality of land crabs?
Belén M. Rosado (S), University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón, Concepción Rodríguez (F), University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón

·         Spatial dynamics of the eastern mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum) in an estuary on the coastal plain of Maryland,  USA
Gerardo Antonio Cordero (S), Oregon State University, Christopher W. Swarth, Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary & Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

·         Integral plan for solid waste management in the town of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Brenda Castro (S), University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Josue Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Melissa Melendez, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Rafael A. Rios, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus

·         Variation in the composition of condensed tannin in cottonwood due to genetic, ontogenetic, and environmental factors
Ashley N. Scioneaux (S), Miami University, Melissa A. Moore, Miami University, Michael A. Schmidt, Miami University, Richard L. Lindroth, University of Wisconsin, S.C. Wooley, University of Wisconsin, Ann E. Hagerman, Miami University

·         Distribution of leaf shape variability in a tropical forest
Andrea J. Maguire (S), University of Michigan, Jeffrey K Lake, University of Michigan, Annette M Ostling, University of Michigan, David G. Campbell, Grinnell College

·         ESA sowing SEEDS of sustainability in Chiapas, Mexico
Elvia Meléndez-Ackerman (F), University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Jorge Ramos (A), University of Washington, Melissa Armstrong (E), Ecological Society of America, Steven A. Sloan (F), University of Puerto Rico, Bayamón, Diana Guzman (S), University of Puerto Rico, Bayamón

·         Water bear, water bear, what do you see?: The implementation of tardigrades as a means to a more inclusive science experience
Charissa Jones (S), New College of Florida

·         Evaluation of the restoration at East Jester’s Creek: Soil nutrients
Japhia M. Jacobo (S), Clayton State University, Jere Boudell, Clayton State University

Organized Oral Sessions

·         Educational poverty in Indigenous communities
Mimi E. Lam (F), University of British Columbia

·         Environmental awareness mission to remote villages in Enugu Nigeria, West Africa
Godfrey Uzochukwu (F), North Carolina A&T State University, Mary Uzochukwu, North Carolina A&T State University

·         Environmental education at a small urban university: Establishing alternate end-points
William Hopper (F), Florida Memorial University

Contributed Oral Sessions

·         Competitive equivalency of cultivar and non-cultivar dominant prairie grasses in an experimental restoration
Lewis K. Reed (A), Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Sara Baer, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, David J. Gibson, Southern Illinois University

·         Comparison of population viability models with 15 years of data from a restored population of the federally threatened pitcher’s thistle
Timothy J. Bell (F), Chicago State University, Kristin I. Powell, The Morton Arboretum, Marlin L. Bowles, The Morton Arboretum

·         Short term exposure to herbicide yields long term effects in map turtles (Graptemys)
Lorin A. Neuman-Lee Biggs (S), Iowa State University, Fredric J. Janzen (F), Iowa State University

·         Assessing a non-formal science education program for GK-12 students
Annette Angelica Cardona (S), Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, John Williams, University of Texas Marine Science Institution

·         Integrated ecology education: Research as service learning in undergraduate ecology labs
Jere Boudell (F), Clayton State University

·         Do low-head dam reservoirs alter nitrogen and methane processing in riverine ecosystems?
Lauren E. McGee (A), Ohio State University, Virginie Bouchard, Ohio State University, Peter C. Smiley Jr., USDA-ARS

·         Climate change and temporal variation in nesting biology of North American turtles
Fredric J. Janzen (F), Iowa State University, J. Whitfield Gibbons, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Judith L. Greene, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, John B. Iverson, Earlham College, John K. Tucker, Illinois Natural History Survey

·         Combined effects of hyperthermic stress on photosynthetic rate in symbiotic sea anemones
Abdul Hameed Siddiqui V (S), Rust College

·         Initial effects of burn piles on vegetation and soil following conifer removal from a montane meadow
Sheena S. Hillstrom (S), Washington State University, Charles B. Halpern, University of Washington

Symposia

·         Introduction on the role of ecology education and outreach programs at North American field stations
Teresa Mourad (E), Ecological Society of America

·         Field-based learning: Outreach education programs at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University
Cynthia Wilber (F), Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University

Special Sessions

• Student Diversity: Trail Blazers in Transforming the Culture of Ecology. Teresa Mourad (E), Ecological Society of America, Melissa Armstrong (E), Ecological Society of America, Amber Finley (A), University of San Francisco, Raynelle Rino (A), San Francisco State University, Jorge Ramos (A), University of Washington, Alan Berkowitz, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Jeff Herrick, USDA Agricultural Research Service.

• International Polar Year: Research and Educational Opportunities in Antarctica for Minorities (IPY-ROAM).  Vanessa Lougheed, University of Texas at El Paso, Craig Tweedie, University of Texas at El Paso, William H. Robertson , University of Texas at El Paso, Aaron Velasco, University of Texas at El Paso, Melissa Armstrong (E), Ecological Society of America, Erin Vinson (E), Ecological Society of America.

Workshops

·         The Art of Mentoring: How to Get Out of Your Niche.  Jennifer Doherty, University of Pennsylvania, Christopher Beck, Emory University, Erin Vinson (E), Ecological Society of America.

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2007 ESA Annual Meeting - San Jose, California

Poster Sessions

• Effect of experimental drought and water addition on community dynamics in three aridland plant communities.  Jennifer Johnson and Scott L. Collins (F), University of New Mexico, Eric E. Small, University of Colorado, William T. Pockman, University of New Mexico
• Effects of climate variability and N limitation in a desert grassland.  Michell L. Thomey, Scott L. Collins (F), and Douglas I. Moore, University of New Mexico
• Plant community responses to fire and grazing in savanna grasslands: A cross continental comparison.  Sally E. Koerner and Scott L. Collins (F), University of New Mexico
• Effects of fire, grazing, and topographic variation on vegetation dynamics in tallgrass prairie.  Laura B. Calabrese and Scott Collins (F), University of New Mexico
• Characterization of depression forests in a karstic island: A geostatistical and multivariate analysis approach.  Denny S. Fernández (F), University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, Elvia Meléndez-Ackerman (F), Organization for Tropical Studies
• Effects of timed mowing to control Taeniatherum caput-medusae in an annual grassland.  Lewis K. Reed (A), Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
• Distribution of pond apple (Annona glabra L) in South Florida.  Jenna M. Ervin (S), Amy Ortiz, Jessica Plank and Trevor Caughlin, New College of Florida
• The effects of bison grazing and fire on tall grass prairie heterogeneity.  Christopher S. McLaughlin (S), Sitting Bull College, Anthony Joern, Kansas State University
• Direct and indirect effects of frugivorous monkeys on seed dispersal and germination in native and non-native plants of southwest Puerto Rico.  Steven A. Sloan (F), Dayanira Alsina Beauchamp, Zuania Colón Piñeiro, Angie M. Cuevas Elías, Cyrus A. Kourosh Huertas, Juan Nieves Alvarez (S), José J. Rodríguez Escobar, Annette Rivera, Rosan Rivera Vegas, and Roberto Gardón, University of Puerto Rico, Bayamón
• The impact of low-head dams on riverine and riparian nitrogen dynamics.  Lauren E. McGee (A) and Virginie Bouchard, Ohio State University
• Modeling herbivory in forest canopies.  Leon Kaganovskiy and Margaret Lowman (F), New College of Florida
• Determining the partition of resources of different species of rays using stable isotopes in Shark Bay, Western Australia.  Lauren Ku`ulei Vickery (S), University of Hawaii Manoa, Jeremy J. Vaudo, Florida International University, Mike R. Heithaus, Florida International University
• The future of trees in La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve buffer zone, Chiapas, Mexico: Woody cover and sapling recruitment in a silvo-pastoral landscape.  Colibrí Sanfiorenzo-Barnhard (S), University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, Luis García-Barrios Sr., Neptalí Ramírez-Marcial, Romeo J. Trujillo-Vázquez, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Elvia Meléndez-Ackerman (F), Organization for Tropical Studies
• A comparison of avian ectoparasite populations found in four different habitats of the coffee agroecosystem of Chiapas, Mexico.  Katherine E. Goodall, Ivette Perfecto (F), and Johannes Foufopoulos, University of Michigan.
• Foraging behavior and food resources of forest-associated birds in coffee agroecosystems.  Casey L. Taylor and Ivette Perfecto (F), University of Michigan
• Bird predation decreases arthropod abundance and biomass in three coffee farms in the Blue Mountains, Jamaica.  Natalie J. Levy (S), University of California Berkeley, Matthew D. Johnson, Humboldt State University
• Emerging tools in teaching biodiversity across disciplines.  Anne H. Bower, Philadelphia University, Barbara J. Abraham (F), Hampton University, John A. Cigliano, Cedar Crest College, Brian E. Hagenbuch, Holyoke Community College, Stuart R. Ketcham, University of the Virgin Islands, Margaret-Ann Mayer, Dine College, John F. Mull, Weber State University, John D. Pierce, Philadelphia University, Jennifer M. Rhode, Georgia College and State University, Michelle L. Zjhra, Georgia Southern University
• Expanding assessment and learning in biodiversity conservation education: A methodological framework.  Brian E. Hagenbuch, Holyoke Community College, Michelle L. Zjhra, Georgia Southern University, Susan Willson, Earlham College, Eleanor Sterling, American Museum of Natural History, Jennifer M. Rhode, Georgia College and State University, John D. Pierce, Philadelphia University, Matthew I. Palmer, Columbia University, John F. Mull, Weber State University, Margaret-Ann Mayer, Dine College, Stuart R. Ketcham, University of the Virgin Islands, James P. Gibbs, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Christine A. Engels, American Museum of Natural History, John A. Cigliano, Cedar Crest College, Nora Bynum, American Museum of Natural History, Anne H. Bower, Philadelphia University, Nicola M. Anthony, University of New Orleans, Barbara J. Abraham (F), Hampton University, Michael J. Foster, American Museum of Natural History
• Soil manipulation as a tool to understand propagule bank dynamics in dryland riparian ecosystems.  Jere Boudell (F), Clayton State University, Andrea Hazelton and Juliet C. Stromberg, Arizona State University
• Arthropod biodiversity in Mona Island Reserve.  Christopher Cheleuitte-Nieves (S), Elvia Meléndez-Ackerman (F), Alonso Ramírez, Alberto Puente, José Fumero, Vanessa Rodríguez, Paulina Calle, Alberto Galindo, Katherine Svensson, Edgar Hernández, Paola Olaya, and Manuel Figueroa, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras and Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation, Denny S. Fernández (F) and Ariel Díaz, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, Miguel García, Natural Resources Department
• Models for interdisciplinary environmental programs, centers and institutes.  Godfrey Uzochukwu (F), Samuel Owusu-Ofori, Teresa Styles, Patricia Price Lea, Judy Rashid, and Kenneth Roberts, North Carolina A&T State University
• Bromeliad germination: Is light an important factor in germination?  Miriam Toro-Rosario (S), Sonja Roque, Elvira Cuevas, and María F. Barberena, Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras
• Out on a limb - forest canopies.  Margaret Lowman (F) and Zachary I. Evers, New College of Florida, Colleen Mitchell, TREE Foundation, Charissa Jones (S), New College of Florida
• Evaluating cpDNA sequence variation as a tool for studying population genetic structure in Pitcairnia angustifolia in Puerto Rico.  Elvia Meléndez-Ackerman (F), Jason Rausher, Paola A. Olaya A, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras and Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Oral Sessions

• Restoration potential of de-watered riparian ecosystems: Role of soil seed banks.  Juliet Stromberg, Andrea Hazelton, and Margaret White, Arizona State University, Jere Boudell (F), Clayton State University, Jacqueline White, University of North Carolina, Donna Shorrock, National Park Service.
• Science outreach for students: Initiatives to connect local schools to ecology.  Jessica Wheeler, Margaret Lowman (F), Fabiana Silva (S), and Charissa Jones (S), New College of Florida, Colleen Mitchell, TREE Foundation, Evan Miller, New College of Florida
• It's a jungle up there: Integrating canopy research with education outreach for kids.  Margaret Lowman (F), New College of Florida, Dc Randle, St. Francis High School.
• The environmental effects of social inequality in tropical agricultural landscapes.  John H. Vandermeer and Ivette Perfecto (F), University of Michigan
• Dispersal, determinism, and the structure of a desert grassland grasshopper community.  Andrew J. Rominger, Stanford University, Tom E. X. Miller, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Scott Collins (F), University of New Mexico
• Rank clocks and plant community dynamics.  Scott Collins (F), University of New Mexico, Katharine N. Suding, University of California, Irvine, Elsa Cleland, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Micheal Batty, University College London, Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Katherine L. Gross, Michigan State University, James B. Grace, United States Geological Survey, Laura Gough, University of Texas, Arlington, Joseph E. Fargione, Purdue University, Chris Clark, University of Minnesota
• An agroecological approach to increased conservation and production on Midwestern grazing farms.  Julie E. Doll and Randall D. Jackson (F), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ellen E. Hamingson, National Park Service
• Relating to our ecosystems: People and places.  Mimi E. Lam (F), University of British Columbia
• Spatial pattern as a consequence of multispecies interactions: Lessons from the coffee agroecosystem.  Ivette Perfecto (F) and John H. Vandermeer, University of Michigan
• Modified soil community effects on the growth, establishment, and herbivore defense of Erigeron glaucus.  Alison E. Bennett, Storer Hall, and Sharon Y. Strauss (F), University of California, Davis
• Effects of herbivores on the population dynamics of introduced California wild radish.  Sharon Y. Strauss (F), Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis
• Indirect interactions between trees, scale insects, and ants: The persistence of context-dependent mutualism in a coffee agroecosystem.  George F. Livingston (S), Adam M. White, and Carley J. Kratz, University of Michigan
• Plant-soil feedbacks link the maintenance of species and genetic diversity among Brassica nigra and its competitors.  Richard A. Lankau and Sharon Y. Strauss (F), University of California, Davis
• Predator-prey space use as the emergent outcome of a behavioral response race: Effects of prey activity.  John I. Hammond, Barney Luttbeg, and Andrew Sih (F), University of California, Davis
• Regulation of arthropod populations by foliage-gleaning birds and bats in a coffee agroforest: Synergistic interactions between vertebrate taxa.  Kimberly Williams-Guillén and Ivette Perfecto (F), University of Michigan
• The influence of intraguild predation on prey suppression and prey release: A meta-analysis.  Heather D. Vance-Chalcraft, East Carolina University, Jay A. Rosenheim, University of California-Davis, James R. Vonesh, Virginia Commonwealth University, Craig W. Osenberg, University of Florida, Andrew Sih (F), University of California-Davis
• Assessment of rangeland drought mitigation improved by Castor canadensis impounded water.  Marla Striped Face-Collins (S), Sitting Bull College/United Tribes Technical College, Carol Johnston, South Dakota State University
• Rapid plant community responses to nighttime warming in a desert grassland.  Joseph E. Fargione, University of Minnesota, Scott L. Collins (F), William T. Pockman, James R. Elliott, Chelsea L. Crenshaw, and Etsuko Nonaka, University of New Mexico
• The role of range edges in determining adaptive climate responses in the cut-leaved monkeyflower (Mimulus laciniatus).  Jason P. Sexton, Kevin J. Rice and Sharon Y. Strauss (F), University of California, Davis
• Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant secondary chemistry and pollination.  Mirka Macel, Susan E. Ebeler and Sharon Y. Strauss (F), University of California, Davis
• The role of frugivorous birds and giant fruit bats as agents for reforestation in south India.  Timothy T. Caughlin, New College of Florida, T. Ganesh, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Margaret D. Lowman (F), New College of Florida
• Effects of the alga Turbinaria ornata on the growth of the coral Pocillopora verrucosa.  Andrea Rivera (S), University of Hawaii at Manoa, Annie Yau and Hunter Lenihan, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Assessment and monitoring of the Faganeanea channel for coral reef management.  Saneterini Amosa Jr. and Sina Ve’a (S), American Samoa Community College
• Water quality studies on freshwater bodies in New Orleans, Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina.  Tiffari Jenkins (S) and Alex D. W. Acholonu (F), Alcorn State University
• The ecology of fear and anti-predator behavior in species invasions.  Andrew Sih (F), University of California, Davis, Daniel I. Bolnick, University of Texas at Austin, Barney Luttbeg, University of California, Davis, John Orrock, University of California, Santa Barbara, Scott D. Peacor, Michigan State University, Lauren Pintor, University of California, Davis, Evan Preisser, University of Rhode Island, Jennifer Rehage, Nova Southeastern University, James R. Vonesh, Virginia Commonwealth University

Special Sessions

•  Integrative Science for Society and the Environment: A mechanistic approach to socioecological research.  Scott Collins (F), University of New Mexico

• Increasing diversity in the ecological workforce: "Engaging college students in ecology: SEEDS and ESA." Melissa Armstrong (E), ESA

• Increasing diversity in the ecological worksforce: "Hands-on experiences in international field ecology for college students." Elvia Meléndez-Ackerman (F), Organization for Tropical Studies.

• SEEDS and science outreach and education in American Samoa.  Karolyn Braun (F), and Milton Manase, American Samoa Community College.

Workshops           

• SEEDS Chapter Highlights. Katherine Hoffman (E) and Samantha Schwab (E), ESA.

• It's a Jungle Up There – Writing for Technical Versus Public Audiences.  Margaret Lowman (F), New College of Florida

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2006 ESA Annual Meeting - Memphis, Tennessee

Poster Sessions

• Acosta Suárez, Jorge¹(S), Sell, Marcia^*,1, Acosta Suárez, Pablo^*,1. ¹Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Methodological alternative on territorial planning formulation to indigenous reservations of Colombia. View Abstract
  
• Aguirre Herrera, María Verónica^*,1(S), ¹University is the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Susceptibility for occurring landslides of the soils and rocks of the province of Manabí and the incidence of the anthropic action in the cases in which landslides had taken placed. View Abstract
  
• Armstrong, Melissa^*,1(E), Hoffman, Katherine¹(E), Taylor, Jason¹(E), Strickland, Jeramie¹(E), ¹Ecological Society of America, Silver Spring, MD. The history of the diversity movement within ESA. View Abstract
  
• Bono, Julieta^*,1(S), Brouver, Marcelo¹, Stamati, Mariana¹, Parmuchi, Gabriela¹, Manghi, Eduardo¹, Montenegro, Celina¹, ¹Unidad de Manejo del Sistema de Evaluación Forestal, Argentina. Analysis of current structure and tree composition in the semiarid Chaco. View Abstract
  
• Braun, Karolyn^*,1(F), ¹American Samoa Community College, Pago Pago, AS, USA. The Keys to Science Education. View Abstract
  
• Delong, Michael^*,1, Heatherly, Tom¹, Whiles, Matt¹, Gibson, David¹, Collins, Scott²(F), Huryn, Alexander³, Jackson, John⁴, Palmer, Margaret⁵, ¹Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, ²University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ³University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, ⁴Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, PA, ⁵University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Modeling of patch occupancy patterns in stream insect metacommunities: toward an understanding of factors influencing the distribution of stream insects. View Abstract
  
• Ferreira da Silva, Alzira Maria^*,1(S), Araújo Neto, Mario Diniz¹, ¹ University of Brasilia, Brasil. Indigenous lands on Brazilian Legal Amazon and the environmental management. View Abstract
  
• Hamingson, Ellen^*,1, Jackson, Randall²(F), ¹Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Madison, WI, USA, ²Department of Agronomy, Madison, WI, USA. Environmental factors and plant community composition correlate with post-restoration native plant regeneration across two wetland ecosystem types. View Abstract
  
• Hanson, D. Eric^*,1(F), Zajac, Leila², Schaafsma, Hoski³, ¹American Samoa Community College, Pago Pago, AS, ²University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ. A qualitative study of dry litter sustainable pig farming in Tutuila, American Samoa. View Abstract
  
• Jones, Charissa^1,2(S), Lowman, Meg^1,2, Wheeler, Jessica¹, Miller, Evan^1,2, Silva, Fabiana^*,1,2, Mitchell, Colleen², ¹New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL, ²TREE Foundation, Sarasota, FL. Out on a Limb - Forest Canopies, an informal science education exhibit. View Abstract
  
• Keber, Robin^*,1(S), Banack, Sandra¹, ¹California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA. The influence of artichoke thistle on hummingbird populations. View Abstract
  
• Komatsu, Kimberly^*,1(S), Harpole, William¹, Suding, Katharine¹, ¹University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA. The role of an exotic herbivore in determining the invasion success of Brassica nigra to southern California grasslands. View Abstract
  
• Korb, Julie^*,1(F), Fule, Peter^*,2, ¹Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, ²Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. Intra- and inter-annual vegetation change: implications for long-term research. View Abstract
  
• Nicholson, Michelle¹(S), McKenna, Mary¹(F), ¹Howard University, Washington, DC. Stimulation of nodulation in clover by the essential oil of Thymus serpyllum (Lamiaceae). View Abstract
  
• Opa, Noel^*,1, Zajac, Leaila², Hanson, D. Eric¹(F), Schaafsma, Hoski³, ¹American Samoa Community College, Pago Pago, AS, ²University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ. Invasive or useful plants? Traditional Ecological Knowledge and use of introduced plant species on Tutuila (American Samoa). View Abstract
  
• Pendergrass, Tyra^*,1(S), McKenna, Mary¹(F), ¹Howard University, Washington, DC. Survivorship of Alyssum hyperaccumulators under natural field conditions. View Abstract
  
• Ramos, Jorge^*,1(S), Shulman, Myra², ¹University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, ²Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Population sizes, site usage, and behavior of harbor and gray seals in the Isles of Shoals, Gulf of Maine. View Abstract
  
• Serrano Volpe, Daniel^*,1, McKenna, Mary²(F), ¹Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA, ²Howard University, Washington, DC, USA. Competitive ability of Ni-hyperaccumulator Alyssum corsicum in a low-Ni medium: implications for invasiveness. View Abstract
  
• Sierra, Rafael^*,1(A), Burke, Russell¹, ¹Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, USA. Dietary habits of diamondback terrapins of Jamaica Bay, New York. View Abstract
  
• Silva, Fabiana^{1, 2}, Lowman, Margaret^1,2, Wheeler, Jessica¹, Jones, Charissa^{1, 2},(S), Mitchell, Colleen², Miller, Evan^1,2, ¹New College of Florida, Sarasota, Fl, ²Tree Foundation, Sarasota, Fl. Science Outreach for Students: new initiatives to connect local schools to ecology. View Abstract
  
• Sosinski, Stephanie^*,1(S), Douhovnikoff, Vladimir¹, ¹Simmons College, Boston, MA, United States. An 18 year common garden study of coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens). View Abstract
  
• Stone, William^*,1(F), ¹Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL. Design and construction of an outdoor classroom to promote ecology education. View Abstract
  
• Walsh, Elizabeth¹(F), Schroeder, Thomas¹, Ramirez, Claudia¹(S), De La Cerda, Fernanda¹(S), ¹University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX. Impacts of arsenic on life history characteristics of rotifers from an urban river. View Abstract
  
• Wong, Christina^*,1(S), Grimm, Nancy², Sponseller, Ryan ³, ¹Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, USA ²Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, ³Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. Desert crusts in an urban landscape: responses of N₂ fixation to anthropogenic C and N deposition. View Abstract
  
• Zajac, Leila¹, Hanson, D. Eric²(F), Schaafsma, Hoski³, Helg, Hope^*,2, ¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²American Samoa Community College, Pago Pago, AS, ³Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ. The effects of ecotourism hiking on Tutuila, American Samoa. View Abstract
  
• Ziemann, Renee¹, Johnson, Jennifer^*,1, Collins, Scott¹(F), ¹University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA. The effect of grazing on composition and abundance of weedy species in desert grassland. View Abstract
  

Oral Sessions

• Abraham, Joel^*,1(A), Corbin, Jeffery¹, D'Antonio, Carla², ¹University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA ²University of California, Santa Barbara, Goleta, CA. Native perennial bunchgrass resistance to invasion by Foeniculum vulgare (fennel) in a California coastal grassland. View Abstract
  
• Baez, Selene^*,1, Collins, Scott¹(F), Lightfoot, David¹, ¹University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM. Shrub invasion decreases small-scale stability in an arid ecosystem. View Abstract
  
• Baquera, Noemi^*,1(S), Herrick, Jeff², Ayarza, Miguel³, ¹The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, ²USDA/Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, New Mexico, ³CIAT- Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Determining vegetation coverage and changes in land use under the Quesungual slash and mulch agroforestry system. View Abstract
  
• Bell, Timothy^*,1,2(F), Bowles, Marlin², ¹Chicago State University, Chicago, IL, ²The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL. Vital rates differ between transplants and their naturally recruited descendants in a reintroduction of the federally threatened Pitcher's Thistle (Cirsium pitcheri). View Abstract
  
• Boudell, Jere^*,1(F), Stromberg, Julie², ¹Clayton State University, Morrow, GA ²Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Insurance in the face of rapid spatiotemporal dynamics in a southwestern riparian metacommunity. View Abstract
  
• Briggs, John^*,1, Knapp, Alan², Archer, Steve², Bret-Harte, Syndonia³, Collins, Scott⁴(F), Ewers, Brent⁵, Peters, Debra⁶, Young, Donald⁷, ¹ Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ² Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO³ University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ⁴ University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK⁵ University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM⁶ USDA ARS, Las Cruces, NM⁷ Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Shrub encroachment across North America: a multi-site synthesis of patterns, mechanisms, and consequences. View Abstract
  
• Chou, Wendy^*,1, Silver, Whendee¹, Jackson, Randall²(F), Allen-Diaz, Barbara¹, ¹University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI. Response of grassland soil carbon cycling to two years of experimental rainfall increase. View Abstract
  
• Cleland, Elsa^*,1, Suding, Katharine², Clark, Christopher³, Collins, Scott⁴(F), Fargione, Joe⁴, Gough, Laura⁵, Grace, James⁶, Gross, Katherine⁸, Pennings, Steven⁷, ¹National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, ²University of California, Irvine, CA, ³University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, ⁴University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ⁵University of Texas, Arlington, TX, ⁶USGS National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA, ⁸Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI, ⁷University of Houston, Houston, TX. Crashing the party: non-native plant species have different traits than native species in a cross-site synthesis of fertilization studies. View Abstract
  
• Collins, Scott^*,1(F), Zeglin, Lydia¹, Friggens, Michael¹, Moore, Douglas, ¹University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Effect of cattle grazing on plant species diversity in desert grassland. View Abstract
  
• Losada, Greg^*,1(S), Childers, Daniel¹, ¹Florida International University, Miami, FL. Characterizing nutrient dynamics in the oligotrophic ecotone region of a Florida Everglades estuary. View Abstract
  
• Selaya, N^*,1,2(S), Anten, N², ¹Utrecht University, The Netherlands, ²Programa Manejo de Bosques de la Amazonía Boliviana, Riberalta, Bolivia. Interspecific differences in light interception and use of plants the first years of secondary succession in tropical forest. View Abstract
  
• Toloumu, Derek^*,1, Duldulao, Forest¹(S), ¹American Samoa Community College, Pago Pago, AS. Ground-truthing fisheries stock data with traditional ecological knowledge on Tutuila American Samoa. View Abstract
  
• Tuamoheloa, Malia^*,1, Braun, Karolyn², ¹American Samoa Community College, Pago Pago, AS² American Samoa Community College, Pago Pago, AS. Coral reefs of American Samoa. View Abstract
  
• Uzochukwu, Godfrey^*,1(F), Murray, Kenneth¹, ¹North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC. A model interdisciplinary waste management capstone seminar. View Abstract
  
• Zajac, Leila¹, Hanson, D. Eric²(F), Schaafsma, Hoski³, Miller, Faiane^*,1, ¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²American Samoa Community College, Pago Pago, AS, ³Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ. Ground-truthing weather station data with Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and scientific tools on Tutuila, American Samoa. View Abstract

 

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2006 ESA International Conference - Merida, Mexico

Poster Sessions

• Baquera, Noemi^*,1(S), Ayarza, Miguel², Reynolds, James³, ¹The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA ²CIAT-Honduras/ Edificio de DICTA en la Secretaria de Agricultura y Ganaderia, Tegucigalpa, Honduras ³Duke University/ Division of Environmental Science and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Science, Durham, NC, USA. Preliminary evaluation of an agroforestry system using the dahlem desertification protocol. View Abstract
  
• Ortega, Claudia^*,1(S), Lougheed, Vanessa¹, Tweedie, Craig¹, ¹University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA. Relationship between invasive salt cedar (Tamarix ramosissima) hydrology and soil salinity at Rio Bosque Wetland, El Paso, TX. View Abstract
  
• Rivera, Andrea^*,1(S), Pattnaik, Rosalin¹, Porter, Guy¹, Gica, Rowena¹, Yost, Russell¹, ¹University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA. Remediation of dairy effluent using a multi-soil layered system. View Abstract
  
• Soto-Santiago, Francisco^*,1(S), ¹Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Barco Escuela Puertorriqueno Santa María, Inc. View Abstract
  
• Tooke, Thalia^*,1(S), Garcia-Barrios, Luis², Perales-Rivera, Hugo², Benning, Tracy³, ¹University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA ²El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico ³University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Weeding strategies and the potential for adoption of glyphosate-based technology in traditional maize production systems in central Chiapas. View Abstract
  
• Vasquez-Radonic, Lucero^*,1(S), Ostertag, Rebecca², ¹The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA ²The University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI, USA. Understanding the interrelations of native and introduced species in the Hawaiian lowland wet forest through seed rain and soil seed bank quantification. View Abstract
  
• Wong, Christina^*,1(S), Ostertag, Rebecca^*,2, Cordell, Susan^*,3, ¹Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, USA ²University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI, USA ³USDA Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Hilo, HI, USA. Impacts of invasive plants on light availability in Hawaiian lowland wet forests. View Abstract

 

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2005 ESA Annual Meeting - Montreal, Canada

Poster Sessions

• Abraham, Barbara (F), Brackery, Aprielle, and Womack, Ashley. Hampton University, Hampton, VA, USA. Why do Hampton University biology majors prefer medicine to ecology? View Abstract
  
• Baquera, Noemi (S). The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX. Using amino acids to induce hyper-accumulation of arsenic and molybdenum in Helianthus argophyllus. View Abstract
  
• D'Avanzo, Charlene¹, Grant, Bruce², Musante, Susan³, Taylor, Jason⁴(E), Riney, Josh¹, Morris, Deborah.^{5 1}Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA, ²Widener University, Chester, PA, USA, ³American Institute of Biological Sciences, Washington, DC, USA, ⁴Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC, USA, ⁵Florida Community College, Jacksonville, FL, USA. Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE): An Electronic Publication for Ecology Faculty. View Abstract
  
• Esquejo, Ryan (S), Machado, Jose-Luis. Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA. Seasonal variation in the understory light availability and canopy structure of invasive Norway maple and native sugar maple and American beech. View Abstract
  
• Gardner, James (S), Kisseadoo, Samuel (F), Abraham, Barbara (F), Andrews, Genitra, Tucker, Heather. Hampton University, Hampton, VA. Effects of microenvironments on the growth of trees of the Sandy Bottom Nature Park in Hampton, Virginia. View Abstract
  
• George, Christine (S). Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305. Assessment of uranium levels in groundwater in Church Rock Chapter of Navajo Nation. View Abstract
  
• Hill, Augustine (S), Redmond, Roland, Winne, Chris, Gustafson, Will, Mason, Shane, Schumacher, Jim, The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana. 80 Years of Vegetation Change in Southwest Wyoming. View Abstract
  
• James, Julie¹(S), Knapp, Alan.^{2 1}Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, ²Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA. Phenology and allocation to flowering in C3 and C4 grasses in a mesic grassland: implications for climate change. View Abstract
  
• Jaurrieta, Edith¹(S), Doser, Diane¹, Werner, Al², Roof, Steve³, ¹University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, ²Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, ³Hampshiere College, Amherst, MA. Understanding inflow stream discharge and sediment flux variability, Linnedalen, Svalbard. View Abstract
  
• Jurgensen-Armstrong, Melissa (E), Taylor, Jason (E), Hoffman, Katherine (E), Strickland, Jeramie (E). Ecological Society of America, Silver Spring, MD. How is the SEEDS program doing? View Abstract
  
• Keber, Robin (S). California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, California. The influence of artichoke thistle on hummingbird populations. View Abstract
  
• Klemow, Kenneth¹, Taylor, Jason (E).^{2 1}Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA, ²The Ecological Society of America, Silver Spring, MD, USA. Ecoed.net: the Ecological Society of America's digital library for ecology education. View Abstract
  
• Lambrecht, Susan (F). San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, 95060. Combined drought and freezing temperature tolerance for seedlings of two subspecies of sagebrush (Artemesia tridentata). View Abstract
  
• Machona, Bruce¹(S), Lovett, Gary.^{2 1}Wiley College, Marshall, TX, USA, ²Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Milbrook, NY. Effect of nitrogen addition on fine roots in an oak forest. View Abstract
  
• Ortiz-Rosa, Suhey (S), Parrila-Hernandez, Deborah. University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, Puerto Rico. Stress protein evaluation on Diploria labyrinthiformis symbionts in response to changes in temperature and UV radiation. View Abstract
  
• Ramos, Jorge¹(S), Wallace, Margaret², Richardson, Richard², Richardson, Patricia.^{2 1}University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, ²University of Texas at Austin, El Paso, TX. Diversity of Soil Invertebrates at The University Of Texas at Austin Campus: Comparison between Different Types of Human Disturbance and Vegetation. View Abstract
  
• Reyes, Joel (S), Lemone, David. University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America. Radon Measurements along faults in El Paso, Texas, and Bhutan Himalaya. View Abstract
  
• Rodriguez-Fourquet, Concepcion¹(F), Sabat, Alberto.^{2 1}University of Puerto Rico Bayamon, Bayamon, PR, ²University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras, San Juan, PR. Populations of the land crab Cardisoma guanhumi in Puerto Rico: Conservation and Managment. View Abstract
  
• Santiago-Maldonado, Melissa, Rodríguez-Collazo, Julianna (S), Olivieri, Karina, Sastre, Miguel. University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, Puerto Rico. Population dynamics of Pyrodinium bahamense and Ceratium furca at Laguna Grande, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.View Abstract
  
• Stone, William (F), Arrey, Walters. Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL. Depredation of wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) nests by wild hogs (Sus scrofa). View Abstract
  
• Vasquez-Radonic, Lucero¹ (S), Ostertag, Rebecca.^{2 1}The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA, ²The University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii, USA. Understanding the interrelations of native and introduced species in the Hawaiian lowland wet forest through seed rain and soil seed bank quantification. View Abstract
  
• Vaughan, John¹, Taylor, Jason (E).^{2 1}St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, Florida, ²Ecological Society of America, Silver Spring, MD. Toward a unified undergraduate ecology curriculum. View Abstract
  

Oral Sessions

• Colón-Rivera, Ricardo¹(S), Sabat, Alberto.^{2 1}University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, Puerto Rico, ²University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. The effects of predator abundance and food availability on the abundance of the sea urchin Diadema Diadema antillarum in Puerto Rico.View Abstract
  
• Fadamiro, Henry (F), Chen, Li. Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Auburn, AL, USA. Impact of food supplements on lifespan and carbohydrate nutrient levels in a parasitic phorid fly. View Abstract
  
• Grant, Bruce¹, D'Avanzo, Charlene², Musante, Susan³, Taylor, Jason⁴(E), Riney, Josh¹, Morris, Deborah.^{5 1}Widener University, Chester, PA, USA, ²Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA, ³American Institute of Biological Sciences, Washington, DC, USA, ⁴Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC, USA, ⁵Florida Community College, Jacksonville, FL, USA. Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE): Its value to ecology faculty. View Abstract
  
• Hanson, D. Eric (F). American Samoa Community College, Pago Pago, AS, USA. Characterization of mortality rate in tropical rainforest plantation trees. View Abstract
  
• Lyons, Kelly (F). Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A. Community and ecosystem impacts of Pennisetum ciliare (Buffelgrass) in the Sonoran Desert, Sonora, Mexico. View Abstract
  
• Uzochukwu, Godfrey (F). North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. Challenges of developing interdisciplinary energy and environmental studies graduate program. View Abstract
  
• Schimmel, Keith, Dunn, Derrek, King, Vereda, Shahbazi, Abolghasem, Singh, Harmohindar, Uzochukwu, Godfrey (F). North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC. The interdisciplinary energy and environmental studies doctoral program at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. View Abstract
  
• Schroeder, Thomas^1,2, Walsh, Elizabeth (F).^{1 1}University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA, ²Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Cryptic speciation in the cosmopolitan Epiphanes senta complex (Monogononta, Rotifera) I: Diapause, mating behavior and reproductive isolation among species from temporary and permanent habitats. View Abstract
  
• Soto-Santiago, Francisco (S), Colón-Rivera, Ricardo (S), Medina-Hernández, Javier, García-Ríos, Cedar. University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, Puerto Rico. Gastropod communities associated to the green calcareous alga Halimeda opuntia. View Abstract
  
• Tooke, Thalia¹(S), Barrios, Luis Garcia², Rivera, Hugo Perales², Benning, Tracy.^{3 1}University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, ²El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristobal Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, ³University of San Francisco, San Francisco, Cailfornia, USA. Weeding strategies and the potential for adoption of glysophate-based technology in traditional maize production systems in Central Chiapas. View Abstract
  
• Walsh, Elizabeth¹(F), Schroeder, Thomas.^{1,2 1}University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA, ²Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Cryptic speciation in the cosmopolitan Epiphanes senta complex (Monogononta, Rotifera) II: Genetic differentiation within populations and among geographical regions. View Abstract

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2004 ESA Annual Meeting - Portland, OR

Poster Sessions

• Colon-Carrion, Duamed (S), Francisco Fuentes, Lesbia Montero. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Humacao, Puerto Rico. The growth inhibition effect of the mucous secreted by Hawksbill sea turtle. View Abstract
  
• D'Avanzo, Charlene¹, Bruce Grant², Jason Taylor³(E), Dan Udovic⁴, Susan Musante⁵. ¹Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, ²Widener University, Chester, PA, ³Ecological Society of America, Washington DC, ⁴ University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, ⁵AIBS, Washington DC. The Evolution of TIEE (Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology. View Abstract
  
• Fail, Joseph (F). Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC, USA. Pre and post Hurricane Hugo comparisons of loblolly pine growth in coastal South Carolina. View Abstract
  
• Hayes, John and C.R. Nair (F). Paine College, Augusta, GA, USA. A butterfly garden as a tool in ecology education. View Abstract
  
• Hoffman, Katherine (E) and Melissa Jurgensen-Armstrong (E). Ecological Society of America, Silver Spring, MD. SEEDS Undergraduate Research Fellowship. View Abstract
  
• Jordan, Rebecca (F), Amanda Beavers, and Angela Dean. Department of Biology, Elizabeth City. Female preferential association with members of their own population in Poecilia gilli (Poeciliidae). View Abstract
  
• Karg, Francis¹(S), Cynthia Hayes², and Pete Raimondi². ¹Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, ²University of California, Santa Cruz. The ecological effects of inbreeding on the brown alga Silvetia Compressa. View Abstract
  
• Randriamahefa, Alexandrine (F), Liza Burton, Teayann Tinsley, Jacequlyn Green, Toyin Ogurinin, and Shantel Pullman. Oakwood College, Huntsville, AL. The Aquatic Outdoor Laboratory of Oakwood College. View Abstract
  
• Wells, Lara¹(S), Ellen Sickles¹, Doreen Moser², Shari Snitovsky^1,3. ¹Skyline College, San Bruno, California, ²The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, California, ³American Cetacean Society, Pacifica, California. Preparation of sea lion skulls by freshwater maceration. View Abstract
  

Oral Sessions

• Berkowitz, Alan¹, Melissa Jurgensen-Armstrong²(E), and Jason Taylor²(E). ¹Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, USA, ²Ecological Society of America, Silver Spring, MD, USA. SEEDS for Environmental Justice: Elevating the relevance of ecology and environmental science among diverse students and faculty. View Abstract
  
• Costello, James (A) and Robin Kimmmerer. State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York. Habitat suitability for northern wild rice restoration: The role of pickerelweed in seedling establishment. View Abstract
  
• Gillespie, Patricia¹ (S) and Inna Sokolova²(F), ¹Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina, ² University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina. The effects of heavy metals on disease prevalance in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. View Abstract
• Gonzalez-Plaza, Roberto^1,2 (F) and Mimi Lam¹(F). ¹Northwest Indian College, Bellingham, WA, USA, ²Huxley College of the Environment, Bellingham, WA, USA. Environmental cognition meets traditional knowledge. View Abstract
  
• Hall, Gerod (A). Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Using molecular genetic analyses to unravel the ecology of barley yellow dwarf virus. View Abstract
  
• Johnson, Chalita (S). University of North Carolina, Charlotte. The Subcellular distribution of cadmium in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. View Abstract
  
• Leggett, Zakiya¹ (A) and Daniel Kelting². ¹North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, ²Paul Smith's College, Paul Smiths, NY. Carbon storage in fertilized loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) plantations on upland sandy and clayey soils. View Abstract
  
• McHenry, Rendie²(S), Lee Dyer¹, Jeff Chambers¹, and Malia Fincher¹. ²Dillard University, New Orleans, LA, USA, ²Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, New Orleans, LA, USA. Leaf production, chemical defense, and maintenance costs for tropical rain forest shrub. View Abstract
  
• Middendorf, George, Rashele Cross, Stevland Charles(S), and Kwame Mbalia. Howard University, Washington DC. Urban greenspace walks: Expanding the focus of environmental justice. View Abstract
  
• Nair, C.R. (F) and John Hayes. Paine College, Augusta, GA, USA. College outreach and community partnership to address Environmental Justice (EJ) issues. View Abstract
  
• Sokolova, Inna (F). University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA. Physiological mechanisms of multiple stressors in the estuaries: Effects of cadmium and temperature on mitochondrial function of marine mollusks. View Abstract
  
• Uzochukwu, Godfrey (F) and Vereda King (S). North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, USA. Enhancing ecological education. View Abstract
  
• Vaughan, Annie (S) and Alex Acholonu (F). Alcorn State University, Alcorn, MS. Studies on water quality on the Big Black River in Mississippi (Pollution Studies). View Abstract

 

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2003 ESA Annual Meeting - Savannah, GA

Poster Sessions

• Chaudhari, H.K.(F) and William E. Hopper (F). Florida Memorial College, Miami, Florida, USA. Preparation of a virtual natural walk and tree labeling by a campus ecology club. View Abstract
  
• Hoffman, Katherine E (E)., Jason R. Taylor (E) and Melissa Jurgensen-Armstrong (E). Ecological Society of America, Silver Spring, MD. SEEDS: Promoting ecology opportunities for minority students.View Abstract
  
• Hopper, William E.(F) and Olayeni Akinboyewa (S). Florida Memorial College, Miami, Florida, USA. Urban tree cover and species richness in three Miami-Dade, Florida neighborhoods. View Abstract
  
• Johnson, Chalita (S). Johnson C. Smith University. Phylogeny and phylogeogaphy in genus Typha inferred from non-coding DNA.
  
• King, Vereda (F). North Carolina A&T State University. Industrial economics (the merging of economics and ecology).
  
• Randriamahefa, Alexandrine (F), Otieno Onesimus and Nathan McGinnis (S). Oakwood College, Huntsville, AL 35896, USA. Practical experience lead minority to ecology. View Abstract
  
• Ruiz, Kia (S). Humboldt State University, Wildlife Department, Arcata, California, USA. Spring amphibian road mortality at the Arcata marsh, Humboldt County, California. View Abstract
  
• Walker, Amber M.(S) and Charles S. Nilon. University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO. Land use, land cover and socioeconomic variables as predictors of bird species composition in St. Louis, MO. View Abstract
  

Oral Sessions

• Hayes, Jack (F). Paine College, Augusta, GA. Phenology of adult phantom crane flies from southeastern states. View Abstract
  
• Jurgensen-Armstorng, Melissa J.¹(E), Alan R. Berkowitz², Jason Taylor³ (E) and Elvan Gur-Edemen⁴. Diversity Initiatives in Science, Flagstaff, AZ¹; Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY²; Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC³; United Negro College Fund, Fairfax, VA⁴. Yes, no, maybe, I don't know: The decisions SEEDS students make about an ecology pathway. View Abstract

 

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2002 ESA Annual Meeting - Tucson, AZ

Poster Sessions

• Akinboyewa, Olayeni (S) and William E. Hopper (F). Florida Memorial College, Center for Urban Environmental Studies, Miami, Florida. Changes in historical tree cover in two Miami-Dade County neighborhoods. View Abstract
  
• Barrett, Barbara A. and George Middendorf (F). Howard University, Washington, DC. The mite pockets of lizards in the genus Sceloporus. View Abstract
  
• Hileman, Douglas R. (F), James E. Wesley and Desmond G. Mortley. Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL. Canopy photosynthesis of potential food crops for space missions. View Abstract
  
• John, Mike C. (F), Terry J. Green and Charles Wambulula. Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, FL. Lead contamination detection in an inner city community. View Abstract
  
• Meeks, Timotheus (S) and Alex D.W. Acholonu (F). Alcorn State University, Alcorn State, MS. Assessment of water quality in three lentic bodies of water in the industrial areas of Warren County, MS. View Abstract
  
• Nair, C. R. (F) and Jack Hayes (F). Paine College, Augusta, GA 30901-3182. Giant bark aphids lead to new ecology laboratory exercise. View Abstract
  
• Spurill, Claudia P. (S), Barbara J. Abraham (F) and Deborah A. Bodolus. Hampton University, Hampton, VA. Outreach by Hampton University students sponsored by SEEDS. View Abstract

Oral Sessions

• Cooley, Nikki (S). Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. Understanding traditional knowledge for ecological restoration: A qualitative interview study with Cherokee and Appalachian elders. View Abstract
  
• Hayes, Jack (F). Paine College, Augusta, GA. A comparison of adult phantom crane fly phenology in Wisconsin and in eastern states. View Abstract
  
• Neal, Chadric O.(S) and Alex D.W. Acholonu (F). Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS. Studies on the habitat profiles of Eagle Lake and Chotard Lake in Warren County, Mississippi. View Abstract

Symposia

• Middendorf, G.¹ (F) and Bruce Grant². Ecology, environmental history, environmental justice, and the role of ecologists in society. ¹Howard University, Washington DC and ²Widener University, Chester, PA. View Abstract

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2001 ESA Annual Meeting - Madison, WI

Poster Sessions

• Acholonu, Alex D.W.(F), Chadric Neal (S), P.Durr, D. Love, R. Shaw, J. Stromg, K.H. Sullivan and E.N. Thomas. Alcorn State University. Studies on the habitat profiles of Eagle Lake and Lake Chotard in Warren County, Mississippi. View Abstract
  
• Hishaw, Jillian S. (S), Elizabeth Kieren and Ken Ottman. Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA; City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA. Alternatives to the use of 2,4-dimethylamine as a herbicide in public areas. View Abstract
  
• Perry James A., Joshua J. Woodward and Luanna B. Prevost (S). University of Minnesota-St. Paul, MN 55108 USA; Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088 USA. Assessing the relationship between habitat and fish communities in determining stream water quality. View Abstract
  
• Randriamahefa, Alexandrine (F), Yoedono Sovyanhahdi, Victoria Asekomeh, Chinwe Umez and Jonathan Elysee (S). Oakwood College. Water quality of the Flint River and its tributaries. View Abstract
  
• Williams, Chansi N.(S) and Jill H. Hill. Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA. The evaluation of potential media for use in peanut germination for space missions. View Abstract

 

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2000 ESA Annual Meeting - Snowbird, UT

Poster Sessions

• Acholonu, A.D.W. (F), G. Culley (S), K. Shumaker (S), Y. Grant, and K. Morris. Alcorn State University, Alcorn State, MS 39096, USA. Water quality studies on the Big Sunflower River and the Yazoo River, Mississippi. View Abstract
  
• Hayes, J.D.(F) Paine College, Augusta, GA, 30901-3182, USA. The campus ecosystem: Temperatures. View Abstract
  
• Hileman, D.R. (F), R.O. Ankumah (F), K.C. Day (S), J.S. Hishaw (S), I.N. Moore, L.B. Prevost, Y.B. Qadim'asil and C.O. Williams. Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Al 36088, USA. Increasing minority involvement in ecology. View Abstract
  
• Leonard, C.N. (S), A.F. Holland, C.A. Barans and D. Gillet. Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA, and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Charleston, SC, 29422, USA. The tolerance of a marine oligochaete to low levels of dissolved oxygen. View Abstract
  
• Middendorf, G.(F), M. Poston (F), and M. McKenna (F). Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA. The development of environmental and ecological programs at Howard University. View Abstract
  
• Onwere, C.(S), P.P. Tadi-Uppala (F), M. Byfield, and J. David. Oakwood College, Huntsville, AL 35896, USA. Impact of out-door-ecological education on students at Oakwood College. View Abstract
  
• Williams, C.O. (S), E. Rhoden (S). Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA. Rooting of Eastern gamagrass.View Abstract

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1999 ESA Annual Meeting - Spokane, WA

Poster Sessions

• Acholonu, A.D.W (F), T.J. Stewart, L.J. Thibodeaux, K.T. Valsaraj, and A.T. Gates. Alcorn State University, Alcorn State, MS 39096, USA; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA. Organic and inorganic pollutants in water and sediments from the Yazoo River and Lake Yazoo, Mississippi.
  
• Crawford, K. (S) and P.M. Groffman. SEEDS Program, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA; Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY 12545, USA. Comparing denitrification in urban and rural riparian wetlands in Baltimore, MD.
  
• Frederick, V.N. (S), J.T. Hayes (F), and C.R. Nair (F). SEEDS Program, Paine College, Augusta, GA 30901-3182 USA. Preliminary studies of the physical limnology of the Augusta Canal.
  
• Kelly, S. (S), N. Danielle, J. Shawn, P. Anthony, L. Robert, and P. Uppala (F). SEEDS Program, Oakwood College, and University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL 35896 USA. Human disturbance in the disappearance of Oakwood's Wetland.
  
• McIntyre, S.C. (F) USDA-ARS, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088 USA. Comparison of riffles in relocated and undisturbed reaches of southern-coastal plain streams.
  
• Odom, L.J. (S), R. Strayer, and M. Alazarki. SEEDS Program, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088 USA; Kennedy Space Center, FL 32796 USA. Separate stream treatment of ALS liquid wastes.
  
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