2012 LTER ASM - Landscape Ecology

Comparing 25 years of land cover and population change in the southern Appalachians

jhepinstall — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 21:55:25 +0000

Poster Number:

373

Presenter/Primary Author:

Jeff Hepinstall-C...

Co-Authors:

Katharine Servidio

Co-Authors:

Natalie Stone

Substantial population growth has been observed over the past 30 years in the Southern Appalachians.

The effects of surrounding habitat on plant, pollinator, and plant-pollinator interaction richness and abundance

vpfeiffer — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:55:33 +0000

Poster Number:

352

Presenter/Primary Author:

Vera Pfeiffer

Co-Authors:

Julia Jones

Co-Authors:

Matt Betts

Co-Authors:

Andy Moldenke

Montane meadows comprise less than 5% of the landscape of the western Cascades of Oregon, but they provide habitat for diverse species of plants and pollinators.

Student Poster:

Yes

Regional Consequences of Changing Climate-Disturbance Interactions for the Resilience of Alaska's Boreal Forest

jdowning — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:12:03 +0000

Poster Number:

337

Presenter/Primary Author:

Roger Ruess

Rapid environmental change in interior Alaska over the past century has altered the interrelationships among physical, biological and social drivers of the regional system.

Assessment of diatom assemblages in a subtropical karstic wetland: ecosystem-scale inference models and trajectory analysis

slee — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:24:09 +0000

Poster Number:

286

Presenter/Primary Author:

Sylvia Lee

Co-Authors:

Evelyn Gaiser

Co-Authors:

Joel Trexler

Co-Authors:

Peter Minchin

We developed diatom-based prediction models of hydrology and periphyton abundance to inform assessment tools for a hydrologically-managed wetland.

Student Poster:

Yes

Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research Program: Overview of FCE III

egaiser — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:15:20 +0000

Poster Number:

283

Presenter/Primary Author:

Evelyn Gaiser

Co-Authors:

Michael G. Rugge

The Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research (FCE LTER) site is located in South Florida, where the expansive coastal Everglades wilderness interacts with an urban and agricultural

The Moorea Coral Reef LTER Site

sholbrook — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:56:05 +0000

Poster Number:

274

Presenter/Primary Author:

Sally Holbrook

Co-Authors:

Russell J. Schmitt

Co-Authors:

Robert C. Carpenter

Co-Authors:

Peter J. Edmunds

The Moorea Coral Reef (MCR) LTER site, established in 2004, explores community and ecosystem effects of pulsed perturbations and slowly changing environmental drivers on coral reefs, ecologically a

Soil biogeochemical processes in hydropedologic units in a northern hardwood forest

pgroffman — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:27:55 +0000

Poster Number:

258

Presenter/Primary Author:

Peter Groffman

Co-Authors:

Jennifer L. Morse

Co-Authors:

Samuel F. Werner

Co-Authors:

Scott W. Bailey

As part of a hydropedologic study of a forested catchment in Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (New Hampshire, USA), we investigated the connections between hydropedologic units and soil biogeochem

How invaded is our lakescape?: Systematic surveys indicate biases in existing invasion records

alatzka — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 04:31:43 +0000

Poster Number:

253

Presenter/Primary Author:

Alexander Latzka

Co-Authors:

Jake Vander Zanden

Numbers of ecological invaders in North America are increasing exponentially, and their impacts on native ecosystems and economies are increasing.

Student Poster:

Yes

The Watershed Approach in the Baltimore Ecosystem Study

pgroffman — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:10:15 +0000

Poster Number:

250

Presenter/Primary Author:

Peter Groffman

Co-Authors:

Larry Band

Co-Authors:

Ken Belt

Co-Authors:

Sujay Kaushal

In the Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES), we are conducting long-term watershed studies to provide a basis for comparison of urban ecosystems with other ecosystem types within the LTER netowrk and to

Ecological Homogenization of Urban America

pgroffman — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:58:35 +0000

Poster Number:

249

Presenter/Primary Author:

Peter Groffman

Co-Authors:

J. Morgan Grove

Co-Authors:

Sharon J. Hall

Co-Authors:

Kelli Larson

Co-Authors:

Colin Polsky

Co-Authors:

Jim Heffernan

Co-Authors:

Laura Ogden

Co-Authors:

Rinku Roy Chowdhury

Co-Authors:

Chris Neill

Co-Authors:

Diane Pataki

Co-Authors:

Sarah Hobbie

Co-Authors:

Jeanine Cavender-Bares

Co-Authors:

Kristin Nelson

Co-Authors:

Jarlath O'Neil-Dunne

Urban, suburban and exurban ecosystems are important and increasing in the U.S. An apparent, but functionally untested result of urban land use change is homogenization across cities, where n