COS 246 - Restoration Ecology 11

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PDT

  CANCELLED - The effect of seed mix design on plant reproductive output in an experimental prairie system
  

  Presenting Author: Brandon E. Latorre – Michigan State University

  Coauthor: Lars A. Brudvig – Michigan State University
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM PDT

  Soil microbial dynamics of carbon cycling respond to woody encroachment and land management history in a mesic tallgrass prairie
  

  Presenting Author: Kendall Beals – San Diego State University

  Coauthor: Paul Zedler – University of Wisconsin, Madison

  Coauthor: Nicholas A. Barber – San Diego State University
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT

  Seasonal variation in small mammal granivory of native tree species reveals an optimal window for seed additions in the absence of invasive woody shrubs
  

  Presenting Author: Mark Fuka – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Coauthor: John Orrock – University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PDT

  Challenges and opportunities for restoration of high‑elevation Andean peatlands in Ecuador
  

  Presenting Author: Ricardo Jaramillo – Michigan Technological University

  Coauthor: Esteban R. Suárez – USFQ

  Coauthor: Segundo Chimbolema – USFQ

  Coauthor: Leo Zurita-Arthos – USFQ

  Coauthor: Paul Arellano – Michigan Technological University

  Coauthor: Rodney A. Chimner – Michigan Tech University

  Coauthor: John S. Stanovick – USFS Northern Research Station

  Coauthor: Erik Lilleskov – Michigan Tech University
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM PDT

  Exploring the effects of management choices on soil microbial communities and soil carbon in tallgrass prairie restoration
  

  Presenting Author: Ellen Badger Hanson – Western Michigan University

  Coauthor: Lars A. Brudvig – Michigan State University

  Coauthor: Kathryn Docherty, n/a – Western Michigan University
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM PDT

  Beavers in the Sierra Nevada: modeling the potential of natural dam builders to enhance drought resilience in California, United States
  

  Presenting Author: Jessie A. Moravek – University of California, Berkeley

  Coauthor: Augusto Getirana – NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

  Coauthor: Evan Robert – University of California, Berkeley

  Coauthor: Albert Ruhi – University of California, Berkeley

  Coauthor: Justin S. Brashares, PhD – University of California, Berkeley

  Coauthor: Andrea Molod – NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  Coauthor: Randi Spivak – Center for Biological Diversity

  Coauthor: Andy Kerr – The Larch Company

  Coauthor: Manuela Girotto – University of California, Berkeley