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PARENT SESSION ORAL SESSIONS Oral Session #1: Invasive Species Control. Presiding: S. Smith Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Mohave Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #2: Riparian Ecology. Presiding: M. Dixon Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Greenlee Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #3: Conservation Ecology: Threatened and Endangered Species. Presiding: J. Lawler Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Graham Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #4: Animal Population Ecology. Presiding: L. Mitchell Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Gila Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #5: Plant Demography and Reproductive Ecology. Presiding: R. Kobe Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Coconino Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #6: Insect Population and Community Ecology: Interactions, foodwebs. Presiding: M. Hunter Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Apache Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #7: Disturbance in Forests: Fire, wind, and other. Presiding: G. Murray Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Cochise Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #8: Plant Ecology: Nutrient Uptake, Movement, Use. Presiding: V. Gutschick Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Grand Ballroom West, Radisson. Oral Session #9: Theoretical Ecology -- Populations, interactions. Presiding: D. Srivastava Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Grand Ballroom Central, Radisson. Oral Session #10: Elevated CO2. Presiding: D. Hileman Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Grand Ballroom East, Radisson. Oral Session #11: Aquatic Ecology: Conservation, Plankton, Invertebrates. Presiding: C. Cooper Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Palo Verde Room, Radisson. Oral Session #12: Aquatic Ecology: Marine. Presiding: R. Lewison Monday, August 5. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Mesquite Room, Radisson. Oral Session #13: Success Criteria and Monitoring Restoration. Presiding: D. Gluesenkamp Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Mohave Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #14: Invasive species: Effects. Presiding: S. DeSimone Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Greenlee Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #15: Paleoecology and Climate Change. Presiding: J. Betancourt Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Graham Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #16: Landscape Ecology: Fragmentation, ecotones, and models. Presiding: X. Wu Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Gila Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #17: Plant Ecology: Water Relations. Presiding: W. Pockman Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Coconino Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #18: Herbivory: Folivory and rhizovory. Presiding: A. Stephenson Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Apache Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #19: Animal Community Ecology: Predation, community structure. Presiding: G. Cumming Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Cochise Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #20: Urban Ecosystems: Comparisons Across Biomes, Patterns and process. Presiding: M. Carreiro Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Grand Ballroom West, Radisson. Oral Session #21: Nutrient cycling: Nitrogen. Presiding: S. Hart Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Grand Ballroom Central, Radisson. Oral Session #22: Mycorrhizae and ecosystem function. Presiding: A. Tuininga Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Grand Ballroom East, Radisson. Oral Session #23: Aquatic Ecology: Salt marshes, estuaries, ephemeral wetlands. Presiding: D. Childers Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Palo Verde Room, Radisson. Oral Session #24: Conservation and Biodiversity: Birds and arthropods. Presiding: C. Bock Monday, August 5. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Mesquite Room, Radisson. Oral Session #25: River and Riparian Restoration I. Presiding: M.A. Madej Tuesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Mohave Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #26: Conservation Ecology: Terrestrial. Presiding: P. Kleintjes Tuesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Greenlee Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #27: Fire Ecology. Presiding: C. Allen Tuesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Graham Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #28: Invasions - Resistance and facilitation. Presiding: D. Holway Tuesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Gila Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #29: Spatial Ecology and Disturbance Ecology. Presiding: J. Ludwig Tuesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Coconino Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #30: Modeling. Presiding: T. Day Tuesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Apache Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #31: Plant Ecology: Gas Exchange. Presiding: R. Montgomery Tuesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Cochise Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #32: Testing Ecological Theory in Restoration Practice. Presiding: C. Brown Tuesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Grand Ballroom West, Radisson. Oral Session #33: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function: Nutrients, soils, microbes. Presiding: K. Brown Tuesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Grand Ballroom Central, Radisson. Oral Session #34: Animal Ecology: Behavior and Sociobiology. Presiding: S. Richards Tuesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Grand Ballroom East, Radisson. Oral Session #35: Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling. Presiding: D. Rothstein Tuesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Palo Verde Room, Radisson. Oral Session #36: Animal Community Ecology. Presiding: S. Simonson Tuesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Mesquite Room, Radisson. Oral Session #37: River and Riparian Restoration II. Presiding: J. Berg Tuesday, August 6. 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Mohave Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #38: The Human Spirit in Landscape Restoration. Presiding: D. Borland Tuesday, August 6. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Greenlee Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #39: Conservation: Landscapes and Reserve Design. Presiding: D. Peters Tuesday, August 6. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Graham Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #40: Carbon sequestration and flux. Presiding: G. Koch Tuesday, August 6. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Gila Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #41: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function I. Presiding: J. Callaway Tuesday, August 6. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Coconino Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #42: Decomposition. Presiding: K. Gross Tuesday, August 6. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Apache Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #43: Fish: Ecology and Conservation. Presiding: B. Harvey Tuesday, August 6. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Cochise Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #44: Global Change and Climate Change. Presiding: C. Wessman Tuesday, August 6. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Grand Ballroom West, Radisson. Oral Session #45: Biogeography and Metapopulations. Presiding: T. Miller Tuesday, August 6. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Grand Ballroom Central, Radisson. Oral Session #46: Disturbance Ecology. Presiding: M. Slocum Tuesday, August 6. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Grand Ballroom East, Radisson. Oral Session #47: Conservation Ecology: Aquatic. Presiding: L. Stevens Tuesday, August 6. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Palo Verde Room, Radisson. Oral Session #48: Vegetation Change and Response. Presiding: D. Zobel Tuesday, August 6. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Mesquite Room, Radisson. Oral Session #49: Restoration of Public Lands. Presiding: D. Gordon Wednesday, August 7. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Mohave Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #50: Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Presiding: J. Ford Wednesday, August 7. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Greenlee Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #51: Invasions: Population and community interactions. Presiding: T. Stohlgren Wednesday, August 7. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Graham Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #52: Plant Ecology: Light and Carbon Allocation. Presiding: T. Day Wednesday, August 7. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Gila Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #53: Elevated CO2: Communities, ecosystems, soils. Presiding: G. Lin Wednesday, August 7. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Coconino Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #54: Fire Ecology -- Trees, forests, woodlands. Presiding: E. Menges Wednesday, August 7. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Apache Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #55: Predator - Prey Interactions. Presiding: R. Dueser Wednesday, August 7. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Cochise Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #56: Spatial Ecology: Pattern,movement,dispersal. Presiding: G. Hartvigsen Wednesday, August 7. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Grand Ballroom West, Radisson. Oral Session #57: Plant Competition I. Presiding: T. Seastedt Wednesday, August 7. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Grand Ballroom Central, Radisson. Oral Session #58: Theoretical Ecology. Presiding: M. Neubert Wednesday, August 7. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Grand Ballroom East, Radisson. Oral Session #59: Soil Ecology: Microbial and Invertebrate. Presiding: M. Rillig Wednesday, August 7. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Palo Verde Room, Radisson. Oral Session #60: Agroecology- Sustainable Agriculture. Presiding: R. Bohanan Wednesday, August 7. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Mesquite Room, Radisson. Oral Session #61: Arid Lands Restoration. Presiding: S. Loftin Wednesday, August 7. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Mohave Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #62: Forest Carbon Dynamics. Presiding: R. Norby Wednesday, August 7. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Greenlee Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #63: Invasive Species: Terrestrial. Presiding: D. Larson Wednesday, August 7. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Graham Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #64: Plant Population Ecology. Presiding: S. Collins Wednesday, August 7. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Gila Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #65: Aquatic Ecology: Stream and Lake. Presiding: C. Osenberg Wednesday, August 7. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Coconino Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #66: Plant-Animal Interactions: Webs and herbivory. Presiding: J.N. Holland Wednesday, August 7. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Apache Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #67: Ecotoxicology and Applied Ecology. Presiding: W. Snyder Wednesday, August 7. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Cochise Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #68: Ecological Education -- Research and Theory. Presiding: L. Mueller Wednesday, August 7. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Grand Ballroom West, Radisson. Oral Session #69: Conservation: Biodiversity assessment and reserve design. Presiding: T. Norton Wednesday, August 7. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Grand Ballroom Central, Radisson. Oral Session #70: Invasive Species: Aquatic. Presiding: S. Juliano Wednesday, August 7. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Grand Ballroom East, Radisson. Oral Session #71: Remote Sensing and GIS. Presiding: J.D. Allan Wednesday, August 7. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Palo Verde Room, Radisson. Oral Session #72: Herbivory: Herbivore Response to Plants. Presiding: C. Mitchell Wednesday, August 7. 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM. Mesquite Room, Radisson. Oral Session #73: Restoration Using Fire. Presiding: D. Falk Thursday, August 8. 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Mohave Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #74: Plant Water Relations: Hydraulics and use. Presiding: B. Engelbrecht Thursday, August 8. 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Greenlee Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #75: Evolutionary Ecology -- Life histories, interactions. Presiding: S. Armbruster Thursday, August 8. 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Graham Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #76: Ecosystem Ecology: Larger scale processes, geomorphology, soils. Presiding: W. Straw Thursday, August 8. 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Gila Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #77: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function II. Presiding: G. Chong Thursday, August 8. 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Coconino Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #78: Herbivory: Effects on Plants. Presiding: C. Ivey Thursday, August 8. 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Apache Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #79: Mutualism / Parasitism. Presiding: J. Bronstein Thursday, August 8. 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Cochise Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #80: Plant Ecology . Presiding: G. Platenkamp Thursday, August 8. 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Grand Ballroom West, Radisson. Oral Session #81: Pollination and Dispersal. Presiding: T. Ricketts Thursday, August 8. 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Grand Ballroom Central, Radisson. Oral Session #82: Urban Ecology. Presiding: M. Cadenasso Thursday, August 8. 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Grand Ballroom East, Radisson. Oral Session #83: Insect Population and Community Ecology. Presiding: C. Rodriguez-Saona Thursday, August 8. 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Palo Verde Room, Radisson. Oral Session #84: Statistical Ecology. Presiding: L. Subhash Thursday, August 8. 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Mesquite Room, Radisson. Oral Session #85: Ecosystem Restoration in the Grand Canyon. Presiding: S. Gloss and B. Gold Thursday, August 8. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Mohave Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #86: Invasive species: Ants and other invertebrates. Presiding: J. Morrison Thursday, August 8. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Greenlee Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #87: Ecosystem Ecology. Presiding: B. Currie Thursday, August 8. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Graham Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #88: Wetland Ecology. Presiding: K. Ewel Thursday, August 8. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Gila Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #89: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function III. Presiding: R. Washington-Allen Thursday, August 8. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Coconino Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #90: Evolutionary Ecology. Presiding: R. del Castillo Thursday, August 8. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Apache Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #91: Mutualisms -- Facultative, conditional, and complex. Presiding: W. Wilson Thursday, August 8. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Cochise Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #92: Conservation Ecology: Genetics, population viability, interactions. Presiding: W. Wirtz Thursday, August 8. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Grand Ballroom West, Radisson. Oral Session #93: Forest Carbon Dynamics: Soils and litter. Presiding: J. Ward Thursday, August 8. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Grand Ballroom Central, Radisson. Oral Session #94: Nutrient Cycling. Presiding: R. Yanai Thursday, August 8. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Grand Ballroom East, Radisson. Oral Session #95: Trophic Structure. Presiding: D. Wise Thursday, August 8. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Palo Verde Room, Radisson. Oral Session #96: Plant Competition II. Presiding: K. Suding Thursday, August 8. 1:00 PM to 3:45 PM. Mesquite Room, Radisson. Oral Session #97: Restoration Philosophy and Education. Presiding: S. Cunningham Friday, August 9. 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM. Mohave Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #98: Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling: N-addition, N-flux. Presiding: C. Hoover Friday, August 9. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Greenlee Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #99: Grazing. Presiding: T. Arredondo Friday, August 9. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Graham Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #100: Landscape Ecology. Presiding: T. Crist Friday, August 9. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Gila Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #101: Plant-Animal Interactions. Presiding: S. Faeth Friday, August 9. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Coconino Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #102: Soil Ecology: Mycorrhizae . Presiding: N. Johnson Friday, August 9. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Apache Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #103: Avian Ecology. Presiding: J. Yeakley Friday, August 9. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Cochise Meeting Room, TCC. Oral Session #104: Plant Communities: Vegetation Analysis. Presiding: S. Will-Wolf Friday, August 9. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Grand Ballroom West, Radisson. Oral Session #105: Conservation Ecology: Biodiversity. Presiding: L. Alonso Friday, August 9. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Grand Ballroom Central, Radisson. Oral Session #106: Plant Ecology: Global Climate Change. Presiding: D. Breshears Friday, August 9. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Grand Ballroom East, Radisson. Oral Session #107: Forest Ecology: Disturbance. Presiding: H. Regan Friday, August 9. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Mesquite Room, Radisson. Oral Session #108: Precautionary Principle and Restoration . Presiding: M. O'Brien Friday, August 9. 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM. Palo Verde Room, Radisson.