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VACARIU, KIM	Implementing the Sky Islands Wildlands Network conservation plan. Vacariu, Kim*,1, Gatewood, Steve2, 1 Wildlands Project, Tucson, AZ2 Society for Ecological Restoration, Tucson, AZ FULL ABSTRACT
VACCARO, ERIN	83 Sensitivity and success of the Niche Model at predicting the network structure of extremely large food webs. VACCARO, ERIN1, PULESTON, CEDRIC1, MARTINEZ, NEO*,1, WILLIAMS, RICHARD1, 1 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA FULL ABSTRACT
VADREVU, KRISHNA	150 Effect of landscape properties on water quality in an agricultural watershed of north-central Ohio. Goebel, Charles*,1, Vadrevu, Krishna1, Hudgins, Deanna1, McCartney, David1, Moore, Richard1, Stinner, Ben1, 1 Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, OH FULL ABSTRACT
VADRUCCI, MARIAROSARIA	131 A multivariate approach to the analysis of detritus decomposition rate in the lake Alimini Grande (Southern Italy). Sangiorgio, Franca*,1, Vadrucci, Mariarosaria2, Pinna, Maurizio3, Basset, Alberto4, 1 Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali - Universitā degli studi di Lecce, lecce, Italia, Italia2 Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali - Universitā degli studi di Lecce, lecce, Italia, Italia3 Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali - Universitā degli studi di Lecce, lecce, Italia, Italia4 FULL ABSTRACT
VALDES CASILLAS, CARLOS	A collaborative, bi-national effort to restore the Colorado River delta. Briggs, Mark*,1, Valdes Casillas, Carlos2, Glenn, Edward3, 1 Restoration Ecologist, Tucson, Arizona2 Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Montreal, Quebec, Canada3 University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona FULL ABSTRACT
VALDEZ, RAUL	83 Raptor habitat associations in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. Thompson, Bruce1, Young, Kendal*,1,2, Valdez, Raul2, Lafon-Terrazas, Alberto3, 1 New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Las Cruces, NM2 New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM3 University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico FULL ABSTRACT
VALENCIA, RUTH	An integrated appraoch to stream restoration on the upper Little Colorado River, Arizona. Valencia, Ruth*,1, Wirtanen, Mark2, Moody, Tom2, 1 College of Ecosystem Science and Management, Flagstaff, AZ2 Natural Channel Design, Inc., Flagstaff, AZ FULL ABSTRACT
VALENTINE, DAVID	Post-fire plant species composition and fire severity determine nitrogen retention in upland black spruce forests. Mack, Michelle*,1, Chapin, F. Stuart2, Schuur, Edward1, Valentine, David2, 1 University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl2 University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK FULL ABSTRACT
VALENTINE, HARRY	Line intersect sampling: unbiased estimators for ell-shaped intersect lines. GREGOIRE, TIMOTHY1, VALENTINE, HARRY*,2, 1 Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT2 USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Durham, NH FULL ABSTRACT
VALERIO, STEVEN	Effectiveness of excluder devices on crab pots at reducing capture and mortality of diamondback terrapins. BUTLER, JOSEPH*,1, HEINRICH, GEORGE2, VALERIO, STEVEN1, 1 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA2 CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG PARKS DEPARTMENT, ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA FULL ABSTRACT
VALONE, THOMAS	Timescale of perennial grass recovery in desertified arid grasslands following livestock removal. Valone, Thomas*,1, Meyer, Marc2, Brown, James3, Chew, Robert4, 1 Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO2 University of California, Davis, CA3 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM4 PO Box 16306, Portal, AZ FULL ABSTRACT
VALONE, THOMAS	121 The effects of fire and grazing on an arid grassland ecosystem. Nordell, Shawn*,1, Valone, Thomas1, Ernest, Morgan2, 1 St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO2 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM FULL ABSTRACT
VAN AUKEN, O	Light response of Carex planostachys, an understory species in Juniperus ashei woodlands. Jurena, Paul*,1, Wayne, E.1, Van Auken, O1, 1 University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas FULL ABSTRACT
VAN AUKEN, O.	Light response of Juniperus ashei and its role in spatial differences of seedlings beneath the woodland canopy and canopy edge. Wayne, E.*,1, Jurena, Paul1, Van Auken, O.1, 1 University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas FULL ABSTRACT
VAN AUKEN, OSCAR	Comparison of upland woody plant communities in a Chihuahuan desert salt marsh. Hart, Dianne*,1, Van Auken, Oscar1, 1 University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas FULL ABSTRACT
VAN BLOEM, SKIP	59 Post-hurricane sprouting on undamaged tree stems. Van Bloem, Skip*,1, Murphy, Peter1, Lugo, Ariel2, 1 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI2 International Institute of Tropical Forestry, Rio Piedras, PR FULL ABSTRACT
VAN BUSKIRK, JOSH	Natural selection does not favor habitat choice in a natural population of frogs. Van Buskirk, Josh*,1, Smith, David2, 1 University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland2 Williams College, Williamstown, MA FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DAALEN, CHRIS	Citizens' call for ecological forest restoration: forest restoration principles and criteria. MARTIN, ANNE1, DELLASALA, DOMINICK2, SCHULKE, TODD*,3, BIRD, BRYAN4, CRILEY, MARNIE5, VAN DAALEN, CHRIS6, KREILICK, JAKE7, BROWN, RICK8, SPIVAK, RANDI1, 1 American Lands Alliance, Reno, Nevada2 Klamath-Siskiyou Program - World Wildlife Fund, Ashland, Oregon3 Center for Biological Diversity, Pinos Altos, New Mexico4 Forest Conservation Council, Sante Fe, New Mexico5 Wildlands Center for Preventing Roads, Missoula, Montana6 Grass Lakes Consulting, Olympia, Washington7 National Forest Protection Alliance, Missoula, Montana8 Defenders of Wildlife, Lake Oswego, Oregon FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DAM, NICOLE	51 Cost of glandular trichomes in Datura wrightii: A three-year study. HARE, DANIEL*,1, ELLE, ELIZABETH2, VAN DAM, NICOLE3, 1 University of California - Riverside, Riverside, California2 Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada3 Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO - KNAW), Heteren, The Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DE WATER, PETER	Ecophsyiological and morphological changes in plant macrofossils in response to CO2 shifts during the terminal Pleistocene. Van de Water, Peter*,1, 1 Institue of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DEN BERG, LORRAINE	45 Re-vegetation technologies to restore degraded semi-arid rangelands in South Africa. KELLNER, KLAUS*,1, VAN DEN BERG, LORRAINE1, DE WET, SARONE1, 1 Potchefstroom University for CHE, Potchefstroom, South Africa FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DEN BOSCH, FRANK	Weed population dynamics and crop rotations: exploring effects of event sequence in a structured periodic system. Mertens, Shana*,1,2, van den Bosch, Frank3, Heesterbeek, J. A. P. (Hans)4, 1 Plant Reseach International, Wageningen, The Netherlands2 Wageningen University3 IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, United Kingdom4 University of Utrecht, The Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DER MERWE, MARIUS	92 Are city slickers nuts? Diet selection and food cacheability in urban versus natural squirrel populations. Burke, Anna*,1, van der Merwe, Marius1, Brown, Joel1, 1 University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DER MERWE, MARIUS	Fox squirrels as future traders: the value of cacheable and non-cacheable food. Van der Merwe, Marius*,1, Brown, Joel1, Kotler, Burt2, 1 University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL2 Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DER OHE, ANDREA	56 Female reproductive biology of a facultative root hemiparasite, Castilleja linariifolia Benth. (Scrophulariaceae). Cariveau, Daniel*,1, Sevillano Garcia-Mayeya, Lucero2, van der Ohe, Andrea2, Brody, Alison3, Irwin, Rebecca4, 1 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado2 Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, Colorado3 University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont4 University of Georgia-Athens, Athens, Georgia FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DER VOORT, MARTHA	Browsing effects on growth and reproduction in a natural population of American ginseng. Furedi, Mary Ann1, Van der Voort, Martha1, Spencer, S. Melinda1, McGraw, James*,1, 1 West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DYKEN, J. DAVID	36 Quantifying 100 years of assemblage dynamics in a Sonoran Desert plant community: Assessing the role of climate, site specific and biotic interactions. Weiser, Michael*,1, Enquist, Brian1,2, Betancourt, Julio3,4, Huxman, Travis1, Van Dyken, J. David1, 1 University of Arizona Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tucson, AZ2 Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, Washington, DC3 U. S. Geological Survey, Desert Laboratory, Tucson, AZ4 University of Arizona Department of Geosciences, Tucson, AZ FULL ABSTRACT
VAN GEEST, GERBEN	Do river dyamics determine plankton and turbidity of floodplain lakes along the Lower Rhine? ROOZEN, FRANK*,1, VAN GEEST, GERBEN1, IBELINGS, BAS2, ROIJACKERS, RUDI1, SCHEFFER, MARTEN1, BUIJSE, TOM2, 1 Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands2 RIZA Institute for Inland Water Management and Waste Water Treatment, Lelystad, The Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VAN GROENIGEN, JAN-WILLEM	Integrating water fowl activity and rice straw management . van Kessel, Chris*,1, van Groenigen, Jan-Willem1, Burns, Ed2, Eadie, John2, Horwath, William3, 1 Dept. of Agronomy and Range Science, Davis2 Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, Davis3 Land, Air and Water Resoures, Davis FULL ABSTRACT
VAN HAREN, JOOST	135 Partitioning of CO2 fluxes in a semi-arid ecosystem using stable isotopes: Effects of monsoon rains. Pierce, Danielle*,1, van Haren, Joost1, Lin, Guanghui1, Yepez, Enrico*,2, Scott, Russel3, Martins, Dean3, Williams, Dave2, 1 Columbia Biosphere 2 Center, Oracle, AZ2 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ3 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Tucson, AZ FULL ABSTRACT
VAN HAREN, JOOST	Ecological relationship between carbon isotope ratios and atmospheric CO2 concentrations in terrestrial ecosystems. LIN, GUANGHUI*,1, VAN HAREN, JOOST1, PIERCE, DANIELLE, YAKIR, DAN2, BERRY, JOSEPH A.3, 1 Biosphere 2 Center, Oracle, Arizona2 Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel3 Department of Global Ecology, Stanford, California FULL ABSTRACT
VAN HAREN, JOOST	21 Soil moisture control on nitrous oxide fluxes in a large enclosed rainforest ecosystem . van Haren, Joost*,1, Lin, Guanghui1, Colodner, Debra2, 1 Columbia University, Biosphere 2 Center, Oracle, AZ 856232 Flandrau Science Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719 FULL ABSTRACT
VAN HULZEN, J. (HAN)	The significance of spatial and temporal patterns of algal mat deposition in structuring salt-marsh vegetation. Van Hulzen, J. (Han)*,1, Bouma, Tjeerd1, 1 Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Yerseke, Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VAN KESSEL, CHRIS	Integrating water fowl activity and rice straw management . van Kessel, Chris*,1, van Groenigen, Jan-Willem1, Burns, Ed2, Eadie, John2, Horwath, William3, 1 Dept. of Agronomy and Range Science, Davis2 Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, Davis3 Land, Air and Water Resoures, Davis FULL ABSTRACT
VAN KESSEL, CHRIS	California rice fields: Fertile ground for the adoption of environmentally friendly management practices. Hartley, Christopher*,1, van Kessel, Chris1, 1 Department of Agronomy and Range Science, Davis, CA FULL ABSTRACT
VAN MANTGEM, PHILLIP	Searching for a general model of tree death in burned and unburned stands. van Mantgem, Phillip*,1, Stephenson, Nathan1, 1 U.S.G.S./B.R.D., Three Rivers, CA FULL ABSTRACT
VAN MONTFRANS, JACQUES	Determining connectivity in estuarine-dependent marine fish from the microstructure and chemistry of their otoliths. JONES, CNTHIA*,1, DORVAL, EMMANIS1, VAN MONTFRANS, JACQUES2, HANNIGAN, ROBYN3, CHEN, ZHONGXING1, 1 Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA2 Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA3 Arkansas State University, Arkansas State University, AR FULL ABSTRACT
VAN NIEL, THOMAS	159 Time series piospheric analysis of grazing impacts . WASHINGTON-ALLEN, ROBERT*,1,3, VAN NIEL, THOMAS2, WEST, NEIL3, RAMSEY, R. DOUGLAS3, 1 DOE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY, OAK RIDGE, TN3 UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY, LOGAN, UT2 LAND& WATER DIVISION, CSIRO, CANBERRA, ACT, AUSTRALIA FULL ABSTRACT
VAN OMMEREN, RON	Conditional interactions between juniper and mistletoe mediated by shared avian frugivores: parasitism to potential mutualism. van Ommeren, Ron*,1,2, Whitham, Thomas1, 1 Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona2 Senna Environmental Services, Phoenix, Arizona FULL ABSTRACT
VAN SICKLE, JOHN	Standardizing sampling effort on autosimilarity for comparing assemblages: effect of species-abundance and species-occurrence distributions. Cao, Yong*,1, Hawkins, Charles1, Larsen, Phil2, Van Sickle, John2, 1 Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Logan, UT2 Western Ecology Division, EPA-NHEERL, Corvallis, OR FULL ABSTRACT
VAN WILGEN, BRIAN	Impacts of invasive alien plants on fire regimes. RICHARDSON, DAVID*,1, RUNDEL, PHILIP1, VAN WILGEN, BRIAN1, 1 Institute for Plant Conservation, Botany Department, Rondebosch 7701, Western Cape, SOUTH AFRICA FULL ABSTRACT
VAN ZANDT, PETER	Specificity in the interactions between two specialist herbivores and their milkweed host. VAN ZANDT, PETER*,1, 1 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VANAUKEN, OSCAR	Abiotic and biotic factors influencing Juniperus ashei (Cupressaceae) juvenile plant growth. McKinley, Duncan*,1, VanAuken, Oscar1, 1 University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio FULL ABSTRACT
VANCE, HEATHER	Evaluating the prevalence of non-additivity for multiple predator species in aquatic systems. Vance, Heather*,1, Soluk, Daniel1,2, 1 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL2 Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL FULL ABSTRACT
VANCE, MELISSA	Relationship between minimum habitat requirements and annual reproductive rates in forest breeding birds. Vance, Melissa*,1, Fahrig, Lenore1, Flather, Curtis2, 1 Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Biology, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada2 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, CO FULL ABSTRACT
VANCE, REGINA	Learning by doing: Ecological restoration education and outreach at Northern Arizona University. Blake, Julie*,1, Vance, Regina1, 1 Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona FULL ABSTRACT
VANDER MEER, MARK	Assessment of the road obliteration program on the Clearwater National Forest, Idaho. Chadwick, Amy1,2, Vander Meer, Mark*,1,2,3, 1 Watershed Consulting, LLC, Whitefish, MT2 Wildlands Center for Preventing Roads, Missoula, MT3 University of Montana, Missoula, MT FULL ABSTRACT
VANDERMEER, JOHN	Agroecosystems and conservation. Vandermeer, John*,1, 1 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI FULL ABSTRACT
VANDERVELDE, THEA	Patch characteristics versus spatial context: What controls large herbivore foraging? Searle, Kate*,1, Hobbs, Tom1, Shipley, Lisa2, Vandervelde, Thea2, Wunder, Bruce1, 1 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO2 Washington State University, Pullman, WA FULL ABSTRACT
VANIER, CHERYL	Genetic divergence and soil-related phenotypic plasticity following fire in the Mojave Desert. Vanier, Cheryl*,1,2, Thompson, Daniel2, 1 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tucson, AZ2 Department of Biological Sciences, Las Vegas, NV FULL ABSTRACT
VANNI, MICHAEL	Omnivory and food web stability: exploring underlying mechanisms. HARPER, STEVEN*,1, VANNI, MICHAEL2, HORGAN, MARTIN2, 1 Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC2 Miami University, Oxford, OH FULL ABSTRACT
VARELA, LEONARDO	62 The limit of the tropics: Sierra San Javier, a tropical dry forest outpost. VARELA, LEONARDO*,1, QUINTANA, MARIA DE LOS ANGELES1, BURQUEZ, ALBERTO1, 1 Instituto de Ecologia, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico FULL ABSTRACT
VASCONCELOS, STEEL	142 Drought constraints on leaf gas exchange by Miconia ciliata (Melastomataceae) in the understory of an eastern Amazonian regrowth forest. Fortini, Lucas*,1, Mulkey, Stephen1, Zarin, Daniel1, Vasconcelos, Steel2, Carvalho, Claudio3, 1 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL2 Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil3 Embrapa Amazonia Oriental, Belém, PA, Brazil FULL ABSTRACT
VAVREK, MILAN	Plant-bacterial-fungal interations in remediation of terrestrial oil spills. VAVREK, MILAN*,1, COLGAN, WES1, CAMPBELL, WILLIAM1, 1 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA FULL ABSTRACT
VAVREK, MILAN	18 Effects of elevated CO2 and competition on loblolly pine seedlings. Osuna, Miguel*,1, Vavrek, Milan1, Campbell, William1, 1 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA FULL ABSTRACT
VEBLEN, THOMAS	Synergistic influences of fire and spruce beetle disturbances on a Colorado subalpine forest. Kulakowski, Dominik*,1, Veblen, Thomas1, Bebi, Peter2, 1 Department of Geography, Boulder, CO2 Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland FULL ABSTRACT
VEBLEN, THOMAS	21 Using dendroecology to assess the impact of forest encroachment on the carbon budget . HICKE, JEFFREY*,1, ASNER, GREGORY1, SHERRIFF, ROSEMARY2, VEBLEN, THOMAS2, 1 Department of Global Ecology, Stanford, CA2 Deparment of Geography, Boulder, CO FULL ABSTRACT
VEECH, JOSEPH	The distribution-abundance relationship and its effect on species diversity within and among communities. Veech, Joseph*,1, 1 Miami University, Oxford, Ohio FULL ABSTRACT
VEGA CHAVARRIA, GERARDO	Top-down, bottom-up, and horizontal control of plant diversity in a rainforest understory. Dyer, Lee*,1, Vega Chavarria, Gerardo2, Letourneau, Deborah3, 1 Tulane University, New Orleans, LA2 Organization for Tropical Studies, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica3 University of California, Santa Cruz, CA FULL ABSTRACT
VEGA, GERRARDO	Effects of top-down cascades on plant species diversity and abundance in a tropical rain forest. LETOURNEAU, DEBORAH*,1, DYER, LEE2, VEGA, GERRARDO3, 1 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SANTA CRUZ, SANTA CRUZ, CA2 TULANE UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA3 ORGANIZATION FOR TROPICAL STUDIES, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA FULL ABSTRACT
VELAZCO, JORGE	91 Diet of nine fish species in the Los Olivitos estuarine, Zulia State, Venezuela. Weir, Enrique*,1, Gil-Weir, Karine1, Rodriguez, Karla1, Rosales, Yolangel1, Rivera, Rita1, Chocron, Monica1, Velazco, Jorge2, 1 Universidad del Zulia, Facultad Exp.Ciencias, Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela2 Ministerio de Produccion y Comercio, Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela FULL ABSTRACT
VELAZQUEZ, ARMANDO GARCIA	42 Fragmented Populations of Opuntia streptacantha (Cactaceae) . MUŅOZ URIAS, ALEJANDRO*,1, PALOMIN HASBACH, GUADALUPE2, VELAZQUEZ, ARMANDO GARCIA3, TERRAZAS, TERESA4, PIMIENTA BARRIOS, EULOGIO5, HUERTA MARTINEZ, MARTIN, 1 UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA, GUADALAJARA, JALISCO, MEXICO2 UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO, MEXICO, DISTRITO FEDERAL, MEXICO3 COLEGIO DE POSGRADUADOS, TEXCOCO, MEXICO, MEXICO4 COLEGIO DE POSGRADUADOS, TEXCOCO, MEXICO, MEXICO5 UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA, GUADALAJARA, JALISCO, MEXICO FULL ABSTRACT
VELDMAN, JOSEPH	141 Chemical defense and the demography of tropical cloud forest seed banks . Hull, Adrienne*,1, Rotman, Garth1, Veldman, Joseph1, Garcia-C., Mauricio1, Mungall, William1, Murray, Greg1, 1 Hope College, Holland, MI FULL ABSTRACT
VELLIDIS, GEORGE	53 Stream buffer effectiveness: Macroinvertebrate and salamander species as bioindicators of ecosystem stress, Coastal Plain, Georgia. Muenz, Tara*,1,2, Golladay, Stephen2, Vellidis, George3, 1 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia2 Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, Georgia3 University of Georgia, Tifton, Georgia FULL ABSTRACT
VELUCI, ROBERTA	107 Microbiotic crust communities: Nitrogen fixation and leaching within a temperate oak savannah. Veluci, Roberta*,1, Neher, Deborah*,1, 1 University of Toledo, Toledo, OH FULL ABSTRACT
VENABLE, D.	Life history evolution in evening primroses: evidence from experimental and natural populations. Evans, Margaret*,1, Venable, D.1, McPherson, Guy2, 1 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tucson, AZ2 School of Renewable Natural Resources, Tucson, AZ FULL ABSTRACT
VENETTE, ROBERT	115 Climatic suitability for a fungal entomopathogen of an exotic forest defoliator. Siegert, Nathan*,1, McCullough, Deborah1, Andresen, Jeff1, Venette, Robert2, 1 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI2 University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN FULL ABSTRACT
VERBURG, PAUL	143 Canopy radiation- and water-use efficiencies of cheatgrass as affected by pulse and gradual N fertilization. SU, BO*,1, HUI, DAFENG1, VERBURG, PAUL2, OBRIST, DANIEL2, ARNONE, JOHN2, JOHNSON, DALE3, EVANS, R.4, LUO, YIQI1, 1 Department of Botany and Microbiology, Norman, OK2 Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV3 Department of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Reno, NV4 University of Arkansas Stable Isotope Laboratory, Fayetteville, AR FULL ABSTRACT
VERBURG, PAUL	26 The potential of short-rotation cropping systems to sequester C. Verburg, Paul*,1, Arnone, John1, Evans, David2, LeRoux-Swarthout, Debbie2, Obrist, Daniel1, Johnson, Dale3, Luo, Yiqi4, Coleman, James1, 1 Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV2 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR3 University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV4 University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK FULL ABSTRACT
VERBURG, PIET	Climate changing a tropical Rift Valley Lake. VERBURG, PIET*,1, HECKY, ROBERT1, KLING, HEDY2, 1 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada2 Algal Taxonomy and Ecology Inc. R3T 2X8, Winnipeg, MB, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VERDON, EMILIE	Isolating biogeochemical and hydrologic effects of increasing freshwater inputs to Everglades wetlands using long-term sawgrass productivity data. CHILDERS, DANIEL*,1, IWANIEC, DAVID1, MADDEN, CHRIS2, NOE, GREGORY1, RONDEAU, DAMON1, RUBIO, GUSTAVO1, VERDON, EMILIE1, 1 Florida International University, Miami, FL2 South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL FULL ABSTRACT
VERDON, EMILIE	78 The importance of leaf demographic data for calculations of annual production by sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense). Verdon, Emilie*,1, Childers, Daniel1, 1 Florida International University, Miami, FL FULL ABSTRACT
VERFAILLE, JOE	Statistically based assessment of aircraft CO2 flux measurements and NDVI in Arctic Alaska . Lin, Chii-Dean Joey*,1, Oechel, Walter2, Steffey, Duane1, Zulueta, Rommel2, Verfaille, Joe2, Gamon, John3, 1 Department of Mathematics & Computer Sciences, San Diego, CA2 Global Change Research Group, San Diego, CA3 Department of Biology, Los Angeles, CA FULL ABSTRACT
VERGUN, JUDITH	Restoring the cultural landscape: tribes, agencies, universities, and NGOs working together for environmental management. VERGUN, JUDITH*,1, LAKE, FRANK1, 1 Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon FULL ABSTRACT
VERHEYEN, KRIS	27 The effects of habitat fragmentation and climate change on the range of forest plant species. Honnay, Olivier*,1, Verheyen, Kris1, Bossuyt, Beatrijs1, Butaye, Jan1, Jacquemyn, Hans1, Hermy, Martin1, 1 Laboratory for Forest, Nature & Landscape Research, Leuven, Belgium FULL ABSTRACT
VERHEYEN, KRIS	165 Response of forest plant species to past land-use in Europe and America: a life-history trait-based approach. Verheyen, Kris*,1, Honnay, Olivier1, Motzkin, Glenn2, Hermy, Martin1, Foster, David1, 1 Laboratory for Forest, Nature & Landscape Research, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium2 Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA FULL ABSTRACT
VEYSEY, JESSICA	47 Scale-dependence of host susceptibility to southern pine beetle. Ylioja, Tiina*,1, Slone, Daniel2, Veysey, Jessica1, Ayres, Matthew1, 1 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH2 USDA Forest Service, Pineville, LA FULL ABSTRACT
VICKERMAN, DANEL	30 Effects of selenium on multitrophic interactions. VICKERMAN, DANEL*,1, TRUMBLE, JOHN1, 1 University of California, Riverside, CA FULL ABSTRACT
VIDRA, REBECCA	119 The ethical challenges of research in restoration ecology. Vidra, Rebecca*,1, 1 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC FULL ABSTRACT
VIERLING, KERRI	74 The influence of urban gradients on the invertebrate composition of brown trout diet in Rapid Creek, South Dakota. Foreman, Cory*,1, Vierling, Kerri2, 1 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD2 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD FULL ABSTRACT
VIERLING, KERRI	128 Influence of pre-fire forest structure on post-fire cavity nesting communities. Vierling, Kerri*,1, Saab, Vicki2, 1 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD2 Rocky Mountain Research Station, Boise, ID FULL ABSTRACT
VIERLING, LEE	121 Small footprint LiDAR estimates of canopy gap structure in a Ponderosa pine forest . Rowell, Eric*,1,2, Vierling, Lee2, Dykstra, Denise2, Chen, Xuexia2, 1 Horizons, Incorporated, Rapid City, SD2 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD FULL ABSTRACT
VIERLING, LEE	Assessing fractional tree coverage using IKONOS, Landsat 7, and LiDAR data in a Ponderosa pine forest via sub-pixel interpretation . Chen, Xuexia*,1, Vierling, Lee1, Rowell, Eric1,2, Dykstra, Denise1, Capehart, William1, 1 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD2 Horizon's Incorporated, Rapid City, SD FULL ABSTRACT
VILAGROSA, ALBERTO	125 Freezing fatigue may increase xylem cavitation vulnerability caused by water stress in two Quercus species. Rubio, Esther*,1, Davis, Stephen D.2, Bellot, Juan3, Vilagrosa, Alberto1, 1 Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterráneo(CEAM), Valencia, Spain2 Pepperdine University, Malibu, California3 University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain FULL ABSTRACT
VILGALYS, RYTAS	100 The influence of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide on community diversity and structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi. Parrent, Jeri*,1, Jackson, Jason1, Moncalvo, Jean-Marc1, Morris, William1, Vilgalys, Rytas1, 1 Duke University, Durham, NC FULL ABSTRACT
VILJOEN, JOZUA	Plant ecology of Opuntia stricta (Haworth.) Haworth., an invasive alien plant in the Kruger National Park. Foxcroft, Llewellyn*,1, Hoffmann, John2, Viljoen, Jozua3, Kotze, Koos3, 1 South African National Parks, Kruger National Park, South Africa2 University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa3 Pretoria Technicon, Pretoria, South Africa FULL ABSTRACT
VILLALBA, JUAN	Experience influences herbivore selectivity: Implications for plant species composition in chemically defended environments. VILLALBA, JUAN*,1, PROVENZA, FREDERICK1, GUODONG, HAN2, 1 Utah State University, Logan, Utah2 Inner Mongolia Institute of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Huhhot, China FULL ABSTRACT
VILLALOBOS, JON	61 Restoration on the `Ahakhav Tribal Preserve. Traub, Shannon*,1, Villalobos, Jon1, 1 `Ahakhav Tribal Preserve, Parker, AZ FULL ABSTRACT
VILLALOBOS, JUAN DANIEL	Seeding the future: Agroecosystem conservation for the US- Mexico borderlands. MCDONALD, MICHAEL*,1, BURNS, BARNEY*,2, VILLALOBOS, JUAN DANIEL*,3, 1 Executive Director, Tucson, Arizona2 Founder, Tucson, Arizona3 Juan Daniel Villalobos, Tucson, Arizona FULL ABSTRACT
VILLARREAL, DIEGO	13 Facilitation-inhibition: Burrowing owls and their hosts in central Argentina. Machicote, Marcela1,2, Branch, Lyn*,1,2, Villarreal, Diego2, 1 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL2 Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina FULL ABSTRACT
VILLEGAS, ANA	Consequences of time of fruit production for secondary dispersal and establishment of three palm species. VILLEGAS, ANA*,1, NOTMAN, EVAN2, 1 Organization for Tropical Studies, San Jose, Costa Rica2 Organization for Tropical Studies, San Jose, Costa Rica FULL ABSTRACT
VILLEGAS, ANA	140 Distance-dependent effects on patterns of secondary seed movement, infestation, and predation of two neotropical palms. PATRICK, LISA*,1, NOTMAN, EVAN2, VILLEGAS, ANA2, 1 Barnard College, New York, NY2 Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica FULL ABSTRACT
VINCENT, KIRK	143 Using changes in Tamarix tree-ring anatomy to date floodplain deposition events. Shafroth, Patrick*,1, Friedman, Jonathan1, Vincent, Kirk2, Steingraeber, David3, Auble, Gregor1, Fleming, Julie4, 1 U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins, CO2 U.S. Geological Survey, Boulder, CO3 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO4 Johnson Controls World Services, Fort Collins, CO FULL ABSTRACT
VIRGINIA, ROSS	5 Soil carbon turnover in Antarctic Dry Valley ecosystems, an analytical approach. Barrett, J*,1, McManus, Catherine1, Virginia, Ross1, Parsons, Andy2, Wall, Diana2, 1 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH2 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO FULL ABSTRACT
VIRGINIA, ROSS	Responses of Antarctic dry valley soil biota and soil respiration to long-term carbon and climate manipulations. Parsons, Andrew*,1, Barrett, John2, Virginia, Ross2, Wall, Diana1, 1 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO2 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH FULL ABSTRACT
VISWANATHAN, DANUSH	Plant vascular architecture causes within-plant spatial patterns in resource quality following herbivory. Viswanathan, Danush*,1, Thaler, Jennifer1, 1 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VITKAY, KAREN	138 Extending growth analysis to include water and nitrogen use efficiency at ambient and elevated CO2. Peterson, Andrew*,1, Chrusciel, Tim1, Harris, Jon1, Hayashi, Masanobu1, Jain, Sonal1, Vitkay, Karen1, 1 Columbia University, Oracle, Arizona FULL ABSTRACT
VITKAY, KAREN	98 Interactions among an invasive grass, woody legumes and elevation in a semiarid grassland. Karnes, Heather*,1, Travagline, Cheryl1, Vitkay, Karen1, Peterson, Andrew1, 1 Columbia University, Oracle, Arizona FULL ABSTRACT
VITOUSEK, PETER	Sphagnum colonization and nutrient accumulation in a Hawaiian montane forest. Vitousek, Peter*,1, Hotchkiss, Sara2, Ku, Teh-Lung3, Luo, Shangde3, 1 Stanford University, Stanford, CA2 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI3 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA FULL ABSTRACT
VITOUSEK, PETER	History of Sphagnum palustre in Hawaiian montane forests: disturbance, invasion, community and ecosystem change. Hotchkiss, Sara*,1, Vitousek, Peter2, Ku, Richard3, Luo, Shangde3, 1 Department of Botany, Madison, WI2 Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford, CA3 Department of Earth Sciences, Los Angeles, CA FULL ABSTRACT
VITOUSEK, PETER	An exotic tree alters litter decomposition in a Hawaiian forest: effects of litter quality, nutrient availability and litter arthropods. Rothstein, David*,1, Vitousek, Peter2, Simmons, Breana3, 1 Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI2 Stanford University, Stanford, CA3 University of Georgia, Athens, GA FULL ABSTRACT
VITOUSEK, PETER	161 Nitrogen fixation in bryophytes, lichens, and dead wood along a soil-age gradient in Hawaii. Matzek, Virginia*,1, Vitousek, Peter1, 1 Stanford University, Stanford, CA FULL ABSTRACT
VITOUSEK, PETER	Impacts of erosion on biogeochemistry: preliminary results from the Hawaiian Islands. Porder, Stephen*,1, Vitousek, Peter1, Paytan, Adina1, 1 Stanford University, Stanford, CA FULL ABSTRACT
VITOUSEK, PETER	Factors influencing mechanisms of P retention in humid tropical soils of Hawaii. Olander, Lydia*,1, Vitousek, Peter1, 1 Stanford University, Stanford, CA FULL ABSTRACT
VLEK, PAUL	Biophysical criteria for reserve design: the case of coffee gene reserve zoning in Ethiopia. Gole, Tadesse*,1, Denich, Manfred1, Borsch, Thomas2, Teketay, Demel3, Vlek, Paul1, Barthlott, Wilhelm2, 1 Center for Development Research, Division of Ecology and Natural Resources Management, Bonn, Germany2 Botanical Institute, Bonn, Germany3 Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organisation, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia FULL ABSTRACT
VOGEL, JACOB	Extraordinarily high fitness among early generation Louisiana Iris hybrids in a reciprocal transplant experiment. Johnston, Jill*,1, Wesselingh, Renate2, Vogel, Jacob2, Donovan, Lisa1, Arnold, Michael1, 1 University of Georgia, Athens, GA2 Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium FULL ABSTRACT
VOGELSANG, KEITH	Soil community structure and the maintenance of exotic-dominated systems: evidence for degraded mutualisms. Vogelsang, Keith*,1,2, Bever, James2, 1 University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA2 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN FULL ABSTRACT
VOLIN, JOHN	75 Temperature and hypoxia tolerances of the native dollar sunfish and the non-indigenous black acara. Kirkpatrick, Sean*,1, Volin, John1, Dunson, William2, Loftus, William3, 1 Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL2 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, FL3 USGS Florida Caribbean Science Center, Everglades National Park, FL FULL ABSTRACT
VOLK, CAROL	Patterns of nitrogen loss from a pristine old-growth forested watershed, Olympic National Park, Washington. Edmonds, Robert*,1, McAfee, Stephanie1, Volk, Carol1, 1 University of Washington, Seattle, WA FULL ABSTRACT
VOLPE HORII, CASSANDRA	The exchange of reactive nitrogen between plants and the atmosphere. Lerdau, Manuel*,2, Munger, J. William1, Jacob, Daniel1, Volpe Horii, Cassandra, 2 Ecology and Evolution Department, Stony Brook, NY1 Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA FULL ABSTRACT
VON FISCHER, JOSEPH	Do soil microsites drive methane flux? von Fischer, Joseph*,1,2, Hedin, Lars1,3, 1 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY2 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ3 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ FULL ABSTRACT
VON HOLLE, BETSY	Does natural disturbance facilitate invasion by exotic species? VON HOLLE, BETSY*,1, 1 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN FULL ABSTRACT
VOSE, J	118 Long-term nitrogen dynamics of Coweeta forested watersheds in the Southeastern USA. Swank, W1, Vose, J1, Haines, B*,2, 1 Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Otto, NC2 University of Georgia, Athens, GA FULL ABSTRACT
VOSE, JAMES	18 Vegetation response to stand restoration burning in oak/pine forest types in the Conasauga River Watershed of western Georgia and eastern Tennessee. ELLIOTT, KATHERINE*,1, VOSE, JAMES1, CLINTON, BARTON1, 1 COWEETA HYDROLOGIC LABORATORY, SOUTHERN RESEARCH STATION, USDA FOREST SERVICE, Otto, NC FULL ABSTRACT
VOSE, JAMES	An investigation of obligate versus facultative water use by Populus deltoides during phytoremediation of polluted groundwater. Clinton, Barton*,1, Vose, James1, Vroblesky, Don2, 1 USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Otto, NC2 US Geological Survey, Columbia, SC FULL ABSTRACT
VRIESENDORP, CORINE	Functional traits, life-history trade-offs, and species coexistence in a Neotropical seedling community. Vriesendorp, Corine*,1, Kobe, Richard, 1 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI FULL ABSTRACT
VROBLESKY, DON	An investigation of obligate versus facultative water use by Populus deltoides during phytoremediation of polluted groundwater. Clinton, Barton*,1, Vose, James1, Vroblesky, Don2, 1 USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Otto, NC2 US Geological Survey, Columbia, SC FULL ABSTRACT
VMISSING CHARACTER ENTITY: AACUTEZQUEZ, DIEGO	Extreme generalization in pollination systems confirmed by null models. Vázquez, Diego*,1, Aizen, Marcelo2, 1 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, vazquez@utk.edu2 Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina, marcito@crub.uncoma.edu.a FULL ABSTRACT