Poster # 81. Dyer, Susan^*,1, McLane, Tracy^*,1, ¹ Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, South Carolina, USA Geographic Information System tools for watershed-scale ecological risk evaluations.

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Poster # 82. Reiter, Michael^*,1, Parsons, George², ¹ Delaware State University, Dover, DE² University of Delaware, Newark, DE An interdisciplinary "four-tier" modeling methodology for resource management: An example from the St. Jones River watershed, Delaware.

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Poster # 83. Wein, Gary^*,1, ¹ WSRC-Soil and Groundwater Closure Program, Aiken, SC, USA Monitored natural remediation at U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site, South Carolina.

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Poster # 84. Kearsley, Michael^*,1, Yard, Helen², Cobb, Neil^{1, 3}, Lightfoot, David⁴, Brantley, Sandra⁴, Frey, Jennifer⁵, Carpenter, Geoff⁴, ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Flagstaff, AZ² Helen Yard Consulting, Flagstaff, AZ³ Merriam - Powell Center for Ecological Research, Flagstaff, AZ⁴ Biology Department, Albuquerque, NM⁵ Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences, Las Cruces, NM Integrated monitoring of terrestrial riparian resources along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon.

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Poster # 85. Wellman, Marjorie ^*,1, Norton, Susan¹, Park, Richard², Frithsen, Jeffrey¹, ¹ US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA² Eco Modeling, Diamondhead, MS, USA Stressor identification with the ecosystem model AQUATOX, Release 2.

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Poster # 86. Meyer, Judy^*,1, Alber, Merryl¹, Duncan, William¹, Freeman, Mary¹, Hale, V. Cody¹, Jackson, Rhett¹, Jennings, Cecil¹, Lutz, Kim², Palta, Monica¹, Richardson, Elizabeth², Richter, Brian⁴, Sharitz, Rebecca ³, Sheldon, Joan¹, ¹ University of Georgia, Athens, GA² The Nature Conservancy, Savannah, GA⁴ The Nature Conservancy, Charlottesville, VA³ Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC Specifying ecosystem flows for the Savannah River.

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Poster # 87. Geiger, John ^*,1, ¹ Florida International University, Miami, Fl., USA Investigation of Allee effects in the endangered vine Ipomoea microdactyla (Convolvulaceae).

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Poster # 88. Pechmann, Joseph^*,1, Scott, David², Gibbons, J. Whitfield², Greene, Judith², Metts, Brian², Dixon, Philip³, ¹ University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA² Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC³ Iowa State University, Ames, IA Updated amphibian population trends at Rainbow Bay, South Carolina: Natural and human influences.

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Poster # 89. Albrecht, Matthew^*,1, McCarthy, Brian¹, ¹ Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States Habitat specificity and temporal trends in harvesting of medicinal herbs in the Wayne National Forest (Ohio, USA).

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Poster # 90. Mulligan, Margaret^*,1, Gorchov, David¹, ¹ Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Quantifying population loss of goldenseal, Hydrastis canadensis L., in Ohio.

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Poster # 91. Anderson, M. Rebecca^*,1, Loew, Sabine², ¹ banderso@ilstu.edu, Normal, IL² ssloew@ilstu.edu, Normal, IL Low allozyme diversity in small populations of a commercially valuable plant, American ginseng.

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Poster # 92. Sharitz, Rebecca¹, Harper, Steven^*,1, Imm, Donald², Collins, Beverly¹, Madden, Kathryn¹, Tuberville, Tracey¹, ¹ Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC² U.S. Forest Service, Savannah River Institute, New Ellenton, SC Impacts of military training and land management on rare species in southeastern fall-line sandhills communities.

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Poster # 93. Roberts, Kelly¹, Ehrhart, Llewellyn^*,1, ¹ Department of Biology, Orlando, Florida Impacts of beach nourishment on loggerhead and green turtles in Brevard County, Florida.

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Poster # 94. Kyle, Sean^{*,1, 2}, Ritchie, Mark¹, ¹ Department of Biology, Syracuse, NY, USA² USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, Cloudcroft, NM, 88317 Effects of spatial arrangement and climate on the colonization and extinction probabilities of Utah prairie dog colonies.

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Poster # 95. Root, Karen ^*,1, ¹ Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH A multispecies approach to ecological assessment and conservation in Florida.

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Poster # 96. Lassen, Kari^*,1, Hamilton, E William¹, ¹ Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA Competitive interactions between the endangered sink-hole species Helenium virginicum and Boltonia asteroides when exposed to variable water depths.

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Poster # 97. Gray, Janet¹, Wentworth, Thomas^*,1, ¹ XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg, NC, USA Rare vascular flora of the longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem: Spatial structure of populations.

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Poster # 98. Watanabe, Moriyoshi^*,1, Sekine, Masahiko¹, UKITA, Masao¹, IMAI, Tsuyoshi¹, ¹ Yamaguchi University, Ube, Yamaguchi, JAPAN Monitoring the ecosystem condition of the shallow sea by using the sound of snapping shrimp.

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Poster # 99. Benavides, Melissa^*,1, Osborne, Megan¹, Alo, Dominique¹, Turner, Thomas¹, ¹ Department of Biology, Albuquerque, NM, USA Temporal genetic variability in pelagic eggs in the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow.

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Poster # 100. Fuhrman, Nicholas^*,1, Copenheaver, Carolyn¹, Gellerstedt, Paul¹, Povak, Nicholas¹, Stephens, Laura¹, ¹ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA Forest encroachment into glades on Buffalo Mountain, Virginia.

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Poster # 101. Vidra, Rebecca¹, Hess, George¹, Shear, Theodore¹, ¹ North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Can we design urban forest corridors to resist invasion by exotic plant species?

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Poster # 102. Kalkhan, Mohammed^*,1, Stohlgren, Thomas², Guenther, Debbie¹, Evangelista, Paul¹, ¹ Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Fort Collins, CO, USA² The National Institute of Invasive Species Science, Fort Collins, CO, USA Understanding the landscape ecology of cryptobiotic crust cover of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah: A map and spatial models.

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Poster # 103. Herrick, Jeffrey^*,1, Pyke, David², Pellant, Mike³, Shaver, Patrick⁴, ¹ jherrick@nmsu.edu, Las Cruces, NM² USGS Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis, OR³ BLM Idaho State Office, Boise, ID⁴ USDA-NRCS Grazing Lands Technology Institute, Corvallis, OR A new standard for qualitative rangeland health assessments.

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Poster # 104. Goslee, Sarah^*,1, Tracy, Benjamin², Sanderson, Matt¹, ¹ USDA-ARS Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit, University Park, PA, USA² University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA Plant community structure of managed grasslands at a range of spatial scales.

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Poster # 105. Imhoff, Marc¹, Bounoua, Lahouari^{1, 2}, Ricketts, Taylor^{3, 4}, Loucks, Colby^*,3, Harriss, Robert², Lawrence, William⁵, ¹ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD² University of Maryland, College Park, MD³ World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC⁴ Stanford University, Stanford, CA⁵ Bowie State University, Bowie, MD Global distribution of human NPP appropriation.

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Poster # 106. Rodriguez, Susana^*,1, Orjuela, Maria A.², Galeano, Gloria^{2, 3}, ¹ The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Usa² Univesidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia³ Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Bogota, Colombia Demography and life history of Geonoma orbignyana: An understory palm used as foliage in Colombia.

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Poster # 107. Moyer, Melissa^*,1, McCown, James², Eason, Thomas³, Oli, Madan¹, ¹ University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.² Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Gainesville, FL, U.S.A.³ Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, FL, U.S.A. Home range dynamics of the Florida black bear in Ocala National Forest.

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Poster # 108. Darnell, Traci^*,1, Sieving, Kathryn¹, ¹ University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA Habitat permeability and corridor use by endemic south-temperate rainforest birds.

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Poster # 109. Song, Bo^*,1, Li, Harbin^*,2, Full, William³, ¹ Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science, P.O. Box 596 Clemson Unviersity, Georgetown, SC 29442-0596, USA² Center for Forested Wetlands Research, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Charleston, SC 29414, USA³ Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science, P.O. Box 596 Clemson Unviersity, Georgetown, SC 29442-0596, USA Effects of forest management on bird distribution and dynamics in the Hobcaw Barony of South Carolina.

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Poster # 110. Bernhardt, Emily^{1, 3}, Palmer, Margaret ^{1, 3}, Allan, Dave^{2, 3}, ¹ Departments of Biology and Entomology, College Park, MD³ National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA² School of Natural Resources, Ann Arbor, MI Improving the science of river restoration: the National River Restoration Science Synthesis.

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Poster # 111. Pearlstine, Leonard^*,1, Mazzotti, Frank¹, DeAngelis, Donald², ¹ University of Florida, Ft Lauderdale, Florida² United States Geological Survey, Miami, Florida Spatial decision support systems for Everglades restoration and management.

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Poster # 113. Miao, ShiLi^*,1, Goassman, Bryan¹, ¹ South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL Effects of water depth and quality on the growth of various oligotrophic-wetland plants.

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Poster # 114. DeBiase, Adrienne^*,1, Taylor, Barbara¹, ¹ Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC, USA Microcrustacean responses to hydrologic restoration of isolated wetland ponds.

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Poster # 115. Moffett, J. Mincy^*,1, Boyd, Robert², Wooten, Michael ³, ¹ Auburn University, Auburn, AL² Auburn University, Auburn, AL³ Auburn University, Auburn, AL Post-hurricane dune restoration techniques on vegetation recovery at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama.

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Poster # 116. Schmalzer, Paul ^*,1, Foster, Tammy¹, ¹ Dynamac Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, Florida Characteristics of long-unburned scrub on the Merritt Island/Cape Canaveral barrier island complex before restoration.

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Poster # 117. Meador, Andrew¹, Parysow, Pablo^*,1, Moore, Margaret¹, ¹ Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ Reconstructing ponderosa pine presettlement forest structure in northern Arizona using permanent plots.

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Poster # 118. Bartz, Traci¹, DeChant, Timothy¹, Shea, Kathleen^*,1, ¹ St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN Size and growth patterns of trees in a maple-basswood forest restoration after twelve years.

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Poster # 119. Coffey, Kim^*,1, Kirkman, Katherine^*,1, ¹ Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, GA, USA Germination phenology of several important ground cover species from the endangered longleaf pine ecosystem.

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Poster # 120. King, Elizabeth ^*,1, ¹ Section of Evolution and Ecology, Davis, CA, U.S.A. Aloe secundiflora shrubs facilitate a native perennial grass in degraded Kenyan rangelands: Implications for restoration.

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Poster # 121. Solomeshch, Ayzik^{1, 2}, Barbour, Michael^*,1, ¹ University of California, Davis, CA, USA² Institute of Biology Russian Academy of Science, Ufa, Russia Reconstruction of California native grasslands.

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Poster # 122. Moyes, Andrew^{*,1, 2}, Gamon, John^{1, 2}, ¹ California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA² CEA-CREST, Los Angeles, CA Prescribed fire effects on a California annual grassland.

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Poster # 123. Orr, Stuart^*,1, Marr, Deborah ¹, Schnabel, Andrew¹, ¹ Indiana University - South Bend, South Bend, IN A comparison of plant species diversity between restored tallgrass prairies and native prairie remnants.

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Poster # 124. Karel, Irene^*,1, Smith, Val¹, Foster, Bryan¹, Brothers, Amanda², Ramspott, Matthew¹, Price, Kevin ¹, ¹ University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA² Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA Effects of experimental nutrient manipulations on a restored grassland community.

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Poster # 125. Ortiz-Barney, Elena^*,1, Stromberg, Juliet¹, ¹ Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Heat tolerance of grass seeds in desert grasslands and their vulnerability to prescribed burning.

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Poster # 126. Athy, Erin¹, Keiffer, Carolyn², ¹ Miami University, Oxford, OH² Miami University, Oxford, OH Effects of mulch on edaphic conditions and seedling survival on a closed Ohio landfill.

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Poster # 127. D'sa, Jean^*,1, Johnson, Kelly^*,2, ¹ Environmental Studies, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, U.S.A² Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, U.S.A. Effects of acid mine contaminated sediments on Ctenodaphnia magna in laboratory bioassays.

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Poster # 128. Pendleton, Rosemary¹, Pendleton, Burton^*,1, Johansen, Jeffrey², St. Clair, Larry³, ¹ Rocky Mountain Research Station, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA² Department of Biology, University Heights, Ohio, USA³ Department of Integrative Biology, Provo, Utah, USA Soil microorganisms affect survival and growth of shrubs grown in competition with cheatgrass.

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Poster # 129. Murphy, Kathryn^*,1, O'Malley, Rachel¹, ¹ California State University - San Jose, San Jose, CA Pollination ecology of a self-compatible endangered annual plant: Chorizanthe robusta var. robusta.

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Poster # 130. Smith, Marian^*,1, Caswell, Hal², Mettler, Paige³, ¹ Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL² Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA³ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL A stochastic model of the threatened plant Boltonia decurrens in a dynamic environment.

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Poster # 133. Ruedas, Marcela¹, Valverde, Teresa ¹, ¹ Lab. Especializado de Ecologia, Mexico, D.F., Mexico Distribution and abundance of three sympatric columnar cacti (Neobuxbaumia sp.) with different degrees of rarity.

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