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VACCARO, LYNN	Understanding a biotic indicator: Scaling down from regional patterns to local mechanisms of cattail dominance and plant species density. Vaccaro, Lynn*,1, Johnston, Carol2, Bedford, Barbara 1, 1 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY2 South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD FULL ABSTRACT
VADEBONCOEUR, MATTHEW	Land-use legacies and soil carbon dynamics: A regional assessment. Vadeboncoeur, Matthew*,1, Hamburg, Steven1, 1 Brown University, Providence, RI FULL ABSTRACT
VAGHTI, MEHREY	Patterns of regional and local diversity in the California Bay-Delta ecoregion and its watersheds: Lessons for riparian restoration and monitoring. Viers, Joshua *,1, 2, 3, Thorne, James1, 2, 4, Vaghti, Mehrey5, Quinn, James1, 2, 3, 1 Department of Environmental Science & Policy, Davis, CA, USA2 California Information Node (CAIN), Davis, CA, USA3 John Muir Institute of the Environment, Davis, CA, USA4 Conservation International, Washington, DC, USA5 Placer County Land Trust, Auburn, CA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VALDES, LEXIA	Using microbial indicators to assess scales of human and climatic impacts on structure and function of the coastal zone. Paerl, Hans*,, Valdes, Lexia, Dyble, Julianne, Pinckney, James, Piehler, Michael, Moisander, Pia, FULL ABSTRACT
VALE, CARLOS	Decomposition of celluloses and lignin of belowgroung litter in Tagus Salt Marshes (Portugal). Caçador, Isabel1, Pereira, Patrícia2, Vale, Carlos2, Costa, Ana Luísa1, Caetano, Miguel2, 1 Institute of Oceanography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, Lisbon, Portugal2 National Institute for Agronomy and Fishery Research, Av. Brasília, Lisbon, Portugal FULL ABSTRACT
VALEIX, MARION	Interference competition for water between elephants and other ungulates in a semi-arid savanna. Valeix, Marion*,1, 1, Fritz, Hervé, 1 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Beauvoir-sur-Niort, France FULL ABSTRACT
VALENTE, JONATHON	Effects of a pulsed allochthonous subsidy from a 17-year periodical cicada emergence on woodland pond communities. Nowlin, Weston*,1, Stevens, M. Henry1, Vanni, Michael1, Gonzalez, Maria1, Valente, Jonathon1, Fields, Matthew1, 1 Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VALENTE, JONATHON	223 Effects of the 17-year periodical cicada emergence on zooplankton communities in woodland ponds. Valente, Jonathon*,1, González, María1, Nowlin, Weston1, Vanni, Michael1, Fields, Matthew1, Stevens, M. Henry1, 1 Miami University, Oxford, OH, U.S.A. FULL ABSTRACT
VALENTINE, DAVID	136 Water-soluble organic carbon characteristics and fluxes along climate and stand productivity gradients in interior Alaskan soils. Kane, Evan*,1, Valentine, David1, Michaelson, Gary2, Fox, John1, Ping, Chien-Lu1, 2, 1 University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA2 University of Alaska, Palmer, AK, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VALENTINE, JAMES	Historical underpinnings of marine macroecological relationships. Roy, Kaustuv*,1, Valentine, James2, Hunt, Gene1, 1 University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA2 University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VALENTINE, SARAH	Plant-mediated control of wetland soil microbial respiration. Megonigal, J.*,1, Neubauer, Scott1, 2, Givler, Kimberly1, Valentine, Sarah1, 1 Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA2 Baruch Marine Field Laboratory, Georgetown, SC, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VALENTINI, CARLA	Seasonal variations in C and water cycling of a tropical transitional forest. Vourlitis, George*,1, Priante-Filho, Nicolau2, de Souza Nogueira, Jose2, de Almeida Lobo, Francisco2, Raiter, Fernando3, Valentini, Carla2, 1 Department of Biological Sciences, San Marcos, CA, USA2 Departamento de Fisica, Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil3 Instituto Universitario do Norte Matogrossense, Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil FULL ABSTRACT
VALENTOVICH, TRACY	225 Variation of Joshua Tree Morphology among Populations in the Eastern Mojave Desert. Valentovich, Tracy *,1, Sandquist, Darren1, 1 California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, United States FULL ABSTRACT
VALEO, CATERINA	Decreasing scaling error on transpiration by accounting for individual variations and modifying the mensuration method of sapwood depth. Quiñonez-Piñón, Rebeca*,1, Valeo, Caterina1, 1 University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VALEO, CATERINA	Moisture content characteristics of the forest floor organic layer for the purposes of large scale distributed modelling. Raaflaub, Lynn*,1, Valeo, Caterina1, 1 University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VALERIE, BRADY	Strategies for Identifying Reference Conditions in Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands. Johnson, Lucinda*,1, Ciborowski, Jan2, Host, George1, Valerie, Brady1, Schuldt, Jeffrey3, Richards, Carl4, 1 Natural Resources Research Institute, Duluth, MN, 558112 Department of Biological Sciences, Windor, Ont, CA3 Department of Biology and Earth Sciences, Superior, WI, USA4 Minnesota Sea Grant, Duluth, MN, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VALETT, H. MAURICE	Streams in watershed ecosystems: A biogeochemical continuum concept. Valett, H. Maurice*,1, Bernhardt, Emily2, Brookshire, E.N. Jack 1, 1 Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA2 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina FULL ABSTRACT
VALETT, H.M.	Increased export of dissolved organic nitrogen from forest watersheds across a gradient of chronic atmospheric loading. Brookshire, E.N.J.*,1, Valett, H.M.1, Webster, J.R.1, Thomas, S.A.2, 1 Department of Biology, Blacksburg, VA, USA2 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ithaca, NY, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VALLANO, DENA	Foliar incorporation of gas-phase reactive nitrogen: Beneficial nutrient or phytotoxin? Vallano, Dena *,1, Sparks, Jed1, 1 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ithaca, NY FULL ABSTRACT
VALLE, OSCAR	96 Humminbirds and its nectar source: Testing spatio-temporal and ecological hierachies in three landscapes. Ortiz-Pulido, Raul*,1, Diaz, Sylvia Anaid2, Valle, Oscar2, Arregui, Lucia3, Fisher, Anna D.2, Bravo, Jessica1, 1 Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Pachuca, Hidalgo, México2 Departamento de Quimica y Biologia, Universidad ed las Americas-Puebla, Cholula, Puebla, Mexico3 Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, España FULL ABSTRACT
VALLECILLO, SARA	127 Soil carbon dynamics and grassland management in the Pyrenees. Sebastia, Teresa*,1, 2, Garcia-Pausas, Jordi1, Rodríguez, Carolina1, Vallecillo, Sara1, Canals, Rosa-Maria3, Casals, Pere1, Arco, Noèlia , Bartolomé, Jordi , Connolly, John , Garrido, Joan-Pere , Plaixats, Josefina , Romanyà, Joan , San Emeterio, Leticia, 1 Technological Forestry Centre of Catalonia, Solsona, Spain2 University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain3 University Public of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain FULL ABSTRACT
VALLES, HENRI	Differential habitat use of an assemblage of coral reef-fish recruits and their potential predators. Valles, Henri*,1, L. Kramer, Donald1, Hunte, Wayne2, 1 McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada2 University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados FULL ABSTRACT
VALLIANT, MORGAN	Genetic variation in Bromus tectorum: seperate introductions into Eastern and Western Canada. Valliant, Morgan*,1, Mack, Richard1, Novak, Stephen 2, 1 Washington State University, Pullman, Wa2 Boise State University, Boise, Id FULL ABSTRACT
VALVERDE, TERESA	223 Sustainable management of Sabal yapa (Arecaceae) in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Pulido, Teresa*,1, Valverde, Teresa2, Caballero, Javier1, 1 Jardin Botanico, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Mexico, D.F., Mexico2 Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Mexico, D.F., Mexico FULL ABSTRACT
VAMOSI, STEVEN	Indirect effects of larval competition on adult fitness: a test with bruchid beetles. Vamosi, Steven*,1, 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Calgary, AB, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VAN AUKEN, O.	Light requirements for a xeric sedge in a Juniperus woodland. Wayne, E.1, Van Auken, O.1, 1 The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX FULL ABSTRACT
VAN BAEL, SUNSHINE	Endophyte communities decrease in diversity as leaves age. Herre, Edward*,1, Van Bael, Sunshine1, Rojas, Enith1, 1 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, ANCON, Panama FULL ABSTRACT
VAN BAEL, SUNSHINE	Bird insectivory reduces insect damage to Theobroma cacao crops in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Van Bael, Sunshine*,1, 2, Bichier, Peter1, Greenberg, Russell1, 1 Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Washington, DC, USA2 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, ANCON, Republic of Panama FULL ABSTRACT
VAN BLOEM, SKIP	129 Photosynthetic capacity of young and old leaves of sweetgum trees grown in elevated atmospheric CO2. Thomas, Richard1, van Bloem, Skip1, Briden, Sarah1, Herrick, Jeffrey2, 1 West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, US2 Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, US FULL ABSTRACT
VAN BLOEM, SKIP	211 Effects of CO2 and drought on N2 fixation in field-grown soybean plants. Van Bloem, Skip1, 2, Leakey, Andrew 3, Gonzalez Meler, Miquel4, Ort, Donald3, Long, Stephen3, Thomas, Richard 2, 1 University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR, United States2 West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States3 Univerisity of Illinois, Urbana--Champaign, IL, United States4 University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States FULL ABSTRACT
VAN BRUGGEN, ARIENA	Invasion by plant pathogens in relation to nutrient availability and biodiversity. van Bruggen, Ariena*,1, Termorshuizen, Aad1, 1 Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VAN BRUGGEN, ARIENA	210 Influence of temperature fluctuations on Salmonella typhimurium and E. coli O157:H7 survival in manure. Semenov, Alexander*,1, van Bruggen, Ariena1, Semenov, Alexander2, van Overbeek, Leo3, Termorshuizen, Aad1, 1 Biological Farming Systems, Wageningen, the Netherlands2 Dept. of Microbiology, Moscow, Russia3 Plant Research International B.V., Wageningen, the Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DE BOGERT, MATHEW	Subsidy sources in small lakes: Not soup but specks and sinkers. Pace, Michael *,1, Carpenter, Steve2, Cole, Jonathan1, Kitchell, James 2, Hodgson, James 3, Van De Bogert, Mathew2, 1 Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, USA2 Center for Limnology, Madison, WI, USA3 Dept. of Biology, De Pere, WI, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DE KOPPEL, JOHAN	Consumer fronts, drought stress, and community collapse in southern salt marshes. Silliman, Brian*,1, van de Koppel, Johan 2, Bertness, Mark 3, Stanton , Lee 4, Mendelssohn, Irv 4, 1 Department of Zoology, Gainesville, FL, United States2 Spatial Ecology Department, Yerseke, The Netherlands3 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Providence, RI, United States4 Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DE KOPPEL, JOHAN	Scale-dependent feedback and the spatial structure of coastal ecosystems. Van de Koppel, Johan*,, Altieri, Andrew, Silliman, Brian, Bertness, Mark, FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DE STEEG, JEANNETTE	Farming system dynamics as result of demographic change in the densely populated highlands of Kenya. van de Steeg, Jeannette*,1, Verburg, Peter2, Baltenweck, Isabelle1, Makokha, Stella1, Staal, Steve1, 1 International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya2 Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DE WOLFSHAAR, KAREN	Mixed competition-predation interactions: How changes in population size distribution structure ecological communities. van de Wolfshaar, Karen*,1, de Roos, Andre1, Persson, Lennart2, 1 Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Amsterdam, Netherlands2 Departement of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umea, Sweden FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DEN DREISSCHE, PAULINE	Dynamic epidemiological models for West Nile virus: Assumptions and controls. Wonham, Marjorie*,1, Lewis, Mark1, Renclawowicz, Joanna2, van den Dreissche, Pauline3, 1 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada2 Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland3 University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DEN HEUVEL, RONALD	183 Soil fungal communities in successional and mature deciduous forests in Maryland: heterogeneity and implications for an ecological understanding of mycorrhizal interactions. McCormick, Melissa*,1, van den Heuvel, Ronald1, Whigham, Dennis1, Filley, Timothy2, Edwards, Chris2, 1 Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland, USA2 Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DER GRIFT, EDGAR	Patch-based monitoring to assess the effect of wildlife passages on the viability of metapopulations. van der Grift, Edgar*,1, Verboom, Jana1, 1 Alterra, Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DER LEEUW, SANDER	Allometric scaling and urban systems. Lobo, Jose*,1, van der Leeuw, Sander1, 1 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DER LEEUW, SANDER	Comparative long term ecological research: A European experience. van der Leeuw, Sander*,1, 1 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DER PUTTEN, WIM	23 Herbivores at multiple scales alter plant diversity differentially. De Deyn, Gerlinde*,1, 2, Raaijmakers, Ciska2, van Ruijven, Jasper3, Berendse, Frank4, van der Putten, Wim2, 4, 1 University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario2 Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Heteren, Netherlands3 Silwood Park, Ascot, U.K.4 Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DER PUTTEN, WIM	Trait-based assembly rules govern grassland succession despite species divergence. Fukami, Tadashi*,1, 2, Bezemer, T. Martijn2, 3, Mortimer, Simon4, van der Putten, Wim2, 3, 1 Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand2 Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Heteren, The Netherlands3 Wageningen University & Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands4 University of Reading, Reading, UK FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DER VALK, ARNOLD	Focused redistribution of nutrients and the development of tree islands in the Florida Everglades. Wetzel, Paul1, van der Valk, Arnold2, Newman, Sue3, Gawlik, Dale4, Gann, Tiffany5, Coronado-Molina, Carlos6, 1 Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts2 Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa3 South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, Florida4 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida5 Florida International University, Miami, Florida6 South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, Florida FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DER VALK, ARNOLD	Tree islands in the Everglades as a function of hydrological heterogeneity. Sklkar, Fred*,1, van der Valk, Arnold2, Coronado, Carlos1, Korvela, Michael1, 1 Everglades Division, West Palm Beach, FL, USA2 Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology, Ames, Iowa FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DOORN, ANNE	25 A framework for assessing the vulnerability of agro-pastoral ecosystems to land use change in Europe. Quétier, Fabien*,1, de Chazal, Jacqueline2, Lavorel, Sandra1, van Doorn, Anne3, 1 Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, CNRS & Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France2 Département de Géographie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgique3 Derpartment of biophysical and landscape planning, University of Evora, Evora, Portugal FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DOP, JOSHUA	Wound induced resistance in endophyte infected Tall fescue. Sullivan, Terrence*,1, Bultman, Thomas1, Rodstrom, John1, Van Dop, Joshua1, Librizzi, James1, Graham, Candace1, 1 Department of Biology, Holland, MI FULL ABSTRACT
VAN DYCK, HANS	Behavioural aspects of landscape connectivity: Perceptual range, grain of the landscape and special dispersal movements in the bog fritillary butterfly Proclossiana eunomia. Baguette, Michel*,1, Schtickzelle, Nicolas, Van Dyck, Hans1, 1 Catholic University Louvain (UCL), Biodiversity Research Centre, Ecology & Biogeography unit, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium FULL ABSTRACT
VAN ETTEN, EDDIE	Predictive models of plant species richness from an Australian mountainous desert. van Etten, Eddie 1, 1 Edith Cowan University, Perth, W.A., Australia FULL ABSTRACT
VAN GESTEL, NATASJA	71 Response of net ecosystem carbon and water exchange to a large winter precipitation pulse in a sotol-grassland at Big Bend National Park, Texas. Patrick, Lisa*,1, Robertson, Traesha1, van Gestel, Natasja1, Tissue, David1, 1 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VAN GESTEL, NATASJA	72 Aboveground annual net primary productivity and species composition response to variation in timing and magnitude of precipitation in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Robertson, Traesha*,1, van Gestel, Natasja1, Patrick, Lisa1, Zak, John1, Loik, Micheal2, Tissue, David1, 1 Texas Tech University, Lubbock2 University of California - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz FULL ABSTRACT
VAN JAARSVELD, ALBERT	Case study: Multi-scale assessment of ecosystem services in southern Africa. Biggs, Reinette*,1, Desanker, Paul2, Fabricius, Christo3, Lynam, Timothy4, Scholes, Robert1, van Jaarsveld, Albert5, 1 Division of Water, Environment and Forestry Technology, Pretoria, South Africa2 Department of Geography, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA3 Department of Environmental Science, Grahamstown, South Africa4 Institute of Environmental Studies, Harare, Zimbabwe5 Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch, South Africa FULL ABSTRACT
VAN KESSEL, CHRIS	Diversifying cover crop systems in California conservation tillage rotations: Tightening the N cycle and increasing agroecosystem function. Koffler, Kaden*,1, Six, Johan 1, van kessel, Chris1, Kaffka, Steve1, Temple, Steve 1, 1 University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VAN KESSEL, CHRIS	205 Interaction between organic and mineral resource inputs on emissions of CO2 and N2O from different soil textures and residue qualities. Gentile, Roberta*,1, Nhamo, Pauline1, Vanlauwe, Bernard2, van Kessel, Chris1, Six, Johan1, 1 University of California, Davis, CA2 TSBF-CIAT, Nairobi, Kenya FULL ABSTRACT
VAN KOOTEN, TOBIAS	Harvesting physiologically structured populations with density-dependent development. van Kooten, Tobias *,1, 2, Persson, Lennart1, de Roos, Andre2, 1 Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umea, Sweden2 Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VAN MIEGROET, HELGA	Current biomass and stand dynamics of a southern Appalachian spruce-fir forest. Moore, Patrick*,1, Van Miegroet, Helga 1, Nicholas, Niki2, 1 Utah State University, Logan, UT2 Yosemite National Park, El Portal, CA FULL ABSTRACT
VAN OVERBEEK, LEO	210 Influence of temperature fluctuations on Salmonella typhimurium and E. coli O157:H7 survival in manure. Semenov, Alexander*,1, van Bruggen, Ariena1, Semenov, Alexander2, van Overbeek, Leo3, Termorshuizen, Aad1, 1 Biological Farming Systems, Wageningen, the Netherlands2 Dept. of Microbiology, Moscow, Russia3 Plant Research International B.V., Wageningen, the Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VAN RUIJVEN, JASPER	23 Herbivores at multiple scales alter plant diversity differentially. De Deyn, Gerlinde*,1, 2, Raaijmakers, Ciska2, van Ruijven, Jasper3, Berendse, Frank4, van der Putten, Wim2, 4, 1 University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario2 Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Heteren, Netherlands3 Silwood Park, Ascot, U.K.4 Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VAN TEEFFELEN, ASTRID	Spatial autocorrelation and connectivity measures in species distribution models. van Teeffelen, Astrid*,1, Ovaskainen, O1, Moilanen, Atte1, Wintle, Brendan2, Elith, Jane2, 1 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland2 University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia FULL ABSTRACT
VAN TIENDEREN, PETER	The consequences of crop-wild relative hybridization in Lactuca: hybrid performance and long-term modeling. Hooftman, Danny*,1, de Jong, Maaike1, Oostermeijer, Gerard1, van Tienderen, Peter1, den Nijs, Hans1, 1 Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VAN VEEN, FRANK	Genetic variation in life history traits and its effect on population dynamics of the pea aphid. van Veen, Frank*,1, Ferrari, Julia1, 1 NERC Centre for Population Biology, Ascot, Berkshire, United Kingdom FULL ABSTRACT
VANAARDE, RUDI	Water and landuse influence elephant movements in Botswana- implications for wildlife management. Loarie, Scott *,1, vanAarde, Rudi2, Pimm, Stuart1, 2, 1 Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Durham, NC, USA2 Donservation Ecology Research Unit, Pretoria, South Africa FULL ABSTRACT
VANDER ZANDEN, JAKE	Predictive model of exotic rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) distribution in inland lakes of the Great Lakes region. Mercado-Silva, Norman*,1, Vander Zanden, Jake1, Maxted, Jeffrey1, Olden, Julian1, 1 Center for Limnology, Madison, Wisconsin, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VANDER ZANDEN, JAKE	99 Food chain length: Patterns across lakes, rivers, oceans and estuaries. Fetzer, William*,1, Vander Zanden, Jake1, 1 Center for Limnology, Madison, WI, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VANDER ZANDEN, M. JAKE	18 100 years of ecological change: Use of stable isotopes to reconstruct the historical food web of Lake Michigan. Schmidt, Stephanie*,1, Vander Zanden, M. Jake1, Fetzer, William1, 1 University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VANDER ZANDEN, M. JAKE	Long-term variation in food web structure in a north temperate lake. Solomon, Christopher*,1, Vander Zanden, M. Jake1, Carpenter, Stephen1, 1 University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VANDERKLEIN, DIRK	Size, not cellular senescence, explains reduced vigour in tall trees. Mencuccini, Maurizio1, Martinez-Vilalta, Jordi1, Vanderklein, Dirk 2, Hazandy, Hamid1, Korakaki, Evangelia1, 1 University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK2 Montclair University, Montclair, NJ, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VANDERKLEIN, DIRK	36 Does parent tree age affect growth and gas exchange in grafted seedlings? Vanderklein, Dirk*,1, Martinez-Vilalta, Jordi2, Mencuccini, Maurizio2, 1 Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA2 University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK FULL ABSTRACT
VANDERMEER, JOHN	Tropical cyclone disturbance and forest dynamics at multiple temporal scales: Results from long-term studies in the new and old worlds. Vandermeer, John*,1, 1 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VANDERWEL, MARK	Modelling the long-term dynamics of coarse woody debris under the uniform shelterwood silvicultural system in central Ontario. Vanderwel, Mark*,1, Malcolm, Jay1, Smith, Sandy1, 1 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VANDVIK, VIGDIS	42 Local and regional controls of diversity in a grassland metacommunity. Vandvik, Vigdis*,1, Goldberg, Deborah2, 1 Department of Biology, Bergen, Norway2 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VANEK, STEVEN	201 Effect of management history and soil organic matter pool composition on microbially mediated N transformations. Drinkwater, Laurie*,1, Tonitto, Christina1, Cocke, Meagan, Vanek, Steven, 1 Department of Horticulture, Ithaca, NY, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VANLAUWE, BERNARD	205 Interaction between organic and mineral resource inputs on emissions of CO2 and N2O from different soil textures and residue qualities. Gentile, Roberta*,1, Nhamo, Pauline1, Vanlauwe, Bernard2, van Kessel, Chris1, Six, Johan1, 1 University of California, Davis, CA2 TSBF-CIAT, Nairobi, Kenya FULL ABSTRACT
VANLOON, GARY	24 Natural and Agro-biodiversity in Three Hill Regions of South India. Aiama, Deviah*,1, Narasimhan, D.2, Robertson, Raleigh1, Saravanan, P.2, vanLoon, Gary 1, 1 School of Environmental Studies, Kingston, Ontario, Canada2 Department of Botany, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India FULL ABSTRACT
VANN, DAVID	Pristine old-growth forest experiences decrease in mycorrhizal abundance following inorganic N fertilization. Lucas, Richard*,1, Vann, David2, Casper, Brenda1, 1 Biology Department, Philadelphia, PA, USA2 Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VANNI, MICHAEL	Consequences of species and trophic diversity for nutrient recycling by tropical freshwater fishes. McIntyre, Peter*,1, Flecker, Alexander 1, Vanni, Michael2, Hood, James3, 1 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 148532 Miami University, Oxford, OH, 450563 University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108 FULL ABSTRACT
VANNI, MICHAEL	Watersheds and omnivorous fish as sources of pulsed and non-pulsed nutrients for lake phytoplankton communities. Vanni, Michael*,1, Hale, Scott2, Renwick, William1, 1 Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA2 Ohio Division of Wildlife, Hebron, OH, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VANNI, MICHAEL	Effects of a pulsed allochthonous subsidy from a 17-year periodical cicada emergence on woodland pond communities. Nowlin, Weston*,1, Stevens, M. Henry1, Vanni, Michael1, Gonzalez, Maria1, Valente, Jonathon1, Fields, Matthew1, 1 Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VANNI, MICHAEL	A cautionary tale: Pulsed allochthonous subsidy of cicadas into aquatic systems may have dramatic short-term effects, but no long term effects on populations. Stevens, M. Henry*,1, Shukla, Amit2, Nowlin, Weston3, Vanni, Michael3, Gonzalez, Maria3, Fields, Matthew4, 1 Department of Botany, Oxford, OH, USA2 Department of Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering, Oxford, OH, USA3 Department of Zoology, Oxford, OH, USA4 Department of Microbiology, Oxford, OH, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VANNI, MICHAEL	223 Effects of the 17-year periodical cicada emergence on zooplankton communities in woodland ponds. Valente, Jonathon*,1, González, María1, Nowlin, Weston1, Vanni, Michael1, Fields, Matthew1, Stevens, M. Henry1, 1 Miami University, Oxford, OH, U.S.A. FULL ABSTRACT
VANNI, MICHAEL	210 Effects of dissolved nutrients, allochthonous sediments, and larval gizzard shad on zooplankton communities. Knoll, Lesley*,1, Gonzalez, Maria1, Vanni, Michael1, 1 Miami University, Oxford, OH FULL ABSTRACT
VANNI, MICHAEL	226 Effects of nitrogen form supplied on phytoplankton composition and stoichiometry: Tests at multiple scales. Horgan, Martin*,1, Vanni, Michael1, 1 Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, U.S.A. FULL ABSTRACT
VANNI, MICHAEL	222 Potential impacts of deposition and decomposition of 17-year periodical cicadas; on woodland ponds and streams. Pray, Corey*,1, Nowlin, Weston1, Vanni, Michael1, Stevens, Henry1, Gonzalez, Maria, Fields, Matthew1, 1 Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, U.S FULL ABSTRACT
VANNI, MICHAEL	225 Phytoplankton stoichiometric reponse to the interactive effects of light and nutrients. Dickman, Elizabeth*,1, Vanni, Michael1, Horgan, Martin1, 1 Miami University, Oxford, Ohio FULL ABSTRACT
VANO, JULIE	A unified aquatic-terrestrial carbon and water budget for a lake-rich region: modeling today's state and projecting future changes. Cardille, Jeffrey*,1, Hanson, Paul1, Vano, Julie1, Turner, Monica1, Carpenter, Stephen1, Foley, Jonathan1, 1 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VAREM-SANDERS, THEIRRY	Estimating Net Primary Productivity of Jack Pine in Relation to Stand Age and Climatic Gradient along BFTCS. Bhatti, Jagtar1, Varem-Sanders, Theirry1, Banfield, Ed1, 1 Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VARLEY, NATHAN	Landscape factors and wolf pack distribution influence the spatial variability of wolf predation on elk. Kauffman, Matthew*,1, Varley, Nathan2, Smith, Douglas3, Stahler, Daniel3, Boyce, Mark2, 1 University of Montana, Missoula, MT2 University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB3 Yellowstone National Park, Mammoth, MT FULL ABSTRACT
VARNER, RUTH	107 Interannual variations in CO2 and CH4 flux from a temperate fen. Treat, Claire1, Bubier, Jill1, Varner, Ruth2, Crill, Patrick2, 3, 1 Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA2 Complex Systems Research Center, Durham, NH3 University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden FULL ABSTRACT
VARNER, RUTH	133 Methyl bromide emissions from fungi in different ecosystems. Varner, Ruth1, Blanchard, Robert1, Dailey, Gail1, 1 University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH FULL ABSTRACT
VASCO, DANIEL	Dynamics of Interference, Cross-Immunity and Seasonality in a Two-Disease Epidemic Model. Vasco, Daniel*,1, Wearing, Helen*,1, Rohani, Pejman*,1, 1 Institute of Ecology, Athens, GA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VASEY, MICHAEL	145 Impacts of fire on plant species diversity in two brackish tidal wetlands along the upper San Francisco Bay Estuary. Vasey, Michael 1, Schile, Lisa1, Parker, V. Thomas1, Callaway, John2, Tuxen, Karin3, 1 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA2 University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA3 University of California, Berkeley, CA FULL ABSTRACT
VASEY, MICHAEL	Non-destructive methods for estimating productivity of vegetation in tidal marshes of San Francisco Bay, California. Schile, Lisa*,1, Vasey, Michael1, Callaway, John2, Parker, V. Thomas1, 1 Department of Biology, San Francisco, CA, 941322 Environmental Science Department, San Francisco, CA, 94117 FULL ABSTRACT
VASQUEZ-RADONIC, LUCERO	140 Understanding the interrelations of native and introduced species in the Hawaiian lowland wet forest through seed rain and soil seed bank quantification. Vasquez-Radonic, Lucero*,1, Ostertag, Rebecca 2, 1 The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA2 The University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VASSEUR,	82 Dsitribution and population variation of Symphyotrichum laurentianum, a rae endemic plant of Canada. Duclos, Geenvieve *,1, Vasseur, 1, 1 Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VASSEUR, CLAIRE	94 SEM'AIL: a public sowing program for wild leek, a vulnerable species in Quebec. Vasseur, Claire 1, Nault, Andrée1, 2, 1 Montréal Biodôme, Montréal, Québec, Canada2 Université du Québec à Montreal, Groupe de recherche en Ecologie Forestière Interuniversitaire, Montréal, Québec, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VASSEUR, DAVID	A seasonal alternation of coherent and compensatory dynamics occurs in phytoplankton. Vasseur, David*,1, Gaedke, Ursula2, 1 Department of Integrative Biology, Guelph, ON, Canada2 Department of Biochemistry and Biology, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany FULL ABSTRACT
VASSEUR, LIETTE	121 Morphological and seeds characteristics of reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea). Lanteigne, Melanie*,1, Vasseur, Liette 1, 2, 1 Universite de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada2 Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VASSEUR, LIETTE	Potential use of river otter as species indicator for evaluating ecological integrity. Gallant, Daniel*,1, Vasseur, Liette1, 2, Berube, Celine 3, Tremblay, Eric4, 1 Universite de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada2 Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada3 NSERC, Ottawa, ON, Canada4 Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada, Richibuctou, NB, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VASUDEVAN, DHARNI	80 Assessing restoration by comparing ecological characteristics of natural and anthropogenic elements in a New England salt marsh. Benson, Kiersa*,1, Close, Sarah1, Whitlow, Lindsay*,1, Vasudevan, Dharni1, 1 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VAUGHAN, AUDREY	136 Population size structure and spatial pattern in native (Dirca palustris)and exotic ( Lonicera maackii) forest understory shrubs. Turner, Bryan*,1, Schulz, Kurt 1, Jones, Cynthia1, 2, Vaughan, Audrey1, Hoover, Audra 1, Zasada, John3, 1 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois2 URS Corporation, Portland, Oregon3 Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station, Grand Rapids, Minnesota FULL ABSTRACT
VAUGHAN, HAGUE	Citizen science as a catalyst in the effective delivery of environmental information to decision-making. Vaughan, Hague*,1, 1 Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network, Burlington, Ontario, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VAUGHAN, HAGUE	Delivering results of local, national and continental scale research and monitoring to decision-makers and society. Vaughan, Hague*,1, 1 Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN), Burlington, Ontario, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VAUGHAN, JOHN	244 Toward a unified undergraduate ecology curriculum. Vaughan, John*,1, Taylor, Jason*,2, 1 St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, Florida2 Ecological Society of America, Silver Spring, MD FULL ABSTRACT
VAUGHN, STEVE	123 Ecological Controls on the Phytochemistry of the Invasive Plant Alliaria petiolata. Abts, Anna*,1, Lang, Kimberly*,1, McConnaughay, Kelly1, Morris, Sherri1, Vaughn, Steve2, 1 Bradley University, Peoria, IL, USA2 USDA, Peoria, IL, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VAZQUEZ, KATHERINE	82 Wetland Enhancement by Creating Potholes and Controlling Invasive Exotics. Zucker, Jonathan1, Bigness, Melinda1, Praeger, Michael1, Benway, Steven 1, Vazquez, Katherine, Wu, Meiyin*,1, 1 Plattsburgh State University, Plattsburgh, NY FULL ABSTRACT
VEBLEN, THOMAS	Multiple disturbance interactions and extreme drought influence fire severity in a Rocky Mountain subalpine forest landscape. Bigler, Christof*,1, Kulakowski, Dominik1, Veblen, Thomas1, 1 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO FULL ABSTRACT
VEDDELER, DORTHE	Contrasting responses of bee communities to coffee flowering at different spatial scales. Veddeler, Dorthe*,1, Klein, Alexandra-Maria1, Tscharntke, Teja1, 1 University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Lower Saxony, Germany FULL ABSTRACT
VEGA, ERNESTO	22 Estimating plant species richness in Guadalupe island, Mexico, using species accumulation curves and non-parametric methods. P. Garcillan, Pedro*,1, Vega, Ernesto2, 1 CICESE, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico2 Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Mexico DF, Mexico FULL ABSTRACT
VEHVILäINEN, HARRI	74 Moose and vole browsing patterns in experimentally manipulated pure and mixed forest stands. Vehviläinen, Harri*,1, Koricheva, Julia2, 1 Section of Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland2 School of Biological Sciences , Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom FULL ABSTRACT
VELAZCO, PAUL	Going beyond presence/absence data: Neotropical bat communities as a case study. Hice, Christine*,1, Velazco, Paul2, Brown, Carson1, Brown, James1, 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Albuquerque, NM, USA2 Department of Biological Sciences, Chicago, IL, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VELDKAMP, TOM	Scenario analysis of European scale changes in land use and its impacts on landscape and biodiversity. Verburg, Peter*,1, Veldkamp, Tom1, 1 Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University., Wageningen, The Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VELDTMAN, RUAN	The contribution of spatially explicit analysis to understanding aggregation and density dependence. McGeoch, Melodie*,1, Veldtman, Ruan2, Hui, Cang 1, 1 Department of Entomology, Stellenbosch, South Africa2 Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch, South Africa FULL ABSTRACT
VELICKOVIC, MIROSLAVA	192 Humidity as a factor of dofferentiation of community Lemnetum minoris Th. Muller et Gors1960. Perisic, Snezana*,, Mijatovic, Miroslava, Djurdjevic, Lola , Karadzic, Branko , Velickovic, Miroslava, FULL ABSTRACT
VELLEND, MARK	Antagonistic effects of seed dispersal and herbivory on plant migration. Vellend, Mark*,1, 2, Knight, Tiffany1, Drake, John1, 1 National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, USA2 Departments of Botany & Zoology, and Centre for Biodiversity Research, Vancouver, BC, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VELLIDIS, GEORGE	Control of hydrology, nutrientcycling, and water quality by riparian forests in Coastal Plain agricultural watersheds of the southeastern USA. Lowrance, Richard*,1, Crow, Susan2, Sheridan, Joseph1, Bosch, David1, Vellidis, George2, 1 USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Tifton, Georgia, USA2 University of Georgia, Tifton, Georgia, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VELTMAN, CLARE	Epistemology of exotic deer control. Veltman, Clare 1, Allen, Rob2, Allen, Will2, Barker, Richard3, Bellingham, Peter2, Forsyth, David4, Jacobson, Chris2, Nicol, Simon4, Richardson, S2, Todd, Charles4, 1 Department of Conservation, Palmerston North, New Zealand2 Landcare Research NZ Ltd, Lincoln, New Zealand3 University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand4 Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FULL ABSTRACT
VELáZQUEZ, EDUARDO	137 Spatial patterns of pioneer plant communities in a large dry tropic landslide. Velázquez, Eduardo*,1, de la Cruz, Marcelino*,2, Gómez-Sal, A1, 1 Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, SPAIN2 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, SPAIN FULL ABSTRACT
VENABLE, D. LAWRENCE	11 Physiological trait variation in Sonoran Desert winter annuals. Barron-Gafford, Greg*,1, Gerst, Katharine *,1, Huxman, Travis1, Venable, D. Lawrence1, 1 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ FULL ABSTRACT
VENIER, LISA	Dynamic landscape metapopulation models for sustainable forest management. Venier, Lisa*,1, Pearce, Jennie1, Wintle, Brendan2, Bekessey, Sarah3, 1 Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada2 University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia3 RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FULL ABSTRACT
VENTER, OSCAR	198 Kin distributions of wild young-of-the-year Atlantic salmon in Catamaran Brook, New Brunswick. Brodeur, Nathalie*,1, Noel, Michelle1, Venter, Oscar1, Dayanandan, Selvadurai1, Grant, James1, 1 Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VENTER, OSCAR	Adding boulders to increase juvenile salmonid density: Effects of visual isolation and predation risk. Dolinsek, Ivan*,1, Venter, Oscar2, Grant, James1, Biron, Pascale2, 1 Department of Biology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada2 Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Montreal, Quebec, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VENTINS, JANIS	184 Influence of climate warming on soil mesofauna of coniferous forests of temperate latitudes. Melecis, Viesturs1, Jucevica, Edite 1, Salmane, Ineta1, Ventins, Janis1, 1 Institute of Biology, Salaspils, Latvia FULL ABSTRACT
VEPSäLäINEN, VILLE	The Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana as the key indicator for monitoring the ecological quality of agricultural landscapes: A study with multi-scale approach. Vepsäläinen, Ville*,1, Pakkala, Timo2, Piha, Markus2, Tiainen, Juha3, 1 Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki, Finland2 Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki, Finland3 Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland FULL ABSTRACT
VERBOOM, JANA	Patch-based monitoring to assess the effect of wildlife passages on the viability of metapopulations. van der Grift, Edgar*,1, Verboom, Jana1, 1 Alterra, Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VERBURG, PAUL	7 Quantifying the Effects of Interannual Climate Variability on Plant Biomass in an Oklahoma Tall-grass Prairie Ecosystem. Farnady, Annmarie*,1, Arnone, John1, Verburg, Paul1, 1 Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, U.S.A. FULL ABSTRACT
VERBURG, PAUL	Three year's data on the effects of interannual variation in temperature and precipitation on grassland production and community structure. Sherry, Rebecca*,1, Luo, Yiqi1, Wallace, Linda, Arnone, Jay2, Verburg, Paul2, Johnson, Dale2, Schimel, D, 1 University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK2 Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV FULL ABSTRACT
VERBURG, PETER	Farming system dynamics as result of demographic change in the densely populated highlands of Kenya. van de Steeg, Jeannette*,1, Verburg, Peter2, Baltenweck, Isabelle1, Makokha, Stella1, Staal, Steve1, 1 International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya2 Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VERBURG, PETER	Scenario analysis of European scale changes in land use and its impacts on landscape and biodiversity. Verburg, Peter*,1, Veldkamp, Tom1, 1 Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University., Wageningen, The Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VERDONE, LILY	The influence of nutrient gradients on an aquatic plant invasion: effects on growth and competition of exotic Ludwigia hexapetala (Onagraceae) and its native congener. Verdone, Lily*,1, Sears, Anna 1, 2, 3, Grewell, Brenda, 1 Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA2 The Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation, Santa Rosa, CA3 University of California, Davis, CA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VERDONE, LILY	Science, policy, and invasive species management in a multi-stakeholder environment: West Nile Virus creates a nexus for action. Sears, Anna*,1, 2, 3, Verdone, Lily3, Grewell, Brenda2, 4, 1 Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation, Santa Rosa, CA, USA2 University of California, Davis, CA, USA3 Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, USA4 USDA Agricultural Research Service, Davis, CA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VERDY, ARIANE	186 Evolution of aggregation behavior in marine plankton. Verdy, Ariane*,1, Flierl, Glenn1, 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA FULL ABSTRACT
VERHOEVEN, JOS T.A.	The effects of the N:K supply ratio on plant species performances in wetlands. Lawniczak, Agnieszka Ewa*,1, Verhoeven, Jos T.A.1, 1 Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VERHOEVEN, JOS T.A.	227 Effect of N, P and K supply on biomass and nutrient concentration of 12 plant species. Lawniczak, Agnieszka Ewa*,1, Verhoeven, Jos T.A.1, 1 Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VERHULST, JORT	Spatial scale at which lapwings Vanellus vanellus use their territories. Verhulst, Jort*,1, Kleijn, David1, 1 Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VERKENNE, CATHERINE	Behavioural aspects of landscape connectivity: Experimental tests and genetic validation in the Natterjack toad. Stevens, Virginie*,1, Polus, Emmanuelle1, Verkenne, Catherine 1, Baguette, Michel1, 1 Catholic University Louvain (UCL) - Biodiversity Research Centre, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium FULL ABSTRACT
VERMEIRE, LANCE	50 Northern plains plant community response to 10 years of livestock exclusion. Vermeire, Lance *,1, Heitschmidt, Rodney 1, Haferkamp, Marshall 1, 1 USDA-ARS, Miles City, MT FULL ABSTRACT
VERNESCU, CORINA	121 Leaf structure and litter decomposition among herbaceous plants of Northeastern Ontario wetlands. Ryser, Peter1, Vernescu, Corina1, 1 Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VERNON, BOB	223 Spatio-temporal stability of Agriotis lineatus and Agriotis obscurus populations in an agricultural landscape. Blackshaw, Rod*,1, Vernon, Bob2, 1 University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK2 Pacific Agriculture Research Centre, Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VESCOVO, LORIS	Remote sensing and grassland biomass estimation at multiple spatial scales in an alpine grassland. Gianelle, Damiano*,1, Vescovo, Loris*,1, 1 Centro di Ecologia Alpina, Trento, Italy FULL ABSTRACT
VET, ROBERT	Sulfur and nitrogen deposition across eastern North America. Vet, Robert*,1, Lear, Gary2, Narayan, Julie1, Ro, Chul-Un1, Shaw, Mike1, 1 Environment Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada2 United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VET, ROBERT	Assessment of predicted lake recovery from acidification in eastern Canada. McNicol, Donald*,1, Jeffries, Dean2, Weeber, Russ1, Moran, Michael3, Wong, Isaac2, Vet, Robert3, Aherne, J4, Watmough, S4, Russell, R1, 1 Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada2 Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario, Canada3 Environment Canada, Downsview, Ontario, Canada4 Trent University, Peterborough, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VETTER, MARY	41 Assessing climate-related vegetation change through aerial photography – a study of the southern boreal forest. Swarbrick, Vanessa*,1, 2, Vetter, Mary 1, 1 Luther College, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada2 Spencer Environmental Management Services Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VIA, SARA	Geographical variation in ecological specialization: Pea aphids 125 years after introduction to North America. Via, Sara*,1, 1 University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VIALATTE, AUDE	Dynamics of plant use of a pest insect in an agricultural landscape studied using isotopic and molecular analyses. Vialatte, Aude1, 2, Rivot, Etienne1, Fabre, Frédéric1, Simon, Jean-Christophe1, Dedryver, Charles-Antoine1, Plantegenest, Manuel1, 1 Agrocampus, Rennes, France2 Makhteshim Agan, Paris, France FULL ABSTRACT
VIAU, ANDRE	Taxonomic resolution and the postglacial history of the forests of eastern North America: Analysis from the North American Pollen Database. Finkelstein, Sarah*,1, Gajewski, Konrad1, Viau, Andre1, 1 University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VICKERY, BARBARA	Utility of conservation theory: A practitioner perspective. Groves, Craig *,1, Vickery, Barbara 1, 1 Wildlife Conservation Society, Bozeman, MT FULL ABSTRACT
VICKERY, JULIET	The importance of landscape context and spatial scale in the distribution of farmland birds in the UK. Atkinson, Phil*,1, Gillings, Simon*,1, Robinson, Rob*,1, Siriwardena, Gavin*,1, Vickery, Juliet*,1, 1 British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford, Norfolk, UK FULL ABSTRACT
VIDAL DA SILVA, VIVIANE	185 The fragmented Atlantic forest, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Landscape mosaics and mammal potential occurrence. Oliveira, Maria Elaine*,1, Vivas, Dácio1, Vidal da Silva, Viviane1, Oliveira, Luiz Flamarion2, 1 Programa de Pós-Graduação Ciência Ambiental, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil2 Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil FULL ABSTRACT
VIEIRA, IMA	69 The survival of species with different life strategies and their influence on the regeneration of a small fragment of tropical forest in northeastern Brazil. Figueiredo, Nivaldo*,1, Vieira, Ima*,2, 1 Universidade Federal do Maranhão-UFMA, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil2 Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi-MPEG, Belém, Pará, Brazil FULL ABSTRACT
VIERS, JOSHUA	Patterns of regional and local diversity in the California Bay-Delta ecoregion and its watersheds: Lessons for riparian restoration and monitoring. Viers, Joshua *,1, 2, 3, Thorne, James1, 2, 4, Vaghti, Mehrey5, Quinn, James1, 2, 3, 1 Department of Environmental Science & Policy, Davis, CA, USA2 California Information Node (CAIN), Davis, CA, USA3 John Muir Institute of the Environment, Davis, CA, USA4 Conservation International, Washington, DC, USA5 Placer County Land Trust, Auburn, CA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VIERS, JOSHUA	SPIRE: Semantic Web applications for biodiversity and invasive species. Quinn, James*,1, 2, 3, Hollander, Allan1, 2, Thorne, James1, 2, 4, Viers, Joshua1, 2, 3, 1 Information Center for the Environment, Davis, CA, USA2 California Information Node (CAIN), Davis, CA, USA3 John Muir Institute of the Environment, Davis, CA, USA4 Conservation International, Washington, DC, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VILE, DENIS	Comparative ecology as a tool for integrating across scales. Shipley, Bill*,1, Vile, Denis1, 2, 1 Département de biologie, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada2 Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, Montpellier, France FULL ABSTRACT
VILE, MELANIE	Carbon fluxes from drought-stressed fens in boreal, western, continental Canada. Vile, Melanie1, Wieder, R. Kelman2, Vitt, Dale3, Scott, Kimberli2, Kamminga, Katherine2, 1 Patrick Center for Environmental Research, Philadelphia, PA, USA2 Department of Biology, Villanova, PA, USA3 Department of Plant Biology, Carbondale, IL, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VILE, MELANIE	Pathways of anaerobic carbon flow in peatlands. Bridgham, Scott*,1, Keller, Jason2, Vile, Melanie3, 1 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA2 University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, USA3 The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadephia, PA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VILGALYS, RYTAS	Ectomycorrhizal fungi and elevated CO2: Community response and ecosystem consequences. Parrent, Jeri*,1, Morris, William1, Vilgalys, Rytas1, 1 Duke University, Durham, NC FULL ABSTRACT
VILGALYS, RYTAS	175 Molecular analysis of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with two Southeastern tree species. Hersh, Michelle1, Vilgalys, Rytas1, Clark, James1, 1 Duke University, Durham, NC, United States FULL ABSTRACT
VILLALPANDO, SHAWN	Scirtid beetles, resource levels, and insect assemblages: Investigating processing chains and community structure in treeholes. Burkhart, John*,1, Smith, Leslie1, Villalpando, Shawn 2, Kegan, Ben1, Paradise, Chris1, 1 Davidson College, Davidson, NC2 Appalachian State University, Boone, NC FULL ABSTRACT
VILLARD, MARC	The case for ecological thresholds: Birds in managed forest landscapes as a focal system. Guénette, Jean1, Robichaud, Isabelle*,1, Villard, Marc1, 1 Chaire de recherche du Canada en conservation des paysages, Moncton, NB, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VILLARD, MARC-ANDRE	Long-distance dispersal and source-sink dynamics in songbirds. Tittler, Rebecca*,1, Fahrig, Lenore1, Villard, Marc-Andre2, 1 Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Lab, Ottawa, ON, Canada2 Canada Research Chair in Landscape Conservation, Moncton, NB, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VINCENT, BRETAGNOLLE	Seabirds spatio-temporal distribution : monthly variations and pattern stability. Grégoire, Certain*,1, Vincent, Bretagnolle1, 1 Centre d'étude Biologique de Chizé - CNRS UPR 1934, Beauvoir sur Niort, France FULL ABSTRACT
VINCENT, CHARLES	224 Seasonal abundance of Lygus lineolaris in Quebec vineyard and its effect on yield. Fleury, Dominique*,1, 2, Vincent, Charles1, Mauffette, Yves2, 1 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada2 Université du Québec À Montréal (ESI), Montréal, Québec, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VINCENT, CHARLES	229 Spider assemblages in apple orchards: how adjacent habitat structure influences potential source populations. Sackett, Tara*,1, 2, Buddle, Chris1, Vincent, Charles2, 1 McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada2 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VINCENT, WARWICK	229 Mapping cyanobacteria blooms in Lake Champlain at multiple scales: a comparison of three satellites. Wheeler, Sarah1, Morrissey, Leslie*,1, Levine, Suzanne1, Vincent, Warwick2, 1 University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA2 Universite Laval, Quebec City, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VINEBROOKE, ROLF	90 Effects of the crayfish Orconectes virilis on a recovering acidified lake ecosystem: A reintroduction or an invasion? Phillips, Iain*,1, Vinebrooke, Rolf1, 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VINEBROOKE, ROLF	203 Stoichiometric effects of climate regimes on planktonic food for herbivores. Clark, Michael Rawson*,1, Graham, Mark1, Christensen, Michael1, Vinebrooke, Rolf1, 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Edmonton, AB, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VINOGRADOVA, ELENA	4 Climate reconstruction of northern Black Sea coast during the Late Holocene from proxy data (Historical documentation and fossil pollen analysis). Bodyul, Olga*,1, Dubro, Irina, Lugovoy, Oleg, Vinogradova, Elena, 1 Odessa State Academy of Refrigeration, Odessa, Ukraine FULL ABSTRACT
VINTON, MARYANN	33 Using hyperspectral imagery to address grassland conservation issues in the Loess Hills of Iowa and Nebraska. Vinton, MaryAnn*,1, Ramage, Joan2, 1 Department of Biology, Omaha, NE, USA2 Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bethlehem, PA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VINTON, MARYANN	72 Plant-soil feedbacks contribute to the persistence of Bromus inermis in tallgrass prairie. Goergen, Erin*,1, Vinton, MaryAnn2, 1 Ecology, Evolution & Conservation Biology Graduate Group, Reno, NV, USA2 Biology Department, Omaha, NE, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VIRGINIA, ROSS	Soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across a latitudinal gradient in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Barrett, John*,1, Virginia, Ross1, Wall, Diana2, Adams, Bryon3, Cary, Craig4, 1 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA2 Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Ft. Collins, CO, USA3 Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA4 University of Delaware, Lewes, DE, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VIRGINIA, ROSS	66 Sources of soil moisture and their impacts on soil biodiversity in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Nkem, Johnson*,1, Wall, Diana1, Virginia, Ross2, Barrett, John2, Adams, Byron3, 1 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA2 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA3 Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VIRGINIA, ROSS	127 Phosphorus cycling across a soil chronosequence in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. Bate, D*,1, Barrett, J1, Virginia, Ross1, 1 Environmental Studies Program, Hanover, NH, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VIRGINIA, ROSS	112 Nitrate accumulation and cycling in hot and cold desert ecosystems. Virginia, Ross*,1, Barrett, J1, Stucker, Rebekka1, Poage, Michael2, Lyons, William3, 1 Environmental Studies Program, Hanover, NH, USA2 Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, USA3 Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, OH, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VIRTANEN, TARMO	Use of satellite image classification to scale up the carbon stocks and fluxes in tundra ecosystems. Virtanen, Tarmo*,1, 5, Heikkinen, Juha*,2, 4, Kuhry, Peter*,3, Martikainen, Pertti*,4, Mikkola, Kari*,5, Nikula, Ari*,5, 1 Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Helsinki, Finland5 Rovaniemi Research Station, Rovaniemi, Finland2 Employment and Economic Development Centre, Oulu, Finland4 Department of Environmental Sciences, Kuopio, Finland3 Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm, Sweden FULL ABSTRACT
VIS, CHANTAL	Vertical distribution of epiphyton metabolism in different types of macrophyte stands. Vis, Chantal*,1, Hudon, Christiane1, Carignan, Richard2, 1 St. Lawrence Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada2 Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VISCIDO, STEVEN	Estimating the population interactions and community stability from long-term datasets. Viscido, Steven*,1, Holmes, Eli1, 1 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VISSCHER, DARCY	Landscape Patterns And Movement Strategies Alter Wolf-Elk Encounter Rates In The East Slopes Of Alberta. Merrill, Evelyn*,1, Haydon, Daniel1, Beyer, Hawthorne 1, Frair, Jacqui1, Visscher, Darcy 1, Webb, Nate 1, 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VISSCHER, DARCY	Trading off food and risk: do elk in cutblocks modify residency time or visitation rate? Visscher, Darcy *,1, Merrill, Evelyn1, Beyer, Hawthorne1, Frair, Jacqueline1, 1 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VISSCHER, DARCY	Estimating resource use along animal paths: a diffusion model approach. Beyer, Hawthorne*,1, Frair, Jacqueline1, Merrill, Evelyn1, Lewis, Mark1, Visscher, Darcy1, Boyce, Mark1, 1 University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CANADA FULL ABSTRACT
VISSER, JENNEKE	The effect of multiple stressors on salt marsh end-of-season biomass. Visser, Jenneke*,1, Sasser, Charles1, 1 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana FULL ABSTRACT
VISSER, PETRA	Climate change and harmful algal blooms: bridging competition theory, lab studies and lake experiments. Huisman, Jef*,1, Johnk, Klaus1, Sharples, Jonathan2, Stroom, Jasper3, Sommeijer, Ben4, Visser, Petra1, 1 University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands2 Proudman Oceanographic Labs, Liverpool, United Kingdom3 Water Board Rijnland, Leiden, Netherlands4 Center for Mathematics and Computer Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VISSER, UTE	Biological control in fragmented landscapes: Survival and parasitation in a spatially explicit host-parasitoid model. Visser, Ute 1, Wiegand, Kerstin2, Johst, Karin1, Koehler, Wolfgang3, 1 UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany2 Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany3 Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany FULL ABSTRACT
VISTA, CONSORTIUM	Plant functional traits to scale from plant and community response to land use changes to ecosystem function. LAVOREL, Sandra1, GARNIER, Eric2, VISTA, consortium3, 1 Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, Grenoble, France2 Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Montpellier, France3 EU contract, EVK2-2002-00168 FULL ABSTRACT
VITER, IRINA	210 The influence of original local biogeochemical anomalies of salts on the destruction of valuable species of urban plants. Viter, Irina1, Danielova, Irina*,2, Danielov, Sergey*,3, 1 Moscow University, Moscow, Russian Federation2 Moscow University, Moscow, Russian Federation3 Moscow University, Moscow, Russian Federation FULL ABSTRACT
VITOUSEK, PETER	Controls on the occurrence and activity of a nitrogen-fixing epiphytic lichen in tropical forests of varying nutrient status. Benner, Jon*,1, Lunch, Claire1, Conroy, Shannon 1, Vitousek, Peter1, 1 Stanford University, Stanford, CA FULL ABSTRACT
VITOUSEK, PETER	Precipitation and nitrogen loss from nitrogen-limited grassland. Perakis, Steven *,1, 2, Kellogg, Chev3, Vitousek, Peter4, 1 USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis, OR, USA2 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA3 University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA4 Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VITOUSEK, PETER	Fire reverses the interactive effects of elevated CO2 and N deposition on grassland productivity. Henry, Hugh*,1, Chiariello, Nona2, Vitousek, Peter1, Field, Christopher3, 1 Stanford University, Stanford, CA2 Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford, CA3 Carnegie Institution, Stanford, CA FULL ABSTRACT
VITOUSEK, PETER	Airborne remote sensing of invasive species and their effects on canopy chemistry. Asner, Gregory*,1, Vitousek, Peter2, 1 Department of Global Ecology, Stanford, CA, USA2 Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VITOUSEK, PETER	Foliar nutrients and 15N in tropical forests: From Hawaii to the continents. Vitousek, Peter*,1, Martinelli, Luiz 2, Nardoto, Gabriela 2, Townsend, Alan3, 1 Stanford University, Stanford, CA2 University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil3 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO FULL ABSTRACT
VITOUSEK, PETER	Stoichiometry and growth rate in pines. Matzek, Virginia*,1, Vitousek, Peter1, 1 Stanford University, Stanford, CA FULL ABSTRACT
VITOUSEK, PETER	138 The biodiversity value of human-dominated land use in Hawaii. Pejchar, Liba*,1, Daily, Gretchen1, Goldman, Becca1, Vitousek, Peter2, 1 Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford, CA, USA2 Biological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VITOUSEK, PETER	113 Effects of phylogeny and nutrient availability on Hawaiian fern stoichiometry. Amatangelo, Kathryn*,1, Vitousek, Peter1, 1 Stanford University, Stanford, CA FULL ABSTRACT
VITOUSEK, PETER	Top down and bottom up determination of nutrient availability across a tropical landscape in Kaua'i, Hawai'i. Porder, Stephen *,1, Asner, Gregory 2, Vitousek, Peter1, 1 Dept. of Biological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA2 Dept. of Global Ecology, Stanford, CA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VITT, DALE	Carbon fluxes from drought-stressed fens in boreal, western, continental Canada. Vile, Melanie1, Wieder, R. Kelman2, Vitt, Dale3, Scott, Kimberli2, Kamminga, Katherine2, 1 Patrick Center for Environmental Research, Philadelphia, PA, USA2 Department of Biology, Villanova, PA, USA3 Department of Plant Biology, Carbondale, IL, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VITT, DALE	Reestablishment of the ground layer after fire and associated carbon storage. Benscoter, Brian*,1, Vitt, Dale1, 1 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VITT, DALE	PEATNET: A new initiative to coordinate research in boreal peatlands. Vitt, Dale*,1, 1 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VIVANCO, JORGE	Dual role for an allelochemical: (±)-catechin from Centaurea maculosa root exudates regulates conspecific seedling establishment. Perry, Laura*,1, Paschke, Mark1, Vivanco, Jorge1, 1 Center For Rhizosphere Biology, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VIVANCO, LUCíA	Standing dead and litter position determine patterns of decomposition in a semiarid shrub steppe of Patagonia, Argentina. Austin, Amy*,1, 2, Gonzalez Polo, Marina1, Vivanco, Lucía 1, Sala, Osvaldo 2, 1 University of Buenos Aires and IFEVA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA2 Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VIVANCO, LUCíA	123 Tree species' effects on litter decomposition in a natural forest mosaic in Patagonia, Argentina. Vivanco, Lucía*,1, Austin, Amy T.1, 1 University of Buenos Aires and IFEVA-CONICET, Buenos aires, Argentina FULL ABSTRACT
VIVAS, DáCIO	185 The fragmented Atlantic forest, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Landscape mosaics and mammal potential occurrence. Oliveira, Maria Elaine*,1, Vivas, Dácio1, Vidal da Silva, Viviane1, Oliveira, Luiz Flamarion2, 1 Programa de Pós-Graduação Ciência Ambiental, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, RJ, Brazil2 Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil FULL ABSTRACT
VOELKER, STEVEN	Human-drought-fire-interactions in Ozark forests. Muzika, Rose-Marie*,1, Guyette, Richard 1, Voelker, Steven1, Stambaugh, Michael1, 1 University of Missouri, Columbia, MO FULL ABSTRACT
VOGAN, PATRICK	37 Photosynthesis in C3-C4 intermediate species of Heliotropium. Vogan, Patrick*,1, Sage, Rowan1, 1 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VOGEL, COLLEEN	New research challenges for Earth system sciences during the Anthropocene. Brasseur, Guy *,1, Vogel, Colleen *,1, 1 Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany FULL ABSTRACT
VOGEL, JASON	The impact of permafrost thawing and subsequent vegetation change on the seasonal C dynamics of an arctic tundra ecosystem. Vogel, Jason1, Schuur, Edward1, Crummer, K. Grace1, 1 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL FULL ABSTRACT
VOGELBEIN, WOLFGANG	Genetic diversity and differentiation of populations in a PAH-contaminated habitat mosaic. Newman, Michael*,1, Mulvey, Margaret1, Unger, Michael 1, Vogelbein, Wolfgang1, 1 College of William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VOGELMANN, THOMAS	Processing of diffuse and collimated light in leaves with glabrous or lenticular epidermal cell shape. Brodersen, Craig *,1, Vogelmann, Thomas 1, 1 University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VOGELSANG, KEITH	68 The interactive effects of mycorrhizal species identity and phosphorus availability influence plant community structure in a tallgrass prairie system. Vogelsang, Keith*,1, Reynolds, Heather1, Bever, James1, 1 Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A. FULL ABSTRACT
VOGT, RICHARD	The relationship between taxonomic and functional diversity: Evidence from diatom communities. Vogt, Richard *,1, Beisner, Beatrix1, Prairie, Yves 1, 1 Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada FULL ABSTRACT
VOJINOVIC-MILORADOV, MIRJANA	Ecological state of selected urban locations in Serbia after the Balkan conflict. Vojinovic-Miloradov, Mirjana1, 2, Kovacevic, Radmila 1, Adamov, Jasna 1, Holoubek, Ivan3, Klanova, Jana 3, Jovetic, Stanka1, 1 University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia/Vojvodina, Serbia and Montenegro2 University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia/Vojvodina, Serbia and Montenegro3 RECETOX-TOCOEN & Associates, Brno, Czech Republic FULL ABSTRACT
VOJTEK, STACEY	Testing if an interactive computer package works better than a text in teaching numerical ecology to non-scientists. Suffling, Roger*,1, Vojtek, Stacey2, Salter, Diane3, Schoner, Vivian3, Harrigan, Kevin2, 1 The School of Planning, Waterloo, On, N2L 3G12 Dept. of Environment and Resource Studies, Waterloo, On, N2L 3G13 The Centre for Learning & Teaching Through Technology (LT3), Waterloo, On, N2l 3G1 FULL ABSTRACT
VOLDER, ASTRID	35 Experimental warming and altered rainfall distribution in southern oak savanna: Leaf-level gas exchange. Tjoelker, Mark1, Volder, Astrid1, Briske, David1, 1 Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas FULL ABSTRACT
VOLDER, ASTRID	38 Experimental warming and altered rainfall distribution in southern oak savanna: plant-soil water relations. Volder, Astrid*,1, Briske, David1, Tjoelker, Mark1, 1 Texas A&M University, College Station, TX FULL ABSTRACT
VOLDER, ASTRID	4 Experimental warming and altered rainfall distribution in southern oak savanna: infrastructure, design and plant growth responses. Briske, David*,1, Tjoelker, Mark1, Volder, Astrid1, 1 Texas A&M University, College Station FULL ABSTRACT
VON ARNOLD, KARIN	163 Total N2O emissions from drained forest histosols in Sweden – an upscaling based on C:N ratios. Gustafsson, Maria*,1, von Arnold, Karin1, Stendahl, Johan2, Olsson, Mats2, Klemedtsson, Leif1, 1 Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden2 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden FULL ABSTRACT
VON HOLLE, BETSY	Patterns and mechanisms of plant invasibility across spatial scales: A case study of coastal northeastern U.S. Von Holle, Betsy *,1, Foster, David1, Motzkin, Glenn, 1 Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA FULL ABSTRACT
VON OETTINGEN, SUSANA	Roosting and foraging habitat of the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) at multiple scales. Watrous, Kristen*,1, Donovan, Therese1, Darling, Scott2, Hicks, Alan3, Von Oettingen, Susana4, 1 U.S. Geloogical Survey, Burlington, VT, USA2 Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, Rutland, VT, USA3 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY, USA4 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Concord, NH, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VON WETTBERG, ERIC	Landscape genetics of shade avoidance responses in Impatiens capensiss, a North American annual. von Wettberg, Eric*,1, Remington, David2, Schmitt, Johanna1, 1 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Providence, RI, USA2 Department of Biology, Greensboro, NC, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VOORHEES, LARRY	112 Earth observation data at multiple scales. Voorhees, Larry*,1, Cook, Robert*,1, Rhyne, B*,1, 1 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VOS, CLAIRE	Choosing the safest route when homing to the pond: Frog orientation in an agricultural landscape. Mazerolle, Marc*,1, 2, 3, Vos, Claire1, 1 Alterra Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, The Netherlands2 Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada3 USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VOSE, JAMES	Impact of insect outbreaks on watershed hydrologic dynamics based on a 70-year stream flow record in the southern Appalachian Mountains (Coweeta LTER). Kloeppel, Brian*,1, Vose, James2, Swank, Wayne2, Riedel, Mark2, 1 University of Georgia, Otto, NC, USA2 USDA Forest Service, Otto, NC, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VOURLITIS, GEORGE	N storage and cycling in chaparral and coastal sage scrub ecosystems in response to experimental N deposition: Preliminary results. Vourlitis, George*,1, Zorba, Gypsi1, Pasquini, Sarah1, Mustard, Robert1, Davis, Kim1, 1 Bioological Sciences Department, San Marcos, CA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VOURLITIS, GEORGE	Seasonal variations in C and water cycling of a tropical transitional forest. Vourlitis, George*,1, Priante-Filho, Nicolau2, de Souza Nogueira, Jose2, de Almeida Lobo, Francisco2, Raiter, Fernando3, Valentini, Carla2, 1 Department of Biological Sciences, San Marcos, CA, USA2 Departamento de Fisica, Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil3 Instituto Universitario do Norte Matogrossense, Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil FULL ABSTRACT
VOURLITIS, GEORGE	8 The Effects of Anthropogenic Nitrogen Deposition on the Gas Exchange of Native Southern California Chaparral and Coastal Sage Scrub Species. Davis, Kimberly1, Vourlitis, George1, 1 California State University, San Marcos, San Marcos, CA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VOURLITIS, GEORGE	134 Effects of nitrogen deposition on coastal sage scrub and chaparral growth responses in southern California. Pasquini, Sarah *,1, Vourlitis, George1, 1 Biological Sciences Department, San Marcos, CA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VOURLITIS, GEORGE	Soil N and P storage and cycling in semi-arid shrublands exposed to high atmospheric N deposition. Vourlitis, George*,1, Zorba, Gypsi1, Pasquini, Sarah1, 1 Biological Sciences Department, San Marcos, CA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VRIESENDORP, CORINE	Tree seedling mortality as a function of conspecific adult and seedling densities and light availability in a wet tropical forest. Kobe, Richard*,1, Vriesendorp, Corine2, 1 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 488242 Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL FULL ABSTRACT
VUKOMANOVIC, DRAGIC	212 Phenazine antibiotics derived from environmental organisms: role in rhizosphere ecology and pathogen suppression. Vukomanovic, Dragic*,1, Cutler, Joshua2, Dinon, Sarah2, Rasch, Jennifer2, Rajaniemi, Tara2, Scarano, Frank3, 1 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, U.S.A.2 Department of Biology, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, U.S.A.3 Department of Medical Lab. Science, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, U.S.A FULL ABSTRACT
VUONG, JULIE	170 Temporal and spatial variation of nearground atmospheric carbon dioxide in a mixed hardwood-hemlock forest in central Massachusetts. Sipe, Timothy*,1, Clowers, Jennifer1, Sanchez Sierra, Alejandro1, Vuong, Julie1, 1 Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
VYVERMAN, WIM	Community structure in multiple aquatic organism groups: Patterns of concordance along gradients of water plant cover, total phosphorus, connectedness and lake size. Declerck, Steven*,1, Jeppesen, Erik2, 6, Vyverman, Wim3, Conde Porcuna, José Maria4, Zwart, Gabriel5, De Meester, Luc1, 1 Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology, KULeuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium2 National Environmental Research Institute, 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark6 Dept. of Plant Biology, University of Aarhus, 8230 Riskov, Denmark3 Section of Protistology and Aquatic Ecology, Ugent, 9000 Gent, Belgium4 Institute of Water Research, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain5 Centre for Limnology, NIOO-KNAW, 3631 Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands FULL ABSTRACT
VöLK, FRIEDRICH	Reducting habitat fragmentation: Strategies, scales, and implementation in Austria. Zink, Richard*,1, Grillmayer, Roland2, Reimoser, Friedrich1, Völk, Friedrich3, Woess, Mark4, 1 University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Vienna, Austria2 University of Natural Resource and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Vienna, Austria3 Austrian Federal Forest, Purkersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria4 Upper Austrian Authority, Linz, Upper Austria, Austria FULL ABSTRACT