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LABRADA PONS, MIRIAM	162 Ecological impacts and management in the Biosphere Reserve Cienaga de Zapata, Cuba. Labrada Pons, Miriam*,1, Luis Machín, Jorge1, Zamora Pérez, Ida 1, Borroto Páez, Rafael2, Oviedo Prieto, Ramona2, Felipe Pérez, León3, Cotayo Rodríguez, Lázaro4, 1 Instituto de Geografía Tropical, Ciudad de la Habana, La Habana, Cuba2 Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Ciudad de la Habana, La Habana, Cuba3 Unidad de Medio Ambiente, Playa Larga, Matanzas, Cuba4 Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata, Playa Larga, Matanzas, Cuba FULL ABSTRACT
LADLE, RICHARD J.	121 Perceptions of Amazonian deforestation in the British and Brazilian media: Whose nature? Mendes Malhado, Ana Claudia*,1, Ladle, Richard J.1, Roman-Cuesta, Rosa Maria1, 1 University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom FULL ABSTRACT
LAFFERTY, KEVIN	17 The introduced ribbed mussel (Geukensia demissa) in Estero de Punta Banda, Mexico: Interactions with the native cord grass, Spartina foliosa. Torchin, Mark1, Hechinger, Ryan 2, Huspeni, Todd*,2, Whitney, Kathleen 2, Lafferty, Kevin 3, 1 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, APO, AA2 University Of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA3 USGS, Santa Barbara, CA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LAGOS, BERNARDO	114 Origin, spatio-temporal dynamics and environmental factors related to groundwater microbiological contamination at a dryland rural watershed. Valenzuela , Mariela *,1, Mondaca, Maria Angelica 2, Claret, Marcelino3, Lagos, Bernardo 4, Perez, Claudio 3, Parra, Oscar 1, 1 Centro de Ciencias Ambientales EULA - Chile, Concepción, Chile2 Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Concepción, Chile3 Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias INIA Quilamapu, Chillán, Chile4 Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Concepción, Chile FULL ABSTRACT
LALANNE, ANDRMISSING CHARACTER ENTITY: EACUTES	129 Project of clean production and pollution reduction caused by industrial efluents. Demonstrative cases in Uruguay. Lorenzo Rodríguez, Dinorah1, Lalanne, Andrés2, 1 Facultad de Química, Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay2 Facultad de Química, Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay FULL ABSTRACT
LAM, MIMI	Faustian salmonid ecologies. Lam, Mimi*,1, Gonzalez-Plaza, Roberto, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LANA, MARCOS ALBERTO	117 Cover crops use in the management of weed communities: A strategy for transition to agroecology. Lana, Marcos Alberto *,1, Lovato, Paulo Emílio, 1 Mestrado em Agroecossitemas - CCA/UFSC, Florianópolis, SC FULL ABSTRACT
LAPORTE, NADINE	138 Ecological monitoring of Africa using satellite remote sensing. Laporte, Nadine*,1, 1 The Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, MA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LARREGUY, CECILIA	120 Litter decomposition in water limited ecosystems and under grazing in N Patagonia. Carrera, Analía Lorena1, Bertiller, Mónica Beatriz1, Sain, Claudia Leticia1, Larreguy, Cecilia2, Vargas, Dariana Noé 1, 1 Centro Nacional Patagónico (CENPAT-CONICET), Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina2 Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Jun Bosco (UNPSJB), Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina FULL ABSTRACT
LASH, JONATHAN	Ecosystems, risk, and opportunity: The business Ccase. Lash, Jonathan*,1, 1 World Resources Institute, Washington, DC, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LATOURNERIE-MORENO, LUIS	108 In situ conservation of agricultural biodiversity of Milpa in Yucatan. Arias-Reyes, Luis1, Latournerie-Moreno, Luis2, Jarvis, Devra3, Williams, David3, Chavez-Servia, Jose3, Sauri-Duch, Enrique4, 1 Cinvestav-IPN Unidad Merida, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico2 Instituto Tecnologico Agropecuario # 2, Conkal, Yucatan, Mexico3 International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Rome, Italy4 Instituto Tecnologica de Merida, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico FULL ABSTRACT
LAWRENCE, DEBORAH	The ecological legacy of land use change: How shifting cultivation affects soil phosphorus in a Mexican dry tropical forest. Diekmann, Lucy*,1, Lawrence, Deborah2, 1 University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA2 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LAWRENCE, DEBORAH	Is shifting cultivation in southern Mexico sustainable? Lawrence, Deborah*,1, Eaton, James1, Read, Larissa2, 1 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA2 Intermountain Support Office, National Park Service, Lakewood, CO, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LEAL, GUSTAVO	6 The green crab invasion to Patagonia: Understanding the adaptation of the invader to a new environment and predicting its potential impacts. Hidalgo, Fernando*,1, Baron, Pedro2, Bazterrica, Cielo1, Leal, Gustavo2, Silliman, Brian3, Bertness, Mark4, 1 Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina2 CENPAT-CONICET, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina3 Virginia Institute of Marine Science, VA, USA4 Brown University, Providence, RI, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LEAL, SYNARA MATTOS	114 Importance of pollinators for Psidium guajava in Irrigated Valley of the River San Francisco, Brazil. Barreto, Lílian Santos*,1, Leal, Synara Mattos1, Castro, Marina Siqueira1, 2, 1 Empresa Baiana de Desenvolvimento Agrícola (EBDA), Salvador, Bahia, Brasil2 Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasil FULL ABSTRACT
LEEGE, LISSA	3 Predicting the spread of an invasive pine: Do models match reality? Leege, Lissa*,1, 1 Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LICATA, JULIAN	132 Water use efficiency of plant communities in N.W. Patagonia Argentina: Effects of land use changes and availability of water resources. Rivero, Dario *,1, 2, Gyenge, Javier1, 2, Fernandez, Maria Elena1, 2, Licata, Julian 3, Schlichter, Tomas1, Bond, Barbara3, 1 Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria EEA Bariloche, Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina2 CONICET, Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina3 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LIERE, HEIDI	153 Mutualism between a sap-sucking insect and an aggressive ant: how a potentially harmful interaction can actually benefit a coffee plantation. Liere, Heidi*,1, 1 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LIMA, CASSIA	28 The alien species of marmosets (Callithrix spp.) and the endangered golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia): Interspecific interactions in Brasil's Atlantic coast forest fragments. Morais JR., Marcio*,1, 2, Ruiz-Miranda, Carlos1, 2, Lima, Cassia2, Affonso, Adriana1, Martins, Andreia2, Beck, Benjamin3, 1 Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense-Uenf, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil2 Golden Lion Tamarin Association, Casimiro de Abreu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil3 National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LIND, OWEN	124 Analysis of the effect of land use change on the biotic integrity of a large, shallow lake in Central Mexico: A remote sensing approach. Moncayo-Estrada, Rodrigo*,1, 2, White, Joseph2, Lind, Owen2, 1 CIIDIR-Instituto Politecnico Nacional- Michoacan, Jiquilpan, Michoacan, Mexico2 Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LIPHADZI, MMBOFHENI	125 Keeping up with clean water demand while maintaining ecological reserve: A challenge in South Africa. Liphadzi, Mmbofheni *,1, Mitchell, Stephen1, 1 Water Research Commission, Gezina, Gauteng, South Africa FULL ABSTRACT
LIU, WENDY	55 Urban sustainability and forest recovery in developing tropical countries: Linking rural emigration and reforestation of agricultural land. Liu, Wendy*,1, Hennessy, Logan1, Silver, Whendee1, 1 University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LODGE, DAVID	Six degrees of separation? Trade globalization and changing linkages among freshwater ecosystems of the world. Lodge, David*,1, 1 University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LOISELLE, BETTE	51 Oil companies in National Parks: A case study of the Yasuni National Park, Amazonian Ecuador. Fabara, Jose*,1, Loiselle, Bette1, 1 University of Missoury-St.Louis, St Louis, MO, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LOPEZ ALFONSIN, MARCELO	164 Federal system of protected areas and the original peoples: Transformation from "objects" to "subjects" of the law as from the Argentine Constitution Amendment of 1994. Lopez Alfonsin, Marcelo1, 1 , Lujan, Buenos Aires, República Argentina FULL ABSTRACT
LOPEZ BELTRAN, ANA	15 Biogeochemical changes following of buffelgrass establishment in Sonoran Desert. Lopez Robles, Deladier*,1, 2, Lopez Beltran, Ana1, Romo Leon, Jose*,1, 2, Mendez Estrella, Romeo1, Castellanos Villegas, Alejandro1, Koch, George2, Sisk, Thomas2, Gonzalez, Carlos 1, 1 Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico2 Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LOPEZ ROBLES, DELADIER	15 Biogeochemical changes following of buffelgrass establishment in Sonoran Desert. Lopez Robles, Deladier*,1, 2, Lopez Beltran, Ana1, Romo Leon, Jose*,1, 2, Mendez Estrella, Romeo1, Castellanos Villegas, Alejandro1, Koch, George2, Sisk, Thomas2, Gonzalez, Carlos 1, 1 Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico2 Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LOPEZ, OMAR	2 Forest cover change and the success of exotic plant species: A study case from Panama. Lopez, Omar*,1, 1 Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, Panama, Republica de Panama FULL ABSTRACT
LOPEZ-RIVERA, MARIA	118 Impact of a no-take marine fishery reserve and habitat variability on the population and demography of the red hind grouper in Culebra Island, Puerto Rico. Lopez-Rivera, Maria *,1, Sabat, Alberto1, 1 Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LORDA, JULIO	The Panama Canal and its role in the globalization of marine biota. Lorda, Julio*,1, Ruiz, Gregory M.2, 1 Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, Califronia, USA2 SERC, Edgewater, Maryland, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LORDA, JULIO	The Panama Canal and its role in the globalization of marine biota. Lorda, Julio*,1, Ruiz, Gregory M.2, 1 University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA2 SERC, Edgewater, MD, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LORENZO RODRMISSING CHARACTER ENTITY: IACUTEGUEZ, DINORAH	129 Project of clean production and pollution reduction caused by industrial efluents. Demonstrative cases in Uruguay. Lorenzo Rodríguez, Dinorah1, Lalanne, Andrés2, 1 Facultad de Química, Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay2 Facultad de Química, Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay FULL ABSTRACT
LOUGHEED, VANESSA	24 Relationship between invasive salt cedar (Tamarix ramosissima) hydrology and soil salinity at Rio Bosque Wetland, El Paso, TX. Ortega, Claudia*,1, Lougheed, Vanessa1, Tweedie, Craig 1, 1 University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LOVATO, PAULO EMMISSING CHARACTER ENTITY: IACUTELIO	117 Cover crops use in the management of weed communities: A strategy for transition to agroecology. Lana, Marcos Alberto *,1, Lovato, Paulo Emílio, 1 Mestrado em Agroecossitemas - CCA/UFSC, Florianópolis, SC FULL ABSTRACT
LOYO BUENFIL, FIDEL	101 Spatial distribution of Hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata, Linnaeus 1766) nest activity and risky zones in the Biosphere Reserve Ria Celestun from 2002 through 2004. Loyo Buenfil, Fidel*,1, 2, Cuevas Flores, Eduardo2, 1 Instituto Tecnológico Agropecuario No. 2 de Conkal, Mérida, Yucatán, México2 Pronatura Península de Yucatán, A. C., Mérida, Yucatán, México FULL ABSTRACT
LOZA-LEMISSING CHARACTER ENTITY: OACUTEN, JESSICA	120 Homegardens in the semidesert, a water dependent production system. Loza-León, Jessica *,1, Reyes-Agüero, J.2, Carlín-Castelán, F.1, Fortanelli-Martínez, J.2, Ayllón-Trujillo, M.3, 1 1. Programa Multidisciplinario de Posgrado en Ciencias Ambientales, San Luis Potosí, Mexico2 Instituto de Investigación de Zonas Desérticas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico3 Coordinación de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, San Luis Potosí, Mexico FULL ABSTRACT
LOZANO-TREJO, SALVADOR	134 Response and resilience of community capitals to forest fires: Implications for participatory natural resource management. Gutierrez-Montes, Isabel 1, Asbjornsen, Heidi2, Flora, Cornelia2, Flora, Jan2, Blauert, Jutta3, Lozano-Trejo, Salvador4, Garnica-Sanchez, Zenaido5, Castaneda, Javier6, 1 CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica2 Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA3 CIESAS, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico4 Instituto Tecnologico Agropecuario de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico5 CONAFOR, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico6 World Wildlife Fund, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico FULL ABSTRACT
LOZANO-ZAMBRANO, FABIO H.	135 Identification of landscape high-priority elements for the conservation of biodiversity in rural landscapes of Central Andes of Colombia. Mendoza S., Javier Eduardo1, Jiménez, Elizabeth1, Lozano-Zambrano, Fabio H.*,1, Caycedo-Rosales, Paula1, Renjifo, Luis Miguel2, 1 Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia2 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia FULL ABSTRACT
LU, G.	12 Investigating a potential defense gene which confers resistance to soybean cyst nematode, an invasive species. Welch, Venus *,1, Lu, G.2, Hu, X.2, Miller, J.2, 1 Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL, USA2 Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Des Moines, IA, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LUBINSKI, KENNETH	145 Large river rehabilitation within anaAdaptive management framework: Setting achievable goals and objectives. Galat, David*,1, Bernhardt, Emily 2, Lubinski, Kenneth3, Palmer, Margaret4, Theiling, Charles5, Wilcox, Daniel6, 1 U. S Geological Survey, Universtiy of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA2 Duke University, Durham, NC, USA3 U. S. Geological Survey, LaCrosse, WI, USA4 Uinversity of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA5 U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island, IL, USA6 U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul, MN, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LUGO, AURORA	140 Land use patterns in the BOSAWAS Bioreserve, Nicaragua. Lugo, Aurora*,1, Camilo, Gerardo1, 1 Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA FULL ABSTRACT
LUIS MACHMISSING CHARACTER ENTITY: IACUTEN, JORGE	162 Ecological impacts and management in the Biosphere Reserve Cienaga de Zapata, Cuba. Labrada Pons, Miriam*,1, Luis Machín, Jorge1, Zamora Pérez, Ida 1, Borroto Páez, Rafael2, Oviedo Prieto, Ramona2, Felipe Pérez, León3, Cotayo Rodríguez, Lázaro4, 1 Instituto de Geografía Tropical, Ciudad de la Habana, La Habana, Cuba2 Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Ciudad de la Habana, La Habana, Cuba3 Unidad de Medio Ambiente, Playa Larga, Matanzas, Cuba4 Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata, Playa Larga, Matanzas, Cuba FULL ABSTRACT
LUPPI, TOMAS ATILIO	19 Effect of the invasive reef-building polychaeta Ficopomatus enigmaticus on phytoplankton community in a SW Atlantic coastal lagoon. Bruschetti, Carlos Martin*,1, 2, Rosenthal, Alan1, Fanjul, Maria Eugenia1, 2, Luppi, Tomas Atilio1, 2, Iribarne, Oscar Osvaldo1, 2, 1 Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata., Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina2 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Argentina FULL ABSTRACT
LYONS, JOHN	A preliminary distributional assessment of introduced freshwater fishes in Mexican drainages. Mercado-Silva, Norman *,1, Olden, Julian1, Lyons, John2, Contreras-Balderas, Salvador 3, 1 University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA2 State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Monona, WI, USA3 Bioconservación A.C., San Nicolas, Nuevo Leon, Mexico FULL ABSTRACT
LMISSING CHARACTER ENTITY: OACUTEPEZ POMA, ROSARIO	103 Land use change effect on post-fire recovery of plant cover in Guadalest valley. López Poma, Rosario*,1, 2, Bautista Aguilar , Susana1, 1 Departamento de Ecologia, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Alicante, España2 Instituto Politécnico Tomas Katari, Sucre, Bolivia FULL ABSTRACT
LMISSING CHARACTER ENTITY: OACUTEPEZ PMISSING CHARACTER ENTITY: EACUTEREZ, JOEL	141 Gold concentration in mine waste located in Sinaloa State, Mexico: Potential application of the phytomining. Wilson Corral, Victor Manuel1, López Pérez, Joel 2, Arenas Vargas, Miguel 3, Anderson, Christopher4, 1 Centro de Estudios Justo Sierra, Surutato, Sinaloa, México2 Centro de Estudios Justo Sierra, Surutato, Sinaloa, México3 Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México, Distrito Federal, México4 Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand FULL ABSTRACT
LMISSING CHARACTER ENTITY: OACUTEPEZ ROSAS, HUGO	Invasion of a coastal freshwater wetland by the African grass Echinochloa pyramidalis: Effects on vegetation, soil and water, and possibilities of restoration by means of artificial disturbances. López Rosas, Hugo*,1, Moreno-Casasola, Patricia1, 1 Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, México FULL ABSTRACT