Decadal declines in bird abundance and diversity in urban riparian zones
Poster Number: 80 Presenter/Primary Author: Mélanie Banville Riparian zones provide critical resources for wildlife, and are hotspots for biodiversity.
Arthropods and nutrient mineralization in green litter decomposition in a simulated hurricane experiment.
Poster Number: 79 Presenter/Primary Author: Ivia Moreno Hurricanes generate disturbances in forests such as canopy opening, fallen trees and leaves which in turn alter physicochemical characteristics of the habitat, as well as, decomposer activity and n
Effects of a gradient in herbivore pressure on coral reef algal community dynamics
Poster Number: 77 Presenter/Primary Author: Samantha Davis Top-down control by herbivores has been implicated as a key process influencing transitions among coral community states, especially in cases of algal dominance on Caribbean reefs.
Bioerosion by the sea urchin Echinometra mathaei modulates coral recruitment in Moorea, French Polynesia
Poster Number: 67 Presenter/Primary Author: Stella Swanson Bioerosion on coral reefs is generally accepted as a detrimental process favoring the loss of coral and weakening the calcareous framework. However, it is possible that increasing
Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) assemblages in aspen-dominated versus black spruce-dominated post-fire successional trajectories in boreal black spruce forest of interior Alaska
Poster Number: 59 Presenter/Primary Author: Alexandria Wenninger Research suggests that climate warming will cause an increase in fire frequency and severity in Alaskan boreal forests, increasing the proportion of younger successional forests over time, and shif
