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Poster Session A - Ecology Posters

• Describing Ecosystem Shifts in Rangelands Using Data-Driven State and Transition Models Emily Kachergis, Maria Fernandez-Gimenez and Monique Rocca

• Prediction, Detection, and Monitoring of Invasive Species in Forest, Rangeland, and Aquatic Ecosystems: A Synthesis of USDA Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Research Station Research Program Mee-Sook Kim and Jack L. Butler

• Native Grass Characteristics within Xeroriparian Communities of the Barry M. Goldwater Range-East, Arizona Eva Osmer and Jeffery S. Fehmi

• Rangeland Assessment and Update of Soil – Ecological Site Correlation for Dinosaur National Monument Mathew K. Barnes, Herman B. Garcia and Steve Park

• The Interacting Effects of Grazing and Productivity on Carabid Beetle and Spider Communities in Semi-Arid Grasslands Eleanor R. Bassett, Lauchlan H. Fraser and Karl Larsen

• Characterization of the Population Structures in the Wildland Collections of Dalea ornata and D. searlsiae from the Western US Kishor Bhattarai, B. Shaun Bushman, Douglas A. Johnson and John G. Carman

• Mongolian Rangelands and Resilience (MOR2): Transcending Boundaries in Collaborative Research Planning Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez, Batkhishig Baival, Steven Fassnacht, Corrie Knapp, Melinda Laituri, Robin Reid and Jessica Thompson

• Development of a Simulation Modeling Tool to Evaluate Ecological Impacts of Livestock Grazing in the Eastern Sierra of California David W. Martin, Terry McLendon, Cade Coldren, Mike Childress and Joe Trlica

• Successional Changes of Native and Modified Plant Communities of the Rough Fescue Ecological Site in Alberta Michael G. Willoughby and Michael J. Alexander

• Plant and Soil Transitions Due to Conifer Encroachment in Aspen Stands of Lassen Volcanic Park, California Sarah A. McCullough, Kenneth W. Tate, Michael L. Whiting and Anthony T. O’Geen

• Effects of Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) on Short Grass Vegetation of the Chalk Flats Region of Western Kansas Dustin H. Tacha, Charles D. Lee, Robert A. Nicholson and Rob Channell

• Age and Cultivar Effects on Heavy Metal and Metalloid Concentration in Alfalfa Elisabeth Poscher, Michael P. Schellenberg, John M. Clarke, Myriam R. Fernandez and Tom N. McCaig

• Denitrification as a Function of Moisture Gradients and Annual Livestock Utilization in Upper Montane Meadows of the Central Sierra Nevada Leslie M. Roche, K.W. Tate, A.T. O’Geen and D.J. Eastburn

• Ecological Site Descriptions as a Management Tool: Results of an SRM Workshop Joel Brown, Wendell Gilgert, Terry Messmer, Mark Brunson and Jeremy Maestas

• Effects of Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) and Cattle on Vegetation Composition and Disappearance in the Mixed-Grass Prairie Melissa L. Staples, Patricia S. Johnson, Lan Xu and Alexander J. Smart

• Setting the Stage to Enhance Ecological Site Description Applications to Wildlife Management in Sagebrush Ecosystems: A 2007 Society for Range Management Workshop Wendell Gilgert and Joel Brown

• Litter Decomposition in a Sierra Nevada Riparian Meadow as a Function of Plant Species, Distance from Stream Edge, and Grazing Edward A. Vasquez, Gregg M. Riegel and Tony J. Svejcar

• Adapting Ecological Sites Descriptions to Enhance Wildlife Management: Lessons Learned from the 2007 Society for Range Management Workshop Jeremy Maestas, Terry A. Messmer and Joel Brown

• The Effect of Brush Mowing on Invertebrate Populations in Sagebrush Ecosystems Lars Santana, Tom Eager, Kevin Alexander, Evan Bulla and Angel Watkins

• Enhancing Knowledge of Rangeland Ecological Processes with Benchmark Ecological Sites William G. Ypsilantis, Michael “Sherm” Karl, Tim Bottomley, Pete Biggam, Anthony O’Geen, Curtis Talbot, Lyn Townsend, Brandon Bestelmeyer and Randy Davis

• Distribution of Switchgrass in Mexico Juan M. Martinez Reyna

• Management Effects on Dynamic Soil Properties in the Northern Great Plains Stanley C. Boltz and Rick Bednarek

• Grazing and Grazing Exclusion Effects on Chihuahuan Desert Vegetation Trends Francisco Molinar, Joseph Navarro, Jerry Holechek, Dee Gault, and Milt Thomas