Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Schedule of Presentations by UGA Students, Faculty, Postdocs, Staff, and UGA Alumni

Monday, Aug. 12 Ricardo Holdo 1. Woodland-grassland transitions are strongly associated with soil MON 8/12 UGA Odum School of hydrology but not fuel loads or fire in Serengeti savannas 1:30-1:50 PM Ecology Session: COS 9 Environmental Gradients KICC L013 https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/78306

Nicole Gottdenker, 1. Ecological and social mechanisms driving multi-host vector borne MON 8/12 PhD ’09 pathogen transmission in rural landscapes 1:30-2 PM UGA College of Session: SYMP 1 Land Use Change and Vector-Borne Diseases KICC Ballroom E Veterinary Medicine https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/77285

Evelyn Gaiser, PhD '97 2. Hurricanes interact with disturbance legacies to effect MON 8/12 Florida International resilience 1:50-2:10 PM University Session: COS 4 Communities: Disturbance and Recovery I KICC M109/110 https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/79741

Monica Palta, MS '05 7. "Accidental" urban wetlands: Ecosystem functions in unexpected MON 8/12 Pace University places 3:40-4 PM Session: OOS 3 The Novel of Ubiquitous KICC M104 Understudied Urban Wetlands https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/76340

Jennifer Cruse-Sanders 8. The role of botanical gardens and partnership in conserving MON 8/12 UGA State Botanical in the southeastern U.S. 4-4:20 PM Garden of Georgia Session: OOS 1 History, Current Status, and Future of Biodiversity in KICC M103 the Southeast, a Center of Biodiversity in the United States https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/76691

John Kominoski, PhD '08 8. Comparing effects of saltwater intrusion on carbon loss among MON 8/12 Florida International coastal wetland : From monitoring to mechanisms 4-4:20 PM University Session: COS 9 Environmental Gradients KICC L013 https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/78869

Julienne NeSmith 61. Contrasting ecohydrological functional trait relationships in MON 8/12 UGA Odum School of savanna tree and grass species 4:30-6:30 PM Ecology Session: PS 6 Communities: Traits and Functional Diversity KICC Exhibit Hall https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/79384

Doug P. Aubrey 90. Measurements, processes, and pathways toward a mechanistic MON 8/12 Savannah River Ecology understanding of forest respiration 4:30-6:30 PM Lab Session: PS 11 Physiology KICC Exhibit Hall https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/77249

Hayley M.W. Ritger 103. Effects of fire regime on bark beetles and tree defenses in MON 8/12 Joseph W. Jones Center longleaf pine 4:30-6:30 PM at Ichauway Session: PS 12 Plant-Insect Interactions KICC Exhibit Hall https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/78425

Albert J. Meier, PhD '95 131. Dispersal limitation of Phacelia purshii MON 8/12 Western Kentucky Session: PS 16 Seed Production, Dispersal, and 4:30-6:30 PM University https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/79941 KICC Exhibit Hall

UGA UGA Odum School of Ecology Mixer Galt House Hotel, All Ecology alumni, faculty, students, and friends Grand Ballroom C attending ESA are invited!

ESA Annual Meeting Schedule of UGA & UGA Ecology Alumni Presentations, Updated 8/9/2019 1 Tuesday, Aug. 13 Peter Groffman, PhD '84 1. Ecological homogenization of urban America TUE 8/13 Cary Institute of Session: OOS 7 Novel Ecosystem Dynamics in Human Dominated 8-8:20 AM Ecosystem Studies Ecosystems KICC M104 https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/76410

Amy Rosemond 2. Beyond blooms: the critical role of terrestrial carbon in uptake TUE 8/13 UGA Odum School of and retention of nutrients in freshwater ecosystems 8:20-8:40 AM Ecology Session: OOS 8 Nutrients in Freshwater Ecosystems: From Scientific KICC M103 Session: Innovations to Management https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/76399

Elizabeth G. King 3. Interdisciplinary graduate training for addressing wicked TUE 8/13 UGA Odum School of problems 8:40-9 AM Ecology Session: COS 22 Education: Pedagogy KICC L006 https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/79135

A.I. Bento 5. Habitat choice shapes host susceptibility and disease burden TUE 8/13 UGA Odum School of Session: SYMP 4 Crossing the Taxonomic Divide in Disease Ecology 10:10-10:40 AM Ecology https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/76463 KICC Ballroom E

Robert L. Richards 6. The effects of experimental manipulation of predator TUE 8/13 UGA Odum School of communities on multiple parasites in prey populations 3:20-3:40 PM Ecology Session: COS 34 Disease and Epidemiology I KICC L011/012 https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/78281

Coleman Barrie 15. Investigating subsurface flow on a karstic landscape considering TUE 8/13 UGA College of potentiometric surfaces 4:30-6:30 PM Engineering Session: PS 19 Ecological Economics: Resource Management (USSEE) KICC Exhibit Hall https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/79941

Wednesday, Aug. 14 Daniel Becker, PhD '17 2. The macroecology of avian competence for Borrelia burgdorferi WED 8/14 Indiana University Session: COS 46 Diseas3e and Epidemiology II 8:20-8:40 AM https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/77783 KICC L011/012

Douglas R. Leasure, 2. Mapping vulnerable populations at high resolution in countries WED 8/14 former postdoc without recent census data: A hierarchical Bayesian approach 8:20-8:40 AM University of Session: COS 50 Modeling: Populations KICC L013 Southampton https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/77439

C. Rhett Jackson 5. Riparian denitrification prevents groundwater nitrate from WED 8/14 UGA Warnell School of reaching an intermittent blackwater stream 9:20-9:40 AM Forestry and Natural Session: COS 43 Biogeochemistry: Biogeo Patterns Along KICC M111 Resources Environmental Gradients https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/79019

Scott Raulerson 2. Effects of rhododendron removal on summer stream WED 8/14 UGA Warnell School of temperatures, southern Appalachian Mountains 1:50-2:10 PM Forestry and Natural Session: COS 56 Aquatic Ecology: Streams and Rivers KICC M105/106 Resources https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/79015

Katherine Zarada, BS '15 3. Breaking down barriers to near term forecasting through the Near WED 8/14 Boston University Term Ecological Forecasting Initiative (NEFI) 2:10-2:30 PM Session: COS 64 Education: Tools & Technology KICC L004 https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/80067

ESA Annual Meeting Schedule of UGA & UGA Ecology Alumni Presentations, Updated 8/9/2019 2 Wednesday, Aug. 14, cont. Daniel G. Streicker, 4. Better off dead? Ecological insights on the efficacy of culling and WED 8/14 PhD '11 vaccination of vampire bats for rabies control in Latin America 2:30-2:50 PM MRC--University of Session: OOS 19 Ecological Levers to Improve Human Health KICC M103 Glasgow Centre for Virus https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/76064 Research David W.P. Manning, 5. Shifts in post-dam removal fish communities and body size reduce WED 8/14 PhD '15 community-level nutrient excretion rates 2:50-3:10 PM University of Nebraska at Session: COS 56 Aquatic Ecology: Streams and Rivers KICC M105/106 Omaha https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/79599

Gaston (Chip) Small, 6. buildup and loss from garden soils constrains the WED 8/14 PhD '10 ability of urban agriculture to recycle nutrients 3:20-3:40 PM University of Saint Session: COS 62 Ecological Economics: Agriculture / Natural Resources KICC M101/102 Thomas, Minnesota (USSEE) https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/78434

Jacob Allgeier, PhD '13 6. Individual behavior drives ecosystem function and the impacts of WED 8/14 University of Michigan harvest 3:20-3:40 PM Session: COS 63 Ecosystem Function: Biodiversity KICC L006 https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/78788

Scott Oswald 9. Stored carbohydrate responses in trees to chronic differences in WED 8/14 SREL/UGA Warnell soil moisture 4:20-4:40 PM School of Forestry and Session: COS 68 Phenology KICC L015/019 Natural Resources https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/78763

Gabriel W.D. Ferreira 11. Growth and biomass allocation during early loblolly pine TUE 8/13 Savannah River Ecology development as influenced by fertilization and herbicide 4:30-6:30 PM Lab Session: PS 33 Biogeochemistry KICC Exhibit Hall https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/80062

Thursday, Aug. 15 S. Kyle McKay, PhD '14 1. EcoRest: an R package for rapid assessment habitat modeling to THU 8/15 US Army Corps of inform ecosystem management and restoration 8-8:20 AM Engineers Session: COS 79 Modeling II KICC L013 https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/79819

Nina Wurzburger 1. The rise and fall of N fixation following disturbance THU 8/15 UGA Odum School of OOS 223 Not a Quick Fix: The Ecology and Evolution of Session: 8-8:20 AM Ecology Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in a Complex World KICC M104 https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/76314

Hannah Morris 2. Multiple stressors in maritime live oak forests: The effect of THU 8/15 UGA Warnell School of herbivory, drought, and land use legacies on Quercus virginiana and 8:20-8:40 AM Forestry and Natural Q. geminata seedlings KICC L015/019 Resources Session: COS 78 Herbivory https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/79862

Micah Copeland Miles 3. Patterns of amphibian and reptile distributions across an urban to WED 8/14 UGA Warnell School of rural gradient within the Santa Monica Mountains National 9:20-9:40 AM Forestry and Natural Recreation Area KICC M101/102 Resources Session: COS 83 Urban Ecology (USSEE) https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/77459

ESA Annual Meeting Schedule of UGA & UGA Ecology Alumni Presentations, Updated 8/9/2019 3 Thursday, Aug. 15, cont. Sabrie Breland, MS '15 5. Agricultural land-use legacies affect plant-pollinator network THU 8/15 Michigan State University structure after forest restoration 9:20-9:40 AM Session: COS 81 Plant-Insect Interactions I KICC L016 https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/78933

Angela K. Burrow 6. The contribution of wetland succession to declines of threatened THU 8/15 UGA Warnell School of amphibians in the longleaf pine ecosystem 9:50-10:10 AM Forestry and Natural Session: COS 75 Conservation Management II KICC L007/008 Resources https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/79077

Elizabeth A. Hamman, 6. A random effects model for size-structured predator functional THU 8/15 PhD '17 response models 9:50-10:10 AM East Carolina University/ Session: COS 82 Statistics KICC L010/014 Radford University https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/79512

Mitchell Pavao- 7. Quantifying the ability of urban trees and forests to mitigate THU 8/15 Zuckerman, PhD '03 stormwater runoff in the Chesapeake Bay watershed 10:10-10:30 AM University of Maryland Session: COS 83 Urban Ecology (USSEE) KICC M101/102 https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/80188

Andrew Mehring, 9. The role of predation by waterbirds in moderating wetland THU 8/15 PhD '12 greenhouse gas emissions 10:50-11:10 AM Doñana Biological Station Session: COS 72 Biogeochemistry: Linking Community Structure and KICC M111 Ecosystem Function II https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/79499

Kelly Lane-de-Graaf, 7. Population genetics, disease dynamics, and environmental THU 8/15 former postdoc racism: A look at urban raccoons 3:40-4 PM Fontbonne University Session: COS 91 Ecological Economics: Selected Topics (USSEE) KICC M101/102 https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/79427

O. Stribling Stuber, 9. Comparing species-specific water use during and after severe THU 8/15 MS '13 drought in a longleaf pine ecosystem 4:20-4:40 PM Joseph W. Jones Center Session: COS 93 Physiology 1 KICC L015/019 at Ichauway https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/79764

Alexandra Kenna 76. Invertebrate herbivory rates of four tree species in response to THU 8/15 UGA Odum School of soil warming 4:30-6:30 PM Ecology Session: PS 57 Forests Temperate KICC Exhibit Hall https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/79753

Friday, Aug. 16 Michael J. Strand 2. Microbial communities strongly influence development and FRI 8/16 UGA Entomology vector competency of mosquitoes 8:30-10:30 AM SYMP 15 Complex Disease Problems across Scales: Perspectives on KICC Ballroom D Advancing Disease Ecology with Trans-Disciplinary Research https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/76302

Callie Oldfield 65. Soil CO2 efflux elevated 6 years post-wind disturbance and FRI 8/16 UGA Plant salvage logging 8:30-10:30 AM PS 71 Climate Change KICC Exhibit Hall https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/81279

Carson Bowers 98. Cover crops for pest management: Linking habitat to predator FRI 8/16 UGA Entomology community structure and function 8:30-10:30 AM PS 75 Ecosystem Function KICC Exhibit Hall https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/81295

ESA Annual Meeting Schedule of UGA & UGA Ecology Alumni Presentations, Updated 8/9/2019 4 Friday, Aug. 16, cont. Jason M. Schmidt 109. Molecular unscrambling of cotton food webs: Implications of FRI 8/16 UGA Entomology biotic and abiotic environmental conditions 8:30-10:30 AM PS 77 Ecosystem Services Assessment KICC Exhibit Hall https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/81353

Felise Wen 158. Resistance of Quercus alba and Liquidambar styraciflua to FRI 8/16 UGA Plant Biology mechanical wind disturbance 8:30-10:30 AM PS 84 Forests KICC Exhibit Hall https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/81354

Daniel J. Sullivan 196. How prevalent is brood parasitism in wild turkeys (Meleagris FRI 8/16 UGA Warnell School of gallopavo)? 8:30-10:30 AM Forestry and Natural PS 90 Population Dynamics KICC Exhibit Hall Resources https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/81247

Lucia Mochi, visiting 198. Woody encroachment: Seed-seedling conflicts in neotropical FRI 8/16 scholar savannas dominated by Acacia 8:30-10:30 AM Universidad de Buenos PS 90 Population Dynamics KICC Exhibit Hall Aires https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/81151

Mackenzie J. Dix 4. Calibration approach influences sapflow estimates FRI 8/16 Savannah River Ecology Session: COS 107 Physiology II 9-9:20 AM

Lab https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/78273 KICC L015/019

Akanksha Sharma 10. A framework for exploring aquatic and riparian connectivity: FRI 8/16 UGA Odum School of Case study of the Chiricahua leopard frog in the Cienega Creek basin 11:10-11:30 AM Ecology Session: COS 10 Habitat Structure, Fragmentation, Connectivity KICC L013 https://eco.confex.com/eco/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/80505

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