Program and Abstracts Rebecca Ostertag, Julie S

Organizing Committee

Co-Chairs: Julie S. Denslow USDA Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry Dieter Mueller-Dombois University of Hawaii—Manoa

Committee members:

University of Hawai‘i—Hilo Grant Gerrish, James O. Juvik Rebecca Ostertag

University of Hawai‘i—Manoa Kim Bridges, Rainer Bussmann Curtis Daehler, Donald Drak

University of Hawai‘i—Hilo Conference Center Judith Fox-Goldstein, Josephine Malepeai Mary Ann Tsuchiyama, Robin Kealoha Black

USDA Forest Service Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry Susan Cordell, R. Flint Hughes

USGS Biological Resources Division Pacific Islands Ecosystems Research Center Jim Jacobi, Linda Pratt

Field Trip Organizers Dieter Mueller-Dombois, Grant Gerrish Susan Cordell, R. Flint Hughes

Program and Abstracts Rebecca Ostertag, Julie S. Denslow

Social Program Annette Mueller-Dombois

Student Workers Donald Drake E Komo Mai - Welcome

Dear Colleague: On behalf of the IAVS2004 Steering Committee and the IAVS- North American Chapter, it is our pleasure to welcome you to Hawai‘i and to Hawai‘i Island. We have been working hard the last several months to plan a meeting that will broaden your experience of tropical oceanic islands and introduce some of the challenges to understanding, managing, and conserving these unusual plant communities; that will pique your interest in new approaches and ideas in our field; that will leave you impressed with the insights and creativity of your colleagues; that will warm your hearts with the promise of the next generation of plant ecologists and that will lconnect you with friends and colleagues from around the world. We sincerely hope that you are able to take full advantage of the formal sessions and field trips, and also that you are able to explore on your own. Hawai‘i is a very user-friendly place. There are many great places to walk and an amazing diversity of plant communities. Steep gradients in rainfall, temperature, substrate and disturbance history produce a striking heterogeneity in the landscape. Joe Tosi of the Tropical Science Center in Costa Rica reports 26 different Life Zones represented on the Island of Hawai‘i. We are fortunate that major National Parks and Wildlife Refuges as well as Hawaii State Natural Areas and Forest Reserves provide public access to most of these. Ancient trails and cultural sites remind us that Hawai- ians understood and managed this landscape for more than a thousand years before it came to the attention of western science. Hawai‘i’s extreme isolation has produced some of the highest levels of endemism in the world. Although Hawai‘i is a monument to the marvels of evolution, it is also a microcosm— or a model—for processes that drive vegetation dynamics and pattern any place in the world. We hope that this meeting will produce synergies and collaborations that will further our understanding of these phenomena. We especially welcome your perspectives, insights and ideas to help us understand, conserve, and wisely manage plant communities around the world. Welcome to Hawai‘i and best wishes for a productive and enjoyable meeting.

Julie S. Denslow Dieter Muller-Dombois USDA Forest Service University of Hawai‘i- Manoa

1 International Association of Vegetation Science

The IAVS is an International Association for all individuals interested in vegetation science. Its aims are: * to promote research and education in vegetation science; * to promote the publication of research results in vegetation science; * to facilitate scientific and personal contacts among vegetation scientists of all countries; * to promote applications of vegetation science; to increase awareness and to disseminate knowledge about vegetation. The IAVS publishes two journals—Journal of Vegetation Science and Journal of Applied Vegetation Science as well as occasional Meeting Proceedings. Membership and subscription information for IAVS can be found at their web site: http://www.iavs.org

Officers and Staff President: E.O. Box, Athens (USA) General Secretary & Treasurer: J.H.J. Schaminée, Wageningen (NL) Office: Alterra, Green World Research Postbus 47, NL-6700 AA WAGENINGEN The Netherlands Tel: +31317 47 79 14; Fax +31317 42 49 88 E-mail: [email protected] Vicepresidents: M. Diekmann (Publication Officer) J. Loidi, Bilbao (SP) L. Mucina, Phuthadijthaba (RSA) K. Fujiwara, Yokohama (JP) J. Rodwell, Lankaster (UK)

Council (2002-2005) M. Austin (AU), J. P. Bakker (NL), E.O. Box (US), G. Bredenkamp (ZA), U. Deil (DE), S. Diaz (AR), M. Diekmann (DE), H. Dierschke (DE), K. Dier§en (DE), J.B. Faliski (PL), K. Fujiwara (JP); J.-M. Géhu (FR), G. Grabherr (AT), O. Hegg (CH), T. Herben (CZ), F. Klötzli (CH), F. Krahulec (CZ), J. Leps (CZ), J. Loidi (ES), A. Miyawaki (JP), L. Mucina (KW), D. Mueller-Dombois (US), G. Nakhutsrishvili (GE), Z. Neuhäuslová (CZ),J. Oksanen (FI), L. Orlóci (CA), M.W. Palmer (US), F. Pedrotti (IT),R.K. Peet (US), J. Pfadenhauer (DE), S. Pignatti (IT), V. De Patta Pillar (BR), J. Podani (HU), R. Pott (DE), S. Rivas-Martínez (ES), J.S. Rodwell (UK), I. Safronova (RU), J.H.J. Schaminée (NL), A. Schwabe-Kratochwil (DE), J.S. Singh (IN), E. van der Maarel (NL), O. Wildi (CH), B. Wilson (NZ), M. Zobel (EE).

Honorary Members D. Goodall, W. Matuszkiewicz, A. Miyawaki, D. Mueller-Dombois, M. Numata, E. Oberdorfer, S. Pignatti.

IAVS- North America Chair: David Roberts, Utah State University Vice Chair: Janet Franklin, San Diego State University Secretary: Susan Will-Wolf, University of Wisconsin

2 Table of Contents

IAVS Conference steering committee ...... Inside front cover Welcome ...... 1 IAVS ...... 2 A word for our sponsors ...... 4-6 Hotel map ...... 7 Conference Overview ...... 8-12 Information for presenters ...... 13 Schedule of sessions ...... 14-27 Monday, July 19 ...... 14 Tuesday, July 20 ...... 16 Wednesday, July 21 ...... 20 Thursday, July 22 ...... 21 Friday, July 23 ...... 25 Roster of posters ...... 27-32

3 A Word for Our Sponsors

We are pleased to acknowledge the support of the following organizations who, in a substantial way, have made this meeting possible. They have provided financial support for the conference, for student participants and for participants from afar. They generously have encouraged the participation of their staff in the conference organization by providing members of our steering committee and guides and organizers for the field trips. We are grateful for their help.

Cooke Foundation

The Cooke Foundation supports worthy endeavors in the community that the family feels will make a significant difference in the betterment and welfare of the people of Hawaii. The BMZ is responsible for the planning and conversion of the development policy of the Federal Govern- ment of Germany. The Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. It provides viable, forward-looking solutions for political, economic, ecological and social development in a globalised world. GTZ promotes complex reforms and change processes, often working under difficult conditions. Its cooper- ate objective is to improve people’s living conditions on a sustainable basis.

Hawaiian Botanical Society

The mission of the Hawaiian Botanical Society is to advance the science of botany in all its applications, encourage research in botany in all its phases, and promote the welfare of its members, developing the spirit of good fellowship and cooperation among them.

4 Pacific-Asia Biodiversity Transect Network (PABITRA)

PABITRA combines the horizontal and vertical approaches to ecosystem studies and conservation.

University of Hawai‘i

As the state’s only public higher educational institution, the University of Hawai’i system creates, preserves, and transmits knowledge in a multicultural setting. Its purposes are to— ¥ Provide all qualified people in Hawai’i with equal opportunity for high quality education and training. ¥ Provide varied entry points and compre- hensive offerings so that its students move within the system to meet individual educational and professional goals. ¥ Promote distinctive pathways to excel- lence, differentially emphasizing instruction, research, and service while fostering a cohesive response to state needs and participation in the global community.

Hawai‘i Research Infrastructure Improvement Project

Hawai‘i begins its first Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) grant with great energy and a spirit of imua: to go forward. Under the National Science Founda- tion (US) Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), Hawaii’s grant “Investing in Multidisciplinary University Activities (IMUA)” reflects this spirit and energy. Within the overarching theme of Biodiversity in an Integrated Island Environment, Hawai‘i has identified three research thrusts: Evolutionary Genetics, Ecosystems Studies, and Information Technology for Environmental Research to promote collaborative research among University of Hawaii system scientists and partnerships with the Kamehameha Schools and the Hawai‘i Department of Education will serve to increase K-12 student interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curricula.

5 US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry

The mission of the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry is to develop knowledge needed to restore, protect, and sustain upland and wetland forests of the Pacific for purposes of conservation and utilization. This mission is accomplished through the activity of four interdisciplinary teams of professionals: 1) Forest management services, 2) Invasive species, 3) Restoration of ecosystem processes, and 4) Tropical forested wetlands. The Institute’s purview includes the State of Hawaii, the Territories of Guam and American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and the republics of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau.

US Geological Survey – Biological Resources Division Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center

The mission of PIERC is to work with others to provide the scientific understanding and technologies needed to support the sound management and conservation of our Nation’s biological resources occurring within cultural, sociological and political context of the State of Hawai’i and other lands under U.S. jurisdiction in the Pacific Basin. PIERC works with federal, state, local and private organizations to provide objective research, baseline information, and technical assistance relating to conservation and restoration of indigenous biological resources occurring within the cultural, sociological and political context of the States and Islands Territories of Hawaii, Guam, Truk, the Marianas Islands, American Samoa and others under U.S. jurisdiction in the Pacific Basin.

Hawai‘i County Research and Development

The Department of Research and Develop- ment is responsible for promoting economic development in Hawaii County and collecting and developing data for decision- making, program development and policy - making. The department’s focus encom- passes numerous programs, which include tourism, agriculture, new industry and industry development including film, energy and research and statistics.

6 Map of Hotel

King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel

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Monday July 19, 2004

Sunday, July 18, 2004 Sunday,

International Association of Vegetation Science

Welcome Reception Welcome Paddlers

CONFERENCE OVER

1:00 PM

All Rooms are at the King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel

Lunch

5:00 PM

Opening Plenary Session

12:00 PM

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Landscape Change and Ecosystem Disturbance: Islands and Continents

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Elua Room, 8:00

Posters Available for Viewing Available Posters

Tuesday, July 20, 2004 Tuesday,

12:15 PM

IAVS Council Meeting IAVS

Posters Available for Viewing Available Posters

Contributed Paper Session 1: Diversity

7:00 PM

Plenary Speaker: J. Boone Kauffman

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Contributed Paper Session 3: Ecophysiology

Contributed Paper Session 2: Disturbance Ecology

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Wednesday, July 21, 2004 Wednesday,

Poster Reception

5:00 PM

Contributed Paper Session 5: Invasive Species

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Thursday, July 22, 2004 Thursday,

s Forest Birds: Past ,Present and Future

Lunch

Plenary Speaker: J. Bastow W

Contributed Paper Session 6: Succession

12:00 PM

Special Session 4: Biodiversity and Urbanization

Contributed Paper Session 9: Biogeography and Succession

8:00 AM 8:00

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Contributed Paper Session 8: Restoration and Conservation

Contributed Paper Session 10: Plant-Animal Interactions and Paleoecology

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1: Landscape Ecology

Friday, July 23, 2004 Friday,

12:00 PM

Reception and Closing Party

Plenary Speaker: Campbell W

6:00 PM

General Membership Meeting and Poster

Contributed Paper Session 1

8:00 AM 8:00

Contributed Paper Session 12: Community Structure and Dynamics

1:30 PM

12 Information for Presenters

Oral Contributed Papers and Special Sessions

Computer and AV Support - Hualalai Room Presenters are encouraged to bring their presentations as Microsoft¨ Powerpoint¨2002 files (or earlier) on CD’s, memory sticks, or floppy disks. Files should be copied directly onto designated computers at the conference and reviewed the afternoon or evening before the presentation is scheduled. Files should be appropriately labeled with the last name of the senior author (as listed in the program), the day of the presentation, and Contributed Paper (CP) or Special Session (SS) number. We hope in this way to avoid last-minute problems with the software and to keep the sessions on time. Please check in with your session moderator before the start of your session. His/her name will be posted on a schedule in front of each room. To keep the conference on schedule, it is important that presenters stay within her/his allotted time. Session moderators are asked to let presenters know when 2 minutes remain and to ask presenters to stop when their time is complete. All conference participants will appreci- ate cooperation of presenters in keeping to the printed schedule.

Poster Session Posters can be hung Sunday afternoon July 18th or Monday morning, July 19th in the Elua Room and will be available for viewing until Thursday, July 22nd. A reception will be held Tuesday afternoon (5-7 PM) for participants to view posters and talk with presenters. Poster presenters are asked to be available near their posters during this time. Posters must be retrieved before noon on Friday.

13 SCHEDULE OF SESSIONS

Monday July 19 Morning Opening Plenary Eha & Ekolu Rooms 8:00 Welcoming Remarks 9:00 VITOUSEK, P.M. The Hawaiian Islands as a model system for ecosystem studies. 9:30 OGDEN, J. Pleistocene, Holocene and Present: The dynamics of long-lived conifers in a changing environment. 10:00 BREAK 10:15 KIRCH, P.V. The role of Polynesians in Hawaiian ecodynamics, A.D. 800-1800. 10:45 GON, S. Hawai‘i: A Visual Exploration of Ecosystem Diversity. 11:15 DENSLOW, J.S. Invasive plants on tropical islands: Lessons for continents?

Monday July 19 Afternoon Special Session 1: Vegetation Ecology in the Pacific Asia Biodiversity Transect (PABITRA) Landscapes Eha & Ekolu Rooms Gunnar Keppel and Curtis Daehler, Session Chairs 1:30 MUELLER-DOMBOIS, D. The PABITRA network: its role and recent developments. 1:45 JACOBI, J., K. BIO, AND D. MUELLER- DOMBOIS. Change in tree population structure over 30 years in a montane forest in Hawai‘i. 2:00 SPATZ, G. A study on pasture versus Acacia koa-forest productivity for the Keauhou Ranch on Hawai‘i. 2:15 BOEHMER, J., G.C. GERRISH, J.D. JACOBI, AND D. MUELLER-DOMBOIS. Long-term regeneration dynamics of a montane rain forest on the island of Hawai‘i. 2:30 DAEHLER, C. Comparison of introduced and invasive plants across three PABITRA sites: Fiji, Samoa, and Hawai‘i.

14 2:45 SHIMIZU, Y.K. Invasion of Bishofia javanica and recent eradication efforts in the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands. 3:00 BREAK 3:15 BOSETO, D., C. MORRISON, AND N. THO- MAS. Rainforest health versus disturbance as indicated by freshwater fishes and frogs in Fiji. 3:30 KEPPEL, G. The dry-zone vegetation of Fiji. 3:45 THOMAS, N. AND G. KEPPEL. Composition and structure of cloud forest on Mt. Delaco, Gau, Fiji. 4:00 SILIKO, S. AND N. TUIVAVALAGI. Climate and substrates, and their effect on the Samoan flora. 4:15 MISA, M. American Samoa and PABITRA. 4:30 DISCUSSION/ PABITRA UPDATES

Oral Contributed Papers. Session 1: Diversity Ekahi Room 1:30 BONINI, I., AND A. CHIARUCCI. Relationship between vascular plants and bryophyte species diversity in forest ecosystems in Tuscany. 1:45 KROMER, Th., S.R. GRADSTEIN, AND A. ACEBEY. Epiphyte diversity along elevational and disturbance gradients in the Andes of Bolivia. 2:00 WOLF, J.H.D. Vascular epiphytes in anthropogenic disturbed pine-oak forests in the high- lands of Chiapas, Mexico. 2:15 HOMEIER, J., H. DALITZ, AND S-W. BRECKLE. Tree diversity and forest dynamics along an altitudinal gradient in a Southern Ecuadorian montane forest. 2:30 BUSSMANN, R.W. Vegetation and species richness patterns of East African tropical montane forests. 2:45 SCHICKHOFF, U. Altitudinal gradients of plant species richness in arid high mountains: a case study of Jargalant, Mongolian Altai. 3:00 BREAK 3:15 MIYAWAKI, A. AND S. MEGURO. Vegetation of lowland tropical forest and ecological characteristics of the component trees at estuary region in Amazon.

15 3:30 PATZELT, A. Vegetation patterns of the Monsoon affected mountains in Southern Oman, Arabia, and their importance as a center of Arabian plant diversity 3:45 KEELEY, J. E. Sampling design and plot shape effects on plant diversity measurements. 4:00 JURASINSKI, G. AND C. BEIERKUHNLEIN. Spatial patterns in plant diversity and their relation to disturbance and site - the HexGrid- approach. 4:15 LAWLESS, P., J. BASKIN, AND C. BASKIN. Community ecology of xeric limestone prairies in Kentucky: scale-dependence and species- area relationships. 4:30 BLOCK, M. Socioeconomic aspects of phytodiversity in urban ecosystems. Examples from Germany.

Other Activities

7:00 Council Meeting Ekahi Room

Tuesday July 20 Morning Opening Plenary Eha & Ekolu Rooms 8:00 KAUFFMAN, J.B. Fire and Land Use in Tropical Ecosystems.

Special Session 2: Ecoinformatics in Vegetation Science Eha & Ekolu Rooms Robert Peet and Susan Wiser, Session Chairs 8:45 PEET, R.K. Introduction and an information infrastructure for vegetation science in North America. 9:15 AUSTIN, M.P., A. ZERGER, AND M. CAWSEY. Vegetation Databases: interfacing them with ecological theory and practical analysis. 9:45 SPENCER, N. AND S. WISER. Metadata management for New Zealand’s national vegetation plot databank.

16 10:00 SPENCER, N. Demonstration. New Zealand National Plot Database: metadata system. 10:15 BREAK 10:30 BURROWS, L.E. Ownership and access to data deposited to a public-good vegetation archive Ð whose information is it anyway? 10:45 KNEVEL, I.C. AND R.M. BEKKER. The LEDA Traitbase Ð a database on life history traits of plants. 11:00 JENNINGS, M. Applied informatics for studies of vegetation alliances. 11:15 GRAMLING, J.M. Testing the continuum concept with a species pool approach. 11:30 LAFFAN, S.W. AND S. BICKFORD. Spatially analysing genetic and taxonomic variability at regional and continental scales. 11:45 PILLAR, V.D. Accuracy and power of randomization tests in multivariate analysis of variance with vegetation data. 12:00 PILLAR, V.D. Demonstration. Siavs2004- Program MULTIV for randomization testing; Program SYNCSA for analysis of trait-based community data and identification of plant functional types; Program SYNCSA for analysis of long-term vegetation dynamics.

Oral Contributed Papers. Session 2: Disturbance Ecology Ekahi Room 8:45 NE’EMAN, G. Pinus halepensis, a Mediterra- nean pine, in the light of fire. 9:00 NONNER, E. The effect of fire on seed viability of fountain grass. 9:15 NORTH, M. Changes in structure, composition and clustering pattern of Sierran mixed conifer following fire and thinning restoration treat- ments. 9:30 MARTINSON, E., P. OMI, J. POLLET, E. WHITE-HAT, AND G. CHONG. Retrospective analysis of fuel treatment performance under extreme wildfire conditions. 9:45 HUEBNER, C., K. GOTTSCHALK, AND J. REBBECK. Using soil seed banks to predict response to disturbance in an oak-dominated forest in Pennsylvania.

17 10:00 XI, W., R.K. PEET, AND D.L. URBAN. Seedling establishment and growth in response to a major hurricane event in a Carolina Piedmont forest, USA. 10:15 BREAK

Oral Contributed Papers. Session 3: Ecophysiology Ekahi Room

10:30 CORDELL, S., D.R. SANDQUIST, AND C. LITTON. Functional diversity of native Hawaiian dry forest. 10:45 SANDQUIST, D.R., S. CORDELL, AND C. LITTON. Water and carbon-use responses to removal of non-native fountain grass in a Hawaiian lowland dry forest. 11:00 LITTON, C.M., D.R. SANDQUIST, AND S. CORDELL. An invasive grass species affects carbon cycling in Hawaiian dry forest. 11:15 WARD, D. Do we understand the causes of shrub encroachment in African savannas? 11:30 HOSHINO, Y. AND M. SASAJIMA. Geographi- cal variation of spine density and length in juveniles of Santhoxylum ailanthoides in the Izu Island and adjacent area, central Japan. 11:45 KOHYAMA, T., T. KUBO, M.D. POTTS, AND P.S. ASHTON. Recruitment versus maximum size tradeoff within rainforest tree community. 12:00 DIETZ, H. AND G. VON ARX. Growth responses in perennial forbs to alpine environmental gradients and climatic fluctuation: a herb-chronological analysis.

Tuesday July 20 Afternoon Special Session 2: Ecoinformatics in Vegetation Science Eha & Ekolu Rooms Robert Peet and Susan Wiser, Session Chairs 1:30 KUEHN, I. Demonstration. BiolFlor Traitbase. 1:45 PEET, R.K. Demonstration. VegBank. 2:00 PEET, R.K. AND S. WISER. Concluding remarks.

18 Oral Contributed Papers Session 4: Vegetation Dynamics Ekahi Room 1:45 ENOKI, T. AND S. YAMADA. Topographical variation of tree species dominance in a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest. 2:00 ADSERSEN, H. Disturbance regimes and vegetation dynamics in the Galápagos Islands. 2:15 BARBOUR, M.G. AND M. DEL ARCO Dynamics of Pinus canariensis old-growth stands. 2:30 GOETZE, D., D. GURLIN, B. HORSCH, P. KERSTING, A. KOULIBALY, AND S. POREMBSKI. Dynamics of protected and disturbed forest-savanna mosaics in northeast- ern Ivory Coast. 2:45 POTTS, M., T. KOHYAMA, T. KUBO, M.N. SUPARDI, AND P. ASHTON. Life history trade- offs characterize species abundance and performance in a hyper-diverse tropical rainforest. 3:00 KAMIJO, T., A. TSUNEKAWA, Y. KIYOHARA, A. YAMANISHI, T. KATO, K. HASHIBA, AND H. HIGUCHI. Vegetation dynamics after the 2000- year eruption on Miyake-jima Islands, Japan. 3:15 BREAK

Special Session 3: Implementing Natural Disturbance-based Management in Temperate and Boreal Forests Eha & Ekolu Rooms Craig DeLong and Sylvie Gauthier, Session Chairs 2:30 DELONG, C. Implementation of natural disturbance-based landscape level planning in northern British Columbia. 3:00 BREAK 3:15 ANDISON, D.W. Natural disturbance-based planning demonstration area in west-central Alberta: How did we do? 3:45 GAUTHIER, S. Implementing natural disturbance-based management in temperate and boreal forests. 4:15 KUULUVAINEN, T., M. LARJAVAARA, J. PENNANEN, AND T. WALLENIUS. Natural disturbance dynamics of boreal forests in Finland: new findings and implications for management.

19 4:45 DISCUSSION

Oral Contributed Papers Session 5: Invasive Species Ekahi Room 3:30 BJ¯RNDALEN, J.E. Destructive rabbit grazing in a small insular nature reserve in Oslo, SE Norway - vegetation changes and implications for management. 3:45 WILDPRET DE LA TORRE, W., V.E. MARTêN. OSORIO, B.H. BOLANOS, AND S.-P. GONZALEZ. Present state of the invasive species in the Timanfaya National Park (Lanzarote), Canary Islands. Spain. 4:00 DUNCAN, R.P., R.P. RANDALL, AND P.A. WILLIAMS. Comparative naturalization rates in the exotic floras of Australia and New Zealand. 4:15 HUGHES, R.F. AND J.S. DENSLOW. Invasion by the N-fixing tree, Falcataria moluccana, alters ecosystem function and structure of lowland wet forests in Hawaii. 4:30 LOH, R.K., C.C. DAEHLER, AND J.T. TUNISON. Understory succession following experimental removal of invasive Morella faya stands in a Hawaiian rain forest. 4:45 MILLER, A., R. DUNCAN, J. SULLIVAN, S. WISER, AND C. NEWELL. Untangling the roles of habitat susceptibility and propagule pressure in the spread of an exotic herb in New Zealand’s mountain vegetation. 5:00 JAKOBS, G., E. WEBER, AND P.J. EDWARDS. Evolutionary changes in introduced species.

Poster Reception Elua Room 5:00-7:00 Poster Viewing and Reception

Wednesday, July 21

All Day Mid-conference Field Trips Main Hotel Lobby

20 Thursday, July 22 Morning Opening Plenary Eha & Ekolu Rooms 8:00 WILSON, J.B. The control of community composition—from point to continental scale.

Special Session 4: Biodiversity and Urbanization Eha & Ekolu Rooms Ingolf Kühn and Stefan Klotz, Session Chairs 8:45 KLOTZ, S. AND I. KÜHN. The flora and vegetation of urban areas: a review. 9:15 PYSEK, P. Long-term dynamics of urban flora in Central European cities. 9:45 GODEFROID, S. AND N. KOEDAM. What is the future of urban nature in a developing world? 10:15 BREAK 10:30 CELESTI-GRAPOW, L. AND C. BLASI. Hot spots of plant diversity in Italian Mediterranean cities. 11:00 KÜHN, I., R. BRANDL, AND S. KLOTZ. The flora of cities is naturally rich. 11:30 DISCUSSION

Oral Contributed Papers. Session 6: Succession Ekahi Room 8:45 FELINKS, B. AND T. WIEGAND. Analysis of spatial pattern in early stages of primary succession on former lignite mining sites in eastern Germany. 9:00 FRANKLIN, J., S. WISER, D. DRAKE, L. BURROWS, AND W. SYKES. Environmental gradients and secondary succession affect forest composition in Tonga, Western Polynesia. 9:15 KARRER, G. Trends in plant species traits during succession of abandoned meadows nearby Vienna, Austria. 9:30 MALANSON, G.P., D.G. BROWN, D.R. BUTLER, D.M. CAIRNS, D.F. FAGRE, AND S.J. WALSH. Advance of tree species into alpine tundra.

21 9:45 PIETSCH, W.H.O. Succession and site conditions in the post mining landscapes in Lusatia (Germany). 10:00 TALBOT, S.S. AND S.L. TALBOT. Vegetation recovery following long-term cattle grazing at Simeonof Island, southwestern Alaska. 10:15 BREAK

Oral Contributed Papers. Session 7: Vegetation Dynamics and Theory Ekahi Room 10:30 KIEFER, S. AND R.W. BUSSMAN. Using seedling distribution in different disturbance stages in Kakamega Forest, West Kenya as means for the characterization of regeneration strategies. 10:45 LOZANO, P. AND R.W. BUSSMAN. Vegetation on natural and anthropogenic landslides at the eastern part of Podocarpus National Park. 11:00 MUNZBERGOVA, Z. Factors limiting distribution of dry grassland species at different spatial scales. 11:15 EMRICK, V.R. AND J.L. DORR. Conceptual approach to examining the spatial and temporal interactions of disturbance on military training lands. 11:30 GRACE, J.B. The application of multivariate hypothesis testing (MHT) to vegetation studies. 11:45 HERBEN, T., B. MANDAK, K. BIMOVA, AND Z. MUNZBERGOVA. Is there a relationship between the number of alien species and species richness of a community?

Other Activities:

12:00 IAVS-North America Chapter. Lunch Get- together Paddlers’ Room

22 Thursday, July 22 Afternoon Oral Contributed Papers. Session 8: Restoration and Conservation Eha & Ekolu Rooms 1:45 KRATOCHWIL, A., M. STROH, D. REMY, AND A. SCHWABE. Restoration of new alluvial landscapes in Northwestern Germany. 2:00 BUISSON, E., E. CORCKET, T. DUTOIT, AND A. PEETERS. Restoring abandoned fields by transplanting keystone species in the steppe of La Crau (South-eastern France) 2:15 SCHWABE, A., K. SUSS, AND C. STORM. Successional processes in subcontinental sand ecosystems: are there trends of redynamization by restorative grazing? 2:30 SIZYKH, A. Phytoindication of the disturbed state of ecosystems in the Lake Baikal’s shore territories (western shore area). 2:45 SMITH, L. AND J. FRANKLIN. Vegetation community parameters in reserve design modeling, Kingdom of Tonga. 3:00 JIANG,Y., M.Y. KANG, G.Z. GAO, AND L.H. HE. Impact of land use on plant biodiversity and measures for biodiversity conservation in the Loess Plateau in China. 3:15 BREAK 3:30 GRAY, J., T. WENTWORTH, AND C. BROWNIE. Community-level temporal responses to fire frequency, population size, and spatial arrangement for rare vascular flora of the longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem. 3:45 MARRS, R.H., J. GHORBANI, R.J. PAKEMAN, AND M.G. LE DUC. Ecosystem resistance and resilience: measuring ecological processes in applied situations 4:00 ZIMMERMAN, N., R.F. HUGHES, S. CORDELL, P. HART, H.K. CHANG, AND D. PEREZ. The state of lowland wet forests in Hawaii: Variation in ecosystem dynamics and impacts of invasive species. 4:15 WHITEHEAD, A.N., H. FRAIOLA, AND T. TICKTIN. Conservation, ecology, and native Hawaiian traditional environmental knowledge of wild-plant gathering and associated management practices.

23 Oral Contributed Papers. Session 9: Biogeography and Succession Ekahi Room 1:45 SENTERRE, B. AND T. STEVAT. Submontane rain forests of the Atlantic central African centre of diversity: geographical distribution and ecology, affinities, and origins. 2:00 YURKOVSKAYA, T. Mires of Barents region in Russian Arctic. 2:15 RAPSON, G.L. AND T. HODGES. Crossing the FBT (Fen-Bog Transition zone) in the Southern Hemisphere requires the restiad, Emposdisma minus, as engineer. 2:30 FUJIWARA, K. AND Z.X. WONG. Northern and southern limit of beech forests in East Asia: what is different in landscapes and species richness. 2:45 WUCHERER, W. AND S.-W. BRECKLE. Plant community development in the Aralkum desert. 3:00 RUTHERFORD, G.N., N.E. ZIMMERMAN, AND P. BEBI. Modeling landscape change: identify- ing the driving forces of forest regeneration on abandoned land. 3:15 BREAK

Oral Contributed Papers. Session 10: Plant- Animal Interactions Ekahi Room 3:30 CHIMERA, C. Vegetation structure determines seed rain in a Hawaiian dry forest. 3:45 DRAKE, D., K. MCCONKEY, AND H. MEEHAN. Seed dispersal by flying foxes: evidence for a threshold effect in Polynesia. 4:00 POSTELLI, K.A. Ecological impacts of Kalij Pheasants (Lophura leucomelanos) in native Hawaiian forests. 4:15 WILMSHURST, J.M. AND T.F.G. HIGHAM. Determining the earliest impacts of humans in New Zealand: the introduction of the Pacific rat (Rattus exulans) 4:30 WILDI, O. Complexity in vegetation change caused by species invasion.

24 Friday July 23 Morning Opening Plenary Eha & Ekolu Rooms 8:00 WEBB, C.O. AND D.D. ACKERLY. Phylogenetic floristics: a new approach to vegetation analysis.

Oral Contributed Papers. Session 11: Landscape Ecology Eha & Ekolu Rooms 8:45 ROCCHINI, D., A. CHIARUCCI, M. BODDI, F. CASINI, C. ANGIOLINI, V. DE DOMINICIS, AND S.A. LOISELLE. Linking spectral heterogeneity to species diversity in a wetland area. 9:00 BLASI, C., G. FILIBECK, AND L. ROSATI. Vegetation Series Map of Italy. 9:15 FRONDONI, R., M.L. CARRANZA, G. CAPOTORTI, AND C. BLASI. Changes in landscape diversity (1954-2001) in the Munici- pality of Rome, Italy. 9:30 HONG, S.-K., J.-E. KIM, AND N. NAKAGOSHI. Landscape fragmentation and vegetation dynamics of rural area. 9:45 EDMONDS, T. AND S. PHINN. Mapping Pond Apple (Annona glabra) in Northeast Queensland using a habitat suitability map and Landsat ETM data. 10:00 KALWIJ, J.M., H.H. WAGNER, AND O. WILDI. Predicting stand structure and dynamics in a silvo-pastoral landscape using time-series of aerial photographs and LiDAR data. 10:15 BREAK 10:30 PELTZER, D.A., R. FITZJOHN, P. HEENAN, S.FERRISS, AND L.E. NEWSTROM. Quantify- ing wild Brassicas distribution at the landscape scale in New Zealand: a model system for understanding gene-flow risk. 10:45 WILL-WOLF, S. AND P. NEITLICH. A comparison of environmental variables related to lichen community composition at regional and subregional geographic scales. 11:00 HOLMES, K.W., K. VAN NIEL, AND G.A. KENDRICK. Optimizing seagrass monitoring by assessing previous mapping uncertainty.

25 Oral Contributed Papers. Session 12: Community Structure and Dynamics Ekahi Room 8:45 CAMPETELLA, G. S. BARTHA, R. CANULLO, S. CSETE, R. PAL, M. RAMADORI, AND N. PORFIRI. Spatial patterns and mechanisms in beech forests at different regeneration phases after disturbance: a case study in the Natural Reserve of Torricchio (Central Italy). 9:00 OSTERTAG, R., R. LIKE, AND H.K. CHANG. Structural characteristics of a remnant lowland Hawaiian wet forest. 9:15 ROSSON, J.F., JR. Tree species associations over a large-scale sampling regime on the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Plain, USA. 9:30 MULDAVIN, E.H., C.D. ALLEN, AND R.G. BALICE. Forest and woodland communities of the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, USA. 9:45 SAFRONOVA, I. On the boundary between the Steppe and Desert zones in the Caspian Lowland. 10:00 BREAK 10:15 VAN KLEY, J.E. AND R.E. EVANS. Vegetation Change in the West Gulf Coastal Plain, USA. 10:30 ROSS, M., P.L. RUIZ, K. JAYACHANDRAN, C.L. COULTAS, AND J.P. SAH. Nutrient relationships in the “ridge-and-slough” vegetation mosaic of the southern Everglades, Florida, USA. 10:45 SANCHEZ-MATA, D., L.G. SANCHO, R. GAVILAN, A. PINTADO, AND D. PALACIOS. High mountain vegetation and snow cover: A submediterranean model from the Iberian Central Range. 11:00 SOLOMEHCH, A.I. AND M.G. BARBOUR. Classification and reconstruction of California native grasslands. 11:15 BORNKAMM, R. Fifty years of vegetation dynamics in a disturbed xerothermic grassland in Central Europe. 11:30 WISER, S. AND R. BUXTON. Does surrounding vegetation influence species composition of habitat islands? 11:45 NAKAGOSHI, N., Y. OHTA, AND M. SAKAI. Vegetation dynamics on the islands in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan

26 Other Activities 1:30-3 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AND POSTER AWARDS Eha and Ekolu Rms 6:00-9 RECEPTION AND CLOSING PARTY Lu’au Grounds

ROSTER OF POSTERS Elua Room

Posters will be available for viewing on Monday July 19- Thursday, July 22. A poster reception where authors stand by their posters is scheduled for Tuesday July 20 from 5-7 pm.

Community Structure and Floristics

1. MUOGHALU, J.I. AND O.O. OKEESAN. Climber species composition, abundance and relationship with trees in a Nigeria secondary forest. 2. FILIBECK, G., P.V. ARRIGONI, AND C. BLASI. Some clarifications on the Colchic forests (Western Georgia, former SSSR). 3. FREY, T., J. FREY, P. KASK, AND A. ERIK. On one rarity in the Norway spruce provenances. 4. HAYASAKA, D. AND K. FUJIWARA. Species composition and distribution of coastal sand-dune plants in Southeast Asia (Malay Peninsula in Thailand and Taipei in Taiwan) and their Regional Nature. 5. HOLLINGSWORTH T.N., M.D. WALKER, AND A. PARSONS. Environmental controls on floristic variability in Black Spruce communities of interior Alaska. 6. TANAKA, A., T. NAKANO, AND Y. YAMAMURA. Effects of forest floor disturbance on structure and dynamics of subalpine larch forests near the treeline of northern slope of Mt. Fuji.

27 Disturbance Ecology

7. MAGEE, T., P. RINGOLD, AND M. BOLLMAN. Relationships of alien plant species abundance to riparian vegetation, environment, and disturbance. 8. DORR, J.L., V.R. EMERICK, AND D. WIESNICHT. Geographic quantification of the interactions between military training and fire disturbance: a case study. 9. ACOSTA, A., L. CARRANZA, S. ERCOLE, A. STANISCI, AND C. BLASI. Effects of disturbance on sandy coastal vegetation in Central Italy. 10. VAN NIEL, K.P. AND S.M. DAVEY. Temporal biomass analysis for assessing the impact of disturbance on species equilibrium. 11. THAXTON, J.M. AND W.J. PLATT. Fire intensity affects population of a rhizomatous shrub in a fre- quently-burned longleaf pine savanna. 12. POLI-MARCHESE, E., M. GRILLO, AND M. MARCHESE. Forest and shrub vegetation after fire on Mt. Etna (Southern Italy). 13. OVERBECK, G., S.C. MÜLLER, J. PFADENHAUER, AND V.D. PILLAR. Fire promotes species diversity in subtropical grasslands. 14. MCDANIEL, S., D. BENETIZ, R. LOH, AND T. TUNISON. Vegetation changes after fire in seasonally dry Metrosideros polymorpha woodlands at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Ecophysiology

15. KUROKAWA, H., H. NAGAMASU, AND T. NAKASHIZUKA. Factors explaining plant defensive investments in tropical rain forests in Borneo. 16. TANAKA, N. Potential impact of climate changes on dwarf-bamboo species in Japan. 17. GOVOROVA, A. AND E. GOLUBEVA. Disturbance of vegetation under pollution impact: from molecular to ecosystem level.

Evolutionary Genetics

18. MARTYNOVA-VAN KLEY A., H. WANG, A. NALIAN, AND J. VANKLEY. Phylogenetic analysis of SSU rDNA sequences of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in East Texas.

28 Invasive Species

19. EDWARDS, P.J., H. DIETZ, AND R. BILLETER. Reciprocal analysis of ecological and genetic factors of alien plant invasions along altitudinal gradients in the Swiss Alps and the Wallowa Mountains (OR, USA). 20. MIKAMI, K. AND F. KOIKE. Ecological traits of woody invader and native species in subtropical oceanic island. 21. LONGBRAKE, A.C.W. Effects of non-indigenous grasses on Sophora chrysophylla forest on Mauna Kea. 22. KAMADA, M., M. KOJIMA, AND T. OKABE. Invading pattern of Eragrostis curvula at gravel bar in relation to hydro-geomorphic change in the Yoshino River, Shikoku, Japan. 23. KOBAYASHI, T. AND A. KOUKI. Stand structure and species diversity in secondary forests invaded by giant bamboos (Phyllostachys spp.) at Shikoku Island, western Japan.

Landscape Ecology

24. JACKEL, A.-K., A. DANNEMANN, P. POSCHLOD, AND M. KLEYER. BIOPOP - an expert system for landscape planning and nature conservation based on a database of plant traits. 25. CARRANZA, M.L., D. SMIRAGLIA, AND C. BLASI. Environmental monitoring based on the contrast and affinity between adjacent patches. 26. CAPOTORTI, G., M. MARTA, AND C. BLASI. Vegetation and landscape diversity for defining the Urban Biosphere Reserve of Rome (Italy). 27. SMIRAGLIA, D., M.L. CARRANZA, G. PRESTI, AND C. BLASI. Landscape quality and landscape management model. 28. MUELLER-DOMBOIS, D., N. WIRAWAN, AND J.D. JACOBI. The Kahana Valley Ahupua‘a - a PABITRA Site on O‘ahu, Hawaiian Islands. 29. FOLIGA, T. AND F. FALETOESE. The APN- PABITRA-NUS Biodiversity Training Workshop in Samoa. 30. LOZANO, J., S. SUAREZ-SEOANE, AND E. LUIS. Burned area mapping using Landsat TM data and assessment of the associated landscape change in three Spanish natural parks.

29 Paleoecology

31. MANTHEY, M. AND E.O. BOX. Climatic envelopes and realized climatic niches of tree species in Europe and Eastern North America. 32. LI, X. AND G.L. RAPSON. Interpreting vegetation dynamics with pollen data from disturbed and undisturbed sites in New Zealand.

Plant-Animal Interactions

33. EQUIHUA, M., G. BENêTEZ, R. VILLAGAS, R. PALESTINA, A. HERNÁNDEZ, AND J.L. ÁLVAREZ. A positive role of Casuarina on the conservation of native species on the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico. 34. ABE, S., T. TAKEUCHI, R. MATSUKI, T. ISHII, AND M. NASHIMOTO. Modeling and mapping for canopy phenology of deciduous forests in the home range of a pair of Golden Eagles on Mt. Akita-komagatake, Japan. 35. WELTON, P., K.D. ANDERSON, C. DEL REAL, B. EISENBERG, A. ERICKSON, B. HAUS, R. PERRY, R. RITCHIE, M. SCHULTZ, AND M. VACEK. Defoliation of Koa (Acacia koa) at Haleakala National Park, Maui, due to vascular wilt fungus Fusarium oxysporum F. sp koae and/or the endemic moth, Scotorythra paludicola? 36. IZHAKI, I., H. MELAMED-TADMORE, N. SINGARAVELAN, G. NE‘EMAN, M. INBAR, AND A. ARIELI. The role of secondary compounds in plant- pollinator mutualism.

Population Ecology

37. MEGURO, S., N. NAKIGUCHI, T. KAMIJO, AND T. NAKAMURA. Relationship between mechanical characteristics and the ecology among Fagaceae tree species in Japan. 38. FIDELIS, A., G. OVERBECK, E. SOSINSKI, V.D. PILLAR, AND J. PFADENHAUER. Effects of disturbance on the population biology of Eryngium horridum in grasslands in southern Brazil: the use of plant function types. 39. KURODA, A., S. MUKAI, AND G. TOYOHARA. Age and spatial dispersion structures of evergreen perennial fern Dicranopteris linearis (Gleicheniaceae).

30 40. IKEDA, H. AND X.-Y. LUO. Effects of rice herbicides on seed germination and seedling growth of a threatened plant species, Penthorum chinense.

Restoration and Conservation

41. SCHNELL, L., S. EVANS, T. BELT, A. KELLY, L. TOMINAGA, B. TUCKER, AND D. YORK. Fountain grass control within Intensive Management Units at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii Island. 42. KLIMES, L. Restoration of species-rich grasslands in a cultural landscape using a transfer of meadow blocks. 43. BENITEZ, D. AND R. LOH. Native tree regeneration following eradication of invasive Kahili ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum) in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, 1998-2003. 44. CHANG, J. AND Y. GE. On the biodiversity, eco- complexity and the stability of ecosystem in ecological restoration.

Succession

45. UGURLU, E. Plant succession on and surrounding the Kula Volcano (Turkey). 46. CHOUNG, H-L., H-J. LEE, H-C. ROH, AND J-H. KIM. Difference of floristic structure and progressive succession on the forest vegetation in and surrounding Taegu, South Korea. 47. SKLENÁ_, P, R. KOVÁ_, Z. SLODÁN, D. STAN_IK, Z. PALICE, AND P. KULISEK. Primary succession of paramo vegetation on Volcán Cotopaxi (Ecuador): patterns of diversity at different sampling scales.

Vegetation Dynamics and Diversity

48. CHEBAKOVA, N. AND E.V.N. PARFENOVA. Forest redistribution in interior Siberia in a changing climate. 49. NEMOTO, M., AND Y. HOSHINO. Explanation through the relationships between plant species richness and plant community diversity. 50. ZACKRISSON, O., A. SHEVTSOVA, G. HÖRNBERT, M-C. NILLSON, AND A. JÄDERLUND. Limits to seedling establishment of two conifers along an altitudinal gradient of boreal forest and alpine tundra.

31 51. HERMANN, J-M., J. PFADENHAUER, AND V. DE PATTA PILLAR. Woody species invading grassland on the Planalto das Araucarias, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 52. STAN_êK, D., P. SKLENÁ_, P. KOVÁ_, Z. SLODÁN, Z. PALICE, AND P. KULê_EK. Causes and dynamics of the tropical mountain grasslands erosion: Volcán Chimborazo (Ecuador) study case. 53. OHASHI, H. AND Y. HOSHINO. Effect of Sika deer (Cervus nippon) on species composition and plant species diversity of forest vegetation. 54. MARTêN-OSORIO, V.E., W. W. DELATORRE, B. H. BOLAÑOS, AND I. S-P GONZÁLEZ. Vegetation changes in the landscape of the Teide National Park in the past 50 years using a geobotanic information system (GIS).