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Botany in the Curriculum:
Integrating Research and Teaching

August 2-4: Forum on Botanical Education & Outreach
August 4-7: Annual Scientific Conference

Pyle Conference Center
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

Ecological Section
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Abstracts received so far:

  1. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and understory plant diversity along light gradients in Wisconsin oak savannas. - LANDIS, FRANK*, THOMAS GIVNISH, AND ANDREA GARGAS.
  2. Assessment of Plant Biodiversity at Cleveland Metroparks: Preliminary Analysis. - EKECHUKWU, KENNETH O* AND TARUN K MAL.
  3. Assessment of the ecological requirements of Schoenoplectus hallii (Hall's bulrush),Cyperaceae, An. - METTLER, PAIGE A.* AND MARIAN SMITH.
  4. Autogamy and floral longevity in Mimulus guttatus. - RASCH, AARON*, H.S. ARATHI, AND JOHN KELLY.
  5. Between-year variation of herbivore defense in post oak Quercus stellata. - RICE, STANLEY A.*, ERICA A. CORBETT, AND DIANA L. BANNISTER.
  6. Biogeography and degradation of the grasslands dominated by Stipa sect. Stipa species in the Transylvanian forest - steppe. Consequences upon the evolution of the regional landscape. - BADARAU, ALEXANDRU - SABIN*, MIHAI CONSTANTINESCU, STEFAN DEZSI, AND FLORIN PENDEA.
  7. Characterization of three Phragmites australis sites and populations through soil analysis and photosynthesis measurements. - RICKEY, MARCIA* AND ROGER ANDERSON.
  8. Comparing non-parametric and parametric methods of analysis for natural selection. - KELLY, MARTIN G.
  9. Comparing pollen:ovule ratios of early versus late flowers in Clarkia species with contrasting mating system. - DELESALLE, VERONIQUE A* AND SUSAN J MAZER.
  10. Developmental instability and floral formula deviation in Phlox. - BYERLEY, M. BROOKE* AND SHANNA CARNEY.
  11. Differences in early life-history traits of two propagule types in the liverwort Marchantia inflexa. - RICHARDSON, CHARLES RODGERS*, MIKE BOWLIN, AND D. NICHOLAS MC LETCHIE.
  12. Dormancy breaking requirements in seeds of two eastern- and one western-North American species of Angelica (Apiaceae). - HAWKINS, TRACY S.*, CAROL C. BASKIN, AND JERRY M. BASKIN.
  13. Ecology of the globally rare charophyte Chara brittonii T. F. Allen ex Robinson. - SCRIBAILO, ROBIN W.
  14. Ectomycorrhizal associations of Larix laricina (tamarack) and Betula glandulosa (scrub birch) growing in wetland ecosystems in central British Columbia. - CATHERALL, JENNIFER M* AND HUGUES B MASSICOTTE.
  15. Ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with naturally regenerating black spruce (Picea mariana) seedlings in wetland and upland forests in central British Columbia. - ROBERTSON, SUSAN J.* AND HUGUES B. MASSICOTTE.
  16. Edaphic factors influencing rhizome biomass of Acorus calamus L. in southeastern Ohio. - PAI, ASWINI* AND BRIAN C. MCCARTHY.
  17. Effect of competition and physiological integration on fitness-related traits in Viola blanda, The. - SUDLER, K. NICOLE.
  18. Effect of interspecific competition for pollinator service on pollen dispersal and mating patterns in Mimulus ringens, The. - BELL, JOHN M.*, JEFFERY D. KARRON, AND RANDALL J. MITCHELL.
  19. Effect of soil seed bank response to flooding on seasonal and spatial variation in vegetation structure of Connecticut's urban inland wetlands. - CID, CARMEN R.
  20. Effect of variation in floral morphology on pollen and gene dispersal in Mimulus ringens, The. - HOLMQUIST, KARSTEN G.A.*, JEFFREY D. KARRON, AND RANDALL J. MITCHELL.
  21. Effects of nutrient supplementation on components of reproduction in the wildflower Clarkia unguiculata (Onagraceae). - CARRINO, SARAH R.* AND NANCY L. SMITH-HUERTA.
  22. Effects of selenium accumulation in canola (Brassica napus), The. - CARMICHAEL, JEFFREY S.*, KATY W. EULISS, AND GEORGANN F. COLLINS.
  23. Elasticity analysis of Pitcher’s thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) and Mead’s milkweed (Asclepias meadii) restorations. - BELL, TIMOTHY J.* AND MARLIN BOWLES.
  24. Environmental factors affecting the survival of the spikeweed Centromadia fitchii (Asteraceae) in the Northern Sacramento Valley of California. - MAHAN, LEAH M.
  25. Environmentally induced changes in clonal structure and flowering frequency in Iris lacustris (Iridaceae). - HANNAN, GARY L.
  26. Evolution of vertebrate pollination in Passiflora sp. of the Greater Antilles. - KAY, ELMA E.* AND PETER BERNHARDT.
  27. Evolutionary ecology of gender determination and its influences on population sex ratio. - MURREN, COURTNEY J.* AND CARL D. SCHLICHTING.
  28. Experimental Removal of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) in Kansas. - MOODY-WEIS, JENNIFER* AND MARY JAMIESON.
  29. Fifty years of extinction, colonization, and turnover in northern hardwood herb communities. - ROONEY, TOM*, SHANNON WIEGMANN, AND DON WALLER.
  30. Floral Biology of Lesquerella ludoviciana, an Endangered Plant in Illinois. - CLAERBOUT, ANN E.*, JANICE M. COONS, HENRY R. OWEN, AND BRENT L. TODD.
  31. Floral gender and reproductive success in Passiflora incarnata. - HOOTON, NATALIE* AND CINDY BENNINGTON.
  32. Flowering time, competition, and fecundity of gibberellin-deficient rapid-cycling brassica. - GRACEFFA, L., J. GUEVIN, H. HOPE, AND M. SCHLESSMAN.*
  33. Fragmentation of prairies environments and the consequences for a gynodioecous species, Lobelia spicata, The. - BYERS, DIANE L.* AND AARON WARSAW.
  34. Genetic variability and loss of reproductive capacity in isolated populations of Utah juniper. - ALLPHIN, LOREEN*, AMY HUNT, AND VAL J. ANDERSON.
  35. Gradients, patches, and microhabitats: sand dune heterogeneity according to Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri), an endangered species of the Great Lakes. - OTFINOWSKI, R.* AND M.A. MAUN.
  36. Impact of fragmentation on the competitive ability of a native prairie plant species, Chamaecrista fasiculata, The. - MANNOURIS, COSTAS* AND DIANE L. BYERS.
  37. Impact of insect flower/fruit herbivory in Eryngium yuccifolium (Apiaceae) native and restored populations, The. - MOLANO-FLORES, BRENDA.
  38. Influence of freshwater inflows on plankton populations in a saline lake, the Salton Sea, California. - REIFEL, KRISTEN M.*, BRANDON K. SWAN, JAMES M. WATTS, AND STUART H. HURLBERT.
  39. Influence of light during dormancy release on germination of Schoenolirion croceum (Hyacinthaceae) seeds, The. - WALCK, JEFFREY L.* AND SITI N. HIDAYATI.
  40. Low genetic diversity in a rare Virgin Islands' endemic, Solanum conocarpum (Solanaceae). - STANFORD, ALICE M.*, LOI'Y MUSTAFA, CHRISTA RICHARDSON, AND SONJA SAUNDERS.
  41. Modifying Distance Methods to Estimate Historical Tree Density from General Land Office Survey Records. - SAUER, S L*, R C ANDERSON, R SWIGART, J FRALISH, AND A CARVER.
  42. Morphological variation and patterns of reproduction and recruitment in lower intertidal populations of the kelp Egregia menziesii (Turner) Areschoug. - HENKEL, SARAH K.* AND STEVEN MURRAY.
  43. Moss harvest in West Virginia: target species and incidental take. - STUDLAR, SUSAN MOYLE.
  44. Natural and agro-ecosystems management and global climate change in Central Asia. - KERSHANSKAYA, OLGA* AND HAMLYN JONES.
  45. New and noteworthy aquatic plant species records from Indiana. - SCRIBAILO, ROBIN W.* AND MITCHELL S. ALIX.
  46. Pericarp characteristics and the expression of heterocarpy in Grindelia ciliata (Asteraceae). - GIBSON, J. PHIL* AND E. CAYENNE ENGEL.
  47. Phenotypic plasticity in Lythrum salicaria L. along a competition gradient in central Ontario wetlands. - DECH, JEFFERY P.* AND PETER NOSKO.
  48. Pollination ecology of Opuntia cf. macrocentra (Cactaceae) in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas, The. - PENDLEY, GRETCHEN KLIEM.
  49. Population flexibility and low allozymic variation in the two disjunct populations of Hydrocotyle umbellata in Canada. - VASSEUR, LIETTE.
  50. Predicting reproductive biomass based on seed plant vegetative biomass partitioning patterns. - NIKLAS, KARL J.* AND BRIAN J. ENQUIST.
  51. Preliminary study of reproductive biology of Dovetree (Davidia involucrata), A. - LU, BIN, YOSHITAKA TAKAHASHI, AND SHUANG-QUAN HUANG.*
  52. Reanalyzing data on effects of nutrients on Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem) with high and low AM colonization. - ANTONSEN, HILDE, ROGER C. ANDERSON*, AND STEVEN A. JULIANO.
  53. Reproductive biology of Hill's thistle, Cirsium hillii, The. - MCCANN, KELLY* AND JOANNE M. DANNENHOFFER.
  54. Reproductive biology of seven understory Psychotria species on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. - FAIVRE, AMY E.
  55. Reproductive success and genet development in a clonal herb: the case for context. - GANGER, MIKE T.
  56. Resource allocation to sex function in wind- and insect-pollinated species of Thalictrum (Ranunculaceae). - STEVEN, JANET* AND DON WALLER.
  57. Response of photosynthesis, stomatal conductance and transpiration to light and relative humidity in Schoenoplectus hallii, a threatened wetland species, The. - SMITH, MARIAN* AND PAIGE METTLER.
  58. Response of prairie forbs to whitetailed deer browsing. - ANDERSON, ROGER C.*, NELSON DEBRA, AND MARCIA A. RICKEY.
  59. Sapling ecology of beech-maple codominance in an old-growth forest, The. - ARII, KEN AND MARTIN J. LECHOWICZ.*
  60. Seed dispersal by the eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina ) in subtropical pine rockland of the Lower Florida Keys. - LIU, HONG*, STEVE G. PLATT, AND CHRIS K. BORG.
  61. Seed germination and seedling establishment of Spiranthes cernua (Orchidaceae) in a native and a reestablished prairie. - ANTLFINGER, ANN E.* AND DIANA BRADSHAW.
  62. Seed germination, host preference, and genetic diversity of the hemiparisitic plant Agalinis auriculata (Scrophulariaceae), an Illinois threatened species. - FEIST, MARY ANN*, BRENDA MOLANO-FLORES, JASON A. KOONTZ, AND CHRISTOPHER WHELAN.
  63. Seedling establishment of Helianthus petiolaris: integrating the effects of landscape position and local disturbance. - EMRY, D. JASON.
  64. Selective grazing by Key Deer after fire changes plant morphology, reproduction, and species composition in pine rockland understory. - KOPTUR, SUZANNE*, JAMES R. SNYDER, MICHAEL S. ROSS, CHRIS K. BORG, AND HONG LIU.
  65. Threat of genetic assimilation to the integrity of a native plant species, Taraxacum ceratophorum (Asteraceae), The. - BROCK, MARCUS T.
  66. Using vital attributes modeling to predict long-term woodland vegetation responses to a variety of burning regimes. - SMITH, JAPHIA* AND ROGER C. ANDERSON.
  67. Variation in rates of herbivory in Lindera benzoin: the role of light, chemistry, and other factors. - NIESENBAUM, RICHARD A.* AND EMILY KLUGER.
  68. Vascular Plant Flora of Highland Heights Community Park: A Floristic Survey and Trend Analysis of a Subarban Wetland. - JOG, SUNEETI.
  69. Vegetation characteristics of a New Jersey Pinelands community containing high terrestrial gastropod density and exotic gastropod species. - GROSS, MICHAEL F.
  70. Vegetative and floral morphology, flowering phenology, and life cycle type of Grindelia lanceloata (Asteraceae) from cedar glades in middle Tennessee and northern Alabama: A common garden study. - ADAMS, CHRISTOPHER A.*, JERRY M. BASKIN, AND CAROL C. BASKIN.
  71. Zonation in plant communities along a burial gradient in an ecotone between coastal dunes and oak savanna. - DECH, JEFFERY P.* AND M. ANWAR MAUN.


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