Poster Presentation Sessions - 2012
All poster presentations take place on Wednesday, February 22, 2012. Posters will be on display throughout the day in the North Ballroom and Room 228 (second floor of the Lory Student Center). Presenters will be available to answer questions from 2:30-4:00pm. For detailed abstract information, click on the Submitted Abstracts page. Presenters, please check the Guidelines for Presenters page for information on displaying your poster.
Poster Presentations
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2:30-4:00PM (North Ballroom and Room 228) |
| (1) | The Science of Transdisciplinary Teams: A Case Study of the Mongolian Rangelands and Resilience Project - Arren Allegretti , Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (2) | An Ecological Study of Perognathus fasciatus: Estimating Species Abundance, Density, Home Range Size, and Seasonal Survival - Chelsea Beebe, University of Colorado Denver, Graduate |
| (3) | Guppy Reactions to Predators - Bella Romero Elementary School, Greeley, CO, 4th Grade |
| (4) | The Role of Wetlands in Elemental Cycling in Forested Subalpine Ecosystems - Robert Bergstrom, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (5) | Determing the Effeciency of Microbial Biomass Measurement for a Tallgrass Prairie Soil, Using Fumigation-Centrifugation and Phospholipid Fatty Acid Assays - Jake Betzen, Colorado State University, Undergraduate |
| (6) | Developing Methods For Establishing Vegetation on Constructed Fens in Alberta's Oil Sands Region - Andrea Borkenhagen, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (7) | Does Weather Influence Patterns of Hantavirus Infection in Natural Host Populations? Implications for Human Health - Heather Bryant, Fort Lewis College, Undergraduate |
| (8) | Urban Ecology, Vegetation Phenology, and Landscape Design: Towards Building More Ecologically Sensitive Cities - Brian Buma, University of Colorado Boulder, Graduate |
| (9) | Forest Vegetation Cover of Fraser Experimental Forest Using Landsat Imagery - Jonathan Burnett, Colorado State University, Undergraduate |
| (10) | Modeling North American Playa Wetland Sedimentation Risk From Climate Change and Land Use, 1940-2100 - Lucy Burris, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (11) | Modeling Deep Soil Carbon - Eleanor (Nell) Campbell, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (12) | Spatial Gradients and Their Effect on the Ecological Modeling of Exotic Plant Invasion - Lane Carter, Colorado State University, Undergraduate |
| (13) | Climate Change and Grazing Impacts on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Pools in the Tibetan Alpine Plateau - Brad Casar, Colorado State University, Undergraduate |
| (14) | Food Preferences in the Denver Urban Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) - Cory Courtney, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Undergraduate |
| (15) | The Effects of Rocky Mountain Elk (Cervus elaphus) Browse on Biological Diversity in Montane Riparian Willow Communities of Rocky Mountain National Park - Apryle Craig, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (16) | Mountain Pine Beetle: Knowing the Facts - Morgan Derr, Colorado State University, Undergraduate |
| (17) | Production Efficiency and Growth Dominance: Two Measures of Relative Productivity in Forest Stands - Seth Ex, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (18) | Microbial Community Affects Methane Uptake Across the North American Great Plains - Lisa Fernholz, Colorado State University, Undergraduate |
| (19) | Errors in Measured Sensible Heat Flux Due to Vertical Velocity Measurements in Non-Orthogonal Sonic Anemometers - John Frank, University of Wyoming, Graduate |
| (20) | Characterization of the Bacterial Metagenome in an Industrial Algae Bioenergy Production System - Scott Fulbright, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (21) | Spatial Patterns of Vegetation and Soil Properties in Sagebrush Steppe Change in Response to Drastic Disturbance and Reclamation - Caley Gasch, University of Wyoming, Graduate |
| (22) | The Effect of the Environmentors Program on Increasing Students Interest in Pursuing Environmental-Related College Majors and Careers - Brian Gates, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (23) | Do Guppies Establish a Dominance Hierarchy in Foraging? - Boyd Hammond, Colorado State University, Undergraduate |
| (24) | Diversity and Turnover of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Taxa and Functional Traits Along an Elevational Gradient in Colorados Front Range - Rachel Harrington, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (25) | An Analysis of Burn Severity, Vegetation Regrowth and Restoration in the Hayman Burn Area - Andrea Hassler, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Graduate |
| (26) | Investigating the Fate of Nitrogen From Leaf Litter Into Soil, Soil Organisms and Plants At a Tall Grass Prairie, By the Use of 15N Enrichment - Andrew Horton, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (27) | The Impact of Energy Sprawl on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services - Nathan Jones, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (28) | Investigating Plasticity of the Intromittent Organ in Guppies - Kathryn Kirk, Colorado State University, Undergraduate |
| (29) | Estimating Mountain Lion Density With Motion-Activated Cameras Using Mark-Resight - Jesse Lewis, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (30) | Modeling Vegetation of the Past: Integrating Fossil Pollen Data With Vegetation Modeling - Yao Liu, University of Wyoming, Graduate |
| (31) | Guppies Foraging Without and With a Predator Smell - Lopez Elementary, Fort Collins, CO, 4th Grade |
| (32) | Effects of Microclimate Conditions at Cache Sites on American Pika (Ochotona princeps) Survival - Sara McLaughlin, Colorado State University, Undergraduate |
| (33) | Climatic and Hydro-Geomorphic Controls of Riparian Woody Plants in the Western United States - Ryan McShane, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (34) | Pollination By Native and Non-Native Bees in Large-Scale Forest Restoration in Hawaii - Adam Miller, Colorado State University, Undergraduate |
| (35) | Restoration of a Riparian Buffer: Traditional and Non-Market Benefits and Costs - Ron Nelson, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (36) | Effect of Sin Nombre Virus on Rate of Co-Infection in Peromyscus maniculatus - Sherry Paddock, Fort Lewis College, Undergraduate |
| (37) | Impacts of Russian Olive on Riparian Ecosystems - Andrew Richards, Colorado State University, Undergraduate |
| (38) | Bluffs Trail Reconstruction: A Study on the Social, Economic and Environmental Benefits of Recreational Trails and Restoration to the UCCS Campus - Kyle Rodman, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Undergraduate |
| (39) | Soil Landscape Development in the Short-Grass Steppe Ecosystem - Shawn Salley, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (40) | Evaluating the Relationship Between Physical Variables and Vegetative Composition and Biomass in the Loch Vale Watershed - Bradley Schmidt, Colorado State University, Undergraduate |
| (41) | The Effects of Bark Beetle Moratily on Ecosystem Carbon Cycling - Heather Scott, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (42) | Oxygen-Limited Thermal Tolerance in Aquatic Insects in Temperate and Tropical Streams: Are There Differences in Vulnerability? - Alisha Shah, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (43) | Estimation of Willingness to Pay For Water Quality Improvement of River Swat - Syed Shah, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (44) | Ecosystem Reconstruction at Arene Candide: The Evolution of Gathering Behavior Under Different Eco-Climatic Conditions in the Pleistocene and Holocene - Crystal Simms, University of Colorado Denver, Undergraduate |
| (45) | Doing Real Science With Insects in the Classroom - Amanda Stammer, Colorado State University, Undergraduate |
| (46) | Potential Effects of Climate Change on the Distribution of Waterbirds in the Prairie Pothole Region, U.S.A. - Valerie Steen, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (47) | Effects of Summer Gondola Operation on Bird Populations in a High Elevation Wetland System - Matthew Stoddard, Metropolitan State College of Dencer, Undergraduate |
| (48) | Predicted Distribution of Cheatgrass in Rocky Mountain National Park - Amanda West, Colorado State University, Graduate |
| (49) | The Effects of Periodicity in Precipitation on C3 and C4 Grasses in Colorado's Shortgrass Steppe - Molly Wiebush, Colorado State University, Undergraduate |
| (50) | Influences of Spatial Scale and Ecological Site Location on Greater Sage-Grouse Nesting Habitat Characteristics - Amarina Wuenschel, University of Wyoming, Graduate |