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LIST OF US-IALE 2001 ABSTRACTS


Updated on March 14, 2001


Session Type Author/Address/Title Session Name
Oral/Reg Adair, William A., and John A. Bissonette. USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Utah State University, 5210 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-5210, USA. Spatially explicit models and landscape planning: A case study with the endangered Newfoundland marten (Martes americana atrata).
Landscape Management: Approaches and Practices
Top 10 Ahern, Jack. Department of Landscape Architecture an Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. Full Circle: challenges for the integration of the science and the application of landscape ecology.
Top 10 List
Special: Ahern's Ahern, Jack. Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA. Future Landscape Scenarios in Urban Watershed Planning.
Landscape Ecology Comes to Town: An exploration of concepts, issues, strategies and case studies of applied urban landscape ecology
Oral/Reg Alberti1,2, Marina and Paul Waddell1,3. 1Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 98195 USA; 2Urban Ecology Research Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; 3Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Urbansim: An Integrated Urban Development and Land Cover Change Model.
Land Use and Land Cover Change: Modeling
Poster Alberti1,2, Marina, Derek Booth3, Kristina Hill4, John Marzluff5, Stefan Coe1,2, Roarke Donnelly5, Vivek Shandas1,2, and Daniele Spirandelli2,4. 1Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. USA; 2Urban Ecology Research Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. USA; 3Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA; 4Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; 5College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. The Impacts of Urban Patterns on Ecosystem Dynamics.
Land Use Change and Urban Ecology
Poster Alberti1,2, Marina, Erik Botsford1, and Alex Cohen1,2. 1Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; 2Urban Ecology Research Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Quantifying Urban Ecological Gradients in the Puget Sound Region.
Land Use Change and Urban Ecology
Poster Allen1, Thomas, and John Kupfer2. 1Department of Political Science & Geography, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA; and 2Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. Scales of pattern and process in Fraser fir forest disturbance and fegeneration, Great Smoky Mountains, USA. 
Vegetation Pattern and Plant-Environment Relationships
Poster Anderson, Linda, and Theodore Eisenman. Landscape Architecture Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. Conceptual vision for integrating wetland restoration and tourism development at the Montezuma Wetlands Complex in New York State.
Landscape Conservation, Management and Design
Oral/Reg Andison, David W. Bandaloop Landscape-Ecosystem Services, 3426 Main Ave., Vancouver, BC, Canada, V3H 4R3. Fire in riparian zones: The perfect hierarchical model. 
Disturbance and Vegetation Pattern and Dynamics
Special: Keane's Andison, David W. Bandaloop Landscape-Ecosystem Services, 3426 Main Ave., Vancouver, BC, Canada. Practical Science using the LANDMINE Landscape Fire Simulation Model.
Landscape Fire Succession Modeling Special Session and Workshop
Special: Fortin's Anthony1, J.A., and G.A. Bradshaw2. 1Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, 104 Nash Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; 2USDA Forest Service- PNW Research and Rogue-Siskiyou National Forest, Applegate Ranger District, Jacksonville, OR 97530-9341, USA. Wavelet analysis as an approach to investigate the reciprocal relationship between ecological pattern and process. 
The premises and problems with spatial analysis in landscape ecology
Top 10 Antrop, Marc. Department of Geography, University of Ghent, Belgium. Top 10 list for landscape ecology. (Conveyed by J. Wu)
Top 10 List (Mail in)
Oral/Reg Arge1, Lars, Jeff Chase1, Laura Toma1,*, Jeffrey Vitter1, Rajiv Wickremesinghe1, Pat Halpin2, and Dean Urban2. 1Levine Science Research Center, Computer Science Department, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA; 2Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA. Digital terrain analysis for massive grids. 
Landscape Mapping and Characterization: Methods and Applications
Oral/Reg Aukema, Juliann E. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719 USA. Mistletoe distribution at multiple scales: Patterns, processes, and mechanisms.
Landscape Pattern and Species Distribution
Top 10 Baker, William L. Department of Geography and Recreation, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071. Landscape ecology in the 21st century: A view from the Rocky Mountains.
Top 10 List
Oral/Reg Baker1, Matthew E., Michael J. Wiley1, and Paul W. Seelbach2. 1School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1115, USA; 2Institute for Fisheries Research, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Predicting spatial variation in riparian hydrology and forest composition across Lower Michigan.
Landscape-Scale Ecological Assessment
Top 10 Barrett, Gary W. and Terry L. Barrett, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA. Landscape Ecology in the 21st Century: from Youth to Maturity.
Top 10 List
Special: Jenerette-Wu Bascompte, Jordi. Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain. Complex Systems and Habitat Loss.
Complexity Theory and Ecological Applications
Oral/Reg Batistella1, Mateus, and Fabio de Castro2. 1Indiana University-ACT, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA; 2NEPAM-UNICAMP, Campinas, SP 13081-970, Brazil. Institutional design and landscape fragmentation: a comparative study of rural colonization projects in the Brazilian Amazon. 
Land Use and Land Cover Change: Pattern and Process
Poster Baum1, Kristen A., William L. Rubink2, and Robert N. Coulson1. 1Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA; 2Beneficial Insects Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Weslaco, TX, USA. Habitat associations of feral honey bees and non-Apis pollinators in South Texas.
Landscape Pattern and Population Dynamics and Species Distribution
Poster Bean, David A., and Greg H.R. Henry. Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z2. The Spatial Pattern of Vegetation in a High Arctic Oasis. 
Vegetation Pattern and Plant-Environment Relationships
Oral/Reg Beaty, R. Matthew and Alan H. Taylor. Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. Stand and Landscape Scale Variablity of Fire Effects and Vegetation Dynamics in a Mixed Conifer Forest Landscape, Southern Cascades, California. 
Disturbance and Vegetation Pattern and Dynamics
Oral/Reg Beazley, Karen F., Tamaini V. Snaith, and Peter J. Austin-Smith, Jr. School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. B3H 3J5. Canada. Delineating Critical Habitat for Viable Populations of Focal Species: An Example From Nova Scotia. 
Landscape Pattern and Biodiversity Conservation
Oral/Reg Bennett, Elena and Stephen R. Carpenter. Center for Limnology, 680 N. Park St., Madison, WI 53706. Phosphorus distribution along an urban-rural gradient. 
Landscape Pattern and Ecosystem Processes
Special: Jones' Berk1, Richard, Jan de Leeuw1, Richard Ambrose2, and Cindy Lin2. 1Department of Statistics, University of California - Los Angeles, CA 90095-1554, USA ; 2 Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Public Health, University of California - Los Angeles, CA 90095-1554, USA. Multilevel Statistical Modeling for Generalizing from Case Studies. 
Scaling Issues Related to Ecological and Hydrological Landscape Analyses
Poster Berling-Wolff, Sheryl1,2, and Jianguo Wu2. 1Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA; 2Landscape Ecology and Modeling Lab, Department of Life Sciences, Arizona State University-West, Phoenix, AZ 85069, USA. Simulating Urban Growth in the Phoenix Metropolitan Region: Relating Pattern to Process. 
Land Use Change and Urban Ecology
Oral/Reg Bert, Daniel G., and Kathryn Freemark. Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, On. Canada K1S 5B6 (DGB); National Wildlife Research Centre, Environment Canada, 100 Gamelin Blvd., Hull, Quebec, Canada K1A 0H3 (KEF). Nested species subsets in a regional context: effects of landscape structure, scale and error.
Landscape Pattern Analysis: Theory and Methods
Poster Bestelmeyer1, Brandon, Joel Brown1, Kris Havstad1, Robert Alexander2, and George Chavez3, and Jeffrey Herrick1. 1 USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, 2 Bureau of Land Management, 1474 Rodeo Rd., Santa Fe, NM 87502; 3 USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, 6200 Jefferson, Albuquerque, NM 87109. An integrated approach to managing landscape pattern and dynamics in southern New Mexico. 
Landscape Conservation, Management and Design
Oral/Reg Bickel1, Kathryn A., Laura C. Philips2, and Dean L. Urban3. 1Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0328, USA; 2Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Box 3280, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; 3Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0328, USA. Land use, Disturbance, and the Spread of Non-native Plant Species in a Piedmont Forest Ecosystem. 
Landscape Pattern and Species Invasion and Disease Spread
Oral/Reg Binford1, M.W., C. Leslie2, R. Britts1, G. Barnes2, H. L. Gholz3, S.E. Smith2. 1Department of Geography; 2Geomatics Program, Department of Civil Engineering, 3School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. Decadal-Scale Spatial Dynamics of Land Cover, Land Ownership, Land Management in Industrial and Non-industrial Forests in the Southeastern Coastal Plain Region of the U.S. 
Land Use and Land Cover Change: Pattern and Process
Oral/Reg Blaschke, Thomas. Department of Geography and Geoinformation, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunner Str. 34 A-5020 Salzburg, Austria. Hierarchical patch dynamics and object-oriented image analysis: Multi-scale exploration of a cultural landscape. 
Landscape Pattern Analysis: Theory and Methods
Oral/Reg Bolliger1, Janine, Erik V. Nordheim 2, and David J. Mladenoff 3. 1Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706; 2Department of Statistics and Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706; 3 Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706. A probabilistic and spatially explicit method to assign individual tree species to ambiguously identified trees in Historical Land Office Surveys. 
Landscape Mapping and Characterization: Methods and Applications
Poster Bossenbroek1, Jonathan M., Helene H. Wagner1, Michelle M. Hawks1, John A. Wiens2, Beatrice Van Horne1. 1Biology Department, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523, USA; 2National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. 735 State St., Suite 300 Santa Barbara, CA 93101-3351, USA. Scale dependency from Colorado to Kansas: How the environment and the beetles come together. 
Scaling: Methods and Case Studies
Special: Dent’s Bradshaw, Gay A., and Marie-Josèe Fortin2. 1National Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis and USDA, Forest Service, Santa Barbara, California 93101 and 2School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6. Considerations of landscape heterogeneity effects on scaling and monitoring of aquatic networks.
Pattern and process in aquatic ecosystems: how patches and networks affect ecosystem function
Oral/Reg Brandwine, Shlomo. Life Sciences Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Binding ideas in the response?of populations to the dynamics of landscape mosaics.
Landscape Pattern and Population Processes
Oral/Reg Brooks, Kerry, and Michael Bishopp. GIS and Simulation Laboratory, Interdisciplinary Design Institute and Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Washington State University-Spokane, Spokane, WA 99202, USA. Evaluating Conflicts and Costs Associated with Proposed Landscape-based Salmon Habitat Protection Measures. 
Landscape Management: Approaches and Practices
Oral/Reg Bunn1, Andrew G., Dean L. Urban2, Lisa J. Graumlich1. 1Mountain Research Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT USA; 2Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC USA. Fine Scale Variability in the Physical and Biotic Templates of 3 Alpine Treelines. 
Vegetation Pattern and Plant-Environment Relationships
Poster Butaye, Jan, Hans Jacquemyn, and Martin Hermy. Department of Land and Water Management, University of Leuven, Vital Decosterstraat 102, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. Differential colonization causing non-random forest plant species community structure in a fragmented agricultural landscape.
Landscape Pattern and Population Dynamics and Species Distribution
Oral/Reg Cadenasso1, M.L., S.T.A. Pickett1, and W.C. Zipperer2. 1Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY 12545, USA; and 2USDA Forest Service, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA. Spatial Heterogeneity in an Urban Watershed: Baltimore, Maryland.
Pattern and Process in Urban Landscapes
Poster Camelo-de-Castro, Ernesto. Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. Landsat MSS and TM Data Preparation for Vegetation Cover Change Analysis: Evaluation on a Cerrado Environment in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Landscape Characterization and Pattern Analysis
Oral/Reg Canzonieri, Carmela. Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto ON, Canada. Reinforcing the ecological structure to artificial infrastructure ratio in suburban/rural landscapes.
Land Use Planning and Landscape Architecture
Special: Jones' Cardille1, Jeffrey A., Jonathan A. Foley1, Marcos Heil Costa2. Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706.2. Department of Agricultural Engineering, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Scaling Down Successfully: A New Method For Integrating Census and Satellite Data
Scaling Issues Related to Ecological and Hydrological Landscape Analyses
Oral/Reg Castro1, Fabio, and Brondizio, Eduardo2. Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisa Ambiental-UNICAMP C.P. 6166 Campinas, SP 13081-970, Brazil; 2 Department of Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA. The Role of Ecological Patchiness in the Landscape Fragmentation Patterns: The Case of Upper Negro River. 
Landscape-Scale Ecological Assessment
Poster Charpentier1,2, M, C. Wigand2, R. McKinney2, M. Chintala2, G. Thursby2, and J. Kiddon2. 1OAO Corporation, 27 Tarzwell Drive, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA; 2EPA, NHEERL, 27 Tarzwell Drive, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA. A geographic information system (GIS) analysis of water transit through watersheds of subestuaries in Narragansett Bay, RI. 
Landscape Pattern and Ecosystem Processes
Poster Chen, Chang-Jui. Department of Landscape, Chinese Culture University, 100,2F, 125, Chung-Hua Rd., Sec.2, Taipei, Taiwan. Landscape spatial patterns of three kinds of irrigation areas in Taoyuan Terrace, Taiwan. 
Land Use Change and Urban Ecology
Special: Jones' Chen, Grace F. Department of Geography, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. Relating Landscape Patterns to Hydrological Processes in a Watershed Hierarchy.
Scaling Issues Related to Ecological and Hydrological Landscape Analyses
Poster Chen, Jiquan1, Eugenie Euskirchen1, Tom Hayes2, Siyan Ma1, Treneice Marshall1, and Sari Saunders1. 1School of Forestry & Wood Products, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931. 2University of California, Berkley, CA 94720. Are Edge Effects More Pronounced at Edges? 
Landscape Characterization and Pattern Analysis
Poster Chen, Yufu, Ming Dong. Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, P.R.China. Quantifying spatial pattern of a sandy landscape in northern China by lacunarity analysis. 
Landscape Characterization and Pattern Analysis
Special: Keane's Chew, Jimmie D., USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, MT 59807, USA. Integrating the Simulation of Disturbance Processes at Landscape Scales. 
Landscape Fire Succession Modeling Special Session and Workshop
Poster Clagget1, Peter, Michael Strager2. 1Canaan Valley Institute, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19482-0964; 2West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6108. An Interactive GIS Landscape Change and Analysis Tool. 
Land Use Change and Urban Ecology
Oral/Reg Cole, Marlene B. and Richard G. Lathrop. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. Spatial relationships of environmental and sonar backscatter-derived variables to fish abundance data in the New York Bight. 
Landscape Pattern and Species Distribution
Special: Ahern's Condon, Patrick, and Sara Muir. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. The Headwaters Sustainable Community for 13,000: The East Clayton Neighborhood Concept Plan.
Landscape Ecology Comes to Town: An exploration of concepts, issues, strategies and case studies of applied urban landscape ecology
Keynote Speech Crewe , Katherine. School of Planning and Landscape Architecture, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. xxx.
Keynote Speech
Oral/Reg Curtin, Charles, G. Arid Lands Project, Box 29, Animas, NM. 88020. Long-term experimental studies of the interaction of herbivory, fire, and climate in the US. / Mexico borderlands.
Disturbance and Vegetation Pattern and Dynamics
Poster da Costa Gurgel1, Helen, Nelson Jesus Ferreira2. 1 INPE - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Caixa Postal 515 - 12201-097 - São José dos Campos - SP, Brazil; 2 INPE - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais Caixa Postal 515 - 12201-097 - São José dos Campos - SP, Brazil. Spatial and Temporal Variability of NDVI over Brazil and its Connections with the Climate. 
Landscape Characterization and Pattern Analysis
Top 10 Dale, Virginia H. Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6036, USA. Top Ten Landscape Ecology Issues for the Next Millennium
Top 10 List
Special: Fortin's Dale1, M.R.T., M.-J. Fortin2, and P. Legendre3. 1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G 2E9, Canada. 2School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, Canada. 3Département de sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, H3C 3J7, Canada. Accounting for spatial autocorrelation in statistical tests of landscape characteristics.
The premises and problems with spatial analysis in landscape ecology
Oral/Reg Dalton, Deborah W., Division of Landscape Architecture, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73019, USA. Eco-Revelatory Design: A Cautionary Tale of Two Designs in the City. 
Land Use Planning and Landscape Architecture
Poster David, John (EBo) and Jianguo (Jingle) Wu. Department of Life Sciences, Arizona State University West, Phoenix, AZ 85069 and Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85069, USA. Toward Developing a Hierarchical Patch Dynamics Modeling Platform.
Landscape Pattern and Ecosystem Processes
Oral/Reg de-Camino-Beck, Tomas and Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa. Earth and Atmospheric Science Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canadá T6G 2E3. A critical review of landscape fragmentation measures using cellular automata. 
Landscape Pattern Analysis: Theory and Methods
Oral/Reg Decker1, E. H., B. T. Milne1, F. A. Smith1, and S. M. Elliott2. 1Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, USA; 2Division of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA. General Patterns in The Spatial Structure of Urban Networks.
Pattern and Process in Urban Landscapes
Poster DeFee II, Buren B., Douglas Wunneburger, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840, USA. Integrating Stakeholder Concerns Into Open Space Planning Decisions. 
Landscape Conservation, Management and Design
Oral/Reg Desimone, Steven M., Brian L. Cosentino, Joseph B. Buchanan, D. John Pierce, and Timothy Quinn. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501, USA. Riparian Buffers as Habitat for Northern Goshawks: A Spatial Assessment at Three Scales on Managed Forest Landscapes in Western Washington. 
Landscape-Scale Ecological Assessment
Oral/Reg Dixon, Mark and Monica Turner. Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA. Modeling the Effects of Flow Variation on Recruitment Dynamics of Riparian Trees. 
Vegetation Pattern and Plant-Environment Relationships
Poster Drummond1, Mark A., Raymond D. Watts2, Roger Compton3. 1 USGS, MESC, 4512 McMurry Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80525; 2 USGS/CIRA, Colorado State Univ. Foothills Campus, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523; 3 USGS, RMMC, Box 25046, MS516, Denver, CO 80225, USA. Temporal Effects of Human Influence on Rural Landscape Pattern and Wildlife Habitat in Teton County, Wyoming. 
Landscape Conservation, Management and Design
Oral/Reg Ehle, Donna S. and William L. Baker, Department of Geography and Recreation, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA. Influence of the Spatial Distribution of Pre-European Disturbance Events on Ponderosa Pine Age Structure in Rocky Mountain National Park, USA. 
Disturbance and Vegetation Pattern and Dynamics
Oral/Reg Euskirchen, Eugenie1, Jiquan Chen1, Harbin Li2, and Eric Gustafson3. 1Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA; 2USDA Forest Service Center for Forested Wetlands Research, Charleston, SC, 29414, USA; and 3USDA Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Rhinelander, WI, 54501, USA. Modelling net carbon across a hypothetical landscape under alternative harvesting strategies.
Landscape Pattern and Ecosystem Processes
Oral/Reg Ewan1, Joseph M., and James P. Burke2. 1School of Planning and Landscape Architecture, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA; 2 Parks, Recreation and Library Department, City of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The Sonoran Preserve Master Plan: Integration of Landscape Ecology with the Design and Planning of Open Space. 
Land Use Planning and Landscape Architecture
Oral/Reg Fairbanks1, Dean H.K., and Albert S. van Jaarsveld1. 1Conservation Planning Unit, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. Human-Ecosystem Co-evolution: Avian Diversity and Structure within African Land Transformation Systems. 
Landscape Pattern and Species Distribution
Top 10 Farina, Almo. Faculty of Environmental Sciences, The Urbino University, Urbino, Italy. Landscape Ecology acting in the real world, priorities and strategies.
Top 10 List
Oral/Reg Fernandez, Luis E. School of Natural Resources and Environment, University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1115, USA. Modeling the Agents of Tropical Deforestation: Integrating Social Survey Data into Spatial Models of Land Use Change on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua (1959-1996). 
Land Use and Land Cover Change: Pattern and Process
Special: Dent's  Findlay1, Stuart, Nina Caraco1, Jonathon Cole1, William Nieder2, and David Strayer1. 1Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Box AB, Millbrook, NY 12545, 2Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, Annandale, NY 12504. Functioning of submersed vegetation patches in the tidal freshwater Hudson River. 
Pattern and process in aquatic ecosystems: how patches and networks affect ecosystem function
Poster Fisher, Christopher T. Archaeological Research Institute, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. 2000 years of landscape change in the Lake Pátzcuaro Basin, Michoacán, Mexico. 
Land Use Change and Urban Ecology
Special: Dent’s Fisher, Stuart G., Julia Henry, John Schade, and Jill Welter. Department of Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. Challenges of Applying the Concepts and Approaches of Landscape Ecology to Running Waters. 
Pattern and process in aquatic ecosystems: how patches and networks affect ecosystem function
Poster Flamm1, R. O.*, Alexander Smith1., Suzanne Tarr1, Susan Jacobson2, and Sampreethi Aipanjiguly2. 1Florida Marine Research Institute, Department of Environmental Protection, St. Petersburg, Florida. 2Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Manatee 'places' in and around Tampa Bay Florida.
Landscape Conservation, Management and Design
Poster Fleming1, Richard A., and Jean-Noël Candau2. 1Great Lakes Forest Research Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, P6A 5M7, CANADA; 2Ontario Forest Research Institute, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, P6A 5N5, CANADA. Pattern and Process in the Interaction of Spruce Budworm and Wildfire Disturbance Regimes at Landscape Scales.
Disturbance and Landscape Pattern Interactions
Oral/Reg Foltete, Jean-Christophe, and Didier Josselin. THEMA, 32 rue Megevand, 25030 Besancon Cedex. Using spatio-temporal co-occurrence matrices to delineate spatial patterns about vole swarming.
Landscape Pattern and Population Processes
Top 10 Forman, Richard T. T. Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Impact Opportunities for Landscape Ecology in the Twenty-aughts.
Top 10 List
Special: Fortin's Fortin, Marie-José1, Mathieu Philibert2, Tarmo Remmel and Ferenc Csillag3. 1School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6; Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6; 3Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5L 1C6. Sensitivity analysis of boundary detection on spatial features of heterogeneous landscape.
The premises and problems with spatial analysis in landscape ecology
Oral/Reg Frank, Karin. Department of Ecological Modelling, UFZ-Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, D-04301 Leipzig, Germany. An index for assessing habitat networks from the perspective of metapopulation viability. 
Landscape Pattern and Population Processes
Oral/Reg Franklin, Janet. Department of Geography, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-4493, USA. Simulating the effects of altered fire regimes on plant succession in the shrublands and forests of Southern California using LANDIS. 
Disturbance and Vegetation Pattern and Dynamics
Oral/Reg Franklin1, Scott, Amy Webbeking1 and John Kupfer2. 1Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA; 2Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. The Effects of Landscape Structure on Plant Regeneration Patterns in Shifting Cultivation Fields Near Indian Church, Belize. 
Disturbance and Vegetation Pattern and Dynamics
Poster Fraser, John. Science Development and Technology Branch Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 8M5. Landscape Ecology approaches to the protection of natural heritage features and the sustainable management of mineral aggregate resources, Oak Ridges Moraine, Ontario Canada. 
Landscape Conservation, Management and Design
Oral/Reg Fritsch1, Uta, Daniel Katzenmaier1 and Axel Bronstert2, 1Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany; 2Institute for Geo-ecology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany. Land-Use Scenarios for Flood Risk Assessment Studies.
Land Use and Land Cover Change: Modeling
Oral/Reg Giladi, Itamar, Michael Bokamper, and H. Ronald Pulliam. Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 30602. Distribution, dispersal, and habitat suitability of Hexastylis arifolia in a mosaic landscape. 
Landscape Pattern and Species Distribution
Oral/Reg Glenn, Susan. Forest Sciences Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., V4K 3C9, Canada. Responses of Grassland/Forest Boundaries to Surprising Changes in Climate in Central British Columbia, Canada.
Landscape Pattern and Species Invasion and Disease Spread
Poster Gomide, Marcia1, Vladmir Luft2, Mônica Serrão3. 1Núcleo de Estudos de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; 2CREP, Visconde do Rio Branco, Minas Gerais, Brasil; 3SENAC, CEAD, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. From Tropical Forest to Eroded Lands: The Cost of the Natural Landscape in the Urbanization Process. 
Land Use Change and Urban Ecology
Poster Gomide1, Marcia, Roberto Medronho1, and Heinrich haasenack2. 1Núcleo de Estudos de Saúde Coletiva - NESC/UFRJ/ Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; and 2Departamento de Ecologia/UFRGS/Porto Alegre, Brasil. Precarious Urbanization and Transmission of the Hepatitis A in a Poor Area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 
Land Use Change and Urban Ecology
Oral/Reg Gong1, P., Y. Sheng1, B. Xu1, L. Wang1, G. S. Biging1, Y. Wang2, Y.-P. Hsieh3, 1Center for Assessment and Monitoring of Forest and Environmental Resources, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; 2Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA; 3Wetland Ecology, Center for Water Quality, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA. Photo-ecometrics for landscape characterization. 
Landscape Mapping and Characterization: Methods and Applications
Oral/Reg Green, Glen M. and Laura A. Carlson*, Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change (CIPEC), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA. Control of forest distribution by bio-geophysical and social/institutional factors: Does conservation management make a difference? 
Landscape Management: Approaches and Practices
Oral/Reg Grove1, J. Morgan and Ann P. Kinzig2. 1USDA Forest Service, 705 Spear Street, South Burlington, VT 05403, USA; 2Department of Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. Synthesis of social and ecological approaches for the spatial analyses of human ecosystems, with examples from Phoenix, Arizona and Baltimore, Maryland.
Pattern and Process in Urban Landscapes
Oral/Reg Gruber1, Bernd, Klaus Henle1, Karin Frank2. 1Department of Conservation Biology and Natural Resources, UFZ - Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany; and 2Deparment of Ecological Modelling, UFZ - Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany. Movement models as tools for analyzing the effect of landscape structure on population processes.
Landscape Pattern and Population Processes
Oral/Reg Guo, Linhai Larry, John Morrison, and John Marthick. Environmental Research Institute, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia. Multi-scale Analysis of Landscape Connectivity in Kangaroo Valley, NSW Southeastern Australia in the Context of Landscape Ecology.
Landscape Pattern and Population Processes
Oral Guo, Qinghua, Wei Luo*, Ye Qi. Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA. Semivariance techniques in point pattern analysis: A comparison with Ripley K. 
Landscape Pattern Analysis: Theory and Methods
Oral/Reg Haire, Sandra L. USGS-Biological Resources Division, Fort Collins, CO 80525, USA. Landscape ecology as an integrative science: An application in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. 
Landscape Management: Approaches and Practices
Poster Harden1, Charles, and Matthew Nicholson2. 1Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901-6504, USA; 2Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901-6504, USA. Impacts of Human Development on Deer Herd Management in the Ex-urban Landscape. 
Landscape Conservation, Management and Design
Oral/Reg Hargrove, William W., and Forrest M. Hoffman. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA. Multivariate Ecoregions of the United States: A Statistical Delineation. 
Landscape Mapping and Characterization: Methods and Applications
Oral/Reg Harris, Virginia. Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. Using Remote Sensing Data to Estimate the Value of Open Space in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. 
Land Use Planning and Landscape Architecture
Oral/Reg Hatfield, Colleen A. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. Discontinuities in habitat features inhibit the spread of exotic species. 
Landscape Pattern and Species Invasion and Disease Spread
Poster Hawks, Michelle M., Helene H. Wagnar, Jonathan M. Bossenbroek, John A. Wiens, and Beatrice Van Horne. Department of Biology Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA. Multi-scale Analysis of Butterflies Response to Environmental Factors Using Causal Modeling. 
Scaling: Methods and Case Studies
Oral/Reg Hay1, G.J., P. Dubé1, D.J. Marceau1, A. Bouchard2. 1Geocomputing Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Montreal, Montreal, Que, Canada, H3C 3J7; 2IRBV, University of Montreal, Jardin Botanique de Montreal, Montreal, Que. Canada, H1X 2B2. Scale-Space for Landscape Ecologists: A Novel Approach for Defining Multi-Scale Landscape Structure In High-Resolution Imagery.
Landscape Pattern Analysis: Theory and Methods
Oral/Reg Hayman, Alicia A., and Hans Schreier. Institute for Resources and Environment, May Pen, Clarendon, Jamaica W.I. The effects of land use practices on water quality and quantity in the Hope River watershed, Jamaica.
Landscape-Scale Ecological Assessment
Oral/Reg He1, Hong S., Stephen J. Ventura2, and David J. Mladenoff3. 1School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; 2Land Information & Computer Graphic Facilities, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, 53706, USA; and 3Department of Forest Ecology & Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA. Effects of GIS Aggregation Approaches on Landscape Patterns Using Landsat TM Satellite Imagery. 
Landscape Pattern Analysis: Theory and Methods
Oral/Reg Hellmund1, Paul Cawood, Theresa Tiehen2, and Raymond Sperger3, 1Landscape Architecture Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; 2 Colorado Department of Transportation, Aurora CO 80011, USA; 3South Platte Park, South Suburban Park and Recreation District, Littleton, CO 80121, USA. Wildlife, a Highway, and Community-based Conservation: A Case Study on Denver Urbanizing Fringe.
Landscape Pattern and Biodiversity Conservation
Poster Helmer, E. H., Olga Ramos, Tania del Mar Lopez, Maya Quiñones and Wilmari Diaz. International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service, P.O. Box 25000, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, USA. Mapping forest type and land use of a biodiversity hotspot.
Landscape Characterization and Pattern Analysis
Poster Henebry, Geoffrey, Brian Putz, and James Merchant. Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT), University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0517, USA. Modeling Herpetile Range Distributions from Species Occurrences and Landscape Variables. 
Landscape Pattern and Population Dynamics and Species Distribution
Special: Dent’s  Henry, Julia C., S.G. Fisher, J.D. Schade, and J.R. Welter. Department of Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ 85287, USA. Periphyton-sandbar edge interactions in an arid-land stream. 
Pattern and process in aquatic ecosystems: how patches and networks affect ecosystem function
Special: Smith’s Hess, George. Forestry Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-8002, USA. Measuring Suburban Sprawl. 
Assessing Current and Future Regional Vulnerabilities
Oral/Reg Hess1, Rebecca S. and Thomas A. Spies2. 1Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; and 2USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA. Snag and Down Wood Patterns in Forests of the Coast Range of Oregon. 
Vegetation Pattern and Plant-Environment Relationships
Top 10 Hobbs, Richard J. School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia. Top 5 research questions in landscape ecology. (Conveyed by J. Wu)
Top 10 List (Mail in)
Oral/Reg Hockner1, Tom, Jim Newman2, Jeffrey Jones3, Mark Brown4, Joseph Delfino5, Michael Binford6, 1Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA; 2Pandion Systems, Inc., Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; 3East Central FL Regional Planning Council, Maitland, FL 32751, USA; 4Department of Environmental Engineering, University of FL, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA, Department of Environmental Engineering, University of FL, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; , 6Department of Geography, University of FL, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. Assessing Impacts of Incremental Landscape Changes on the Wekiva River Ecosystem: A Dynamic Urban Ecology Model. 
Land Use and Land Cover Change: Pattern and Process
Oral/Reg Hoffman, Robin. Faculty of Landscape Architecture, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA. Application of Computer Visualizations in the Investigation of Alternate Forest Management Practices. 
Landscape Mapping and Characterization: Methods and Applications
Oral/Reg Hoffman1, Aaron L., and John A. Wiens2. 1Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; 2Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA. The use of semivariance analysis for scale detection in beetle diversity and landscape properties on the shortgrass steppe of Colorado. 
Landscape Pattern and Species Distribution
Poster Hollister1, Jeff W., John F. Paul2, Jane Copeland3, Randy L. Comeleo4, Mike Charpentier3, Peter V. August1, Mark Brush5. 1University of Rhode Island, Department of Natural Resources Science, Kingston, RI, 02881; 2United States Environmental Protection Agency, Atlantic Ecology Division, Narragansett, RI 02882; 3OAO Corporation, Narragansett, RI 02882; 4OAO Corporation, Corvallis, OR 97333; 5University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI 02882. Landscape Structure and Estuarine Condition in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States: II. Exploring the Role of Landscape Composition in the Riparian Zone. 
Landscape Pattern and Ecosystem Processes

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Poster Hooten1, Mevin B., David R. Larsen2, and Christopher K. Wikle3. 1Department of Forestry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; 2Department of Forestry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; 3Department of Statistics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. Modeling and mapping the distribution of legumes in the Missouri Ozarks: A Bayesian Approach. 
Vegetation Pattern and Plant-Environment Relationships
Oral/Reg Howe, Elisabeth Bartlett and William L. Baker. Department of Geography and Recreation, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA. Disturbance Interactions and Severe Blowdown in a Rocky Mountain Subalpine Forest Landscape. 
Disturbance and Vegetation Pattern and Dynamics
Oral/Reg Howerter1,2, David, Jay J. Rotella2, James H. Devries 1, Robert B. Emery1, Brian L. Joynt1, Llwellyn M. Armstrong1, and Michael G. Anderson1 . 1Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Stonewall, MB, R0C 2Z0, Canada; and 2Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA. Landscape attributes predict hatching rates: Effects of classification and scale. 
Landscape Pattern and Population Processes
Poster Hudak1, Andrew, Janet Ohmann1, Matt Gregory1, Melinda Moeur1, Michael Lefsky2, and Warren Cohen1. 1Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service; and 2Department of Forest Science, College of Foresty, Oregon State University. Comparison of Two Methods to Map Forest Structure from Inventory Plot and Environmental Data in Western Oregon. 
Landscape Characterization and Pattern Analysis
Oral/Reg Huebner, Cynthia D. USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA. Invasive Plant Species in Eastern Oak-Hickory Forests: Actual and Potential Landscape Impacts. 
Landscape Pattern and Species Invasion and Disease Spread
Special: Fortin's Hughes, Josie, Andrew Fall, Marie-Josee Fortin and Ken Lertzman. School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6. Predicting the effect of pattern on congregative dispersal: A comparison of landscape indices. 
The premises and problems with spatial analysis in landscape ecology
Oral/Reg Ismail, Nafeesa Ahmed and AbuBakr AbdelAziz Mohamed. Crop, Soil and Water Sciences Division, International Rice Research Institute, P. O. Box 3127, MCPO1271 Makati City, Philippines. Farm aggregation and scaling for land use planning: methodology and application. 
Land Use Planning and Landscape Architecture
Oral/Reg Iverson, Louis R., and Todd F. Hutchinson. USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Delaware, OH 43015, USA. The effects of prescribed fire on soil temperature and moisture, litter consumption, and sapling topkill across a forested landscape in Ohio. 
Disturbance and Vegetation Pattern and Dynamics
Special: Smith’s Jackson1, Laura, Sandra Bird2*, Ronald Matheny3, Robert V. O’Neill4, Denis White5, Kristen Boesch6, and Jodi Kovach6. 1US EPA, National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711, 2US EPA, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Athens, GA, 3 US EPA, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711,4 Oak Ridge, TN 37830, 5US EPA, National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory, Corvallis, OR, 6University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Projecting Ecological Vulnerability to Land-Use Change across the Mid-Atlantic Region. 
Assessing Current and Future Regional Vulnerabilities
Poster Jacquemyn, Hans, Jan Butaye, and Martin Hermy. Department of Land and Water Management, University of Leuven, Vital Decosterstraat 102, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. Spatio-temporal effects of forest fragmentation on plant species composition in mixed deciduous forest patches.
Landscape Pattern and Population Dynamics and Species Distribution
Oral/Reg Jager1, Henriette, Jim. Chandler2, Ken Lepla2, Annett Sullivan1, Webb Van Winkle3 . 1Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, 2Idaho Power Co., Boise, ID, USA; 3Environmental consultant, Boise, ID, USA. A simulation study of how dams influence white sturgeon populations at three spatial scales. 
Landscape Pattern and Population Processes
Poster Jaiteh1, Malanding S., Paul V. Desanker2 and Jiquan Chen3. 1Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University, P.O. Box 1000, The Palisades, NY 10964; 2Department of Environmental Science, University of Virginia, Clark Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903; 3 School of Forestry and Wood Products, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton MI 49931. Land Use and Landscape Patterns in Miombo Ecosystems. 
Land Use Change and Urban Ecology
Special: Jenerette-Wu Jenerette1,2, G. Darrel, Jianguo Wu1, Nancy B. Grimm2. 1Landscape Ecology and Modeling Lab, Dept. of Life Sciences, Arizona State University-West, Phoenix, AZ 85069, USA; 2Department of Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. Spatial nitrogen dynamics and self-organization.
Complexity Theory and Ecological Applications
Poster Jenerette1,2, G. Darrel, Matthew A. Luck1,2, Jianguo Wu1, Nancy B. Grimm2, Diane Hope3, and Weixing Zhu4. 1Landscape Ecology and Modeling Lab, Department of Life Sciences, Arizona State University-West, Phoenix, AZ 85069, USA; 2Department of Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA; 3Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 95287 USA; 4Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University - SUNY, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA. Linking spatial pattern of soil organic matter to ecological processes in an urban landscape.
Landscape Pattern and Ecosystem Processes
Special: Jones' Jennings, David B. and S. Taylor Jarnagin*. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, NERL/LEB, Environmental Photographic Interpretation Center, Reston, VA 20192, USA. Impervious Surfaces and Streamflow Discharge: A Historical Remote Sensing Perspective in a Northern Virginia Subwatershed. 
Scaling Issues Related to Ecological and Hydrological Landscape Analyses
Poster Johnson, Alan R. and Karen M. Eisenreich. Department of Environmental Toxicology, Clemson University, Pendleton, SC, 29670, USA. Integrating Landscape Ecology into Ecological Risk Assessment. 
Landscape Conservation, Management and Design
Special: Dent’s Johnson, Lucinda B., Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN 55811, USA. Influence of landscape versus local scale factors on wood in low gradient streams. 
Pattern and process in aquatic ecosystems: how patches and networks affect ecosystem function
Poster Kashian1, Daniel M. and Monica G. Turner2. 1Departments of Zoology and Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA; 2Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA. The persistence of landscape legacies following catastrophic fire in Yellowstone National Park. 
Disturbance and Landscape Pattern Interactions
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Katti, Madhusudan and Eyal Shochat. Central Arizona - Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project and Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. Phoenix Or Tucson - Does Landscape Determine Where Abert's Towhees Choose To Live?
Landscape Pattern and Population Dynamics and Species Distribution
Special: Keane's Keane, R.E. and R. Parsons. USDA Forest Service Fire Sciences Laboratory, Missoula, MT 59807, USA. Limitations of the Simulation Approach to Estimate Historical Range and Variation of Landscape Patch Dynamics. 
Landscape Fire Succession Modeling Special Session and Workshop
Special: Keane's Keane1, R.E., and S. Lavorel2. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. P.O. Box 8089, Missoula, MT 59807, USA; 2CEFE - CNRS UPR 9056, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 05, France. A classification of landscape fire succession models: Presentation and Discussion.
Landscape Fire Succession Modeling Special Session and Workshop
Special: Jenerette-Wu Keitt, Timothy H. Department of Ecology and Evolution, State Univeristy of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA. Statistical Mechanics of a Continent-Wide Biological Survey.
Complexity Theory and Ecological Applications
Oral/Reg Kepner1, W.G., S.N. Miller2, M. Hernandez2, R.C. Miller2, D.C. Goodrich2, C.M. Edmonds1, F. K. Devonald3, L. Li4, and P. Miller2. 1U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; 2USDA?Agricultural Research Service, Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA; 3U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Research, Washington, D.C., USA; 4University of New Mexico, Department of Biology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. An Evaluation of Hydrologic Response to 25 Years of Landscape Change in a Semi-arid Watershed. 
Landscape-Scale Ecological Assessment
Oral/Reg Kerkhoff, Andrew J., Scott N. Martens, and Bruce T. Milne. Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA. Landscape ecohydrology and patterns of tree cover in semi-arid woodlands. 
Landscape Pattern and Ecosystem Processes
Poster Ki-Hwan Cho1*, Do-Soon Cho1 and Sun-Kee Hong2. 1Department of Environmental Sciences, The Catholic University of Korea, Puchon, Korea; and 2Environmental Planning Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. Landscape ecological functions of mountain ridges between a bioreserve and its neighboring forest in the Kwangnung area, Korea.
Vegetation Pattern and Plant-Environment Relationships
Top 10 King, Anthony W. Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335, USA. Top Ten Challenges for Landscape Ecology: A Middle-Number Systems Perspective.
Top 10 List
Poster Kirkpatrick1, Lee Anne, and John F. Weishampel2. 1Liberal Studies Program and 2Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-2368, USA. Quantifying structure in volumetric neutral landscapes. 
Landscape Characterization and Pattern Analysis
Poster Koerner, Brenda A., and Jeffrey M. Klopatek. Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. Anthropogenic and Natural CO2 Efflux in an Arid Urban Environment: Pattern and Processes.
Landscape Pattern and Ecosystem Processes
Oral/Reg Kosek, Sandra E. and Joan Iverson Nassauer. Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Scale Influences on the Perception of Landscapes Designed for Ecological Function. 
Land Use Planning and Landscape Architecture
Special: Dent’s  Kratz1, Tim K., Thomas R. Hrabik1, John J. Magnuson1, and Katherine E. Webster1,2. 1Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA; 2Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 1350 Femrite Dr., Monona, WI 53716, USA. The Role of Landscape Position in Lake Structure and Dynamics. 
Pattern and process in aquatic ecosystems: how patches and networks affect ecosystem function
Oral/Reg Krawchuk, Meg and Phil Taylor. Biology Department, ACWERN, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B0P 1X0, Canada. The relative importance of habitat structure changes within a nested hierarchy of spatial scales for three species of insects. 
Landscape Pattern and Species Distribution
Oral/Reg Krysanova, Valentina and Frank Wechsung. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, P.O.Box 601203, Telegrafenberg, 14412 Potsdam, Germany. West-European trends in agriculture and their impact on ecohydrological processes: A modelling study in the state of Brandenburg. 
Landscape Pattern and Ecosystem Processes
Oral/Reg Kupfer1, John, and Scott Franklin2. 1Department of Geography and Regional Development, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; 2Department of Biology, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA. Evaluation of an Ecological Land Type Classification System, Natchez Trace State Forest, Western Tennessee, USA. 
Landscape Mapping and Characterization: Methods and Applications
Poster Laurent1, E.J., and Bruce Kingsbury. Center for Reptile and Ampibian Conservation and Management and the Department of Biology, Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499, USA; 1Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1222, USA. Validation and Nullification of a Predictive Model for Habitat Context: the Effects of Location and Landcover Classification. 
Landscape Pattern and Population Dynamics and Species Distribution
Oral/Reg Lee1, Pey-Yi, Tom Scott1,2. 1Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; 2Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Hierarchical pattern of spatial structure of Loggerhead Shrike at different scales.
Landscape Pattern and Population Processes
Top 10 Levin, Simon A. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA Top 10 list for landscape ecology. (Conveyed by J. Wu)
Top 10 List (Mail in)
Special: Jenerette-Wu Li, Bai-Lian. Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA. Spatiotemporal Complexity of Nonlinear Ecological Interactions.
Complexity Theory and Ecological Applications
Special: Keane's Li, Chao. Northern Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6H 3S5. Landscape Structure Based Simulation of Natural Fire Regimes. 
Landscape Fire Succession Modeling Special Session and Workshop
Special: Fortin's Li1, Harbin, and Jianguo Wu2. 1USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Charleston, SC 29414, USA; 2Landscape Ecology and Modeling Lab, Department of Life Sciences, Arizona State University-West, Phoenix, AZ 85069, USA. Landscape Analysis with Pattern Indices: Problems and Solutions. 
The premises and problems with spatial analysis in landscape ecology
Poster Li1, Harbin, Zhengquan Wang2, and Carl C. Trettin1. 1USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Charleston, SC 29414, USA; 2College of Forest Resources and Environment, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, P.R. China. Scaling up Carbon Estimates in Peat Soils: Sources and Consequences of Uncertainty. 
Scaling: Methods and Case Studies
Top 10 Lieberman, Arthur S. (Professor Emeritus of Physical Environmental Quality at Cornell University), Rehov Shimkin 21, Ahuza 34750, Haifa, Israel. Top 10 list for landscape ecology. (Conveyed by J. Wu)
Top 10 List (Mail in)
Oral/Reg Lin1,2, Yu-Pin, Tung-po Teng2 and Chen-Fa Wu1. 1Department of Landscape Architecture, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan 11114; 2Department of Geography, Chinese Culture University. Spatial continuity and fragmentation analysis of vegetation landscape at Lugiakan conservation area in Taiwan. 
Landscape Pattern Analysis: Theory and Methods
Poster Lin1,3, Yu-Pin, Tsun-Kuo Chang2, Tung-po Teng3 and Chen-Fa Wu1. 1Department of Landscape Architecture, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan 11114; 2Graduate Institute of Agricultural Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 10617; 3Department of Geography, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan, 11114. A study of Landscape diversity and soil heavy metal pollution in an agricultural landscape.
Landscape Pattern and Ecosystem Processes
Oral/Reg Lindemann, Jeremiah D. and William L. Baker. Department of Geography and Recreation, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA. GIS analysis of factors influencing blowdown in a Rocky Mountain landscape. 
Disturbance and Vegetation Pattern and Dynamics
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Lioubimtseva, Elena. Department of Geography and Planning, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401, USA. Monitoring Changes in Arid Landscapes of Central Asia. 
Land Use and Land Cover Change: Pattern and Process
Oral/Reg Lister1, Tonya, Rachel Riemann1, Mike Hoppus1, and Wayne Zipperer2. 1USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, 11 Campus Boulevard, Suite 200, Newtown Square, PA 19073, USA; 2USDA Forest Service, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 5 Moon Library, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.  Changes in land use patterns and forest fragmentation over fifty years in the Baltimore area and their effects on forest composition and structure. 
Pattern and Process in Urban Landscapes
Oral/Reg Liu1, Jianguo, Marc Linderman 1, Zhiyun Ouyang2, Li An 1, Jian Yang 3, and Hemin Zhang 3. 1Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA; 2 Department of Systems Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and 3 China Center for Giant Panda Research and Conservation, Sichuan Province, China. Panda Habitat Pattern and Process across Space and Time: Integrating Landscape Ecology with Human Demography, Behavior and Socioeconomics at Multiple Scales
Landscape Pattern and Biodiversity Conservation
Oral/Reg Lookingbill, Todd, Kenneth Pierce and Dean Urban. Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA. Temperature in Montane Systems: Testing DEM-derived Proxies with Field Data. 
Vegetation Pattern and Plant-Environment Relationships
Keynote Speech Loucks, Orie L. Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA. Influencing the Social and Political Metabolism of Landscapes.
Keynote Speech
Oral/Reg Ludwig, John. CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, PMB 44, Winnellie, Darwin, Australia 0822. Monitoring Landscape Health: A New Resource Retention Index based on Remote-sensing. 
Landscape Pattern Analysis: Theory and Methods
Poster Marshall, Treneice and Jiquan Chen. School of Forestry and Wood Products, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA. Contribution of wetland ecotones on vascular plant diversity within a northern hardwood landscape. 
Vegetation Pattern and Plant-Environment Relationships
Poster Mast1, Joy N. and Lawrence E. Stevens2, 1Department of Geography and Public Planning and 2Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ 86011, USA. Dendroecological study of black cottonwood dynamics along regulated and unregulated rivers in British Columbia. 
Vegetation Pattern and Plant-Environment Relationships
Poster Mauz, Kathryn. Arid Lands Resource Sciences, Office of Arid Lands Studies, 1955 E 6th St The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85719. Quantifying Land Cover Change on the Catalina Piedmont, Tucson, Arizona, 1984-1998: Application of remote sensing and GIS analysis techniques. 
Land Use Change and Urban Ecology
Oral/Reg McConnell, William J. Student Building, 331 Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405, USA. Human-Environment Relations in Madagascar: The importance of spatial and temporal perspective. 
Land Use and Land Cover Change: Pattern and Process
Oral/Reg McDonald1, Robert I., Robert K. Peet2, and Dean L. Urban3. 1Nicholas School of the Environment, Box 90328, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA; 2Department of Biology, Box 3280, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; and 3Nicholas School of the Environment, Box 90328, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA. Landscape Impacts on Oak Decline and Red Maple Increase. 
Vegetation Pattern and Plant-Environment Relationships
Oral/Reg McDonnell, Mark J. and Kirsten Parris, Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, c/o Botany School, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia. Creation of a Human Dominated Landscape (Melbourne) has Increased the Breeding Range of Grey-headed Flying Foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) in Australia. 
Pattern and Process in Urban Landscapes
Special: Keane's McGarigal1, Kevin, William Romme2, Edward Roworth1, and Michele Crist1. 1Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA; 2Biology Department, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO 81301, USA. Rocky Mountain Landscape Simulator (RMLANDS): Characterizing the expected range of variation in landscape structure and function.
Landscape Fire Succession Modeling Special Session and Workshop
Oral/Reg McGarigall, Kevin, Scott Jackson, Brad Compton, Kasey Rolih, Ede Ene, Kirstin Seleen, and Curt Griffin. Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. Biodiversity assessment: A coarse-filtered landscape ecological approach. 
Landscape-Scale Ecological Assessment
Oral/Reg McGuinn, Robert, Patrick Halpin, Peter Harrell and Dean Urban. Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham NC 27708-0328, USA. Parcels vs. Pixels: Separating ownership parcel effects from environmental neighborhood effects in the analysis of urban landscape change. 
Pattern and Process in Urban Landscapes
Special: McIntyre's McIntyre1, Nancy, and Mark Hostetler2. 1Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Box 43131, Lubbock, TX 79409-3131, USA; and 2Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0430, USA. Effects of Urban Land Use on Pollinator Communities in a Desert Metropolis. 
Pollinators in heterogeneous and dynamic landscapes
Special: Keane's McKenzie, Donald, Amy E. Hessl, Susan Prichard, and David L. Peterson. Cascadia Field Station, Box 352100, University of Washington. Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Linking multi-scale empirical approaches to process-based models of fire and succession. 
Landscape Fire Succession Modeling Special Session and Workshop
Oral/Reg McPherson, A. Michelle, and Philip D. Taylor. ACWERN, Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS B0P 1X0, Canada. Effects of Landscape Change and Forest Regeneration on Peatland Dragonflies (Odonata) in Western Newfoundland. 
Landscape Pattern and Population Processes
Oral/Reg Meegan1, Rebecca P., David S. Maehr1, and Thomas S. Hoctor 2. 1Department of Forestry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0073; and 2Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-5704. Recovering the Florida Panther through Regional Conservation Planning. 
Landscape Pattern and Biodiversity Conservation
Oral/Reg Mehaffey, Megan, H., Maliha S. Nash, Tim G. Wade, and Curt M. Edmonds. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89119, USA. New York City Water Supply: A 25 Year Landscape Analysis of the Catskill/Delaware Watersheds. 
Pattern and Process in Urban Landscapes
Oral/Reg Meretsky1, Vicky, Tom Evans2, Eduardo Brondizio3, Cynthia Croissant2, and Dawn Parker4. 1School of Public and Environmental Affairs, 2Department of Geography, 3Department of Anthropology, 4Center for the Study of Institutions, Population and Environmental Change, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA. Characterizing landscape composition and pattern: Cross-site comparison of social and biophysical factors.
Land Use and Land Cover Change: Modeling
Oral/Reg Metzger, Jean Paul. Department of Ecology, University of Sao Paulo, Rua do Matao 321, trv. 14, 05508-900, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Effects of deforestation pattern and private nature-reserves on the forest conservation in agricultural areas of the Brazilian Amazon. 
Landscape Pattern and Biodiversity Conservation
Special: Fortin's Miriti, Maria. Department of Ecology and Evolution SUNY at Stony Brook Stony Brook NY 11794, USA. What can distort the identification of landscape spatial pattern? 
The premises and problems with spatial analysis in landscape ecology
Top 10 Mladenoff, David J. Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 54706, USA. Challenges for Landscape Ecology.
Top 10 List
Oral/Reg Mohamed, AbuBakr AbdelAziz. Crop, Soil and Water Sciences Division, International Rice Research Institute, P. O. Box 3127, MCPO1271 Makati City, Philippines. Modeling spatial heterogeneity for planning land use in rainfed environment. 
Land Use Planning and Landscape Architecture
Oral/Reg Mouat1, David, Carl Steinitz2, Robert Anderson3, Hector Arias4, Scott Bassett2, Mary Cablk1, Michael Flaxman2, Tomas Goode5, Robert Lozar6, Thomas Mattock, III5, Winifred Rose6, Richard Peiser2, and Allan Shearer2. 1Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV 89512, USA; 2Department of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; 3Environmental Division, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, VA 23651, USA; 4Gabinete de Estudios Ambientales, A.C., Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico; 5Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721; and 6U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 9005, Champaign, IL 61862, USA. Alternative Futures of the Upper San Pedro River Watershed, Arizona and Sonora: Politics of Landscape Change. 
Land Use Planning and Landscape Architecture
Special: Jones'  Mueller, Felix and Ernst-Walter Reiche. Ecology Center, University of Kiel, Schauenburgerstrasse 112, D 24118 Kiel, Germany. Ecological gradients as hierarchical indicators of ecosystem and landscape integrity. 
Scaling Issues Related to Ecological and Hydrological Landscape Analyses
Special: Jenerette-Wu Müller, Felix. Ecology Center, University of Kiel, Schauenburgerstrasse 112, D 24118 Kiel, Germany. Ecosystem Synergetics - Applying Systems Theoretical Concepts to Ecosystem and Landscape Development. 
Complexity Theory and Ecological Applications
Oral/Reg Nagendra, Harini, Southworth, Jane, and Tucker, Catherine M. Center for Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA. Using landscape metrics to interpret trajectories of land cover change: A case study in Western Honduras. 
Land Use and Land Cover Change: Pattern and Process
Oral/Reg Nassauer, Joan Iverson, Corry*, Robert C. School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1115, USA. A GIS-Based Spatial Model of Cultural Landscape Preferences for Altrenative Agricultural Landscape Scenarios.
Land Use Planning and Landscape Architecture
Top 10 Naveh, Zev. Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Naveh's Top 10 List for Landscape Ecology in the 21 Century.
Top 10 List
Poster Ng, Evelyn. Department of Geography & Recreation, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, U.S.A. Environmental Policies for Solar Energy Use in a Closed Micro-Business System.
Landscape Conservation, Management and Design
Oral/Reg Nicholson1, Matthew and Thomas Mather2. 1Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA; 2Center for Vector-Borne Disease, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA. Spatial and Temporal Trends in Deer Tick Abundance: Implications for Human Lyme Disease Risk. 
Landscape Pattern and Species Invasion and Disease Spread
Oral/Reg Nielsen, Clayton K., and Alan Woolf. Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory and Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Mailcode 6504, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA. Considering Landscape Physiognomy in Studies of Habitat Use-availability. 
Landscape Management: Approaches and Practices
Oral/Reg Noorizan, Mohamed. Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. The Revitalisation of Malaysian Urban Landscapes. 
Pattern and Process in Urban Landscapes
Oral/Reg Norman, Steven P., Alan H. Taylor. Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State Unive