North-Central Section - 49th Annual Meeting (19-20 May 2015)

Session No. 23
Wednesday, 20 May 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Hall of Ideas E (Monona Terrace Convention Center)

Quaternary Paleoecology of the Upper Midwest

 

Carrie Eaton and Matthew G. Hill, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
EXTINCTION DYNAMICS OF MIDCONTINENTAL CERVALCES
HILL, Matthew G., Department of Anthropology, Iowa State University, 324 Curtiss Hall, Ames, IA 50011-1050 and WIDGA, Chris, Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center, 1011 East Ash St, Springfield, IL 62703, mghill@iastate.edu, mghill@iastate.edu
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8:25 AM
REDISCOVERING THE ANDERSON MILLS MASTODON: A 19TH CENTURY FIND FROM GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN
EATON, Carolyn and SLAUGHTER, Richard, University of Wisconsin - Madison Geology Museum, Department of Geoscience, 1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, carrie@geology.wisc.edu, carrie@geology.wisc.edu
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8:45 AM
MAMMOTHS AND MASTODONS IN THE GREAT LAKES: NEW DATA ON THE CHRONOLOGY AND PALEOECOLOGY OF EXTINCTION
WIDGA, Chris1, LENGYEL, Stacey N.1, SAUNDERS, Jeff1, HODGINS, Gregory W.L.2, WALKER, Douglas3 and WANAMAKER Jr., Alan D.4, (1)Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center, 1011 East Ash St, Springfield, IL 62703, (2)NSF-Arizona AMS Facility, University of Arizona, 1118 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, (3)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, (4)Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 12 Science I, Ames, IA 50011-3212, cwidga@museum.state.il.us, cwidga@museum.state.il.us
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9:05 AM
MIDDLE HOLOCENE BISON IN THE UPPER MIDWEST
WIDGA, Chris1, HILL, Matthew G.2 and HAWLEY, Marlin F.1, (1)Illinois State Museum Research and Collections Center, 1011 East Ash St, Springfield, IL 62703, (2)Department of Anthropology, Iowa State University, 324 Curtiss Hall, Ames, IA 50011-1050, Marlin.Hawley@wisconsinhistory.org, Marlin.Hawley@wisconsinhistory.org
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9:25 AM
UPDATED FULL-GLACIAL PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTIONS AT TWO SITES AT ABOUT 38.5° N BASED ON MODERN ANALOGS OF OSTRACODES FROM NACODE (NORTH AMERICAN COMBINED OSTRACODE DATABASE)
CURRY, Brandon, Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, b-curry@illinois.edu, b-curry@illinois.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
DEVELOPING A NEW GENERATION OF LAND COVER RECONSTRUCTIONS FOR THE UPPER MIDWEST BASED ON BAYESIAN MODELS, PUBLIC LAND SURVEY DATA, AND NEOTOMA DATABASE
WILLIAMS, John W.1, DAWSON, Andria2, GORING, Simon3, JACKSON, Stephen4, MCLACHLAN, Jason5 and PACIOREK, Chris J.2, (1)Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Department of Statistics, University of California - Berkeley, 367 Evans Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, (3)Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 N Park St., Madison, WI 53706, (4)Southwest Climate Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240, (5)Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 100 Galvin Life Sciences, Notre Dame, IN 46556, jww@geography.wisc.edu, jww@geography.wisc.edu
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10:20 AM
A LANDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE ON LATE-HOLOCENE VEGETATION CHANGES ON GLACIAL OUTWASH DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN
HOTCHKISS, Sara C.1, LYNCH, Elizabeth A.2, CALCOTE, Randy3 and TWEITEN, Michael A.1, (1)Botany Department, University of Wisconsin, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Biology Department, Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, IA 52101, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Limnological Research Center, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455, shotchkiss@wisc.edu, shotchkiss@wisc.edu
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10:40 AM
DEVELOPMENT OF A DATASET TO ASSESS FRESHWATER OSTRACODE RESPONSE TO LATE-HOLOCENE CLIMATES IN THE UPPER MIDWEST
BUNBURY, Joan, Department of Geography and Earth Science, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, 1725 State Street, La Crosse, WI 54601, jbunbury@uwlax.edu, jbunbury@uwlax.edu
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11:00 AM
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF CAHOKIA’S EMERGENCE AND DECLINE: NEW PALEOECOLOGICAL RECORDS FROM THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
MUNOZ, Samuel, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS #22, 266 Woods Hole Rd., Woods Hole, MA 02543, GRULEY, Kristine, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 N. Park Street, Madison, WI 53706, MASSIE, Ashtin, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 North Park Street, Madison, WI 53706, FIKE, David A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, SCHROEDER, Sissel, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 and WILLIAMS, John W., Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706, semunoz@wisc.edu, semunoz@wisc.edu
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11:20 AM
THE EFFECTS OF LANDCOVER CHANGE ON POLLEN-VEGETATION RELATIONSHIPS IN THE UPPER MIDWEST
KUJAWA, Ellen R., Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706, GORING, Simon, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706 and WILLIAMS, John W., Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706, ekujawa@wisc.edu, ekujawa@wisc.edu
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11:40 AM
CLIMATE AND LAND USE IMPACTS ON THE HISTORICAL ECOLOGY OF THE UPPER MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES - IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
GORING, Simon1, WILLIAMS, John W.2, DAWSON, Andria3, JACKSON, Stephen4, MCLACHLAN, Jason5, RUID, Madeline1, PACIOREK, Chris J.3, RECORD, Sydne6 and KUJAWA, Ellen7, (1)Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706, (3)Department of Statistics, University of California - Berkeley, 367 Evans Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, (4)Southwest Climate Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240, (5)Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 100 Galvin Life Sciences, Notre Dame, IN 46556, (6)Biology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 North Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, (7)Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, 550 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706, goring@wisc.edu, goring@wisc.edu
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