Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Pecos, Albuquerque Convention Center
COS 36 - Biodiversity: Effects of Global Change
1:30 PMCOS 36-1Soil ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea respond differently to global change
Kathryn M. Docherty, University of Oregon, William L. Truce, University of Oregon, Christopher B. Field, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Brendan J. M. Bohannan, University of Oregon
1:50 PMCOS 36-2Plant community responses of Alaskan arctic tundra after 14 years of experimental warming and snow manipulation
Joel A. Mercado-Díaz, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, William A. Gould, International Institute of Tropical Forestry
2:10 PMCOS 36-3Experimental warming causes rapid loss of plant biodiversity in New England salt marshes
Keryn B. Gedan, Brown University, Mark D. Bertness, Brown University
2:30 PMCOS 36-4Gaps provide opportunities for migrating forest trees to establish in a broad forest transition zone
Mark D. Leithead, University of Guelph, Madhur Anand, University of Guelph, Lucas C.R. Silva, University of Guelph
2:50 PMCOS 36-5The effect of drought and subsequent precipitation pulse on productivity, species composition, and carbon fluxes of the herbaceous understorey in a cork oak woodland
Marjan Jongen, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Maria C. Caldeira, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, João S. Pereira, Instituto Superior de Agronomia
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 36-6Habitat fragmentation and altered fire regime create trade-offs for an obligate seeding shrub
Helen M. Regan, University of California, John Crookston, San Diego State University, Rebecca Swab, University of California, Janet Franklin, San Diego State University, Dawn Lawson, San Diego State University
3:40 PMCOS 36-7Loss of functional diversity, and ecosystem resilience under land use intensification across multiple taxa
Fabrice DeClerck, CATIE, Dan Flynn, Columbia University, Etienne LaLiberte, University of Cantebury, Jessie Wells, University of Queensland, Melanie Gogol-Prokurat, University of California, Davis, Theresa Nogeire, University of California Santa Barbara, Nicole Molinari, University of California Santa Barbara, Margaret M. Mayfield, University of Queensland
4:00 PMCOS 36-8Predicting community response to N-enrichment with SLA: A multisystem test
Marko J. Spasojevic, University of California Irvine, Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico, Chris Clark, Arizona State University, Elsa Cleland, UC San Diego, Laura Gough, University of Texas at Arlington, Katherine L. Gross, Michigan State University, Katharine N. Suding, University of California, Irvine
4:20 PMCOS 36-9Wildland fire threat to the Amur tiger: Current levels and future scenarios under the influence of climate change
Tatiana V. Loboda, University of Maryland
4:40 PMCOS 36-10Urban biogeography of ants, global to the local scale
Sean B. Menke, NCSU, Robert Dunn, NCSU, Jules Silverman, NCSU

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