Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Sendero Blrm III, Hyatt
COS 42 - Grasslands/Steppe
1:30 PM	COS 42-1		Grassland songbird community diversity, evenness, and nest survival vary inversely with park size and latitude Sarah E. Rehme, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Craig R. Allen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Larkin A. Powell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1:50 PM	COS 42-2		Influences of native prairie dogs and domestic cattle on the native grasshopper assemblages of a desert grassland David C. Lightfoot, University of New Mexico, Ana D. Davidson, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Eduardo Ponce, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Rurik List, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Gerardo Ceballos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
2:10 PM	COS 42-3		Ungulate and topographic control of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spore community composition in a temperate grassland Tanya R. Murray, Syracuse University, Douglas A. Frank, Syracuse University, Catherine A. Gehring, Northern Arizona University
2:30 PM	COS 42-4		Introduced grazers can reduce ecosystem function and reduce potential soil carbon sequestration Sumanta Bagchi, Syracuse University, Mark E. Ritchie, Syracuse University
2:50 PM	COS 42-5		Does cheatgrass invasion contribute to rarity? Small mammal abundance, habitat use, and movement patterns Natalie C. Melaschenko, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Karen E. Hodges, University of British Columbia Okanagan
3:10 PM			Break
3:20 PM	COS 42-6		The relationship between diversity and invasion resistance in wet-mesic tallgrass prairie restorations Kristine T. Nemec, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Craig R. Allen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
3:40 PM	COS 42-7		Competitive equivalency of cultivar and non-cultivar dominant prairie grasses in an experimental restoration Lewis K. Reed, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Sara Baer, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, David J. Gibson, Southern Illinois University
4:00 PM	COS 42-8		The effect of plant life history traits on recruitment in grasslands: A meta-analysis of seed addition studies in Midwestern tallgrass prairies Quinn Gabriel Long, University of Kansas, Kelly Kindscher, University of Kansas
4:20 PM	COS 42-9		CANCELLED - Decadal changes of primary production in Inner Mongolia steppe under bioclimate and grazing regimes Gensuo J. Jia, RCE-TEA, CAS Intitute of Atmospheric Physics
4:40 PM	COS 42-10		Elevated [CO2] and warming differentially impact carbon isotope discrimination and tissue N concentration in five grassland species Emma L. Sage, University of Wyoming, David G. Williams, University of Wyoming, Elise Pendall, University of Wyoming, Daniel R. LeCain, USDA-ARS, Jack A. Morgan, USDA-ARS, Ron Follett, USDA-ARS

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