Friday, August 7, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Cinnarron, Albuquerque Convention Center
COS 119 - Global Change Biology
8:00 AMGlobal change effects on annual growth and resulting herbivory on a Mojave Desert shrub, Larrea tridentata
Beth A. Newingham, University of Idaho, Cheryl H. Vanier, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Therese N. Charlet, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Stanley D. Smith, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
8:20 AMCANCELLED - Short and long term impacts of fire suppression on carbon storage in an old-growth Sierran mixed conifer forest
Andrew E. Scholl, Wittenberg University, Alan H. Taylor, The Pennsylvania State University
8:40 AMContrasting predictions of experimental and observational studies of the response of plant communities to changing precipitation
Brody S. Sandel, UC Berkeley, Leah J. Goldstein, University of California, Irvine, Nathan Kraft, UC Berkeley, Jordan Okie, University of New Mexico, Michal Shuldman, UC Berkeley, David D. Ackerly, UC Berkeley, Elsa Cleland, UC San Diego, Katharine N. Suding, University of California, Irvine
9:00 AMNaturally high [CO2] influences submersed macrophyte communities
John E. Titus, Binghamton University, Angela M. Pagano, SUNY Cortland
9:20 AMThe effects of litter consumption by the snail Cepaea nemoralis on plant responses to warming and nitrogen deposition
Eric R. D. Moise, University of Western Ontario, Hugh A.L. Henry, University of Western Ontario
9:40 AMBreak
9:50 AMNutrient availability and enriched CO2 indirectly affect mammalian herbivores via changes in plant chemistry
Christopher Habeck, University of Wisconsin, Richard L. Lindroth, University of Wisconsin
10:10 AMTaking the next step with abundance based distribution models to assess climate change
Stephen N. Matthews, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Louis Iverson, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Anantha Prasad, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Matthew Peters, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service
10:30 AMAnthropogenic disturbance promotes transmission of flea-borne diseases
Megan M. Friggens, Northern Arizona University
10:50 AMCarbon cycling at in a temperate evergreen forest: a multi-model data-model fusion analysis at Howland, ME
David J.P. Moore, King's College London, Andrew D. Richardson, University of New Hampshire, Dan Ricciuto, Oak Ridge National Lab, David, Y. Hollinger, US Department of Agriculture Forest Service

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