COS 60 - Effects Of Multiple Global Changes On Communities And Ecosystems I

Tuesday, August 7, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
E141, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM
 Influence of multiple dynamic threats and uncertainties on species persistence at the range margin
Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis, University of Toronto; Debbie Badzinski, Bird Studies Canada; Janelle M. R. Curtis, Department of Fisheries and Oceans; Marie-Josée Fortin, University of Toronto
1:50 PM
 Plant traits mediate consumer and nutrient control on plant community productivity and diversity
Anu Eskelinen, University of Oulu; Susan P. Harrison, University of California, Davis
2:30 PM
 Anthropogenic influences on epiphytic biodiversity across the Portland urban airshed
Hannah M. Prather, Portland State University; Nancy E. Broshot, Linfield College; Sarah M. Eppley, Portland State University; Todd N. Rosenstiel, Portland State University
2:50 PM
 Do bacterial diversity and structure respond to diversity of native and exotic-dominated plant communities exposed to irrigation
Kirsten S. Hofmockel, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Sean Gibbons, MPG Ranch; Sarah K. Hargreaves, Iowa State University; Brian J. Wilsey, Iowa State University; Jack A. Gilbert, University of Chicago
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Now you see it, now you don't: Nutrient co-limitation of alpine pond ecosystems
Rolf D. Vinebrooke, University of Alberta; James P. Zettel, University of Alberta
3:40 PM
 Stressed-out streams: Ranking the effects of stressors on stream periphyton
Konrad J. Kulacki, University of Michigan; Nana He, University of Michigan; Paul J. Parent, University of Michigan; Mary E. McCarthy, University of Michigan; David M. Costello, University of Michigan; Scott D. Tiegs, Oakland University; Keith J. Fritschie, Dartmouth College; Bradley J. Cardinale, University of Michigan
4:00 PM
 Stoichiometric responses to a suite of global change experiments in a mesic grassland
Kevin R. Wilcox, Colorado State University; Melinda D. Smith, Colorado State University; Kimberly J. La Pierre, UC Berkeley; Alan K. Knapp, Colorado State University
4:20 PM
 Influences of nitrogen deposition and soil warming on saprophytic fungal community structure, fungal growth, and litter decomposition
Christopher M. Sthultz, University of Minnesota, Crookston; Linda T.A. Van Diepen, University of New Hampshire; Serita D. Frey, University of New Hampshire; Anne Pringle, Harvard University
4:40 PM
 Are plant communities converging in functional traits as well as species composition?
Grégory Sonnier, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Sarah E. Johnson, Northland College; Kathryn L. Amatangelo, Brown University; Donald M. Waller, University of Wisconsin