COS 77 - Climate Change: Plants III

Wednesday, August 8, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
F150, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM
 Within-species variability and past climatic experience influence the response to late spring frost in five common temperate grass and tree species
Juergen Kreyling, University of Bayreuth; Daniel Thiel, University of Bayreuth; Laura Nagy, University of Bayreuth; Anke Jentsch, University of Bayreuth; Carl Beierkuhnlein, University of Bayreuth
8:20 AM
 Leaf venation networks link carbon economics to climate, paleo and present
Benjamin Blonder, University of Arizona; Brad Boyle, University of Arizona; Brian J. Enquist, University of Arizona
8:40 AM
 Assessing the potential for assisted colonization in four serpentine endemic plants: the importance of geology, soils and biotic interactions
Marko J. Spasojevic, Washington University in St. Louis; Valerie Bullard, University of California - Davis; Howard W. Day, University of California - Davis; Randal J. Southard, University of California - Davis; Susan Harrison, University of California
9:00 AM
 Warming and reduced snow cover improve cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) performance in the Intermountain West
Aldo Compagnoni, Rice University; Peter B. Adler, Utah State University
9:20 AM
 Testing the limits: Effects of climate and competition on conifer distributions
Ailene K. Ettinger, Tufts University; Janneke HilleRisLambers, University of Washington
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Elevated growth temperatures alter hydraulic characteristics in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) seedlings: Implications for tree drought tolerance
Danielle A. Way, University of Western Ontario; Jean-Christophe Domec, Duke University / Bordeaux Sciences Agro; Robert B. Jackson, Stanford and Duke universities
10:10 AM
 The impact of changes in the timing of precipitation on the herbaceous understorey of Mediterranean evergreen oak woodlands
Marjan Jongen, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa; Stephan Unger, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa; Xavier Lecomte, Technical University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior de Agronomia; João S. Pereira, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa
10:30 AM
 Evaluating future colonizable habitats of four oak species in the eastern United States using decision-tree based ensemble and cellular simulation models
Anantha Prasad, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service; Louis Iverson, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service; Stephen N. Matthews, The Ohio State University; Matthew P. Peters, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service
11:10 AM
 Climate change and Epichloë endophyte infection influences arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization rates in grasses
Andrew W. Vandegrift, University of Oregon; Bitty A. Roy, University of Oregon; Laurel E. Pfeifer-Meister, University of Oregon; Timothy E. Tomaszewski, University of Oregon; Bart R. Johnson, University of Oregon; Scott D. Bridgham, University of Oregon