COS 54 - Climate Change: Plants II

Tuesday, August 7, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
E145, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM
 Effects of experimental storm surge and sedimentation on pitcher plants (Sarracenia purpurea) in a coastal pine savanna
Matthew J. Abbott, University of Mississippi; Loretta Battaglia, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
1:50 PM
 Competitive plant responses to elevated CO2 may significantly decrease a potential carbon sink
Caroline E. Farrior, Princeton University; Ray Dybzinski, Princeton University; Sonja G. Keel, University of Bern; Steve Pacala, Princeton University
2:10 PM
 Do elevated CO2, sea-level rise, and mineral sedimentation interact to influence biological contributions to soil elevations in coastal wetlands
Joshua A. Jones, University of Alabama; Julia A. Cherry, University of Alabama; Karen L. McKee, U.S. Geological Survey
2:30 PM
 Integration and scaling of UV-B radiation effects on plants: From DNA to whole plant
Vasile A. Suchar, University of Idaho; Ronald Robberecht, University of Idaho
2:50 PM
 The effects of experimental warming and irrigation on the water use of sugar maples (Acer saccharum) in a northern hardwood forest
Alex R. Collins, Michigan Technological University; Molly A. Cavaleri, Michigan Technological University
3:10 PM
3:40 PM
 Dispersal patterns of black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) propagules at a mangrove-saltmarsh ecotone
Jennifer McClain Peterson, University of South Florida; Susan S. Bell, University of South Florida
4:00 PM
 Influences of local adaptation and genome size on Panicum virgatum (switchgrass) responses to variable precipitation timing
Kimberly O'Keefe, Kansas State University; Jesse B. Nippert, Kansas State University; Clint J. Springer, St. Joseph's University
4:20 PM
 Beyond global change – lessons from 25 years of CO2 research
Sebastian Leuzinger, Auckland University of Technology; Stephan Hättenschwiler, Centre of Functional Ecology and Evolution