COS 133 - Ecosystem Function III

Thursday, August 9, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
E141, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM
 Relatedness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi drives plant growth via intra-specific fungal competition and kin recognition
Aurélien Roger, University of Lausanne; Ian R. Sanders, University of Lausanne
8:20 AM
 Determinants of whole-plant light interception: Linking physiological function to canopy structure
Remko A. Duursma, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Richmond NSW 2753, Australia
8:40 AM
 Relationships between species richness and ecosystem function across a global network of forest plots
Ryan A. Chisholm, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Helene C. Muller-Landau, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; K. Abd. Rahman, Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Daniel P. Bebber, Earthwatch Institute; Yue Bin, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, China; Stephanie A. Bohlman, University of Florida; Norman A. Bourg, Smithsonian Institution - National Zoological Park; Joshua Brinks, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Nicholas Brokaw, Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras; Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin, Royal Forest Department; Nathalie Butt, The University of Queensland; Honglin Cao, South China Botanical Garden, CAS; Min Cao, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS; Dairon Cárdenas, Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas SINCHI; Li-Wan Chang, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute; Jyh-Min Chiang, Ohio University; George B. Chuyong, University of Buea; Richard Condit, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; H. S. Dattaraja, Indian Institute of Science; Stuart J. Davies, Center for Tropical Forest Science; Alvaro Duque, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Christine Fletcher, Forest Research Institute Malaysia; C.V. Savitri Gunatilleke, University of Peradeniya, Faculty of Science; I.A.U. Nimal Gunatilleke, University of Peradeniya, Faculty of Science; Zhanqing Hao, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Rhett Harrison, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Robert W. Howe, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay; Chang-Fu Hsieh, National Taiwan University; Stephen P. Hubbell, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Akira Itoh, Osaka City University; David Kenfack, Center for Tropical Forest Science & Smithsonian Global Earth Observatory; Somboon Kiratiprayoon, Thammasat University; Andrew J. Larson, University of Montana; Juyu Lian, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Dunmei Lin, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Haifeng Liu, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences; James A. Lutz, Utah State University; Keping Ma, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Yadvinder Malhi, University of Oxford; Sean McMahon, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; William J. McShea, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute at the National Zoological Park; Madhava Meegaskumbura, Faculty of Science; S. Mohd. Razman, Faculty of Civil Engineering; Michael Morecroft, University of Oxford; Christopher J. Nytch, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras; Alexandre Oliveiro, Bioscience Institute; Geoffrey G. Parker, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Sandeep Pulla, Indian Institute of Science; Ruwan Punchi-Manage, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; Hugo Romero, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador (PUCE); Weiguo Sang, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Jon Schurman, University of Toronto; Su Sheng-Hsin, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute; Raman Sukumar, Indian Institute of Science; I-Fang Sun, National Dong Hwa University; H. S. Suresh, Indian Institute of Science; Sylvester Tan, Forest Department Sarawak; Duncan Thomas, Oregon State University; Sean C. Thomas, University of Toronto; Jill Thompson, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (Edinburgh); Renato Valencia, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador; Alberto Vicentini, Instituto Nacional de pesquisas Amazonicas; Amy T. Wolf, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay; Sandra Yap, University of the Philippines Diliman; Wanhui Ye, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Zuoqiang Yuan, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Jess K. Zimmerman, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
9:20 AM
 Exotic- and native-dominated grasslands exhibit ecosystem service tradeoffs across a latitudinal gradient
Leanne M. Martin, Iowa State University; Brian J. Wilsey, Iowa State University
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Effects of interannual precipitation variability on aboveground net primary production in the Chihuahuan desert
Laureano A. Gherardi, Arizona State University; Osvaldo E. Sala, Arizona State University
10:10 AM
 The effects of phenotypic diversification on ecosystem structure in a heterogeneous world: a case study using guppies (Poecilia reticulata)
Rana El-Sabaawi, University of Victoria; Ronald D. Bassar, University of Massachusetts; Chase D. Rakowski, Cornell University; Michael C. Marshall, University of Georgia; Tyler Kohler, University of Colorado; Catherine M. Pringle, University of Georgia; David N. Reznick, University of California Riverside; Steve A. Thomas, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Alexander S. Flecker, Cornell University
10:50 AM
 Ecosystem CO2 fluxes and landscape dynamics in response to hydrologic modification in the Everglades ridge-slough mosaic
Danielle L. Watts, University of Florida; Matthew J. Cohen, University of Florida; MichaelJohn Carnevale, University of Florida
11:10 AM
 Leaf dark respiration in a tropical forest canopy and its response to temperature
Martijn Slot, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; S. Joseph Wright, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Kaoru Kitajima, University of Florida