97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012)

Wednesday, August 8, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

E141, Oregon Convention Center

8:00 AM

COS 83-1

Community shifts in grassland due to more extreme intra-annual precipitation variability and warming
Kerstin Grant, University of Bayreuth; Juergen Kreyling, University of Bayreuth; Carl Beierkuhnlein, University of Bayreuth; Anke Jentsch, University of Bayreuth

8:20 AM

COS 83-2

Stand age structure, mortality, and regeneration dynamics across a forest gradient in southwest Alaska
Amy E. Miller, National Park Service; Rosemary L. Sherriff, Humboldt State University

8:40 AM

COS 83-3

Climate change effects on tree mortality is stronger in young than old-growth forests
Yong Luo, Lakehead University; Han Y. H. Chen, Lakehead University

9:00 AM

COS 83-4

Increased diversity and decreased uniqueness in Kenyan mammal communities over the past century
Aniko B. Toth, Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of Natural History; Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History; S. Kathleen Lyons, National Museum of Natural History

9:20 AM

COS 83-5

Temporal coincidence of environmental stress events modulates predation rates
Sylvain Pincebourde, CNRS; Eric Sanford, University of California Davis; Jérôme Casas, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - University of Tours; Brian Helmuth, University of South Carolina

9:40 AM

COS 83-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 83-6

Dynamics of coastal meta-ecosystems: The intermittent upwelling hypothesis and a test in rocky intertidal regions
Bruce A. Menge, Oregon State University

10:10 AM

COS 83-7

The joint effect of land use and climate change on biodiversity in a highly fragmented landscape
Cécile H. Albert, McGill University; Wilfried Thuiller, Université Grenoble Alpes; Andrew Gonzalez, McGill University

10:30 AM

COS 83-8

Ecological surprises by an invasive species and environmental warming
Megan M. MacLennan, University of Alberta; Rolf D. Vinebrooke, University of Alberta

10:50 AM

COS 83-9

Soil amendment with biochar: Consequences for plant and soil communities in a natural ecosystem
Tess F. J. Van de Voorde, Wageningen University; T. Martijn Bezemer, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW); Jan Willem van Groenigen, Wageningen University; Liesje Mommer, Wageningen University

11:10 AM

COS 83-10

Five year trends in health of whitebark pine populations in North Cascades and Mount Rainier national parks
Regina M. Rochefort, National Park Service; Shay Howlin, Western Ecosystems Technology, Inc.; Mignonne Bivin, North Cascades National Park

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COS 83 - Effects Of Multiple Global Changes On Communities And Ecosystems II