COS 53
Climate Change: Plants I

Wednesday, August 7, 2013: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
L100A, Minneapolis Convention Center
8:00 AM
 Fog water use in coastal California shrublands
Nathan C. Emery, University of California Santa Barbara; Carla M. D'Antonio, University of California Santa Barbara
8:20 AM
 A natural experiment to measure the effect of multiple drivers on survival of tree seedlings in the alpine treeline ecotone
Sebastien M. Renard, Laval University; Eliot J.B. McIntire, Natural Resources Canada & Laval University; Alex Fajardo, Centro de Investigacion en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia
8:40 AM
 The complexity of temporal distribution of rainfall, plant allocation, and carbon sinks
Caroline E. Farrior, Princeton University; Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe, Princeton University; Stephen W. Pacala, Princeton University
9:00 AM
 Spatial and temporal patterns of conifer encroachment into subalpine meadows in the central Sierra Nevada, California
Kaitlin C. Lubetkin, Univeristy of California at Merced; Anthony Westerling, University of California, Merced; Lara Kueppers, University of California Merced
9:20 AM
 Warming interacts with environmental conditions to alter seedling carbon assimilation
Matthew Kwit, Duke University; James S. Clark, Duke University; Jerry M. Melillo, Marine Biological Laboratory; Jacqueline E. Mohan, University of Georgia
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Do the indirect effects of climate change decrease with species abundance?
Aldo Compagnoni, Rice University; Peter B. Adler, Utah State University
10:10 AM
 Back to the Future: Ancestral plants test assumptions in future growth trajectories
Rachel M. Gentile, University of Notre Dame; Marilia B.M. Figueiredo, University of Notre Dame; Jason S. McLachlan, University of Notre Dame
10:30 AM
 Seasonal and spatial carbon assimilation patterns in black spruce; assessing temperature impacts at canopy level
Anna M. Jensen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Jeffrey M. Warren, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Paul J. Hanson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Joanne Childs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Carla Gunderson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; David J. Weston, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Stan D. Wullschleger, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
10:50 AM
 Predicting climate change impacts on urban plant’s present probability using Bayesian model
Yoonjung KIM, Seoul National University; Dongkun Lee, Seoul National University; Chan Park, National Institute of Environmental Research
11:10 AM
 Variation in city tree ecophysiological characteristics under changing temperatures
Lauren M. Velasco, University of California, Riverside; Jennifer Hooper, U.S. Forest Service; G. Darrel Jenerette, University of California