Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Halls 1 and 2, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
PS 43 - Climate change
Response of soil moisture content to five years of predicted global climate change treatments in the Mojave Desert
Chris D. Holmes, University of Nevada, Reno, Robert S. Nowak, University of Nevada Reno
Effects of warming and altered precipitation on plant and nutrient dynamics of New England salt marshes
Heather Charles, University of Massachusetts Boston, Jeffrey Dukes, University of Massachusetts Boston
Warming alters consumption efficiency of terrestrial arthropods
Björn C. Rall, Darmstadt University of Technology, Olivera Vučić-Pestić, Darmstadt University of Technology, Roswitha B. Ehnes, Darmstadt University of Technology, Ulrich Brose, Darmstadt University of Technology
Warming and nitrogen deposition have contrasting effect on the invasive Taraxacum officinale in the high-alpine of central Chile
Marco A. Molina-Montenegro, Departamento de Botánica, Universidad de Concepción and Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB), Lohengrin A. Cavieres, Departamento de Botánica, Universidad de Concepción and Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB)
Assessing two plant leaf functional traits across a temperature gradient
Robin S. Sleith, Green Mountain College, Brian J. Enquist, University of Arizona, Christine A. Lamanna, University of Arizona, John Harte, University of California, Berkeley, Laura L. Crumbacher, University of Arizona, Melissa J. Wilson, University of Arizona
Soil temperature controls of microbial activity in a desert ecosystem
Natasja C. Van Gestel, Texas Tech University, John C Zak, Texas Tech University
Photosynthetic responses of four understory tree species exposed to elevated CO2 and N fertilization in the Duke FACE experiment
Richard B. Thomas, West Virginia University, Christopher R. Buyarski, West Virginia University, Sarah C. Davis, West Virginia University
Teracosm updates: Renovations to the EPA’s Global Climate Change Research Facility
Kristoffer K. Wilson, Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Associates, Jillian W. Gregg, Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Associates
Distinct soil respiration of cottonwood and loblolly pine during stand development when grown with a range of resource availability treatments
Mark Coleman, USDA Forest Service
Increased litterfall causes conversion of soil carbon to atmospheric CO2 in tropical forests
Emma J. Sayer, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Edmund V.J. Tanner, University of Cambridge
Carbon sequestration: diversity and composition determine carbon storage in soil
D.A. Fornara, University of Minnesota, D. Tilman, University of Minnesota
Landscape controls on carbon and nitrogen cycling in boreal forests
Kristen L. Manies, U.S. Geological Survey, Jennifer W. Harden, U.S. Geological Survey, Michelle C. Mack, University of Florida, Ben P. Bond-Lamberty, University of Wisconsin, Katherine P. O'Neill, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Jason C. Neff, University of Colorado, Merritt R. Turetsky, Michigan State University
Temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter fractions
Michelle L. Haddix, Colorado State University, Carolina Lisboa, Colorado State University, Richard T. Conant, Colorado State University, Eldor A. Paul, Colorado State University, Jessica Megan Steinweg, Colorado State University
Soil water holding capacity regulates ecosystem responses to multifactor global change: A modeling analysis
Ensheng Weng, The University of Oklahoma, Xuhui Zhou, The University of Oklahoma, Rebecca Sherry, The University of Oklahoma, Yiqi Luo, The University of Oklahoma
Changes in northern hardwood growing season length and productivity during an 18-year warming trend
Andrew J. Burton, Michigan Technological University, Kurt S. Pregitzer, University of Nevada - Reno, Donald R. Zak, University of Michigan
Fine-scale variation in CO2 exchange of coastal wet tundra in Alaska in response to hydrological gradients
Paulo Olivas, Florida International University, Steven F. Oberbauer, Florida International University, Andrea Kuchy, Florida International University
Retention ponds as sinks for particulate carbon
Sonii Kollie, Miami University, Michael J. Vanni, Miami University, William H. Renwick, Miami University
Land use and seasonal effects on dissolved inorganic carbon concentrations of Ohio streams and reservoirs
Elizabeth K. Cable, Miami University, Lesley B. Knoll, Miami University, Michael J. Vanni, Miami University, William H. Renwick, Miami University
Soil and vegetation predictors of shrub expansion in arctic Alaska
M. Syndonia Bret-Harte, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Martin Sommerkorn, The Macaulay Institute, Gregory R. Goldsmith, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Ken D. Tape, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Laura S. Brosius, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Peter M. Ray, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Andrew McCarthy, National Park Service, Kumi L. Rattenbury, National Park Service, Andrew W. Balser, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Diane M. Sanzone, National Park Service
Climate influence on shifts in the Deep Canyon ecocline, 1977-2007
Anne E. Kelly, California State University, Los Angeles / University of California, Irvine, Michael Goulden, University of California, Irvine
Phenology of shrubs and precipitation pulses in the Chilean semiarid zone
María Moreno-Chacón, Universidad de La Serena, Julio R. Gutierrez, Universidad de Chile, Peter L. Meserve, Northern Illinois University, Douglas A. Kelt, University of California
Is the modest mat muhly moving upslope and if so, how does this alpine C4 grass respond to the reduction in CO2?
John B. Skillman, California State University, Rowan F. Sage, University of Toronto, Archie Meyer, California State University
Climate change, mountain pine beetle, and the decline of whitebark pine, a keystone species of high-elevation ecosystems in British Columbia, Canada
Elizabeth M. Campbell, British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range, Allan Carroll, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada
Sprouting ability of diverse tropical tree species depends on environmental conditions
Carl F. Salk, Duke University, James S. Clark, Duke University
Factors driving Pinus jeffreyi regeneration at a forest-shrubland ecotone in eastern California, USA
Holly Alpert, University of California, Michael E Loik, University of California
A meta-analysis of plant responses to elevated CO2 and temperature
Dan Wang, University of Toledo, Scott A. Heckathorn, University of Toledo, E. William Hamilton III, Washington and Lee University
Carbon and water relations: Pinus taeda gene expression under elevated CO2
Catarina Moura, Duke University, Robert B. Jackson, Duke University

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