Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
J2, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
COS 40 - Climate change: Effects on ecosystem function and biogeochemistry
1:30 PMFuture increases in atmospheric CO2 concentration and forest isoprene emissions: Test of a theory explaining general responses
Nicole A. Trahan, University of Colorado, Boulder, Russell K. Monson, University of Colorado, Boulder
1:50 PMClimate change in the Great Plains: More extreme precipitation patterns impact ecosystem function differentially across the central US
Jana L. Heisler, Colorado State University, Alan K. Knapp, Colorado State University, Gene M. Kelly, Colorado State University, John M. Blair, Kansas State University
2:10 PMResponse of evapotranspiration from tallgrass prairie vegetation to CO2 at subambient to elevated concentrations
H. Wayne Polley, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Hyrum B. Johnson, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Philip A. Fay, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
2:30 PMImpact of climate change on prairie soil water dynamics
Jesse E. Bell, The University of Oklahoma, Yiqi Luo, The University of Oklahoma, Ensheng Weng, The University of Oklahoma
2:50 PMDo changes in CO2, temperature, and precipitation interact to affect net ecosystem exchange in an old-field ecosystem?
Orla C. Dermody, University Of Tennessee, Jake F. Weltzin, University Of Tennessee, Aimee T. Classen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Richard J. Norby, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
3:10 PMBreak
3:20 PMLinking changing climate, productivity, and fire in the Cape Floristic Region: A spatio-temporal Bayesian analysis of fire frequency
Andrew M. Latimer, University of Connecticut, Adam M. Wilson, University of Connecticut, John A. Silander, University of Connecticut
3:40 PMRecovering climatic components and aerosol effects in Nepalese and Russian tree ring width
Lionel Humbert, Université du Québec à Montréal, Frank Berninger, Université du Québec à Montréal
4:00 PMThe impact of elevated CO2 on metal nutrient interactions and nitrogen fixation
Benjamin Duval, Northern Arizona University, Michael E. Ketterer, Northern Arizona University, Paul Dijkstra, Northern Arizona University, Bruce A. Hungate, Northern Arizona University
4:20 PMArrhythmias in the coastal ocean off the west coast of the US
Jane Lubchenco, Oregon State University, Francis Chan, Oregon State University, John A. Barth, Oregon State University, Bruce A Menge, Oregon State University, John M. Bane, University of North Carolina, Dave Fox, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Anthony R. Kirincich, Oregon State University, Margaret McManus, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Karina J. Nielsen, Sonoma State University, William Peterson, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Stephen D. Pierce, Oregon State University, Liebe Washburn, University of California Santa Barbara, Hal Weeks, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
4:40 PMMain versus interactive effects of global change on a constructed old-field ecosystem
Jake F. Weltzin, University Of Tennessee, Courtney E. Campany, University Of Tennessee, Orla Dermody, University Of Tennessee, Aimée T. Classen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Richard J. Norby, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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