Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
J1, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
COS 142 - Climate change: Physiological and population response
8:00 AMCOS 142-1Testing the climate-envelope hypothesis in conifers: Sapling response to early snowmelt along an elevational gradient
Alex Perkins, University of California, Tracy Valentovich, California State University, Erica Staaterman, Duke University, John Harte, University of California, Berkeley
8:20 AMCOS 142-2Acclimation of respiration is the main cause of positive carbon balance in black spruce grown at high temperatures
Danielle A. Way, University of Toronto, Rowan F. Sage, University of Toronto
8:40 AMCOS 142-3Responses of tree seedlings to atmospheric change: Increasing nitrogen dioxide, carbon dioxide, and soil nitrate
Allyson S.D. Eller, Cornell University, Jed P. Sparks, Cornell University
9:00 AMCOS 142-4Elevated atmospheric CO2: A nurse plant substitute for oak seedlings establishing in old fields
Mark A. Davis, Macalester College, Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota
9:20 AMCOS 142-5Response of C3, C4, and intermediate Flaveria species to elevated CO2 and temperature
Erika A. Sudderth, UC Berkeley
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 142-6The influence of cumulative and temporal variation in soil moisture on California grassland plant processes
Samuel B. St.Clair, University of California Berkeley, Cristina Castanha, Berkeley Lab, Erika Suddereth, University of California Berkeley, Margaret S. Torn, Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley, Mary K. Firestone, University of California, David Ackerly, University of California Berkeley
10:10 AMCOS 142-7Apparent climatically induced increase of tree mortality rates in a temperate forest
Phillip J. Van Mantgem, United States Geological Survey, Nathan L. Stephenson, United States Geological Survey
10:30 AMCOS 142-8Response of a community dominant to climate patterns in rocky intertidal ecosystems
Bruce A. Menge, Oregon State University, Francis Chan, Oregon State University, Jane Lubchenco, Oregon State University
10:50 AMCOS 142-9Rapid evolution of a desert plant invader (Bromus rubens) in response to elevated atmospheric CO2
Judah D. Grossman, University of California Davis, Kevin J. Rice, University of California Davis
11:10 AMCOS 142-10Predicted effects of global warming on gene diversity in rainforest specialists
Jason B. MacKenzie, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Stephen E. Williams, James Cook University, Craig Moritz, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley

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