Thursday, August 9, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Blrm Salon VI, San Jose Marriott
COS 102 - Climate change: Range change
8:00 AMThe effect of habitat and herbivory on an intertidal alga: Potential impacts of climate change on algal distribution
Jennifer A. Skene, University of California Berkeley
8:20 AMRepeating patterns: Bird ranges extend northward in New York State
Benjamin Zuckerberg, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Anne Woods, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, William F. Porter, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry
8:40 AMPolyploidy and species responses to climate change: Using ecological niche models to explore predicted range shifts in polyploid and diploid members of the Claytonia perfoliata (Portulacaceae) complex
Patrick J. McIntyre, University of California Davis
9:00 AMProcess-based modeling of tree species range shifts under climate change
Xavier Morin, Mc Gill University, Martin J. Lechowicz, Mc Gill University, Isabelle Chuine, CNRS
9:20 AMThunderstorms, SUVs, and ATVs: What do they mean for Mojave Desert perennials?
Beth A. Newingham, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Stanley D. Smith, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
9:40 AMBreak
9:50 AMSapling performance and size distribution across a montane deciduous/coniferous ecotone: Toward a demographic understanding of range limits
R. Matthew Landis, Middlebury College
10:10 AMUncertainty in forest landscape response to global climatic change
Chonggang Xu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, George Gertner, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Robert M. Scheller, University of Wisconsin
10:30 AMInferring the role of climate change in the accelerating decline of the American pika (Ochotona princeps)
Erik A. Beever, NPS Great Lakes Network, Chris Ray, University of Colorado-Boulder
10:50 AMPoleward shifts in winter ranges of North American birds: Spatial dynamics, mechanisms, and regional drivers
Frank A. La Sorte, University of Missouri-Columbia, Frank R. Thompson III, University of Missouri-Columbia
11:10 AMThe physiological dependence of climate-induced range shifts: Predictions from a dynamic bioenergetic model
Lauren B. Buckley, Santa Fe Institute

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