ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)

Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Blrm Salon VI, San Jose Marriott

8:00 AM

COS 147-1

Wind erosion and dust flux in undisturbed and disturbed dryland ecosystem along the grassland-forest continuum: A conceptual framework spanning gradients of woody plants
David D. Breshears, The University of Arizona; Jeffrey J. Whicker, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Chris B. Zou, Oklahoma State University; Jason P. Field, University of Arizona; Craig D. Allen, New Mexico Landscapes Field Station

8:20 AM

COS 147-2

Micronutrient availability affects sunscreen production but not growth in biological soil crusts
Matthew Bowker, Northern Arizona University; George W. Koch, Northern Arizona University; Jayne Belnap, U.S. Geological Survey; Nancy Johnson, Northern Arizona University

8:40 AM

COS 147-3

Hydrologic and aeolian controls on vegetation patterns in arid landscapes
Sujith Ravi, Stanford University; Paolo D'Odorico, University of Virginia; Greg Okin, UCLA

9:00 AM

COS 147-4

Untangling the biological contributions to soil stability in semi-arid shrublands
Veer B.- Chaudhary, Northern Arizona University; Matthew Bowker, Northern Arizona University; James B. Grace, U.S. Geological Survey Wetland and Aquatic Research Center; Nancy Johnson, Northern Arizona University; Andrea Redman, Northern Arizona University

9:20 AM

COS 147-5

Biological soil crusts and plant recruitment in a fragmented, semi-arid landscape: Implications for restoration
Cassia Read, The University of Melbourne; Jane Elith, The University of Melbourne; Peter Vesk, The University of Melbourne; D. Duncan, The University of Melbourne

9:40 AM

COS 147-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 147-6

The functional role of carbonate-cemented soil horizons in desert ecosystems: Spatial and temporal dynamics of plant water availability
Michael Duniway, U.S. Geological Survey; Jeffrey E. Herrick, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Curtis Monger, New Mexico State University

10:10 AM

COS 147-7

Biogenic carbon accumulation across a cold desert dune chronosequence
Michal I. Shuldman, UC Berkeley; Zachary T. Aanderud, Brigham Young University; James H. Richards, University of California, Davis

10:30 AM

COS 147-8

Effects of five years of increased seasonal precipitation on aboveground ANPP and species composition in Big Bend National Park in the Chihuahuan Desert
Traesha R. Robertson, Texas Tech University; John Zak, Texas Tech University; David T. Tissue, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Richmond NSW

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