93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008)

8:00 AM

COS 80-1

Light and soil resource competitive ability of yellow birch seedling in a complicated changing environment
Song Cheng, Chinese Academy of Sciences

8:20 AM

COS 80-2

Precipitation variability alters the responsiveness of soil CO₂ evolution
Zachary T. Aanderud, Brigham Young University; Donald R. Schoolmaster Jr., U.S. Geological Survey; Jay T. Lennon, Indiana University

8:40 AM

COS 80-3

Tree growth inference when the point of measurement changes: Modeling around buttresses in tropical forests
Jessica E. Metcalf, Duke University; James Clark, Duke University

9:00 AM

COS 80-4

Changes of root biomass in response to a one-year temperature and precipitation alteration experiment in a tallgrass prairie
Shenfeng Fei, University of Oklahoma; Rebecca A. Sherry, University of Oklahoma; Xuhui Zhou, Fudan University; Linda L. Wallace, University of Oklahoma; John A. Arnone III, Desert Research Institute; David S. Schimel, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; Paul S.J. Verburg, Desert Research Institute; Yiqi Luo, University of Oklahoma

9:20 AM

COS 80-5

The effects of changing precipitation on ecosystem function in Avena barbata grasslands: Linking microbial and plant responses in contrasting soil types
Erika A. Sudderth, Brown University; Stephanie M. Bernard, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Sarah A. Placella, University of California; Samuel B. St. Clair, Brigham Young University; Eoin L. Brodie, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Rohit Salve, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Don J. Herman, University of California, Berkeley; Marc L. Fisher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Margaret S. Torn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Mary K. Firestone, University of California, Berkeley; Gary L. Anderson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; David Ackerly, University of California

9:40 AM

COS 80-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 80-6

Effects of soybean foliage grown under elevated CO₂ on Aphis glycines Matsumura population growth
Bridget F. O'Neill, University of Illinois; Arthur R. Zangerl, University of Illinois; Evan H. DeLucia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois

10:10 AM

COS 80-7

Short-term climate projections for species distributions
Catherine Jarnevich, U.S. Geological Survey; Thomas J. Stohlgren, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory

10:30 AM

COS 80-8

Providing more informative projections of climate change impact on plant distribution in a mountain environment
Christophe F. Randin, University of Basel; Robin Engler, Université de Lausanne; Peter B. Pearman, University of Lausanne; Pascal Vittoz, Université de Lausanne; Antoine Guisan, University of Lausanne

10:50 AM

COS 80-9

Life history traits and population dynamics: How will prairie plants respond to climate change?
Harmony J. Dalgleish, The College of William and Mary; Peter Adler, Utah State University; David N. Koons, Utah State University

11:10 AM

COS 80-10

Effects of post-fire climate and stand age on montane forest plant communities in Glacier National Park, Montana
David A. McKenzie, University of Minnesota; Daniel B. Tinker, University of Wyoming; William H. Romme, Colorado State University; Monica G. Turner, University of Wisconsin- Madison

COS 80 - Climate Change and Plants II