Thursday, August 6, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Ruidoso, Albuquerque Convention Center
COS 84 - Biogeochemistry: C and N Cycling in Response to Global Change I
8:00 AMCOS 84-1Grass invasion causes rapid increases in ecosystem carbon and nitrogen storage in a semi-arid shrubland
Elizabeth M. Wolkovich, Dartmouth College, David A. Lipson, San Diego State University, Ross A. Virginia, Dartmouth College, Kathryn L. Cottingham, Dartmouth College, Douglas T. Bolger, Dartmouth College
8:20 AMCOS 84-2Impacts of nonnative grass invasion and precipitation variability on carbon partitioning in a Hawaiian tropical dry forest
Creighton M. Litton, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Darren R. Sandquist, California State University, Fullerton, Susan Cordell, USDA Forest Service
8:40 AMCOS 84-3Shrub Expansion: Is deeper snow a mechanism for enhanced nitrogen uptake by shrubs?
Mathew R. Vankoughnett, Queens University, Paul Grogan, Queens University
9:00 AMCOS 84-4The importance of competitive exclusion in climate prediction
Rosie A. Fisher, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nathan McDowell, Los Alamos National Laboratory, F. Ian Woodward, University of Sheffield, Chris Huntingford, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Stephen Sitch, University of Leeds, Paul Moorcroft, Harvard University
9:20 AMCOS 84-5What’s the frequency, Syntrichia? Quantifying desert moss response to changes in precipitation regime
Kirsten K. Coe, Cornell University, Jayne Belnap, U.S. Geological Survey, Jed P. Sparks, Cornell University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 84-6Rhizosphere responses to rising sea level in tidal forests: Scaling from root form to carbon cycling
Julie L. Whitbeck, University of New Orleans, Ken W. Krauss, U.S. Geological Survey, William H. Conner, Clemson University, Thomas W. Doyle, U.S. Geological Survey
10:10 AMCOS 84-7Plant impacts on competition between tidal marsh microbes
Ariana E. Sutton-Grier, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Jason K. Keller, Chapman University, Allyson L. Bullock, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, J. Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
10:30 AMCOS 84-8Carbon and nitrogen accumulation during secondary succession
Yuanhe Yang, University of Oklahoma, Yiqi Luo, University of Oklahoma
10:50 AMCOS 84-9Precipitation regulates the response of net ecosystem CO2 exchange to environmental variation on US rangelands
H. Wayne Polley, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, William E. Emmerich, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, James A. Bradford, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Phillip L. Sims, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Douglas A. Johnson, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Nicanor Z. Saliendra, U.S. Forest Service, Tony Svejcar, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Raymond Angell, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Albert B. Frank, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Rebecca L. Phillips, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Keirith A. Snyder, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Jack A. Morgan, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Joaquin Sanabria, IFDC, Patricia C. Mielnick, Texas AgriLife Research, William A. Dugas, Texas A&M University

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