Thursday, August 6, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
La Cienega, Albuquerque Convention Center
COS 85 - Climate Change: Ranges and Phenology
8:00 AMCOS 85-1Climate change in unpredictable environments: A soil seed bank perspective
Marcelo Sternberg, Tel Aviv University, Danny Harel, Tel Aviv University, Claus Holzapfel, Rutgers University
8:20 AMCOS 85-2Climate change, vampire bats, and rabies: Modeling range shifts on the US-Mexico border
Shahroukh Mistry, Westminster College, Arnulfo Moreno-Valdez, Instituto Technologicode Cd. Victoria
8:40 AMCOS 85-3Exploring the mechanisms of change in species’ distribution: Garden warbler (Sylvia borin) as a case study
Karen Mustin, University of Aberdeen, Arjun Amar, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Steve Redpath, University of Aberdeen and Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
9:00 AMCOS 85-4Here today, gone tomorrow: Projected loss of a salamander diversity hotspot as a consequence of global climate change
Joseph R. Milanovich, University of Georgia, Nathan P. Nibbelink, University of Georgia, William E. Peterman, Indiana State University, John C. Maerz, University of Georgia
9:20 AMCOS 85-5Global change enhances vegetation vulnerability to drought: Warmer drought will kill trees faster and more frequently
Henry D. Adams, University of Arizona, Maite Guardiola, University of Arizona, Greg A. Barron-Gafford, University of Arizona, Juan Camilo Villegas, University of Arizona / Universidad de Antioquia, David D. Breshears, The University of Arizona, Chris B. Zou, Oklahoma State University, Peter A. Troch, University of Arizona, Darin J. Law, University of Arizona, Neil Cobb, Northern Arizona University, Travis E. Huxman, University of Arizona
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 85-6Urban trees as a facilitator of potential future tree migration in the eastern United States
Christopher W. Woodall, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, David Nowak, USDA Forest Service, James A. Westfall, USDA Forest Service
10:10 AMCOS 85-7Spatial environmental variation and physiological strategies for forb distribution on coastal dunes
Jaclyn K. Vick, Virginia Commonwealth University, Donald R. Young, Virginia Commonwealth University
10:30 AMCOS 85-8Can whitebark pine grow north of its current species range under climate change?  A genetic analysis using common gardens
Sierra K. Curtis-McLane, University of British Columbia, Sally N Aitken, University of British Columbia
10:50 AMCOS 85-9Is overwintering biology of invasive insects affected by climate change? Plasticity of cold tolerance in the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis)
Stephanie Sobek, University of Western Ontario, Jill C. Crosthwaite, University of Western Ontario, Brent J. Sinclair, University of Western Ontario
11:10 AMCOS 85-10Effect of temperature on spring emergence of butterflies: Implications of climate change altering insect phenology
Caroline Polgar, Boston University, Elizabeth Ellwood, Boston University, Richard B. Primack, Boston University

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