Thursday, August 6, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Sendero Blrm I, Hyatt
COS 106 - Ecosystem Function: Biodiversity
1:30 PM	COS 106-1		Functional diversity and denitrification: Evidence that greater plant biodiversity buffers variability in denitrification potential over changes in season and soil conditions Bonnie McGill, Duke University, Ariana Sutton-Grier, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Justin Wright, Duke University
1:50 PM	COS 106-2		Predicting non-additive effects of species diversity on decomposition using functional traits based on litter chemistry Courtney L. Meier, University of Colorado at Boulder, William D. Bowman, University of Colorado
2:10 PM	COS 106-3		Nitrification is more strongly linked with plant litter quality than functional diversity Daniel C. Laughlin, Northern Arizona University
2:30 PM	COS 106-4		Plant genetic diversity resists herbivory and enhances plant fitness through both selection and complementarity effects John D. Parker, Smithsonian Institution, Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University, Juha-Pekka Salminen, University of Turku
2:50 PM	COS 106-5		Root production and methane dynamics: Impact of wetland functional group diversity and composition Rachel E. Schultz, Ohio State University, Virginie Bouchard, Ohio State University, Serita D. Frey, University of New Hampshire
3:10 PM			Break
3:20 PM	COS 106-6		Responses of community cover, diversity, and species assemblages to differences in soil depth and seasonal variations in precipitation in Sagebrush Steppe communities Brandy C. Janzen, Idaho State University, Matthew J. Germino, Idaho State University
3:40 PM	COS 106-7		Effect of native and exotic functional group removals on grassland ecosystem function and invasibility Enrique J. Chaneton, IFEVA - Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Tristram Seidler, Imperial College London, Lucas A. Garibaldi, IFEVA - Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pedro M. Tognetti, IFEVA - Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, H. Charles J. Godfray, University of Oxford
4:00 PM	COS 106-8		Links between plant diversity and fungal function across latitudes Krista L. McGuire, University of California, Irvine, Kathleen Treseder, University of California, Irvine
4:20 PM	COS 106-9		How does diversity stabilise communities: A new predictor for community variance Claire de Mazancourt, McGill University, Bart Haegeman, INRIA research team MERE, Michel Loreau, McGill University
4:40 PM	COS 106-10		The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem function in a tropical natural forest Maria del Carmen Ruiz-Jaen, McGill University, Catherine Potvin, McGill University, S. Joseph Wright, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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