Monday, August 3, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Grand Pavillion IV, Hyatt
COS 13 - Paleoecology
1:30 PMCOS 13-1Landscape context can affect the sensitivity of sand plain vegetation to climate change
Sara C. Hotchkiss, University of Wisconsin, Elizabeth A. Lynch, Luther College, Randy Calcote, University of Minnesota
1:50 PMCOS 13-2Ecologically significant Holocene temperature trends at the headwaters of the Colorado River
Anna K. Henderson, University of Minnesota, Bryan N. Shuman, University of Wyoming, Youngsong Huang, Brown University
2:10 PMCOS 13-3Tundra fire regimes and interactions with late-Holocene climate and vegetation change in the Alaskan Arctic
Melissa Chipman, University of Illinois, Philip E. Higuera, Montana State University, Jennifer Allen, National Park Service, Michael A. Urban, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, T. Scott Rupp, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Feng Sheng Hu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2:30 PMCOS 13-4Environmental changes, and use of woody plants during ancient Hawaiian settlement at Nu‘alolo Kai, Kaua‘i
Marjeta Jeraj, University of Wisconsin, Sara C. Hotchkiss, University of Wisconsin, Michael W. Graves, University of New Mexico, Terry L. Hunt, University of Hawaii
2:50 PMCOS 13-5Do lake sediment records show evidence of a Younger Dryas impact event or its potential ecological effects?
Jacquelyn L. Gill, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jeremiah P. Marsicek, University of Wisconsin-Madison, J. P. Donnelly, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Bruce Simonson, Oberlin College, Jack W. Williams, University of Wisconsin-Madison
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 13-6When did C4 Photosynthesis Evolve? New Evidence from d13C Analysis of Single Grass-Pollen Grains
Michael A. Urban, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, David Nelson, University of Illinois, Ann Pearson, Harvard University, Feng Sheng Hu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3:40 PMCOS 13-7Early Holocene analog for plant succession over the next 2000 years
Kenneth L. Cole, USGS Southwest Biological Science Center
4:00 PMCOS 13-8Evidence for the early stages of eutrophication in association with Gloeotrichia echinulata in a Maine, USA, lake
Holly A. Ewing, Bates College, Kathryn L. Cottingham, Dartmouth College, Peter R. Leavitt, University of Regina, Cayelan C. Carey, Cornell University, Emil Rydin, Uppsala University, Kathleen C. Weathers, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
4:20 PMCOS 13-9Size matters: Examining patterns of maximum body size of mammals over time and space
Felisa A. Smith, University of New Mexico, Alison G. Boyer, University of California, San Diego, James H. Brown, University of New Mexico, Daniel P. Costa, University of California Santa Cruz, Tamar Dayan, Tel-Aviv University, Alistair Evans, Monash University, S.K. Morgan Ernest, Utah State University, Mikael Fortelius, University of Helsinki, Larisa E. Harding, University of New Mexico, Kari Lintulaakso, University of Helsinki, S. Kathleen Lyons, National Museum of Natural History, Richard Sibly, University of Reading, Juha Saarinen, University of Helsinki, Jessica Theodor, University of Calgary, Mark Uhen, University of Alabama
4:40 PMCOS 13-10A tale of two continents: Ecology, phylogeny, and body size in the great American biotic interchange
Shawn B. Whiteman, University of New Mexico, Alison G. Boyer, University of California, San Diego, Felisa A. Smith, University of New Mexico

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