94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)

Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Dona Ana, Albuquerque Convention Center

Presider:

Joyce Maschinski, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

1:30 PM

COS 38-1

Reduced early growing season freezing resistance in alpine treeline plants under elevated atmospheric CO₂
Melissa A. Dawes, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, SLF; Konstantin S. Gavazov, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Christian Koerner, University of Basel; Stephan Hattenschwiler, Centre of Functional Ecology and Evolution; Christian Rixen, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, SLF

1:50 PM

COS 38-2

Stimulation of litterfall, soil CO₂ flux, and C and N sequestration after shrub expansion in a mesic environment
Steven T. Brantley, Virginia Commonwealth University; Donald R. Young, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

2:10 PM

COS 38-3

Interactive effects of warming and atmospheric nitrogen deposition on plant productivity and species composition in a temperate old field
Jennifer S. Hutchison, University of Western Ontario; Hugh A. L. Henry, University of Western Ontario

2:30 PM

COS 38-4

Growth, and Biomass responses of Black Spruce (Picea Mariana [Mill.] B.S.P.) Seedlings to Carbon dioxide concentration, Soil Temperature, and Nutrient supply
Jacob Marfo, Lakehead University; Qinglai Dang, Lakehead University; Titus F. Ambebe, Ontario Forest Research Institute

2:50 PM

COS 38-5

Aboveground productivity of C₃ and C₄ perennial grasses are differentially affected by elevated CO₂ and warming in a Wyoming northern mixed-grass prairie
Jack A. Morgan, USDA-ARS; Daniel R. LeCain, USDA-ARS; D. Terrance Booth, USDA ARS Rangeland Resources Reserach Unit; Dana M. Blumenthal, USDA-ARS; David G. Williams, University of Wyoming; Elise G. Pendall, University of Wyoming; Feike A. Dijkstra, University of Sydney; David P Smith, USDA-ARS; Mark S. West, USDA ARS NPA; Bruce A. Kimball, The Greenleaf Group

3:10 PM

COS 38-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 38-6

Effects of elevated CO₂ on seed quality and invasion potential of wild oat
K. L. Granger, Pennsylvania State University; Robert S. Gallagher, Pennsylvania State University; Eugene Fuerst, Washington State University

3:40 PM

COS 38-7

Climate change and herbivory in native grassland: Precipitation and grazing, not temperature, influences community structure and function
Shannon R. White, University of Alberta; Edward W. Bork, University of Alberta; James F. Cahill Jr., University of Alberta

4:00 PM

COS 38-8

Climate change threatens endangered key tree cactus (Pilosocereus robinii) in the Florida Keys, USA
Joie Goodman, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden; Joyce Maschinski, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden; Julissa Roncal, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden; Phillip Hughes, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Joe McAuliffe, Desert Botanic Garden

4:20 PM

COS 38-9

The influence of elevated temperature, elevated atmospheric CO₂ concentration and water stress on net photosynthesis in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) throughout its native range
Timothy M. Wertin, University of Illinois; Mary Anne McGuire, University of Georgia; Robert O. Teskey, University of Georgia

4:40 PM

COS 38-10

Effects of climate change on geographic distributions of endemic plants of the Colorado Plateau
Crystal M. Krause, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

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