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

Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Cinnarron, Albuquerque Convention Center

Presider:

Lucina Hernández, SUNY Oswego

8:00 AM

COS 20-1

Soil-litter mixing enhances decomposition rates in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland
Daniel B. Hewins, New Mexico State University; Heather L. Throop, New Mexico State University; Steven R. Archer, University of Arizona; Gregory S. Okin, UCLA

8:20 AM

COS 20-2

Community and ecosystem responses to multiple environmental drivers in a Northern Chihuahuan Desert grassland
Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico; Joseph E. Fargione, The Nature Conservancy; Yang Xia, University of New Mexico; William, T. Pockman, University of New Mexico

8:40 AM

COS 20-3

Effect of rainfall pulses on soil CO₂ fluxes and ecophysiology of Bouteloua eriopoda in a northern Chihuahuan Desert grassland
Michell L. Thomey, University of New Mexico; Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico; Rodrigo Vargas, University of California Berkeley; Jennifer E. Johnson, Stanford University; Renee F. Brown, University of New Mexico; Don O. Natvig, University of New Mexico; Michael T. Friggens, University of New Mexico

9:00 AM

COS 20-4

Energy flow in the desert ecosystem: A comparison of rodent biomass between two distant sites in the Chihuahuan Desert
Lucina Hernández, SUNY Oswego; John Anderson, New Mexico State University; David Lightfoot, University of New Mexico; John W. Laundré, SUNY Oswego

9:20 AM

COS 20-5

Effects of seasonal fire and nutrient co-limitation on Chihuahuan Desert grassland plant communities
Laura B. Calabrese, University of New Mexico; Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico; Paulette L. Ford, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

9:40 AM

COS 20-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 20-6

Meristem density responses to water availability in the Chihuahuan Desert
Lara G. Reichmann, USDA, Agricultural Research Service; Osvaldo E. Sala, Arizona State University; Debra P.C. Peters, USDA Agricultural Research Service

10:10 AM

COS 20-7

Impacts of grazing and fire on woody plant cover expansion in semi-arid grasslands of the northern Chihuahuan Desert
Kelley J. O'Neal, University of Maryland

10:30 AM

COS 20-8

Drought leads to collapse of black-tailed prairie dog populations reintroduced to the Chihuahuan Desert
Aaron N. Facka, New Mexico State University; Gary W. Roemer, New Mexico State University; Verity L. Mathis, New Mexico State University; Michael Kam, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Eli Geffen, Tel Aviv University

10:50 AM

COS 20-9

Unraveling sources of variation in annual survival among distinct populations of banner-tailed kangaroo rats in the Chihuahuan Desert
Martin R. Moses, New Mexico State University; Gary W. Roemer, New Mexico State University; Jennifer K. Frey, New Mexico State University

11:10 AM

COS 20-10

Heavy metal distribution and bioaccumulation in Chihuahuan Desert Rough Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex rugosus) populations
Israel Del Toro, University of Copenhagen; David Borrok, University of Texas at El Paso; Kevin W. Floyd, University of Texas at El Paso; Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey, University of Texas at El Paso

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