Monday, August 2, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
315-316, David L Lawrence Convention Center
OOS 6 - Effects of Global Warming in Tropical Montane Systems
In this oral session, ecologists will discuss recent advances in the study of tropical montane systems, specifically looking at how these ecosystems have responded, are responding, and will respond to global climate change. Participants range from rising graduate students to established leaders in the field, are based at a number of countries and work on a variety of organisms in tropical mountains around the globe. We expect that the proposed session will be well attended and draw attention from the popular and scientific press.
Organizer:	Kenneth J. Feeley, Department of Biological Sciences
Co-organizer:	Alessandro Catenazzi, University of California at Berkeley
Moderator:	Kenneth J. Feeley, Department of Biological Sciences
1:30 PM	OOS 6-1		Non-linear vegetation responses to climate change: A paleoecological perspective from Lake Titicaca Mark B. Bush, Florida Institute of Technology, Jennifer Hanselman, Westfield State College, William Gosling, The Open University
1:50 PM	OOS 6-2		Nutrient limitation in rain and cloud forests along a 3000 m elevation gradient in the Peruvian Andes Joshua Fisher, Oxford University, Yadvinder Malhi, Oxford University, Israel Cuba Torres, Universidad San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Daniel B. Metcalfe, Oxford University, Marjan van de Weg, University of Edinburgh, Patrick Meir, University of Edinburgh, Javier E. Silva Espejo, Universidad San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Walter Huaraca Huasco, Universidad San Antonio Abad del Cusco
2:10 PM	OOS 6-3		Thermal tolerances in Andean frogs: Are high-elevation species more vulnerable to climate warming? Alessandro Catenazzi, University of California at Berkeley, Edgar Lehr, Illinois Wesleyan University
2:30 PM	OOS 6-4		Thermal tolerance explains unusually rapid decadal range shifts and extinctions of Andean dung beetles Trond H. Larsen, Princeton University & World Wildlife Fund
2:50 PM	OOS 6-5		Asymmetric boundary shifts and biodiversity risks of tropical montane Lepidoptera over four decades of climate warming I-Ching Chen, University of York, Jane K. Hill, University of York, Hau-Jie Shiu, National University of Tainan, Jeremy D. Holloway, The Natural History Museum, Suzan Benedick, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Vun Khen Chey, Forest Research Centre of Sabah, Henry S. Barlow, Southene Sdn. Bhd., Chris D. Thomas, University of York
3:10 PM			Break
3:20 PM	OOS 6-6		Potential effects of climate change on tree species richness of tropical montane forests Duncan Golicher, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Luis Cayuela, Universidad de Granada
3:40 PM	OOS 6-7		Migration in response to climate change in Andean trees: Fast enough? Miles Silman, Andes Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research Group
4:00 PM	OOS 6-8		Species assemblage and fire dynamics over the past ~3,300 years in an upper montane cloud forest in Hawai‘i Shelley D. Crausbay, University of Wisconsin, Sara C. Hotchkiss, University of Wisconsin
4:20 PM	OOS 6-9		Carbon input and partitioning along a 5°C mean annual temperature gradient in Hawaiian wet tropical forests Creighton M. Litton, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Christian P. Giardina, USDA Forest Service
4:40 PM	OOS 6-10		Projected range contractions of montane biodiversity under global warming Frank A. La Sorte, Yale University, Walter Jetz, Yale University

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