Tuesday, August 3, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
407, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 33 - Climate Change: Plants I
1:30 PMCOS 33-1Facilitation is critical to survival of Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) seedlings near their elevational range limit under climate change conditions
Christine A. Lamanna, University of Arizona
1:50 PMCOS 33-2Wild leek (Allium tricoccum) populations in the Southern Appalachians: 1999-2009
Joan L. Walker, USDA Forest Service, Benjamin O. Knapp, USDA Forest Service
2:10 PMCOS 33-3Forest responses to increasing drought in the Montane southwestern United States: Adapting to change
A. Park Williams, University of California, Craig D. Allen, Jemez Mountains Field Station, Constance I. Millar, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Thomas W. Swetnam, University of Arizona, Christopher J. Still, University of California, Joel Michaelsen, University of California, Steven Leavitt, University of Arizona
2:30 PMCOS 33-4Are deserts different? Perennial plant responses to ten years of elevated CO2 in the Mojave Desert
Beth A. Newingham, University of Idaho, Cheryl H. Vanier, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Therese N. Charlet, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Stephen F. Zitzer, Desert Research Institute, Stanley D. Smith, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2:50 PMCOS 33-5Within-canopy variation in stomatal characteristics in three tree species grown in ambient and elevated CO2 at two Free Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) sites
Kim Brown Landsbergen, CarbonEcology Consulting LLC
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 33-6Interannual physiological responses of glacial trees to changes in atmospheric [CO2] since the Last Glacial Maximum
Laci M. Gerhart, University of Kansas, John. M. Harris, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Joy K. Ward, University of Kansas
3:40 PMCOS 33-7Mangroves and climate change: Adaptations to local conditions and interactions with salt marsh species
C. Edward Proffitt, Florida Atlantic University
4:00 PMCOS 33-8Response of native phreatophytes to changing hydroclimate in the San Luis Valley, Colorado
Julie A. Kray, Colorado State University, David J. Cooper, Colorado State University, Alan K. Knapp, Colorado State University, John S. Sanderson, Colorado State University
4:20 PMCOS 33-9What a Hawaiian montane rainforest plant community tells us about designing ecological systems in a changing world
Michael A. Tweiten, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Sara C. Hotchkiss, University of Wisconsin
4:40 PMCOS 33-10Climate influences on biomass yields of switchgrass, a model bioenergy species
Mirela G. Tulbure, South Dakota State University, Michael C. Wimberly, South Dakota State University

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