96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011)

8:00 AM

Stoichiometric controls over nitrogen and phosphorus transformations and loss
Alan R. Townsend, University of Colorado at Boulder; Philip G. Taylor, Duke University; William R. Wieder, University of Colorado, Boulder; Cory C. Cleveland, University of Montana; Diana R. Nemergut, University of Colorado

8:20 AM

Ecosystem properties self organize in response to a directional fog-vegetation feedback
Daniel E. Stanton, Princeton University; Beatriz Salgado-Negrete, CASEB, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Instituto de Ecologia y Biodiversidad; Lars O. Hedin, Princeton University; Juan J. Armesto, Universidad Católica de Chile, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity

8:40 AM

Effects of canopy tree species diversity on belowground ecosystem processes in a wet tropical rain forest
Adrienne B. Keller, University of Montana; Cory C. Cleveland, University of Montana; Sasha C. Reed, U.S. Geological Survey; Philip G. Taylor, Duke University; Alan R. Townsend, University of Colorado at Boulder; William R. Wieder, University of Colorado, Boulder; Patrick R. Funk, University of Montana

9:00 AM

Fates of low molecular weight carbon inputs to the belowground
Mark A. Bradford, Yale University; Ashley D. Keiser, Iowa State University; Calley A. Mersmann, University of Georgia; Michael S. Strickland, Virginia Tech

9:20 AM

Quantifying Uncertainty in Ecosystem Studies (QUEST): A cross-site comparison of watershed input-output budgets
Carrie R. Levine, University of California, Berkeley; John L. Campbell, USDA Forest Service; Ruth D. Yanai, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Mark B. Green, Plymouth State University; Mary Beth Adams, USDA Forest Service; Douglas A. Burns, US Geologic Survey; Donald C. Buso, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Mark E. Harmon, Oregon State University; Trevor Keenan, Harvard University; Shannon L. LaDeau, Cary Insitute of Ecosystem Studies; Gene E. Likens, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; William H. McDowell, University of New Hampshire; Jordan N. Parman, University of Colorado; Stephen D. Sebestyen, USDA Forest Service Research; James Vose, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station; Mark Williams, University of Colorado

9:40 AM

Break

9:50 AM

Greenhouse gas reduction with conversion from pasture to energy cane production
Benjamin D. Duval, University of Illinois; Sarah C. Davis, Ohio University; William J. Parton, Colorado State University; Stephen P. Long, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Evan H. DeLucia, Institute for Genomic Biology

10:10 AM

Litter quality constrains the affect of management intensity on decomposers and litter chemistry
Kyle Wickings, University of New Hampshire; A. Stuart Grandy, University of New Hampshire; Sasha C. Reed, U.S. Geological Survey; Cory C. Cleveland, University of Montana

10:30 AM

A land-based nitrogen mass balance for California: Partitioning nitrogen surplus
Daniel Liptzin, University of Colorado; Edith Bai, Instituted of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Benjamin Z. Houlton, University of California, Davis; Randy A. Dahlgren, University of California, Davis

10:50 AM

Environment is a stronger determinant of exotic plant feedbacks to soil than vegetation type in southern California ecosystems
Sara Jo M. Dickens, Univeristy of California, Riverside; Edith B. Allen, University of California, Riverside; Louis S. Santiago, University of California-Riverside; David E. Crowley, University of California Riverside

11:10 AM

Litter decomposition during rainless periods is enabled by atmospheric water-vapor absorption and solar radiation
Jose M. Gruenzweig, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

COS 125 - Biogeochemistry: New Paradigms in Biogeochem Cycling II