COS 103 - Climate Change: Plants IV

Wednesday, August 8, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
F151, Oregon Convention Center
1:50 PM
 A test of the adaptational lag hypothesis using a long-term reciprocal transplant study with an arctic sedge (Eriophorum vaginatum)
Jessica B. Turner, West Virginia University; Ned Fetcher, Wilkes University; James B. McGraw, West Virginia University; Jennifer L. Chandler, Michigan State University; Cynthia C. Bennington, Stetson University; Gaius R. Shaver, Marine Biological Laboratory; Milan C. Vavrek, Glenville State College
2:10 PM
 Growth responses of glacial and modern 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
2:30 PM
 Precipitation change alters community composition of a semi-arid grassland
Janet S. Prevéy, University of Colorado at Boulder; Tim Seastedt, University of Colorado at Boulder
2:50 PM
 Regrowth of desert shrubs following a natural extreme cold event
Laura M. Ladwig, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico; William T. Pockman, University of New Mexico
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Increased temperature negatively affects carbon assimilation and growth of Achantherum hymenoides bunchgrass
Timothy M. Wertin, University of Illinois; Sasha C. Reed, U.S. Geological Survey; Jayne Belnap, U.S. Geological Survey
3:40 PM
 Effects of species interactions on plant topographic realized niche across an elevation gradient
Stella M. Copeland, US Geological Survey; Susan P. Harrison, University of California, Davis
4:00 PM
 Will above-timberline forest patches facilitate the upward migration of Andean montane cloud forests in response to climate change
Evan Rehm, Department of Biological Sciences; Kenneth J. Feeley, Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden
4:20 PM
 Carbon and water dynamics of two Populus species under drought stress: The role of hydraulic transport as modulator of carbon reserves
David Galvez, University of Alberta; Simon M. Landhausser, University of Alberta; Melvin T. Tyree, University of Alberta
4:40 PM
 Long-term reduced snow limits leaf gas exchange in three dominant species of moist acidic tundra in northern Alaska
Robert R. Pattison Jr., Pacific Northwest Research Station; Jeffrey M. Welker, University of Alaska