COS 119
Ecosystem Function: Biodiversity II

Friday, August 9, 2013: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
101J, Minneapolis Convention Center
8:00 AM
 African Green Revolution interventions and the functional diversity of soil microbial communities
Stephen A. Wood, Columbia University; Shahid Naeem, Columbia University; Mark A. Bradford, Yale University; Krista L. McGuire, Barnard College, Columbia University; Jack A. Gilbert, University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratories; Jizhong Zhou, University of Oklahoma; Katherine L. Tully, Columbia University; Cheryl Palm, Agriculture and Food Security Center, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
8:40 AM Cancelled
 Realistic species losses have greater effects than randomized biodiversity treatments on ecosystem functioning: a meta-analysis
Erika S. Zavaleta, University of California, Santa Cruz; Amelia A. Wolf, Columbia University; J. Miles Villa, University of California Santa Cruz
8:20 AM
 Benefits of using tree-mixes rather than monocultures in carbon plantings
Kristin B. Hulvey, University of Western Australia; Richard J. Hobbs, The University of Western Australia; Rachel J. Standish, University of Western Australia; David B. Lindenmayer, Australian National University; Lori Lach, University of Western Australia; Michael P. Perring, University of Western Australia
9:00 AM
 Plant and soil community history independently and interactively affect biodiversity–ecosystem functioning relationships
Varuna Yadav, University of Zurich; Dan Flynn, University of Zurich; Bernhard Schmid, University of Zurich
9:20 AM
 Effects of interannual precipitation variability on plant-species diversity in the Chihuahuan Desert
Laureano A. Gherardi, Arizona State University; Osvaldo E. Sala, Arizona State University
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 The role of evolutionary history in a changing climate: Combined effects of phylogenetic dissimilarity, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen
Mark Genung, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Jennifer A. Schweitzer, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Joseph K. Bailey, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
10:30 AM Cancelled
 Long-term effects of grazing on the plant diversity and ecosystem functioning of a Mediterranean grassland
Miguel Nuno Bugalho, Technical University of Lisbon; Xavier Lecomte, Technical University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior de Agronomia; Maria C. Caldeira, Technical University of Lisbon; Francisco C. Rego, Technical University of Lisbon
10:10 AM
 Intraspecific variation in plant traits mediated by neighborhood composition and its effects on ecosystem properties in a tree functional diversity experiment
Laura J. Williams, University of Minnesota; Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota; Jeannine Cavender-Bares, University of Minnesota; Alain Paquette, Université du Québec à Montréal; Christian Messier, Université du Québec à Montréal
11:10 AM
 Effects of plant species diversity and genetic diversity on belowground community structure and function
Kerri M. Crawford, Washington University in St. Louis; Jennifer A. Rudgers, University of New Mexico