2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11)

8:00 AM

COS 26-1

Spring fasting behavior among polar bears as an index of ecosystem productivity
Karyn Rode, US Geological Survey; Ryan R. Wilson, US Fish and Wildlife Service; David Douglas, US Geological Survey; Vanessa Muhlenbruch, US Geological Survey; Todd Atwood, US Geological Survey; Eric Regehr, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Evan Richardson, Environment Canada; Nicholas Pilfold, San Diego Zoo; Andrew E. Derocher, University of Alberta; George M. Durner, U.S. Geological Survey; Ian Stirling, University of Alberta; Steven Amstrup, Polar Bears International; Michelle St Martin, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Anthony Pagano, US Geological Survey; Kristin Simac, US Geological Survey

8:20 AM

COS 26-2

Species-specific effects of passive warming in an Antarctic moss system
Hannah M. Prather, Portland State University; Todd N. Rosenstiel, Portland State University; Angelica Casanova-Katny, University of Santiago; Sarah M. Eppley, Portland State University

8:40 AM

COS 26-3

The influence of Alnus viridis shrub patch dynamics on fine-scale environmental conditions on the Canadian low-Arctic tundra
Cory A. Wallace, WIlfrid Laurier University; Jennifer L. Baltzer, Wilfrid Laurier University

9:00 AM

COS 26-4

Production, decomposition and CO₂ efflux patterns in the Colombian páramos: Ten years of monitoring the carbon cycle in the tropical alpine
Juan Benavides, IDEAM-Colombia; A. Paola Barbosa, Coordinadora Grupo de Bosques; Edgar A. Blanco, Professional expert; Luis M. Moreno, Professional expert; Maria C. Cardona, Professional expert; Jairo Rueda, Assistant Professor

9:20 AM

COS 26-5

CO₂ fluxes in two peatlands in the northern Andes are controlled by radiation and soil temperature
Laura O. Gómez, EAFIT University; Juan Benavides, Pontifical Xaverian University; Erik A. Lilleskov, US Forest Service, Northern Research Station; Rodney Chimner, Michigan Technological University; John Hribljan, Michigan Technological University

9:40 AM

COS 26-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 26-6

Revegetation success of plugs with and without cushion plants in an alpine restoration project on Mount Yale, CO
Catherine Kleier, Regis University; Tim Trenary, Regis University

10:10 AM

COS 26-7

Shorebird nest site habitat composition: Implications for climate change
Aaron R. Gottesman, Humboldt State University; Mark A. Colwell, Humboldt State University

10:30 AM

COS 26-8

The dynamic interaction of climate change and a marine-terrestrial linkage in the Falkland Islands
Dulcinea V Groff, University of Maine; Jacquelyn L. Gill, University of Maine

10:50 AM

COS 26-9

Linking diminishing sea ice of Beringia to large consumer organisms and ecosystem resiliency
G. Carleton Ray, University of Virginia; Gary L. Hufford, Retired

11:10 AM

COS 26-10

The influence of permafrost thaw depth on plant-water relations in a high latitude Siberian boreal forest
Heather A. Kropp, Colgate University; Michael M. Loranty, Colgate University; Susan M. Natali, Woods Hole Research Center; Alexander Kholodov, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Nikita Zimov, Northeast Science Station

COS 26 - Arctic, Alpine, Antarctic Systems

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