Printed Program (PDF) - Ecological Society of America

THURSDAY
4:30 pm-6:30 pm
Merced, (3)University of California Davis. Interactive
effects of multiple global change factors on soil nitrogen
transformations in a California annual grassland.
PS 67-34 Gutiérrez del Arroyo, O1, TE Wood2 and AE Lugo2, (1)
University of Puerto Rico, (2)International Institute of
Tropical Forestry. Strong seasonal and diel variation of soil
CO2 efflux in a moist subtropical forest in Puerto Rico.
PS 67-35 Hagerty, SB1, JA Langley1, LR Aoki2, TJ Mozdzer3 and JP
Megonigal4, (1)Villanova University, (2)Cornell University,
(3)Smithsonian Institution, (4)Smithsonian Environmental
Research Center. Methane production and emissions from
a tidal wetland under multifactored global change.
PS 67-36 Eberwein, JR1, PA Oikawa2 and GD Jenerette2, (1)University
of California Riverside, (2)University of California, Riverside.
Influence of nitrogen availability on soil respiration kinetics.
PS 67-37 Sadowsky, JJ, LTA van Diepen and SD Frey, University of
New Hampshire. Contributions of ectomycorrhizal fungi to
organic matter formation and decomposition in response to
chronic N deposition.
PS 67-38 Fowler, ZK1, MB Adams2 and WT Peterjohn1, (1)West
Virginia University, (2)USDA Forest Service. Will elevated N
inputs from acid rain stimulate C storage in an aggrading
appalachian temperate deciduous forest?.
PS 67-39 Smith, KR1, T Davidson2 and RB Thomas1, (1)West
Virginia University, (2)University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Contribution of fine root respiration to total soil respiration
in high-elevation red spruce forests along a nitrogen
availability gradient.
PS 68 - Biogeochemistry: Linking Community Structure
And Ecosystem Function
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 68-40 Gallardo, MB, CA Perez, MC Nuñez and JJ Armesto,
Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity. Evolution of nutrient
limitation along a 60,000 yr forest soil chronosequence in
Llaima Volcano, Chile.
PS 68-41 Gan, H, MD Hunter and DR Zak, University of Michigan.
Atmospheric nitrogen deposition and soil fauna: The effect
on litter decay process.
PS 68-42 Woods, K, Bennington College. Biomass and CWD pools
show complex multi-decade dynamics in old-growth
northern hardwood forests.
PS 68-43 Nippert, JB1, TW Ocheltree1, Z Ratajczak1, GL Orozco1
and N Brunsell2, (1)Kansas State University, (2)University
of Kansas. Changes in site ecohydrology following the
conversion of mesic grassland to shrubland.
PS 68-44 Dettweiler-Robinson, E1, RL Pendleton2, DJ Krofcheck1
and ME Litvak1, (1)University of New Mexico, (2)USDA
Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. Change
in ecosystem structure due to widespread conifer mortality
in Piñon-Juniper woodlands leads to rapid change in
understory abundance detected using both field plots and
remotely-sensed data.
PS 68-45 Close, SL1, F Chan1, KJ Nielsen2, SD Hacker1 and BA
Menge1, (1)Oregon State University, (2)Sonoma State
University. Nutrient content of rocky intertidal macrophytes
and its relation to environmental variability across a large
biogeographic region.
PS 68-46 Eisen, KE, Amherst College. Forty years of forest
measurements support the continuation of the Northeastern
carbon sink.
PS 68-47 Cochran-Stafira, DL and T Tatum Parker, Saint Xavier
University. Analysis of Phosphoglucose Isomerase (PGI)
within and among Habrotrocha rosa metapopulations.
PS 68-48 O’Mullan, GD1, S Lax1, S Young1 and B Song2, (1)
Queens College, CUNY, (2)University of North Carolina
at Wilmington. Patterns of ammonia and nitrite oxidizing
microbial diversity along the salinity gradient of the Cape
Fear Estuary.
PS 69 - Dendrochronology
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 69-49 Burnham, MB, CA Walter, BE McNeil, AE Hessl and WT
Peterjohn, West Virginia University. The utility of tree ring
ř15N as an indicator of past nitrogen cycle dynamics.
PS 69-50 Sahara, EA1, DA Sarr2 and ES Jules1, (1)Humboldt State
University, (2)Klamath Network-National Park Service.
An assessment of tree encroachment into a serpentine
pine savanna using remote sensing and dendroecological
techniques.
PS 69-51 Simonson, SE1, TJ Stohlgren2, S Fassnacht3, E Greene4
and S Toepfer4, (1)Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory,
(2)USGS Fort Collins Science Center, (3)Watershed Science
Program, (4)Colorado Avalanche Information Center. Rapid
assessment of large magnitude snow avalanche events in
Colorado.
PS 69-52 Kidd, KR and C Copenheaver, Virginia Tech.
Dendroecological analysis of frost ring occurrence in jack
pine (Pinus banksiana) across northern lower Michigan.
PS 69-53 Sakulich, J1, JL Hart2, SL van de Gevel3 and HD Grissino-
Mayer4, (1)Regis University, (2)University of Alabama, (3)
Appalachian State University, (4)University of Tennessee.
Spatial modeling of climate-growth relationships of eastern
North American trees.
PS 69-54 Chapman, ME1, MP Weand1 and E Dickerson2, (1)
Southern Polytechnic State University, (2)Piedmont Park
Conservancy. Is urban old-growth affected by air pollution?.
PS 69-55 Hudson, CL1, E Pendall1, AH Lloyd2 and D Mann3, (1)
University of Wyoming, (2)Middlebury College, (3)University
of Alaska Fairbanks. Tree-ring stable isotope relationships
to climate across hill-slope positions in boreal Alaska.
PS 69-56 Dymond, S1, P Bolstad1 and RK Kolka2, (1)University of
Minnesota, (2)USDA Forest Service, Northern Research
Station. The relationship between soil moisture and forest
productivity at the Marcell Experimental Forest: A pilot
study.
PS 70 - Forest And Rangeland Management
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 70-57 Brandt, L1, CW Swanston2, FR Thompson III3, L Iverson4,
HS He5, A Prasad4, SN Matthews6 and M Peters4, (1)
USDA Forest Service, (2)US Forest Service, Northern
Research Station, (3)University of Missouri-Columbia,
(4)Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, (5)
University of Missouri, (6)The Ohio State University.
Applying a framework for climate change adaptation in the
Central Hardwoods region.
PS 70-58 Heiderman, R1, JL Stape1, ZH Leggett2, EB Sucre2 and R
Gehl1, (1)North Carolina State University, (2)Weyerhaeuser
Company. Intercropping giant miscanthus (Miscanthus ×
giganteus) with loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) for bioenergy
feedstock production in Southeastern United States:
Effects of shading on biomass yield.
PS 70-59 Caterina, GL, RE Will, DJ Turton and CB Zou, Oklahoma
State University. Water use of individual Juniperus virginiana
trees; How much, how variable, and what factors affect it.
PS 70-60 Mattox, A1 and JB West2, (1)Texas A&M University, (2)
Texas A&M University - College Station. Soil moisture varies
across soil type in response to woody vegetation removal in
a south Texas shrubland.
PS 71 - Forest Habitats
Exhibit Hall DE, Oregon Convention Center
PS 71-61 Stone, MM, BB Casper, AF Plante, A Johnson and FN
Scatena, University of Pennsylvania. Plant-soil feedbacks
and nutrient availability mediate microbial decomposition in
a nutrient-poor tropical forest.
PS 71-62 Fernandez, DS1, E Meléndez2 and J Rojas3, (1)University
of Puerto Rico at Humacao, (2)University of Puerto Rico,
(3)University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras. Revising
classification of focal vegetation communities of Mona
Island Reserve, a Caribbean subtropical dry forest
ecosystem.
PS 71-63 McAlpine, J1, T Policha1, BTM Dentinger2 and BA Roy1, (1)
University of Oregon, (2)Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Floral
yeasts driving pollinator recruitment in a Neotropical orchid.
PS 71-64 Greer, B, University of California, Santa Barbara. Climatic
niche plasticity in Populus tremuloides.
PS 71-65 Ackermann, K, DL Jones and TH DeLuca, Bangor
164 ESA 97th Annual Meeting, August 5 - 10, 2012, Oregon Convention Center