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University of New Mexico, (3)Colorado State University.
Species re-ordering due to long-term nitrogen and
phosphorous inputs has consequences for plant
community diversity and productivity.
10:50 AM COS 29-9 Rodriguez, A1 , GM Lovett1 , KC Weathers1 , MA
Arthur2 , PH Templer3 , CL Goodale4 and LM Christenson5 ,
(1)Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, (2)University of
Kentucky, (3)Boston University, (4)Cornell University, (5)
Vassar College. Heterotrophic respiration in northern
hardwood forest soils after 14 years of nitrogen addition.
11:10 AM COS 29-10 Midgley, MG and RP Phillips, Indiana
University. Mycorrhizal associations of dominant tree
species help explain variation in forest ecosystem
response to N deposition.
COS 30 - Biogeochemistry: Linking Community
Structure And Ecosystem Function II
B115, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM COS 30-1 Alldred, MK and SB Baines, Stony Brook
University. Effects of wetland plant communities on
denitrification rates: A meta-analysis.
8:20 AM COS 30-2 Rosenstock, NP1 , A Rosling2 , A Tunlid1 and
H Wallander1 , (1)Lund University, (2)Swedish University
of Agricultural Sciences. The role of soil chemistry and
parent material in determining microbial community
composition and activity in temperate coniferous forests.
8:40 AM COS 30-3 Oberle, B1 , JA Myers2 , JC Penagos1 , J
Sweeny3 , K Ogle4 and A Zanne1 , (1)University of Missouri,
St. Louis, (2)Washington University, (3)National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, (4)Arizona State
University. Climate change, death, and decomposition:
Xylem vessel length influences both mortality and decay
among Ozark forest trees.
9:00 AM COS 30-4 Talbot, JM1 , K Peay1 and KK Treseder2 , (1)
University of Minnesota, (2)University of California, Irvine.
Functional differences among decomposer communities
explain litter chemistry controls over decay.
9:20 AM COS 30-5 Ebel, JD1 , AM Marcarelli1 and AE Kohler2 ,
(1)Michigan Technological University, (2)Shoshone-
Bannock Tribes. Biofilm responses to nutrient enrichment
using salmon carcass analog in central Idaho streams.
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AM COS 30-6 Altrichter, AE1 , JE Barrett1 , KM Geyer1 , C
Takacs-Vesbach2 and MN Gooseff3 , (1)Virginia Tech,
(2)University of New Mexico, (3)Pennsylvania State
University. Landscape history and contemporary
environmental drivers of microbial community structure
and function.
10:10 AM COS 30-7 Vanni, MJ1 and PB McIntyre2 , (1)Miami
University, (2)University of Wisconsin. Metabolic ecology
meets ecological stoichiometry: Predicting nutrient
excretion rates of aquatic animals in the field.
10:30 AM COS 30-8 Sullivan-Guest, T1 , CW Schadt1 , N Basta2 and P Jardine3 , (1)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, (2)
The Ohio State University, (3)University of Tennessee.
Mapping soil lead speciation and soil microbial response
at an abandoned firing range in Oak Ridge, TN.
10:50 AM COS 30-9 McAllister, SA, SD Bridgham, Q Jin and BJM
Bohannan, University of Oregon. Microbial community
structure and ecosystem function: Linking methane
production rate to methanogen community structure in
peatland soils.
11:10 AM COS 30-10 Brower, SC, X Mou and LG Leff, Kent State
University. Dissecting the link between community
composition and function in the laboratory: Denitrification
in pure and mixed cultures.
Life on Earth: Preserving, Utilizing, and Sustaining our Ecosystems
8 am-11:30 am
COS 31 - Climate Change: Plants I
E145, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM COS 31-1 Rodgers, V1 , T Lancaster1 , SS Hoeppner2 and J Dukes2 , (1)Babson College, (2)Purdue University.
Responses of leaf characteristics to experimentally
altered climate conditions: Differences among six
species of tree seedlings.
8:20 AM COS 31-2 Grant, TA III1 , GP Juday1 and JD Herriges2 ,
(1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, (2)Bureau of Land
Management. Lichens, wildfires, and climate change
in Alaska: Ecosystem impacts from assessing caribou
habitat.
8:40 AM COS 31-3 McMahon, S, Smithsonian Institution.
9:00 AM
Realized growing seasons: Patterns and implications of
intra-annual tree growth in temperate forests.
COS 31-4 Carnwath, GC and CR Nelson, University of
Montana. Competition modulates climate sensitivity of
Pseudotsuga menziesii.
9:20 AM COS 31-5 Byrne, KM1 and WK Lauenroth2 , (1)Colorado
State University, (2)University of Wyoming. Contrasting
effects of precipitation manipulations on species
composition and community structure at two sites within
the central grassland region, USA.
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AM COS 31-6 Cheesman, AW and K Winter, Smithsonian
Tropical Research Institute. Tropical tree seedling
responses and acclimation potential to elevated
temperatures.
10:10 AM COS 31-7 Elmendorf, S1 and GHR Henry2 , (1)National
Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), (2)University of
British Columbia. Evaluation of climate warming effects
on tundra plant composition .
10:30 AM COS 31-8 Teskey, R1 , I Bauweraerts2 , TM Wertin3 , M
Ameye2 , MA McGuire1 and K Steppe2 , (1)University of
Georgia, (2)Ghent University, (3)U.S. Geological Survey.
Impact of heat waves, drought stress and elevated CO2 on northern red oak seedlings.
10:50 AM COS 31-9 Bouda, M and JE Saiers, Yale University.
Representing root system architecture in Dynamic
Vegetation Models: Results of a combined model of root
system growth and soil water uptake.
11:10 AM COS 31-10 Myers-Smith, IH1 , M Vellend1 , E Lévesque2 ,
D Hik3 and TSH Data Synthesis Group4 , (1)Université de
Sherbrooke, (2)Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, (3)
University of Alberta, (4)Shrub Hub Research Network.
The climate sensitivity of shrub growth: A synthesis of 20
arctic and alpine sites.
COS 32 - Climate Change: Ranges And Phenology II
F150, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM COS 32-1 Waters, SM and J Hille Ris Lambers,
University of Washington. Timing is everything: flowering
phenology influences pollinator-mediated indirect
interactions between native and exotic plants.
8:20 AM COS 32-2 Gezon, ZJ 1 , DW Inouye 2 and RE Irwin 1 , (1)
Dartmouth College, (2)University of Maryland. The effects
of altered phenology on plant-pollinator interactions and
plant reproduction.
8:40 AM COS 32-3 Ram, K 1 , F Watson 2 , D Smith 3 and C
Wilmers 4 , (1)University of California, Berkeley, (2)
California State University Monterey Bay, (3)Yellowstone
Center for Resources, (4)University of California, Santa
Cruz. Climate alters spatiotemporal dynamics of summer
green wave in Yellowstone National Park.
9:00 AM COS 32-4 VanGyzen, JM 1 , ML Pruyn 1 , K Votta 2 and
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