ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)
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COS 147 - Ecology of arid and semi-arid habitats: II

Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Blrm Salon VI, San Jose Marriott
8:00 AM
COS 147-1
Wind erosion and dust flux in undisturbed and disturbed dryland ecosystem along the grassland-forest continuum: A conceptual framework spanning gradients of woody plants
David D. Breshears, The University of Arizona; Jeffrey J. Whicker, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Chris B. Zou, Oklahoma State University; Jason P. Field, University of Arizona; Craig D. Allen, New Mexico Landscapes Field Station
8:20 AM
COS 147-2
Micronutrient availability affects sunscreen production but not growth in biological soil crusts
Matthew Bowker, Northern Arizona University; George W. Koch, Northern Arizona University; Jayne Belnap, U.S. Geological Survey; Nancy Johnson, Northern Arizona University
8:40 AM
COS 147-3
Hydrologic and aeolian controls on vegetation patterns in arid landscapes
Sujith Ravi, Stanford University; Paolo D'Odorico, University of Virginia; Greg Okin, UCLA
9:00 AM
COS 147-4
Untangling the biological contributions to soil stability in semi-arid shrublands
Veer B.- Chaudhary, Northern Arizona University; Matthew Bowker, Northern Arizona University; James B. Grace, U.S. Geological Survey Wetland and Aquatic Research Center; Nancy Johnson, Northern Arizona University; Andrea Redman, Northern Arizona University
9:20 AM
COS 147-5
Biological soil crusts and plant recruitment in a fragmented, semi-arid landscape: Implications for restoration
Cassia Read, The University of Melbourne; Jane Elith, The University of Melbourne; Peter Vesk, The University of Melbourne; D. Duncan, The University of Melbourne
9:40 AM
COS 147-
Break
9:50 AM
COS 147-6
The functional role of carbonate-cemented soil horizons in desert ecosystems: Spatial and temporal dynamics of plant water availability
Michael Duniway, U.S. Geological Survey; Jeffrey E. Herrick, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Curtis Monger, New Mexico State University
10:10 AM
COS 147-7
Biogenic carbon accumulation across a cold desert dune chronosequence
Michal I. Shuldman, UC Berkeley; Zachary T. Aanderud, Brigham Young University; James H. Richards, University of California, Davis
10:30 AM
COS 147-8
Effects of five years of increased seasonal precipitation on aboveground ANPP and species composition in Big Bend National Park in the Chihuahuan Desert
Traesha R. Robertson, Texas Tech University; John Zak, Texas Tech University; David T. Tissue, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Richmond NSW
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