Session: Grasslands/Steppe (94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009))

1:30 PM

COS 42-1

Grassland songbird community diversity, evenness, and nest survival vary inversely with park size and latitude
Sarah E. Rehme, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Craig R. Allen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Larkin A. Powell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

1:50 PM

COS 42-2

Influences of native prairie dogs and domestic cattle on the native grasshopper assemblages of a desert grassland
David C. Lightfoot, University of New Mexico; Ana D. Davidson, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Eduardo Ponce, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Rurik List, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Gerardo Ceballos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

2:10 PM

COS 42-3

Ungulate and topographic control of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spore community composition in a temperate grassland
Tanya R. Murray, Syracuse University; Douglas A. Frank, Syracuse University; Catherine Gehring, Northern Arizona University

2:30 PM

COS 42-4

Introduced grazers can reduce ecosystem function and reduce potential soil carbon sequestration
Sumanta Bagchi, Texas A&M University; Mark E. Ritchie, Syracuse University

2:50 PM

COS 42-5

Does cheatgrass invasion contribute to rarity? Small mammal abundance, habitat use, and movement patterns
Natalie C. Melaschenko, University of British Columbia Okanagan; Karen E. Hodges, University of British Columbia Okanagan

3:10 PM

COS 42-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 42-6

The relationship between diversity and invasion resistance in wet-mesic tallgrass prairie restorations
Kristine T. Nemec, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Craig R. Allen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

3:40 PM

COS 42-7

Competitive equivalency of cultivar and non-cultivar dominant prairie grasses in an experimental restoration
Lewis K. Reed, Southern Illinois University; Sara Baer, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; David J. Gibson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

4:00 PM

COS 42-8

The effect of plant life history traits on recruitment in grasslands: A meta-analysis of seed addition studies in Midwestern tallgrass prairies
Quinn Gabriel Long, Missouri Botanical Garden; Kelly Kindscher, University of Kansas

4:20 PM

COS 42-9

CANCELLED - Decadal changes of primary production in Inner Mongolia steppe under bioclimate and grazing regimes
Gensuo J. Jia, CAS Intitute of Atmospheric Physics

4:40 PM

COS 42-10

Elevated [CO₂] and warming differentially impact carbon isotope discrimination and tissue N concentration in five grassland species
Emma L. Sage, University of Wyoming; David Williams, University of Wyoming; Elise Pendall, University of Wyoming; Daniel R. LeCain, USDA-ARS; Jack A. Morgan, USDA-ARS; Ron Follett, USDA-ARS

COS 42 - Grasslands/Steppe