Session: Climate Change: Plants (95th ESA Annual Meeting (August 1 -- 6, 2010))

PS 6-38

Australian Alpine seeds and seedlings: Can they cope with change?
Gemma Hoyle, The Australian National University; Adrienne B. Nicotra, The Australian National University; Kathryn Steadman, University of Queensland; Roger Good, Australian National Botanic Gardens

PS 6-39

The role of abiotic factors on belowground meristem dynamics and tiller initiation in tallgrass prairie ecosystems
Melinda M. Williamson, Oklahoma State University; Gail Wilson, Oklahoma State University; David C. Hartnett, Kansas State University; Jacqueline P. Ott, Kansas State University

PS 6-40

An ecological assessment of core and edge populations of two dominant Great Plains grasses: Implications for climate change
Amanda C. Lease, Colorado State University; A.K. Knapp, Colorado State University; E.F. Kelly, Colorado State University; Melinda Smith, Colorado State University

PS 6-41

Climate change and potential reversal of regime shifts in desert ecosystems
Debra Peters, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Jin Yao, USDA ARS; Osvaldo E. Sala, Arizona State University

PS 6-42

Isoprene-related thermotolerance of leaves is greater at low atmospheric CO₂: implications for the evolution of isoprene biosynthesis and rising atmospheric CO₂ concentrations
Danielle A. Way, University of Western Ontario; Joerg-Peter Schnitzler, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Russell K. Monson, University of Arizona; Rob Jackson, Stanford and Duke universities

PS 6-43

Examination of pre-industrial and elevated [CO₂] reveals the temperature-dependent CO₂ sensitivity of light energy partitioning at photosystem II in Eucalypts
Barry A. Logan, Bowdoin College; Carolyn R. Hricko, Bowdoin College; J.D. Lewis, Fordham University; Oula Ghannoum, University of Western Sydney; Nathan Phillips, Boston University; Renee Smith, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Richmond NSW 2753, Australia; Jann P. Conroy, University of Western Sydney; David T. Tissue, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Richmond NSW

PS 6-44

Effects of temperature and nutrient levels on life history characteristics in a tank bromeliad Vriesea cathyi
Adam F.A. Pellegrini, Princeton University; Catherine L. Cardelus, Colgate University

PS 6-45

The contribution of population-level processes in grassland resistance to long-term climate change
Catherine Ravenscroft, Syracuse University; Jason Fridley, Syracuse University; J. Philip Grime, University of Sheffield

PS 6-46

Sensitivity of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems to global change drivers: Insights from long-term studies
Jin Yao, USDA ARS; Debra Peters, USDA Agricultural Research Service

PS 6-47

The influence of post-fire successional trajectory on understory composition in Alaskan boreal forests
Kamala Earl, Florida Museum of Natural History; Heather D. Alexander, University of Texas at Brownsville; Michelle Mack, University of Florida

PS 6-48

Impacts of climate warming on prairie legume growth, nitrogen-fixation, and phenology
Heather R. Whittington, University of Minnesota; G. David Tilman, University of Minnesota; Jennifer S. Powers, University of Minnesota

PS 6-49

Response of biomass accumulation of seedlings of two hardwood tree species to elevated atmospheric [CO₂] and air temperature
Mary Anne McGuire, University of Georgia; Timothy M. Wertin, University of Illinois; Robert O. Teskey, University of Georgia

PS 6-50

Endophytic fungi and climate change drivers interact to alter virus prevalence in grasses
Megan A. Rúa, University of Mississippi; Rebecca L. McCulley, University of Kentucky; Charles E. Mitchell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

PS 6-51

Germination of Quercus geminata and Quercus myrtifolia in association with barrier island ephemeral wetlands (swales)
Sarah T. Lumban Tobin, University of Florida; Debbie L. Miller, University of Florida; Mack Thetford, University of Florida

PS 6-52

Smaller than expected increases in integrated photosynthesis and biomass for plants grown at elevated CO₂ and temperature under fully open air CO₂ fumigation
Ursula M. Ruiz Vera, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaing; David Rosenthal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/USDA-ARS; Matt Siebers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Carl J. Bernacchi, University of Illinois; Donald R. Ort, USDA-ARS and University of Illinois

PS 6-53

Ecophysiological effects of experimental drought in relation to regeneration strategy after fire in a Mediterranean shrubland
Antonio Parra, University of Castilla-La Mancha; David A. Ramírez, University of Castilla-La Mancha; Víctor Resco, Fire Reseach Center; José M. Moreno, University of Castilla-La Mancha

PS 6-54

Ecotypic Responses of Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) to Varying Water Regimes
Kimberly F. Elsenbroek, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Elizabeth M. Bach, Iowa State University; Sara G. Baer, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

PS 6-55

Germination of two Erica species along a latitudinal gradient and under various thermal conditions
Daniel Chamorro, University of Castilla-La Mancha; Belén Luna, University of Castilla-La Mancha; José M. Moreno, University of Castilla-La Mancha

PS 6-56

Does the response of leaf photosynthetic productivity to rising atmospheric temperature and CO₂ scale up to the canopy?
David Rosenthal, Ohio University; Carl J. Bernacchi, University of Illinois; Stephen P. Long, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Donald R. Ort, USDA-ARS and University of Illinois

PS 6-57

Influence of warmer nights and changes in precipitation frequency on Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii) seedling physiology
Rachel J. Hill, Brigham Young University; Allison Orgill, Brigham Young University; Beau J. Walker, Brigham Young University; Marissa D. Laflin, Brigham Young University; Richard A. Gill, Brigham Young University

PS 6-58

Response of a temperate liana to atmospheric CO₂ enrichment under varying light and precipitation levels
David C. Marvin, Carnegie Institution for Science; ReBecca Sonday, University of Michigan

PS 6-59

Elevated CO₂ initially stimulates photosynthesis in sweetgum, but effects dissipate after a decade
Jeffrey M. Warren, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Richard J. Norby, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Belinda E. Medlyn, Macquarie University

PS 6-60

Evaluating multiple extinction risks for the obligate fire seeder Leucopogon setiger under changing fire regimes and climate change
Rebecca Swab, University of California; Helen M. Regan, University of California Riverside; David Keith, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water; Tracey J. Regan, The University of Melbourne; Mark Ooi, University of Wollongong

PS 6 - Climate Change: Plants