Session: Climate Change (96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011))

PS 15-1

Increased intra-annual precipitation variability affect biomass production and forage quality
Kerstin Grant, University of Bayreuth; Juergen Kreyling, University of Bayreuth; Laura F. H. Dienstbach, University of Bayreuth; Carl Beierkuhnlein, University of Bayreuth; Anke Jentsch, University of Bayreuth

PS 15-2

Variations in the photosynthetic carbon assimilation and isoprene emission capacities of Texas oak species during the exceptional spring 2011 drought
Csengele Barta, Missouri Western State University; Jonathan H. Gramann, Texas A&M University; Stephanie L. White, Texas A&M University; Gunnar W. Schade, Texas A&M University

PS 15-3

Enhanced thermal tolerance of the Biosphere 2 tropical rainforest in response to long-term warming
Tyeen C. Taylor, University of Arizona; Marielle Smith, Michigan State University; Brad Boyle, University of Arizona; Scott R. Saleska, University of Arizona; Joost van Haren, University of Arizona; Raphael Rosolem, University of Bristol

PS 15-4

Solutions and challenges to addressing human population growth and global climate change
Christopher A. Lepczyk, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Rafael Bergstrom, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; Mark W. Chynoweth, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Lisa M. Ellsworth, Oregon State University; Sarah Henly-Shepard, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; Darcey K. Iwashita, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Kara Miller, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; Randi Rhodes, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

PS 15-5

Climate and the dynamics of coral infectious disease
Susanne H. Sokolow, Stanford University

PS 15-6

Experimentally induced soil freezing on soil biogeochemical processes across an elevation gradient at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
Samuel Fashu-Kanu, Syracuse University

PS 15-7

Effects of sea level rise on a rare Pterocarpus forested wetland in Puerto Rico
Ricardo J. Colón-Rivera, Texas A&M University; Rusty A. Feagin, Texas A&M University; Jason West, Texas A&M University

PS 15-8

CANCELLED - Thermal ecology and intra-specific variation in Rabidosa rabida (Araneae: Lycosidae) from the mountains of Arkansas
Ryan J. Stork, The University of Texas at Arlington

PS 15-9

Leaf senescence phenology: Interactions with warming and light habitat
Anne W. Stine, Duke University; Carl F. Salk, Duke University; Jacqueline Mohan, University of Georgia; Jerry M. Melillo, Marine Biological Laboratory; James Clark, Duke University

PS 15-10

Testing climate WNA modeled climate data against independent weather station records
Carolyn Tysor, University of British Columbia; Paul L. Heinrich, Northern Arizona University; Amy V. Whipple, Northern Arizona University

PS 15-11

Evidence for range contraction of eastern North American trees
Kai Zhu, Duke University; James Clark, Duke University; Christopher W. Woodall, USDA Forest Service

PS 15-12

The USA National Phenology Network’s model for managing diverse data through space and time to inform phenology research and applications
Alyssa Rosemartin, USA National Phenology Network; R. Lee Marsh, USA National Phenology Network; Ellen G. Denny, USA National Phenology Network; Bruce E. Wilson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

PS 15-13

Global climate change effects upon prairie plant pollination
Elise M. Boehm, North Dakota State University; Steven Travers, North Dakota State University

PS 15-14

Simulating the impacts of climate change, land use and mitigation strategies on forest biomass in northern Wisconsin, USA
Weimin Xi, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; David J. Mladenoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Robert M. Scheller, Portland State University; Sarah D. Pratt, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Linda R. Parker, U. S. Forest Service; Christopher W. Swanston, USDA Forest Service

PS 15-15

Consequences of the seed production timing on germination rates and seedling survival in highly seasonal environments: A case study of an evergreen live oak species (Quercus oleoides) in tropical dry forests of Northwest Costa Rica
Alyson E. Center, University of Minnesota; Jeannine Cavender-Bares, University of Minnesota

PS 15 - Climate Change