Thursday, August 9, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
D135, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM
The importance of ecosystem engineers for the conservation of intertidal soft-sediment ecosystems
Els M. van der Zee, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research;
Tjisse van der Heide, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ);
Serena Donadi, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen;
Johan S. Eklöf, University of Groningen;
Britas Klemens Eriksson, University of Groningen;
Han Olff, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen;
Henk W. van der Veer, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research;
Theunis Piersma, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Coastal Systems and Utrecht University, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
10:30 AM
Cancelled
COS 132-8
10:50 AM
Extreme cold events may retard poleward and upward migrations in subtropical China
Hong Liu, International Center for Tropical Botany and Department of Earth and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, Florida;
Chang-Lin Feng, Experimental Center of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry;
Xu Wang, Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry;
Miao-Bin Gu, Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry;
Yibo Luo, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences;
Zi-Bin Zhang, Yachang National Orchid Nature Preserve
11:10 AM
Microclimate controls on tree species establishment in mountainous regions
Lynn C. Sweet, University of California, Santa Barbara;
Frank W. Davis, University of California, Santa Barbara;
Lee Hannah, University of California, Santa Barbara;
Anderson Shepard, University of California, Santa Barbara;
Sean McKnight, University of California, Santa Barbara
