Session: Ecosystem Function I (97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012))

8:00 AM

COS 81-1

Quantifying uncertainty in precipitation estimates
Ruth D. Yanai, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; John Campbell, United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service; Shannon L. LaDeau, Cary Insitute of Ecosystem Studies; Kathleen C. Weathers, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Craig R. See, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Mark B. Green, Plymouth State University

8:20 AM

COS 81-2

The spice of life: Quantifying intraspecific functional trait variation
Rachel M. Mitchell, University of Washington; Jonathan Bakker, University of Washington

8:40 AM

COS 81-3

Evidence for large positive effects of species richness on biomass in U.S. forests
Matthew J. Rinella, USDA-Agricultural Research Service; Kurt O. Reinhart, USDA-ARS; Daniel J. Johnson, Ohio State Univesity

9:00 AM

COS 81-4

Perennial biofuel crops reduce nitrogen losses during establishment in central Illinois
Candice M. Smith, University of Illinois; Mark B. David, University of Illinois; Corey A. Mitchell, Univeristy of Illinois

9:20 AM

COS 81-5

Nitrogen regeneration mediates species interactions and enhances coastal productivity
Catherine A. Pfister, University of Chicago; Mark A. Altabet, University of Massachusetts; Santhiska Pather, University of Massachusetts; David Post, Yale University; Jack A. Gilbert, University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratories

9:40 AM

COS 81-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 81-6

Nutrient cycling in bromeliad phyllosphere
Ana Zangirolame Gonçalves, UNICAMP; Fernando Leite Hoffmann, UNESP; Helenice Mercier, USP; Paulo Mazzafera, UNICAMP; Gustavo Q. Romero, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

10:10 AM

COS 81-7

Are maples limited by phosphorus in acidic unglaciated forests?
Jared L. DeForest, Ohio University; David J. Burke, The Holden Arboretum; Sarah R. Carrino-Kyker, The Holden Arboretum; Charlotte R. Hewins, The Holden Arboretum; Laurel A. Kluber, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Kurt A. Smemo, The Holden Arboretum

10:30 AM

COS 81-8

Forests and ecological services: Wildlife ecological services and air quality at the Bankhead National Forest in Alabama
Emily N. Summers, Alabama A & M University; Xiongwen Chen, Alabama A&M University

10:50 AM Cancelled

COS 81-9

Amoebae or finches? Walking in the footsteps of Darwin, but looking under our feet! (widthdrawn)
Emily E. D. Coffey, University of Oxford - Long-term Ecology Laboratory; Bertrand Fournier, Concordia University; Edward A. D. Mitchell, University of Neuchâtel

COS 81 - Ecosystem Function I