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

PS 50-113

Carbon dioxide exchange in the serpentine barrens of southeastern Pennsylvania: examining the role of fire management and environmental drivers
Jessica L. Schedlbauer, West Chester University

PS 50-114

Effects of cyclic fire and water availability on longleaf pine carbon dynamics
Andrew Whelan, University of Alabama; Gregory Starr, University of Alabama; Robert Mitchell, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center; Christina L. Staudhammer, University of Alabama; Henry W. Loescher, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)

PS 50-115

Increasing productivity through time in an Illinois tallgrass prairie restoration
Roxane Krutsinger, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Richard B. Brugam, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Kurt E. Schulz, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

PS 50-116

Precipitation events drive ecosystem water fluxes across an elevation gradient in New Mexico, USA
Matthew D. Petrie, University of New Mexico; Marcy Litvak, University of New Mexico; Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico

PS 50-117

Seasonal distribution of net primary production by functional groups in Chihuahuan Desert, and the role of seasonal precipitation
Jin Yao, USDA ARS; Debra Peters, USDA Agricultural Research Service

PS 50-118

Global meta-analysis of field-observed leaf area index for woody species
Atsuhiro Iio, National institute for environmental studies; Niels P.R. Anten, Utrecht University; Kouki Hikosaka, Tohoku University; Yoshiaki Nakagawa, Tsukuba University; Akihiko Ito, National Institute for Environmental Studies

PS 50-119

Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis) vigor and functional roles within the alpine treeline ecotone
Sarah C. Blakeslee, University of Colorado Denver; Diana Tomback, University of Colorado Denver; Jill C. Pyatt, University of Colorado Denver; Elizabeth R. Pansing, University of Colorado Denver; Lynn M. Resler, Virginia Tech

PS 50-120

Soil respiration in a longleaf pine chronosequence
Althea A. Archer, Auburn University; Lisa J. Samuelson, Auburn University

PS 50-121

Soil CO₂efflux in salvage logged versus untreated beetle-kill forests
Daniel Beverly, University of Northern Colorado; Robert M. Hubbard, USDA Forest Service; Scott Franklin, University of Northern Colorado; Charles C. Rhoades, USDA Forest Service

PS 50-122

The above- and below-ground legacies of ant colonies
Sarah J. Wood, University of Tennessee; Nathan J. Sanders, The University of Copenhagen; Aimee T. Classen, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

PS 50-123

The role of Pinus albicaulis as a tree island initiator in the alpine-treeline ecotone: Comparing microclimates among microsites
Jill C. Pyatt, University of Colorado Denver; Diana F. Tomback, University of Colorado Denver; Sarah C. Blakeslee, University of Colorado Denver; Elizabeth R. Pansing, University of Colorado Denver; Lynn M. Resler, Virginia Tech

PS 50 - Ecosystem Function