97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012)

COS 36 - Ecosystem Function: Biodiversity II

Tuesday, August 7, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
D139, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM
Tradeoffs among carbon storage, sequestration, and plant species richness in managed forests of western Oregon, USA
Julia I. Burton, Oregon State University; Adrian Ares, Virginia Technical University; Sara E. Mulford, Oregon State University; Klaus J. Puettmann, Oregon State University; Deanna H. Olson, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
8:40 AM
Complementary effects of soil compaction and mowing on ecosystem functioning mimic effects of large grazers
Roel van Klink, University of Groningen; Maarten J.J. Schrama, Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Matty P. Berg, Vrije University; Michiel F. WallisDeVries, Dutch Butterfly Conservation; Jan P. Bakker, University of Groningen
9:00 AM
The role of tree and shrub diversity for ecosystem functioning in Chinese subtropical forests: First results of the BEF-China experiment
Sabine Both, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Jürgen Bauhus, University of Freiburg; Alexandra Erfmeier, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg; Jessica LM Gutknecht, Helmoltz- Centre for Environmental Research- UFZ; Werner Härdtle, Leuphana University Lüneburg; Karin Nadrowski, University Leipzig; Goddert von Oheimb, Leuphana University Lüneburg; Bernhard Schmid, University of Zurich; Thomas Scholten, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen; Andreas Schuldt, Leuphana University Lüneburg; Christian Wirth, University of Leipzig; Xuefei Yang, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming; Keping Ma, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Helge Bruelheide, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
9:20 AM
Trophic complementarity and ecosystem functioning
Timothée Poisot, Université du Québec à Rimouski; Nicolas Mouquet, Université Montpellier 2, CNRS; Dominique Gravel, Université du Québec à Rimouski
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
Decreased root turnover in a diverse grassland community maintains belowground overyielding
Hans de Kroon, Radboud University; Francisco M. Padilla, Radboud University; Liesje Mommer, Wageningen University
10:10 AM
Biological control of annual crop pests provided by mixed prairie of varying diversity
Margaret Kosmala, Harvard University; George E. Heimpel, University of Minnesota; David Tilman, University of Minnesota
10:30 AM
Intraspecific variation influences natural settlement of Eastern Oysters
R. Deborah Overath, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; Delbert L. Smee, Dauphin Island Sea Lab; Keith D. Johnson, Stevenson University; James A. Sanchez, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
10:50 AM
Role of environmental and biodiversity gradients in bottom-up and top-down control of seagrass communities: A collaborative field experiment across the Northern Hemisphere
Pamela L. Reynolds, University of California; J. Emmett Duffy, Tennenbaum Marine Observatory Network, Smithsonian Institution; Christoffer Böstrom, Åbo Akademi University; James Coyer, University of Groningen; Mathieu Cusson, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi; Masakazu Hori, Fisheries Research Agency; James G. Douglass, Northeastern University; Kevin A. Hovel, San Diego State University; Johan Eklöf, University of Gothenburg; Aschwin Engelen, Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR); Britas Klemens Eriksson, University of Groningen; Stein Fredriksen, University of Oslo; Lars Gamfeldt, University of Gothenburg; Katrin Iken, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Per-Olav Moksnes, University of Gothenburg; Masahiro Nakaoka, Hokkaido University; Mary O'Connor, University of British Columbia; Jeanine Olsen, University of Groningen; John Paul Richardson, The College of William and Mary; Jennifer L. Ruesink, University of Washington; Erik E. Sotka, College of Charleston; John J. Stachowicz, University of California, Davis; Jonas Thormar, University of Oslo
11:10 AM
Phylogenetic nich conservatism in plant functional traits
Dan F.B. Flynn, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Christiane Roscher, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research; Eric Allan, University of Bern; Tania Jenkins, University of Bern; Annett Lipowsky, University of Zurich; Marlén Gubsch, ETH Zurich; Bernhard Schmid, University of Zurich