COS 123
Grasslands And Steppes

Thursday, August 13, 2015: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
324, Baltimore Convention Center
1:30 PM
COS 123-1
Plant functional diversity effects on carbon and nitrogen storage: An empirical test in semiarid sandy grasslands
Xiaoan Zuo, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Xin Zhou, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Xueyong Zhao, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Jing Zhang, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Peng Lv, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shaokun Wang, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1:50 PM
COS 123-2
Compensatory photosynthesis, water-use efficiency and biomass allocation responses to defoliation of exotic and native bunchgrass seedlings
Erik Hamerlynck, USDA-ARS; Brenda Smith, Oregon State University; Roger L. Sheley, USDA-ARS; Tony J. Svejcar, USDA-ARS
2:10 PM
COS 123-3
Sward heterogeneity, not grazing intensity per se, determines plant diversity and functional characteristics in a cattle-grazed grasslan
Bettina Tonn, University of Goettingen; Eva Densing, University of Goettingen; Jessica Gabler, University of Goettingen; Dorothee Ebeling, University of Goettingen; Johannes Isselstein, University of Goettingen
2:30 PM
COS 123-4
Chicago-area prairies and soil type: Are remnant prairies representative of historical extent?
Abbie C. Schrotenboer, Trinity Christian College
2:50 PM
COS 123-5
Effects of changes in agriculture and pasture based dairy farming on grassland bird species
Lindsay E. F. Hunt, Michigan State University; Brian A. Maurer, Michigan State University; Gary Roloff, Michigan State University
3:10 PM
COS 123-
Break
3:20 PM
COS 123-6
Reproductive ecology of Ferruginous Hawks in the northern Great Plains
Shubham Datta, South Dakota State University; Troy Grovenburg, South Dakota State University; Robert Klaver, Iowa State Coop; Jonathan Jenks, South Dakota State University; Kent Jensen, South Dakota State University; Christopher Swanson, USFWS
3:40 PM
COS 123-7
How unusual was the 21st century drought in Mongolia? Placing recent ecological extremes in a 2000-year context
Amy E. Hessl, West Virginia University; Neil Pederson, Harvard University; Kevin Anchukaitis, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Caroline Leland, Columbia University; Oyunsanaa Byambasuren, National University of Mongolia
4:00 PM
COS 123-8
Restored soil conditions alter competition dynamics of Andropogon gerardii: Implications for species loss during tallgrass prairie restoration
Drew A. Scott, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Sara G. Baer, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
4:20 PM
COS 123-9
Effects of time since fire on flower production of a key nectar source, butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Raymond A. Moranz, Oklahoma State University; Diane M. Debinski, Iowa State University; Dave Engle, Oklahoma State University; James R. Miller, University of Illinois
4:40 PM
COS 123-10
Thresholds vs. gradients in a semi-arid grassland: Long-term grazing treatments induce slow, continuous, and reversible vegetation change
Lauren M. Porensky, USDA-ARS; Kevin E. Mueller, USDA-ARS; David J. Augustine, USDA-ARS; Justin D. Derner, Rangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit
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