Session: Climate Change: Plants III (101st ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2016))

1:30 PM

COS 52-1

Thresholds of drought stress differ in a tallgrass prairie population
Ava M. Hoffman, Colorado State University; Melinda Smith, Colorado State University

1:50 PM

COS 52-2

Differential response of invasive and native species to warming with simulated changes in diurnal temperature ranges
Bao-Ming Chen, Sun Yat-Sen University; Shao-Lin Peng, Sun Yat-sen University

2:10 PM

COS 52-3

Effects of freeze-thaw stress and soil-borne pathogens on the germination of two Pinus spp. in soils from a deciduous-evergreen forest transition zone
Brian M. Connolly, University of Wisconsin; John L. Orrock, University of Wisconsin - Madison

2:30 PM

COS 52-4

Dispersal and cold tolerance as mechanisms of liana expansion in Eastern U.S. forests in response to climate change
Laura M. Ladwig, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Ellen I. Damschen, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Scott Meiners, Eastern Illinois University

2:50 PM

COS 52-5

A tale of two conifers: Genetic evidence of species dispersal and climate resilience in the Pacific Northwest
Matias C. Fernandez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Guillaume de Lafontaine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Daniel Gavin, University of Oregon; Katy D. Heath, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Feng Sheng Hu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

3:10 PM

COS 52-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 52-6

Estimating climate sensitivity of semi-arid vegetation: What can we learn by comparing forecasts derived from different modeling techniques?
Katherine M Renwick, Montana State University; Andrew R. Kleinhesselink, Utah State University; Daniel R. Schlaepfer, University of Basel; Caroline A. Curtis, University of Massachusetts; Bethany A. Bradley, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Cameron L. Aldridge, U.S. Geological Survey; Benjamin Poulter, NASA GSFC; Peter Adler, Utah State University

3:40 PM

COS 52-7

Interactions among climate and soil properties influence current and future geographic distribution of an invasive grass in the Chihuahuan Desert
Jin Yao, USDA ARS; Debra P.C. Peters, Jornada Basin LTER Program

4:00 PM

COS 52-8

Functional diversity of North American broad-leaved trees is codetermined by past and current environmental factors
Alejandro Ordonez, Aarhus University; Jens-Christian Svenning, Aarhus University

4:20 PM

COS 52-9

Vegetation communities shift in response to climate change: National Key Deer Refuge 1990-2013
Craig van der Heiden, Institute for Regional Conservation; James Johnson, University of Georgia

4:40 PM

COS 52-10

Assessing critical vegetation transitions during climate change: Insights from Northwestern USA forests
Josep M. Serra-Diaz, Harvard University; Melissa Lucash, Portland State University; Charles Maxwell, Portland State University; Robert Scheller, Portland State University; Jonathan R. Thompson, Harvard University

COS 52 - Climate Change: Plants III