Wednesday, August 10, 2016: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
124/125, Ft Lauderdale Convention Center
8:00 AM
Plant species richness and functional group composition affect root decomposition via changes in both root substrate quality and soil biota
Hongmei Chen, University of Leipzig;
Liesje Mommer, Wageningen University;
Jasper van Ruijven, Wageningen University;
Hans de Kroon, Radboud University;
Arthur Gessler, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB);
Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, University of Freiburg;
Christian Wirth, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, University of Leipzig;
Alexandra Weigelt, University of Leipzig, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
9:20 AM
Ecological and socioeconomic functions across tropical land-use systems after rainforest conversion
Jochen Drescher, Georg-August University;
Katja Rembold, Georg-August University;
Damayanti Buchori, Bogor Agricultural University;
Alexander Knohl, Georg-August University;
Christoph Leuschner, University of Goettingen;
Matin Qaim, Georg-August University;
Aiyen Tjoa, Tadulako University;
Kerstin Wiegand, Georg-August University;
Holger Kreft, Georg-August University;
Stefan Scheu, Georg-August University
10:30 AM
Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes
Forest Isbell, University of Minnesota;
Dylan James Craven, Universidad Mayor;
John Connolly, University College Dublin;
Michel Loreau, Station d'Ecologie Expérimentale du CNRS à Moulis;
Bernhard Schmid, University of Zurich;
Carl Beierkuhnlein, University of Bayreuth;
T. Martijn Bezemer, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW);
Catherine Bonin, Iowa State University;
Helge Bruelheide, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg;
Enrica de Luca, University of Zurich;
Anne Ebeling, Friedrich Schiller University Jena;
John N. Griffin, Swansea University;
Qinfeng Guo, USDA Forest Service - Southern Research Station;
Yann Hautier, Utrecht University;
Andy Hector, University of Oxford;
Anke Jentsch, University of Bayreuth;
Juergen Kreyling, Greifswald University;
Vojtech Lanta, University of South Bohemia;
Pete Manning, University of Bern;
Sebastian T. Meyer, Technische Universität München;
Akira S. Mori, Yokohama National University;
Shahid Naeem, Columbia University;
Pascal Niklaus, University of Zurich;
H. Wayne Polley, USDA, Agricultural Research Service;
Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota;
Christiane Roscher, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research;
Eric W. Seabloom, University of Minnesota;
Melinda Smith, Colorado State University;
Madhav Prakash Thakur, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena;
David Tilman, University of Minnesota;
Benjamin F. Tracy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University;
Wim H. Van der Putten, Netherlands Institute of Ecology;
Jasper van Ruijven, Wageningen University;
Alexandra Weigelt, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig;
Wolfgang Weisser, Technical University of Munich;
Brian J. Wilsey, Iowa State University;
Nico Eisenhauer, Leipzig University