Session: Grasslands/Steppe (101st ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2016))

1:30 PM

COS 82-1

In situ variation of major and trace elements in three pseudo-metallophyte C₄ grasses in Pennsylvania, USA
Cedric Gonneau, University of Pennsylvania; Sanjay Mohanty, University of Pennsylvania; Jane Willenbring, University of Pennsylvania; Brenda Casper, University of Pennsylvania

1:50 PM

COS 82-2

Phenology differences between native and novel ecosystems rival the effects of climate change
Brian J. Wilsey, Iowa State University; Andrew Kaul, Iowa State Univ.; Leanne M. Martin, University of Kansas

2:10 PM

COS 82-3

Mechanisms of consumer control of grassland production
Douglas A. Frank, Syracuse University; Rick Wallen, National Park Service; E. William Hamilton III, Washington and Lee University; Jason Fridley, Syracuse University; P.J. White, National Park Service

2:30 PM

COS 82-4

Assessing the ecohydrological future of temperate drylands: Drought, vegetation structure and ecosystem services in the 21^st century
John B. Bradford, U.S. Geological Survey; Daniel R. Schlaepfer, University of Basel; William K. Lauenroth, University of Wyoming; Britta Tietjen, Freie Universität Berlin; Scott D. Wilson, University of Regina; Michael Duniway, U.S. Geological Survey; Seth M. Munson, U.S. Geological Survey; David A. Pyke, U.S. Geological Survey; Sonia A. Hall, SAH Ecologia LLC; Khishigbayar Jamiyansharav, Colorado State University; Gensuo Jia, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Ariuntsetseg LKhagva, National University of Mongolia

2:50 PM

COS 82-5

Bison wallowing effects on arthropod community structure
Zachary Nickell, Hendrix College; Matthew Moran, Hendrix College

3:10 PM

COS 82-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 82-6

A twenty year record of small mammal community dynamics in two stable states, grassland and shrubland
Jennifer D. Noble, University of New Mexico; Sydney K. Jones, University of New Mexico; Nathaniel J. Madrid, University of New Mexico; Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico; Jennifer Rudgers, University of New Mexico

3:40 PM

COS 82-7

Invasive yellow bluestem and European earthworms: Conspiracy for ecosystem domination?
Roberto Carrera-Martínez, University of Puerto Rico; Mitchell J. Greer, Fort Hays State University; Bruce A. Snyder, Kansas State University

4:00 PM

COS 82-8

Long-term grazing exclusion alters plant community structure and soil carbon storage in managed grasslands
Julia H. Maki, University of Florida; Luke Flory, University of Florida

4:20 PM

COS 82-9

The interactive effects of nitrogen and topography on the distribution of Stipa pulchra
Robert Fitch, California State Polytechnic University Pomona; Erin Questad, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

4:40 PM

COS 82-10

Potential nitrogen critical loads for northern Great Plains grassland vegetation
Amy J. Symstad, U.S. Geological Survey; Anine Smith, Colorado State University; Wesley Newton, U.S. Geological Survey; Alan Knapp, Colorado State University

COS 82 - Grasslands/Steppe