2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10)

COS 81 - Ecosystem Stability And Resilience I

Wednesday, August 8, 2018: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
238, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
1:30 PM
Divergent patterns of primary production resistance and resilience following extreme drought across a global precipitation gradient
Ellen Stuart-Haëntjens, Virginia Commonwealth University; Nathan P. Lemoine, Colorado State University; Melinda Smith, Colorado State University; Hans J De Boeck, University of Antwerp; Pille Mänd, University of Tartu; György Kröel-Dulay, MTA Centre for Ecological Research; Inger K. Schmidt, University of Copenhagen; Anke Jentsch, University of Bayreuth; Andreas Stampfli, Bern University of Applied Sciences; William Anderegg, University of Utah; Michael Bahn, University of Innsbruck; Juergen Kreyling, Greifswald University; Thomas Wohlgemuth, Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL; Francisco Lloret, CREAF-Autonomous University of Barcelona; Aimée T. Classen, University of Vermont; Christopher Gough, Virginia Commonwealth University
1:50 PM
Climate-smart grass: A strategy for grassland to safeguard forage production against extreme weather events through resilience to multiple-stresses
Robert J. C. Turner, Bangor University; David R. Chadwick, Bangor University; Paul W. Hill, Bangor University; Rosalind Dodd, Lincoln University; Felicity Hayes, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; Davey L. Jones, Bangor University
2:10 PM
Species turnover and environmental heterogeneity increase stability of regional ecosystems
Christopher P. Catano, Washington University in St. Louis; Trevor S. Fristoe, Washington University in St. Louis; Joseph A. LaManna, Washington University in St. Louis, Marquette University; Jonathan A. Myers, Washington University in St. Louis
2:30 PM
Long-term changes to fire frequency limit adult tree growth under favorable climate but not drought conditions
Tyler K. Refsland, University of Illinois; Benjamin O. Knapp, University of Missouri; Kirsten Stephan, West Virginia University; Jennifer M. Fraterrigo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2:50 PM
Using ecoacoustics to monitor ecological stability along a disturbance gradient
Samuel R. P-J. Ross, Trinity College Dublin, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University; Nicholas Friedman, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University; Masashi Yoshimura, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University; Ian Donohue, Trinity College Dublin; Evan P. Economo, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
A meta-analysis of major controls on forest ecosystem resilience across the globe
Jordon C. Tourville, University of Michigan; Inés Ibáñez, University of Michigan; Ben Lee, University of Michigan; Chris Karounos, University of Michigan; Kirk R. Acharya, University of Michigan; Edie Juno, University of Michigan; Caleb McCollum, University of Michigan; Sam Schaffer-Morrison, University of Michigan
3:40 PM
Impact of guild structure on the stability of ecological communities
Alva Curtsdotter, Emory University; Phillip P.A. Staniczenko, University of Maryland, College Park; Fernanda S. Valdovinos, University of Michigan; Berry J. Brosi, Emory University
4:00 PM
Don’t forget the little guys: Understory trees show dynamic climate sensitivity in northeastern US forests
M. Ross Alexander, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Harvard Forest; Christine R Rollinson, The Morton Arboretum; Alex W. Dye, West Virginia University; David J.P. Moore, University of Arizona; Valerie Trouet, University of Arizona; Neil Pederson, Harvard University
4:20 PM
Bio-physical thresholds regulate switches between saltmarsh erosion and expansion
Mollie F. Duggan-Edwards, Bangor University; Martin W. Skov, Bangor University
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