Session: Grasslands/Steppe (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

8:00 AM

Intensity of aboveground herbivory influences the outcome of plant-soil feedback effects
Johannes Heinze, University of Potsdam; Jasmin Joshi, University of Potsdam, University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil

8:20 AM

COS 137-2

Grazing effect on grasslands escalated by abnormal precipitations in Inner Mongolia
Maowei Liang, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University; Jiquan Chen, Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University; Elise S Gornish, University of Arizona; Xue Bai, School of Forest Resources, University of Maine; Zhiyong Li, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University; Cunzhu Liang, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University

8:40 AM Cancelled

COS 137-3

Linking the ecology of threatened birds, dynamic habitats and disturbance processes in an understudied neotropical grassland in Bolivia (widthdrawn)
Joanne L Kingsbury, Sch of Environment & Natural Resources; Gwilym M. Davies, Ohio State University; Christopher M. Tonra, University of Maine

9:00 AM

COS 137-4

Ecological and social effects of bison reintroduction in northern Colorado
Kate Wilkins, Colorado State University; Liba Pejchar, Colorado State University; Rebecca Garvoille, BBC Research and Consulting, Florida International University

9:20 AM

COS 137-5

Understanding Umwelt: A lesser prairie-chicken's perspective on navigating the anthropogenic landscape
Ashley M. Tanner, Western Ecosystems Technology Inc.; Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Oklahoma State University; Jonathan Potts, University of Sheffield; R. Dwayne Elmore, Oklahoma State University; Craig A. Davis, Oklahoma State University

9:40 AM

COS 137-

Break

9:50 AM Cancelled

COS 137-6

Nitrous oxide and methane fluxes from shortgrass steppe under adaptive and traditional grazing managements (widthdrawn)
Kristopher L. Nichols, Soil Management and Sugar Beet Research Unit; Stephen J. Del Grosso, Soil Management and Sugar Beet Research Unit; Jorge A. Delgado, Soil Management and Sugar Beet Research Unit; Justin D. Derner, Rangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit

10:10 AM

COS 137-7

Actinorhizal species influence plant and soil nitrogen in semiarid shrub-dominated ecosystems in the western Great Basin, USA
Benjamin W. Sullivan, University of Nevada, Reno; Stephanie M. Freund, University of Nevada, Reno; Fiona Soper, Cornell University; Paul C. Selmants, USGS; Simon Poulson, University of Nevada, Reno

10:30 AM

COS 137-8

Morphological variation in deermice (Peromyscus maniculatus): Allen's rule
Bruce Buttler, Burman University

10:50 AM

COS 137-9

Impact of Lespedeza cuneata invasion on arthropod abundance in a tallgrass prairie
Sofia A. Varriano, Hendrix College; Adam Turner, Hendrix College; Carolina Kirksey, Hendrix College; Matthew D. Moran, Hendrix College

COS 137 - Grasslands/Steppe