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COS 49 - Grasslands/Steppe

Wednesday, August 14, 2019: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
L006, Kentucky International Convention Center
Presider:
Victoria Borowicz
8:00 AM
COS 49-1
On the origin and maintenance of savanna biome in Madagascar
Nikunj Goel, University of Texas at Austin; Erik Van Vleck, Kansas University; Julie C. Aleman, Yale University; Carla Staver, Yale University
8:20 AM
COS 49-2
Biomass production is more limited by P than N, but N strongly reduced plant diversity in a highly-productive grassland
Laura Yahdjian, IFEVA-CONICET, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Pedro M. Tognetti, IFEVA-CONICET, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Pamela Graff, IFEVA-CONICET, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Enrique J. Chaneton, IFEVA-CONICET, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires
8:40 AM
COS 49-3
The importance of extreme rainfall events and their timing in a semi-arid ecosystem
Alison Post, Colorado State University; Alan Knapp, Colorado State University
9:00 AM
COS 49-4
Accumulation of soil carbon under combined elevated CO2, warming and drought: Results from a field scale experiment
Claus Beier, University of Copenhagen; Christiana A. Dietzen, University of Washington, , Box 352100,, University of Copenhagen; Per L. Ambus, University of Copenhagen; Inger K. Schmidt, University of Copenhagen; Sabine Reinsch, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; Marie F. Arndal, University of Copenhagen; Klaus Steenberg Larsen, University of Copenhagen
9:20 AM Cancelled
COS 49-5
Long-term nutrient enrichment effects on productivity, species richness and soils in a natural South African grassland (widthdrawn)
Naledi Z. Zama, Agricultural Research Council; Kevin P. Kirkman, University of Kwazulu-Natal; Michelle J. Tedder, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Ntuthuko R. Mkhize, Agricultural Research Council
9:40 AM
COS 49-
Break
9:50 AM
COS 49-6
Nestling condition of a grassland bird not associated with food availability in restored grasslands of the Great Plains
Heather M. Kraus, Emporia State University; William E. Jensen, Emporia State University; Mary E. Jameson, Wichita State University; W. Alice Boyle, Kansas State University; Gregory Houseman, Wichita State University; Molly M. Reichenborn, Wichita State University
10:10 AM
COS 49-7
Rewilding: lessons from some long-term experiments in the British uplands
Rob Marrs, University of Liverpool
10:30 AM
COS 49-8
If we build it, will they come? Arthropod communities as indicators of restoration in an urban prairie network
Amanda N. Finke, University of Dayton; Chelse M. Prather, University of Dayton
10:50 AM
COS 49-9
The synergistic relationship of bison grazing and arthropod herbivory in structuring a tallgrass prairie plant community
Krishna Patel, Hendrix College; Sofia A. Varriano, Hendrix College; Luke Lefler, Hendrix College; Adam C. Turner, Hendrix College; Carolina Kirksey, Hendrix College; Matthew D. Moran, Hendrix College
11:10 AM
COS 49-10
Hemiparasites can be keystone species in tallgrass prairies
Victoria Borowicz, Illinois State University; Morgan Walder, Illinois State University
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