2022 ESA Annual Meeting (August 14 - 19)

COS 42 Arid And Semi-Arid Systems 1

8:00 AM-9:30 AM
513A
8:00 AM
Biogeochemical and ecosystem properties in three adjacent semiarid grasslands are resistant to nitrogen deposition, but sensitive to edaphic variability
Brooke B. Osborne, PhD, U.S. Geological Survey;Carla M. Roybal, U.S. Geological Survey;Robin Reibold, U.S. Geological Survey;Christopher D. Collier, University of Toledo;Erika Geiger, U.S. Geological Survey;Michala L. Phillips, 1. U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center;Michael N. Weintraub, University of Toledo;Sasha C. Reed, PhD, U.S. Geological Survey;
8:15 AM
Unexpected resistance of biocrust communities to altered precipitation regimes highlights other environmental factors interacting with precipitation
Kristina E. Young, Utah State University;Sasha C. Reed, PhD, U.S. Geological Survey;Colin L. Tucker, PhD, USDA Forest Service-Northern Research Station;Megan Starbuck, US Geological Survey;Osvaldo E. Sala, Arizona State University;Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, University of Texas at El Paso;
8:45 AM
The impacts of fog and dew on plant water status in the Namib Desert
Lixin Wang, PhD, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis;Kudzai Kaseke, University of California Santa Barbara,;Sujith Ravi, Temple University;Wenzhe Jiao, Indiana Univ-Purdue Univ Indianapolis;Gillian Maggs-Kölling, Gobabeb Namib Research Institute;
9:00 AM
Plant shade enhances thermoregulation inside termite mounds
Mduduzi Ndlovu, University of Mpumalanga;Gosego Nampa, University of Mpumalanga;
9:15 AM
Implications of local adaptation and maternal effects on seedling establishment for restoration.
Elise C. Elwood, UC Davis;Jennifer Funk, UC Davis;Jennifer R. Gremer, University of California, Davis;