2012 LTER ASM - Core Research Areas

Riparian Nitrogen Dynamics in Tropical Forest Groundwaters: A Challenge to Our Understanding of Near-Stream Ecosystem Function

rbrereton — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:03:31 +0000

Poster Number:

402

Presenter/Primary Author:

Richard Brereton

Riparian zones are widely understood to control the flux of water, nutrients, and carbon from terrestrial to aquatic ecosystems.

Student Poster:

Yes

Forest metacommunity structure along an elevational gradient in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico (LUQ)

jzimmerman — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:03:30 +0000

Poster Number:

394

Presenter/Primary Author:

Jess Zimmerman

Co-Authors:

Steven Presley

Co-Authors:

Michael Willig

Metacommunity theory provides a rich framework for identifying structure along environmental gradients and for evaluating the relative contributions of local and regional processes in molding biolo

Increased Connectivity in a Polar Desert Resulting from Climate Warming: McMurdo Dry Valley LTER Program

dmcknight — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 02:50:17 +0000

Poster Number:

392

Presenter/Primary Author:

Diane McKnight

The McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV) is a polar desert on the coast of East Antarctica, a region that has not yet experienced the climate warming that is now occurring elsewhere.

No fertilization effects on soil respiration and root respiration in northern hardwoods of New Hampshire.

kbae — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:12:23 +0000

Poster Number:

355

Presenter/Primary Author:

Kikang Bae

Co-Authors:

Ruth D. Yanai

Co-Authors:

Timothy J. Fahey

Soil respiration has received a great deal of attention recently because it is a major pathway of flux in the terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycle.

Student Poster:

Yes

Regional Consequences of Changing Climate-Disturbance Interactions for the Resilience of Alaska's Boreal Forest

jdowning — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:12:03 +0000

Poster Number:

337

Presenter/Primary Author:

Roger Ruess

Rapid environmental change in interior Alaska over the past century has altered the interrelationships among physical, biological and social drivers of the regional system.

The Konza Prairie LTER Program: Grassland Dynamics and Long-Term Trajectories of Change

jblair — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:35:36 +0000

Poster Number:

308

Presenter/Primary Author:

John Blair

Co-Authors:

Sara Baer, John Briggs, Walter Dodds, Keith Gido, John Harrington, David Hartnett, Anthony Joern, Don Kaufman, Alan Knapp, Jesse Nippert, Brett Sandercock, Melinda Smith

The Konza Prairie LTER program (KNZ) is a comprehensive ecological research, education and outreach program, centered on one of the most productive grasslands in North America – the tallgrass prair

The Role of Behavior in Influencing Headwater Salamander

kcecala — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:11:19 +0000

Poster Number:

307

Presenter/Primary Author:

Kristen Cecala

Co-Authors:

John Maerz

Evolutionary theory predicts that animals have evolved to move in resposne to a suite of cues that maximize animal survival and growth while minimizing risk of injury or mortality.

Long-term dynamics of plant species richness due to fertilization are explained by dominance of one functional group

tdickson — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:33:44 +0000

Poster Number:

295

Presenter/Primary Author:

Tim Dickson

Co-Authors:

Katherine Gross

Nutrient deposition is viewed as a global threat to plant biodiversity because nutrient addition can quickly decrease plant species richness. However, fertilization took 14 years to significa

The impacts of changes in snowfall on soil greenhouse gas emissions using an automated chamber system

kkahmark — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:08:30 +0000

Poster Number:

284

Presenter/Primary Author:

Kevin Kahmark

Co-Authors:

Leilei Ruan

Co-Authors:

G. Philip Robertson

With increasing global surface temperature, snow cover has decreased in many regions.

Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research Program: Overview of FCE III

egaiser — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:15:20 +0000

Poster Number:

283

Presenter/Primary Author:

Evelyn Gaiser

Co-Authors:

Michael G. Rugge

The Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research (FCE LTER) site is located in South Florida, where the expansive coastal Everglades wilderness interacts with an urban and agricultural