2012 LTER ASM - Landscape change

Microstegium vimineum is associated with changes in nitrogen availability and fluxes across a broad landscape

tursell — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 03:12:31 +0000

Poster Number:

397

Presenter/Primary Author:

Tara Ursell

Co-Authors:

Robert J. Warren II, Ashley D. Keiser, Jeffrey Norman, John Barrett, Mark A. Bradford

Student Poster:

Yes

Coordinating Farm Management to Expand Provision of Ecosystem Services

lharris1 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 03:00:53 +0000

Poster Number:

378

Presenter/Primary Author:

Leah Harris Palm-...

Co-Authors:

Dr. Scott M. Swinton

Cooperative land management can cost-effectively enhance ecosystem services (ES) provided by agriculture.

Student Poster:

Yes

The influence of restoration on the hydrology of a karst wetland, Everglades (FL, USA)

psullivan — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:00:40 +0000

Poster Number:

374

Presenter/Primary Author:

Pamela Sullivan

Co-Authors:

Jessica L. Schedlbauer

Co-Authors:

Amartya Saha

Co-Authors:

René M. Price

Predicting and evaluating the influence of human modifications on karst wetland hydrology is challenging, as the groundwater and surface water have a close hydraulic connection.

Comparing 25 years of land cover and population change in the southern Appalachians

jhepinstall — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 21:55:25 +0000

Poster Number:

373

Presenter/Primary Author:

Jeff Hepinstall-C...

Co-Authors:

Katharine Servidio

Co-Authors:

Natalie Stone

Substantial population growth has been observed over the past 30 years in the Southern Appalachians.

Effects of increased snow on growth response and allocation patterns of arctic plants

caddis — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:56:23 +0000

Poster Number:

368

Presenter/Primary Author:

Claire Addis

Co-Authors:

M. Syndonia Bret-Harte

Warming in the Arctic has led to an increase in shrub cover on the tundra and has been well documented in arctic Alaska.

Student Poster:

Yes

Salix shrub expansion over the past 62 years in rocky mountain alpine tundra

aformica — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 01:23:37 +0000

Poster Number:

359

Presenter/Primary Author:

Adam Formica

Co-Authors:

Emily C. Farrer

Co-Authors:

Katharine N. Suding

Global change factors are causing a shift in tundra vegetation in that woody plants are encroaching into herbaceous-dominated communities.

Quantifying the physiology of structurally complex arctic vegetation and implications for ecosystem function in a shrubbier tundra

aformica — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 01:14:38 +0000

Poster Number:

358

Presenter/Primary Author:

Adam Formica

Co-Authors:

Kevin Griffin

Co-Authors:

Natalie Boelman

As conditions become more favorable in some arctic regions for shrub growth, shrubs will not only expand laterally, but they will grow thicker and taller, altering the physical structure of the can

Student Poster:

Yes

Dynamics of social-ecological systems in the Colorado Front Range: Fire regimes, thresholds, and stable states

pbourgeron — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:29:12 +0000

Poster Number:

356

Presenter/Primary Author:

Patrick Bourgeron

Co-Authors:

humphries

Co-Authors:

williams

Co-Authors:

seastedt

Forecasting change in mountain social-ecological systems presents significant challenges, as they are likely to display non-linear responses, i.e., they are more easily pushed or “tipped” across cr

Boom-bust episodes alter plant species diversity patterns in arid urban landscapes

jripplinger — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:17:56 +0000

Poster Number:

353

Presenter/Primary Author:

Julie Ripplinger

Co-Authors:

Janet Franklin

We often think of cities as designed ecosystems, where biophysical drivers are superseded by human decisions. But what happens during times of economic crisis?

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.