2012 LTER ASM - Community Ecology

Testing effects of water stresses and herbivory on habitat differentiation among diverse willow communities in central Minnesota

xwei — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:26:54 +0000

Poster Number:

401

Presenter/Primary Author:

Xiaojing Wei

Co-Authors:

Jeannine Cavender-Bares

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

Establishment and persistence of macroalgal phase shifts

samantha.davis — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 03:16:12 +0000

Poster Number:

361

Presenter/Primary Author:

Samantha Davis

Coral reefs are among the most diverse and productive marine ecosystems, and are currently threatened by an increasing frequency and magnitude of natural and anthropogenic perturbations.

Student Poster:

Yes

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We often think of cities as designed ecosystems, where biophysical drivers are superseded by human decisions.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?

Arctic LTER: Food Web Synthesis

lgough — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:01:23 +0000

ARC LTER researchers will meet to continue work on a synthesis of food webs across aquatic and terrestrial environments.

Organizer:

Laura Gough

Preferred date(s):

Sept 11

Number of 2 hour sessions requested:

Equipment requested:

LCD projector

Terms of submission:

I agree

Session:

Ancillary Working Group Session 3 - Tuesday

Room Assignment:

Ruesch Auditorium - Dodge (50)

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.

Assessing Ecosystem Sensitivity to Chronic Resource Alterations: A Synthesis of Long-term Experiments

msmith — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:03:37 +0000

Poster Number:

334

Presenter/Primary Author:

Melinda Smith

Co-Authors:

Kimberly LaPierre

Co-Authors:

Alan Knapp

Co-Authors:

John Barrett

Co-Authors:

Scott Collins

Co-Authors:

Serita Frey

Co-Authors:

Laura Gough

Co-Authors:

Katherine Gross

Co-Authors:

Robert Miller

Co-Authors:

James Morris

Co-Authors:

Lindsay Rustad

Co-Authors:

John Yarie

The scale, scope and pace of change occurring in ecological systems today and forecast for the future are by all accounts unprecedented in human history.

Response of rangeland grasshopper communities to cattle and prairie dog grazing

shauser — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:11:05 +0000

Poster Number:

333

Presenter/Primary Author:

Sean Hauser

Co-Authors:

Paul Stapp

Novel rangeland management strategies seek to benefit ecosystem services and biodiversity in semiarid grasslands by manipulating the distributions and densities of herbivorous ecosystem engineers,

Student Poster:

Yes

The roles of crabs in forming tidal creeks in sinking salt marshes

hvu — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:35:26 +0000

Poster Number:

311

Presenter/Primary Author:

Huy Vu

Co-Authors:

Steven C. Pennings

Salt marshes provide many ecosystem services, but are threatened by sea-level rise (SLR).

Student Poster:

Yes

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