2012 LTER ASM - Plant Ecology

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

Investigating ecological function of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal (AMF) communities present in KBS-LTER agronomic treatment soils under low nutrient and drought conditions.

bgottshall — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:37:36 +0000

Poster Number:

367

Presenter/Primary Author:

Brad Gottshall

Co-Authors:

Sarah Emery

Agricultural systems will be facing a new challenges in the future as the climate changes.

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

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

Local-scale plant species richness and the regional species pool

kwilcox — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:49:09 +0000

Poster Number:

293

Presenter/Primary Author:

Kevin Wilcox

Co-Authors:

Melinda D. Smith

Co-Authors:

Sally E. Koerner

Co-Authors:

Alan K. Knapp

Plant community structure has been shown to impact ecosystem function. However, these effects vary among ecosystems, data collection techniques, and across spatial and temporal scales.

Student Poster:

Yes

Plant Community Succession on Drying Lakes in the Yukon Flats, Alaska

mwinterstein — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:23:30 +0000

Poster Number:

287

Presenter/Primary Author:

Mark Winterstein

Co-Authors:

Teresa Hollingsworth

Co-Authors:

Donald Walker

Plant succession is often studied by observing how plant communities colonize the landscape and subsequently change over time.

Student Poster:

Yes

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

Community Convergence or Divergence in Resource Manipulation Experiments

kkomatsu — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:20:43 +0000

Working Group Reports

Final reports:

La Pierre_converg_report.pdf

Participant list:

La Pierre_converg_participants.xlsx

Organizer:

Kimberly La Pierre

Co-organizer(s):

Sally Koerner

Preferred date(s):

Sept 10

Number of 2 hour sessions requested:

Equipment requested:

LCD projector

Terms of submission:

I agree

Session:

Ad-hoc Working Group Session 1 - (Monday Lunch)

Room Assignment:

Eastside - Rainbow Fireside (75)

Assessing Phenological Overlap of Native and Introduced Plant Species in Interior Alaska

sdecina — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:38:53 +0000

Poster Number:

277

Presenter/Primary Author:

Stephen Decina

Co-Authors:

Dr. Christa P.H. Mulder

Co-Authors:

Katie Villano Spellman

Boreal ecosystems in Alaska have historically been buffered from the impacts of non-native plant invasions due to a cold climate, permafrost soils and a limited human disturbance footprint.

Student Poster:

Yes

Aboveground and Belowground Responses to Nutrient Additions and Herbivore Exclusion in Arctic Tundra Ecosystems in Northern Alaska

rsimpson — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:38:35 +0000

Poster Number:

265

Presenter/Primary Author:

John Moore

Co-Authors:

Laura Gough

Co-Authors:

Rodney T. Simpson

Co-Authors:

David R. Johnson

The Exploitation Ecosystem Hypothesis (EEH) describes how food chains develop along aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) gradients.