2012 LTER ASM - Vegetation Ecology

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We often think of cities as designed ecosystems, where biophysical drivers are superseded by human decisions.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

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

A metacommunity approach to urban plant community assembly

ajohnson — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:51 +0000

Poster Number:

261

Presenter/Primary Author:

Anna Johnson

Co-Authors:

Christopher M. Swan

There is great value to conducting basic ecological research in urban environments.

Student Poster:

Yes

Long-term reproductive phenology in the Chihuahuan Desert linking legacy and contemporary datasets

dbrowning — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:19:55 +0000

Poster Number:

213

Presenter/Primary Author:

Dawn Browning

Co-Authors:

John P. Anderson

Co-Authors:

Debra C. Peters

Arid and semi-arid regions of the southwestern USA are especially sensitive to changes in temperature as well as drought frequency and intensity.

Role of Biodiversity in Climate change Mitigation (ROBIN): A new ILTER European, Meso and South American project.

jthompson — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:47:55 +0000

Poster Number:

195

Presenter/Primary Author:

Jill Thompson

Co-Authors:

members of the ROBIN project

How can we manage biodiversity and forest use in Latin America to mitigate climate change without unintended consequences for other ecosystem services and people?

Improving the understanding and scaling of land-atmosphere carbon, water and energy exchange in a Chihuahuan Desert shrubland at the Jornada Experimental Range, Southern New Mexico.

ajaimes — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:00:36 +0000

Poster Number:

111

Presenter/Primary Author:

Aline Jaimes

Co-Authors:

Christine Laney

Co-Authors:

Marcy Litvak

Co-Authors:

Debra Peters

Co-Authors:

Craig E. Tweedie

Arid and semiarid ecosystems represent about 40% of the world’s land cover and are home of about 35% of the world’s human population.

Student Poster:

Yes

Soil Water and Temperature Explain Canopy Phenology and Greenness on the Shortgrass Steppe

lmoore1 — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:49:31 +0000

Poster Number:

105

Presenter/Primary Author:

Lynn Moore

Co-Authors:

William K. Lauenroth

Co-Authors:

David M. Bell

Primary production in the shortgrass steppe is positively related to precipitation, but the influence of temperature is dependent on precipitation and the combined effects determine water availabil

Student Poster:

Yes

Getting to the root of the matter: Fire effects on mycorrhizal seedling establishment and tree migration in Alaska

rehewitt — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:17:37 +0000

Poster Number:

Presenter/Primary Author:

Rebecca Hewitt

Co-Authors:

Teresa N. Hollingsworth

Co-Authors:

D. Lee Taylor

Co-Authors:

F.S. Chapin III

Fire is the primary landscape-scale disturbance in the boreal forest, and in the last half-century fires have increased in severity and extent in the boreal forest and tundra.

Student Poster:

Yes

Quantification of structural legacy effects via synthesis of long-term records and eco-hydrologic modeling

dbain1 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:50:42 +0000

Working Group Reports

Final reports:

Report

Participant list:

LegacyWorkingGroupParticipantListASM.docx

Structural legacy effects impose fundamental controls on the function and evolution of ecosystems.

Organizer:

Daniel Bain

Co-organizer(s):

Mark Green

Co-organizer(s):

Gajan Sivandran

Co-organizer(s):

Anthony Parolari

Preferred date(s):

Sept 10

Sept 11

Number of 2 hour sessions requested:

Equipment requested:

Ethernet connection to internet (for interactive model runs) LCD projector

Terms of submission:

I agree

Session:

Working Group Session 1 - Monday

Working Group Session 2 - Monday

Room Assignment:

Longs Peak - Keyhole (60)