COS 30 - Climate Change: Communities 2

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT

  Catastrophic loss of plant species and ecosystem function with a Dust Bowl-type drought
  

  Presenting Author: Melinda D. Smith – Colorado State University

  Coauthor: Ines Marti Devolx – Gonzaga University

  Coauthor: Alicia Lenners – Colorado State University

  Coauthor: Timothy Ohlert – Colorado State University

  Coauthor: Ingrid J. Slette – National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis

  Coauthor: Kate Wilkins – Denver Zoo

  Coauthor: Alan Knapp – Colorado State University
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT

  Direct temperature effects and prior temperature adaptation interact to determine predator-prey dynamics and stability
  

  Presenting Author: Kyle E. Coblentz – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Coauthor: Miranda Salsbery – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Coauthor: Amber Squires – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Coauthor: John DeLong – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT

  From Leaves to Canopy: The Effects of Experimental Drought on Spectra
  

  Presenting Author: Mariela Encarnacion – University of Oklahoma

  Coauthor: Xiangming Xiao – University of Oklahoma

  Coauthor: Emily Nguyen – University of Oklahoma

  Coauthor: Lara Souza – University of Oklahoma
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PDT

  Recent climate warming has rapidly restructured North American bumble bee communities
  

  Presenting Author: Jeremy Hemberger – University of California Davis

  Coauthor: Neal Williams – University of California Davis
• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM PDT

  Quantifying the timescales and functional consequences of ecosystem acclimation lags
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Stemkovski – Utah State University

  Coauthor: Peter B. Adler – Utah State University
• 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT

  Elevated temperature increases the severity of viral disease in a native insect herbivore
  

  Presenting Author: Nadya D. Muchoney – University of Nevada, Reno

  Coauthor: Victoria Peechatt – University of Nevada, Reno

  Coauthor: Mike B. Teglas – University of Nevada, Reno

  Coauthor: Angela M. Smilanich – University of Nevada, Reno