COS 39 - Grasslands/Steppe 2

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT

  Coupling remote sensing data with ground surveys of grassland communities following experimental nutrient deposition and disturbance
  

  Presenting Author: David Rowley – USDA-ARS Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory

  Coauthor: Philip A. Fay – USDA-ARS Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory

  Coauthor: William E. Rogers – Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University

  Coauthor: K. Colton Flynn – USDA-ARS Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory

  Coauthor: Tilak Chaudhary – Department of Biology, Texas State University

  Coauthor: Morgan L. Treadwell, Ph.D. – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

  Coauthor: Joseph W. Veldman – Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University

  Coauthor: Jason P. Martina – Department of Biology, Texas State University
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT

  Allometric relationships and trade-offs in twelve common Mediterranean-climate grasses
  

  Presenting Author: Xiulin Gao – Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

  Coauthor: Charles Koven – Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

  Coauthor: Lara M. Kueppers – University of California, Berkeley; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT

  Influence of Nutrient Availability on Early Development in a Native and Invasive Forb
  

  Presenting Author: Timothy Chen – University of California, Davis

  Coauthor: Katherine Brafford – University of California, Davis
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PDT

  The effect of fire regimes on the storage of recalcitrant organic carbon fractions in mesic grassland soils
  

  Presenting Author: Robyn E. Nicolay, N/A, MSc – University of KwaZulu Natal

  Coauthor: Michelle Tedder, PhD – University of KwaZulu-Natal

  Coauthor: Ntuthuko R. Mkhize, N/A, PhD – University of KwaZulu Natal

  Coauthor: Kevin P. Kirkman, PhD – University of KwaZulu Natal
• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM PDT

  Native megagrazers act as a surprising inhibitor of woodland expansion in a Great Plains grassland
  

  Presenting Author: Sidney Noble – Division of Biology, Kansas State University

  Coauthor: Zak Ratajczak – Kansas State University Division of Biology

  Coauthor: Brynn Noble – Kansas State University Division of Biology
• 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT

  Re-evaluating the adaptive significance of grass stomatal responses
  

  Presenting Author: Che-Ling Ho – University of Pennsylvania

  Coauthor: Yongtian Luo – Johns Hopkins University

  Coauthor: Eleni Katifori – Univerisity of Pennsylvania

  Coauthor: Brent R. Helliker – University of Pennsylvania