COS 146 - Communities: Traits And Functional Diversity 1

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PDT

  Corner’s rules as the cornerstone of a whole-plant economics spectrum
  

  Presenting Author: Alex Fajardo – Universidad de Talca

  Coauthor: Mark Olson – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM PDT

  Fine root decomposition rates are driven by traits on the fast-slow conservation gradient
  

  Presenting Author: Saheed Olaide Jimoh – University of Wyoming

  Coauthor: Daniel C. Laughlin – University of Wyoming
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT

  The effect of water and light availability on seedling functionality and demography
  

  Presenting Author: Sam Schaffer-Morrison – University Of Michigan

  Coauthor: Maria Natalia Umana – University Of Michigan
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PDT

  Inclusion of plant functional traits improves representation of an alpine tundra hillslope gradient in a land surface model
  

  Presenting Author: Katya R. Jay – Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder

  Coauthor: William R. Wieder – National Center for Atmospheric Research

  Coauthor: Sean C. Swenson – National Center for Atmospheric Research

  Coauthor: John F. Knowles, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences – California State University, Chico

  Coauthor: Sarah C. Elmendorf – University of Colorado, Boulder

  Coauthor: Hannah Holland-Moritz – University of New Hampshire

  Coauthor: Katharine Suding – University of Colorado
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM PDT

  Linkages between photosynthetic traits and demography in a neotropical forest
  

  Presenting Author: Minh Chau N. Ho – University of Michigan

  Coauthor: Annette M. Ostling – University of Texas at Austin
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM PDT

  Microbial community function affect plant size and nutrients in a pitcher plant model system
  

  Presenting Author: Jessica R. Bernardin, n/a – Boise State University

  Coauthor: Leonora S. Bittleston – Boise State University