COS 284 - Environmental Gradients

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT

  Dominant Prairie Grass in Reciprocal Gardens across the Rainfall Gradient of the US Midwest: Decadal Patterns of Adaptation and Trait Variation in Response to Drought
  

  Presenting Author: Jack R. Sytsma – Kansas State University

  Coauthor: Matthew Galliart – Fort Hays State University

  Coauthor: Trevor Heffley – Kansas State University

  Coauthor: Sara G. Baer, Ph.D. – Kansas Biological Survey and Center for Ecological Reserach

  Coauthor: Nora Bishop – Kansas State University

  Coauthor: Helen Winters – Kansas State University

  Coauthor: Eli Hartung – Kansas State University

  Coauthor: David Gibson – Southern Illinois University

  Coauthor: Loretta Johnson – Kansas State University
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT

  Root traits vary more than leaf traits among populations in a globally widespread herb
  

  Presenting Author: Wayne Dawson – Durham University

  Coauthor: Judit Bódis – Hungarian Academy of Agriculture and Life Sciences

  Coauthor: Anna Bucharova – University of Marburg

  Coauthor: Jane Catford – King's College London

  Coauthor: Richard Duncan – University of Canberra

  Coauthor: Lauchlan Fraser – Thompson Rivers University

  Coauthor: Ronny Groenteman – Landcare Research

  Coauthor: Ruth Kelly – Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute

  Coauthor: Joslin Moore – Monash University

  Coauthor: Meelis Pärtel – University of Tartu

  Coauthor: Deborah Roach – University of Virginia

  Coauthor: Jesus Villellas – Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

  Coauthor: Elizabeth Wandrag – University of York

  Coauthor: Alain Finn – Trinity College Dublin

  Coauthor: Yvonne Buckley – Trinity College Dublin
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM PDT

  Climate sensitivity and memory differ between trees that survive and trees that die during drought
  

  Presenting Author: Alicia Formanack, MS – Northern Arizona University

  Coauthor: Rohan Boone, MS – Northern Arizona University

  Coauthor: Kiona Ogle, Ph.D. – Northern Arizona University
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM PDT

  Soil microbial communities differentially influence Pseudotsuga menziesii seedling physiology across the elevation gradient of the Western Oregon Cascades.
  

  Presenting Author: Abigail Neat – Oregon State University

  Coauthor: Posy E. Busby, PhD – Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University

  Coauthor: Andy Jones – Oregon State University
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM PDT

  Characterizing ecologically relevant topoclimates across a small prairie watershed
  

  Presenting Author: Dave Barnard, Ph.D. – USDA-ARS

  Coauthor: Jacob Macdonald – Colorado State University

  Coauthor: Rob Erskine – USDA-ARS

  Coauthor: Tim Green – USDA-ARS

  Coauthor: Adam L. Mahood – USDA-ARS
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PDT

  Mapping Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Katabatic and Foehn Wind Events across the western U.S.
  

  Presenting Author: Rebecca Lemons – Oregon State University

  Coauthor: Chris J. Dunn – Oregon State University, College of Forestry