COS 273 - Arid And Semi-Arid Systems 2

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT

  Can growth-related traits and trait plasticity overcome the seedling bottleneck for a dryland tree species?
  

  Presenting Author: Georgia Vasey – University of California, Santa Cruz

  Coauthor: Alexandra K. Urza – USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

  Coauthor: Jeanne C. Chambers, PhD – USDA-ARS

  Coauthor: Elizabeth G. Pringle, Ph.D. – University of Nevada, Reno

  Coauthor: Peter Weisberg – University of Nevada, Reno
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT

  Global Photosynthesis Response to Rainfall Frequency and Magnitude: Contrasting Dryland and Mesic Ecosystems
  

  Presenting Author: Andrew F. Feldman – NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  Coauthor: Alexandra Konings – Stanford University

  Coauthor: Pierre Gentine – Columbia University

  Coauthor: Mitra Asadollahi – Columbia University

  Coauthor: Lixin Wang, PhD – Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

  Coauthor: William K. Smith, Ph.D. – University of Arizona

  Coauthor: Joel A. Biederman, Ph.D. – USDA-ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center

  Coauthor: Abhishek Chatterjee – Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  Coauthor: Joanna Joiner – NASA

  Coauthor: Benjamin Poulter – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM PDT

  Tree-grass competition in savannas: Interactive effect of soil moisture, grass defoliation, and grass species identity on the growth and survival of tree seedlings
  

  Presenting Author: Deusdedith Rugemalila – Florida International University

  Coauthor: Jeremiah Sarakikya – Serengeti Wildlife Research Center

  Coauthor: T. Michael Anderson – Wake Forest University
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM PDT

  Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in big sagebrush ecosystems after mastication treatment
  

  Presenting Author: Isabella M. Rosado – Yale College

  Coauthor: Uthara Vengrai – Yale School of the Environment

  Coauthor: Trace Elizabeth Martyn – Yale School of the Environment

  Coauthor: Michelle Downey – Yale School of the Environment

  Coauthor: Phoebe Ferguson – Yale School of the Environment

  Coauthor: William K. Lauenroth, PhD – Yale School of the Environment

  Coauthor: Ingrid C. Burke, PhD – Yale School of the Environment
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM PDT

  Plant community assembly in a semi-arid grassland is jointly influenced by herbivory and environmental factors.
  

  Presenting Author: Morodoluwa Akin-Fajiye – Thompson Rivers University

  Coauthor: Jay Prakash Singh – Thompson Rivers University

  Coauthor: Laura Weber Ploughe – Thompson Rivers University

  Coauthor: Lauchlan Fraser – Thompson Rivers University
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PDT

  Plant-soil feedbacks in semiarid rangelands: an experimental approach.
  

  Presenting Author: Yolanda Pueyo – Pyrenean institute of Ecology - CSIC