COS 38 - Forests: Tropical 1

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT

  Climate and topography control variation in the tropical dry forest–rainforest ecotone
  

  Coauthor: Jonathan Walter, PhD – University of California Davis

  Coauthor: Jeff W. Atkins – USDA-Forest Service, Southern Research Station Savannah River Site

  Presenting Author: Catherine Hulshof – Virginia Commonwealth University
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT

  Decadal survival of tropical pioneer seeds in the soil seedbank is accompanied by fungal infection and dormancy release.
  

  Presenting Author: Paul-Camilo Zalamea – University of South Florida

  Coauthor: Carolina Sarmiento – University of South Florida

  Coauthor: A. Elizabeth Arnold – University of Arizona

  Coauthor: Venus Kuo – University of Illinois

  Coauthor: Carolyn Delevich – Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

  Coauthor: Adam Davis – University of Illinois

  Coauthor: Thomas A. Brown – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  Coauthor: James W Dalling – University of Illinois
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT

  CANCELLED - Studying the Impact of Hurricanes on Life-history Trade-offs of Tropical Forests
  

  Presenting Author: Maria N. Umana – University of Michigan
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM PDT

  Surface energy dynamics and canopy structural properties in intact and disturbed forests in the Southern Amazon
  

  Presenting Author: Ekena Rangel Pinage – Oregon State University

  Coauthor: Dave M. Bell – USDA US Forest Service

  Coauthor: Marcos Longo – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  Coauthor: Carlos A. Silva, PhD – University of Florida

  Coauthor: Ovidiu Csillik – Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  Coauthor: Alfredo Huete – University of Technology Sydney
• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM PDT

  Climate sensitivity of tree growth shifts across the distributional range of a tropical tree species
  

  Presenting Author: Sophie Zwartsenberg – Wageningen University

  Coauthor: Frank Sterck – Wageningen University

  Coauthor: Peter Schippers – Wageningen University

  Coauthor: Niels Anten – Wageningen University

  Coauthor: Jorad de Vries – Wageningen University

  Coauthor: Bimal Sharma – Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden

  Coauthor: Mizanur Rahman – Shahjalal University of Science and Technology

  Coauthor: Mart Vlam – Wageningen University

  Coauthor: Ingo Heinrich – Deutsches Archäologisches Institut

  Coauthor: Zexin Fan – Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun Town, Mengla County, Yunnan Province 666303, China

  Coauthor: Pieter Zuidema – Wageningen University
• 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT

  Do soil nutrients determine a dramatic shift in biodiversity and ecosystem properties in Amazonian forests?
  

  Presenting Author: Julie A. Tierney, MS – Princeton University

  Coauthor: M. Berenice Lopez Rios, BS – Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana

  Coauthor: Paul V. A. Fine, PhD – UC Berkeley

  Coauthor: Lars O. Hedin, PhD – Princeton University