GC13K
Dynamics, Drivers, and Impacts of Vegetation Change in Boreal and Arctic Ecosystems II

Monday, 14 December 2015: 13:40-15:40
3003 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  Claudia I Czimczik, University of California, Irvine, CA, United States
Conveners:  Sandra R Holden, University of California, Irvine, CA, United States and Michael Goulden, University of California, Irvine, CA, United States
Chairs:  Claudia I Czimczik, University of California Irvine, Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States and Sandra R Holden, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Claudia I Czimczik, University of California Irvine, Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States
13:40
GC13K-01
On the relationship between boreal forest browning and tree mortality: insights from Alaska (Invited) (59621)
Brendan M Rogers, Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA, United States and Scott J Goetz, Woods Hole Research Ctr, Falmouth, MA, United States
13:55
GC13K-02
Can Tree Ring Analyses Predict Resilience of Black Spruce Forests to Fire in Interior Alaska? (65822)
Xanthe Jo Walker1, Jill F Johnstone1 and Michelle C Mack2, (1)University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, (2)Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
14:10
GC13K-03
Getting to the root of the matter: Landscape implications of plant-fungal interactions for tree migration in Alaska (82917)
Rebecca E Hewitt1, Alec Bennett2, Amy Lynn Breen2, Teresa N Hollingsworth3, Donald Lee Taylor4, Terry Chapin5 and Scott T Rupp2, (1)Northern Arizona University, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, AZ, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Scenarios Network for Alaska & Arctic Planning, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (4)University of New Mexico, Department of Biology, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (5)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK, United States
14:25
GC13K-04
Circumpolar Dynamics of Arctic Tundra Vegetation in Relation to Temperature Trends (Invited) (78977)
Howard E Epstein1, Uma Suren Bhatt2, Martha K Raynolds2, Donald A Walker2 and Leah Reichle1, (1)University of Virginia Main Campus, Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, VA, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
14:40
GC13K-05
Will greater shrub abundance greatly impact tundra surface-atmosphere exchanges of energy and carbon? (Invited) (76182)
Elyn Humphreys, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada and Peter Lafleur, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada
14:55
GC13K-06
Response of plant tundra communities to changes in abiotic and biotic environments: Importance of the temporal dimension (80337)
Patrick Saccone, University of Oulu, Ecology, Oulu, Finland
15:10
GC13K-07
Changes in tundra vascular plant biomass over thirty years at Imnavait Creek, Alaska, and current ecosystem C and N dynamics. (Invited) (60196)
Marion Syndonia Bret-Harte, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
15:25
GC13K-08
Permafrost Thaw, Soil Moisture and Plant Community Change Alter Organic Matter Decomposition in Alaskan Tundra (66005)
Susan Natali1, Marguerite Mauritz2, Elaine Pegoraro2 and Edward Schuur2, (1)Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA, United States, (2)Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
 
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