B13L:
Observing and Predicting Impacts from Ecological and Climatological Disturbances I

Monday, 15 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Chairs:  David J Moore, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States and Jaclyn Hatala Matthes, Dartmouth College, Dept. Geography and Grad Program in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Hanover, NH, United States
Primary Conveners:  Jaclyn Hatala Matthes, Dartmouth College, Dept. Geography and Grad Program in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Hanover, NH, United States
Co-conveners:  David J Moore, University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States, Jingfeng Xiao, University of New Hampshire, Earth Systems Research Center, Durham, NH, United States and Shuguang Liu, USGS EROS, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Jaclyn Hatala Matthes, Dartmouth College, Dept. Geography and Grad Program in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Hanover, NH, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

1:40 PM
 
Impacts of Invasive Pests on Forest Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Gary M Lovett and Katherine F. Crowley, Cary Institute, Millbrook, NY, United States
1:55 PM
 
Observing and Quantifying Ecological Disturbance Impacts on Semi-arid Biomes in the Southwestern US.
Marcy E Litvak1, Daniel J Krofcheck1, Laura Morillas1 and Andrew M Fox2, (1)University of New Mexico Main Campus, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (2)NEON, Boulder, CO, United States
2:10 PM
 
Carbon Accumulation and Nitrogen Pool Recovery during Transitions from Savanna to Forest in Central Brazil
Adam Pellegrini, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, William A Hoffmann, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Plant Biology, Raleigh, NC, United States and Augusto C Franco, Universidade de Brasilia, Botany, Brasilia, Brazil
2:25 PM
 
Landscape Disturbance History and Belowground Carbon Dynamics.
Erika Marin-Spiotta1, A. Peyton Smith2, Emily E Atkinson1 and Nina T Chaopricha1, (1)University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States, (2)University of Wisconsin Madison, Soil Science, Madison, WI, United States
2:40 PM
 
Natural and Human-induced Disturbances and Their Impacts on Forest Carbon Budgets in North America
Yude Pan1, Richard Birdsey1, Jing Ming Chen2, Kevin McCullough1 and Fangmin Zhang2, (1)USDA Forest Service Northern Research Statiuon, Newtown Square, PA, United States, (2)University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
2:55 PM
 
Forest Carbon Cycling Across Gradients of Disturbance Severity: Patterns and Underlying Mechanisms
Christopher Michael Gough1, Gil Bohrer2, Lucas E Nave3, Knute J Nadelhoffer4, Christoph S Vogel3, Ben P Bond-Lamberty5, Ellen JoAnne Goodrich-Stuart6 and Peter Curtis7, (1)VCU-Biology, Richmond, VA, United States, (2)Ohio State University Main Campus, Civil, Environmental & Geodetic Engineering, Columbus, OH, United States, (3)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (4)Univ of Mich- Eco & Evol Bio, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (5)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (6)Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States, (7)Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States
3:10 PM
 
A Tale of Two Forests: Simulating Contrasting Lodgepole Pine and Spruce Forest Water and Carbon Fluxes Following Mortality from Bark Beetles
Brent E Ewers1, Scott D Peckham1, David Scott Mackay2, Elise Pendall3, John M Frank4, William J Massman5, David E Reed6 and Bujidmaa Borkhuu1, (1)University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (2)University at Buffalo, Geography, Buffalo, NY, United States, (3)University of Western Sydney, Penrith, NSW, Australia, (4)U.S. Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (5)US Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (6)University of Wyoming, Botany, Laramie, WY, United States
3:25 PM
 
Soil Respiration Declines Following Beetle - Induced Forest Mortality in a Lodgepole Pine Forest
Bujidmaa Borkhuu1, Scott D Peckham1, Urszula Norton1, Brent E Ewers2 and Elise Pendall3, (1)University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (2)University of Wyoming, Botany, Laramie, WY, United States, (3)University of Western Sydney, Penrith, NSW, Australia
 
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