B51K:
Plant Traits and Biogeochemical Cycles I


Session ID#: 8829

Session Description:
Plant traits extend the range of earth observations to the level of individual organisms, providing a link to ecosystem function and modeling in the context of rapid global changes. However, overcoming the differences in temporal and spatial scales between plant trait data and biogeochemical cycles remains a challenge. This session will address the role of plant species, biodiversity and adaptation / acclimation in the biogeochemical cycles of water, carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus. We welcome conceptual, observational, experimental and modeling approaches, and studies from the local to the global scale, including e.g remote sensing observations.
Primary Convener:  Jens Kattge, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Conveners:  Michael Bahn, University of Innsbruck, Department of Ecology, Innsbruck, Austria, Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Forest Resources, St. Paul, MN, United States; University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia and Peter E Thornton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Chairs:  Jens Kattge, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany and Peter B. Reich, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
OSPA Liaison:  Jens Kattge, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
Index Terms:

0410 Biodiversity [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0428 Carbon cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0470 Nutrients and nutrient cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Ecosystem function, traits and adaptation: a FLUXNET perspective (Invited) (71674)
Markus Reichstein, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Department of Biogeochemical Integration, Jena, Germany
Linking Belowground Plant Traits With Ecosystem Processes: A Multi-Biome Perspective (Invited) (67921)
Colleen M. Iversen1, Richard J. Norby2, Joanne Childs3, M. Luke McCormack4, Anthony P Walker2, Paul J Hanson5, Jeff Warren5, Victoria L Sloan6, Patrick Sullivan7, Stan Wullschleger8 and A. Shafer Powell2, (1)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, United States, (2)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (3)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (4)The Morton Arboretum, Center for Tree Science, Lisle, IL, United States, (5)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (6)ORNL, Bristol, United Kingdom, (7)University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, United States, (8)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge, United States
Towards a universal trait-based model of terrestrial primary production (68219)
Han Wang1, Iain Colin Prentice1, Will Cornwell2, Trevor F Keenan3, Tyler Davis4, Ian J Wright5, Bradley John Evans6 and Changhui Peng7, (1)Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China, (2)University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (4)USDA-ARS, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, NY, United States, (5)Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia, (6)University of Sydney, Department of Environmental Sciences, Sydney, Australia, (7)University of Quebec at Montreal UQAM, Department of Biology Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada
Competition for light and water increases tree carbon allocation to fine roots and leaves in a next-generation dynamic vegetation model (85854)
Jeremy W Lichstein1, Tao Zhang2, Ensheng Weng3, Caroline Farrior4, Ray Dybzinski3,5, Richard Birdsey6 and Stephen W Pacala7, (1)University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, (2)University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States, (3)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, (4)National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, Knoxville, TN, United States, (5)Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, United States, (6)Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA, United States, (7)Princeton University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton, NJ, United States
Improving the representation of Arctic photosynthesis in Earth system models (Invited) (70325)
Alistair Rogers1, Shawn Serbin1, Kim S Ely2, Victoria L Sloan3, Rachel A Wyatt4, David S Kubien4, Ashehad Ashween Ali5, Chonggang Xu6 and Stan D Wullschleger7, (1)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Upton, United States, (2)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Upton, NY, United States, (3)ORNL, Bristol, United Kingdom, (4)University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada, (5)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (6)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (7)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Phylogenetic Distribution of Leaf Spectra and Optically Derived Functional Traits in the American Oaks (76472)
Jeannine Cavender-Bares, University of Minnesota, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Saint Paul, MN, United States, Jose Meireles, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Saint Paul, MN, United States, John J Couture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, WI, United States, Matthew Kaproth, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Minneapolis, MN, United States and Philip A Townsend, University of Wisconsin Madison, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, WI, United States

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