B23F
Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests: Current Progress and Future Promise in the Study of a Unique, Overlooked, and Major Biome II Posters

Tuesday, 15 December 2015: 13:40-18:00
Poster Hall (Moscone South)
Primary Conveners:  Jennifer S Powers, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Conveners:  David Medvigy, Princeton University, Geosciences, Princeton, NJ, United States, Xue Feng, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States and Gerardo A Sanchez-Azofeifa, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Chairs:  David Medvigy, Princeton University, Geosciences, Princeton, NJ, United States and Xue Feng, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Jennifer S Powers, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Minneapolis, MN, United States
 
Understanding spatial heterogeneity in soil carbon and nitrogen cycling in regenerating tropical dry forests (58375)
Bonnie Grace Waring1, Jennifer S Powers2, Sara Branco3, Rachel Adams3 and Erik Schilling1, (1)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (2)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (3)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
 
Maintenance of Leaf Water Potential by Tropical Dry Forest Tree and Liana Species During a Severe Drought (58548)
Leland Kendall Werden1, Bonnie Grace Waring2, Christina M Smith1 and Jennifer S Powers3, (1)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Plant Biology, St. Paul, MN, United States, (2)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (3)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Minneapolis, MN, United States
 
Low Carbon Costs of Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Dry Forests (58757)
Maria Gabriela Gei, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, United States and Jennifer S Powers, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Minneapolis, MN, United States
 
Decomposition of New Woody Inputs as a Dry Tropical Forest Regenerates (61065)
Jonathan S Schilling, University of Minnesota, Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering, Saint Paul, MN, United States
 
Inter-annual Variability of Aboveground Net Primary Productivity in Regenerating Tropical Dry Forests (63476)
Jennifer S Powers and Justin M Becknell, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Minneapolis, MN, United States
 
Modeling multiple resource limitation in tropical dry forests (63801)
David Medvigy1, Xiangtao Xu1 and Claire Zarakas2, (1)Princeton University, Geosciences, Princeton, NJ, United States, (2)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
 
Hydrological niche separation explains seasonal and inter-annual variations of vegetation dynamics in seasonally dry tropical forests (63964)
Xiangtao Xu, Princeton University, Geosciences, Princeton, NJ, United States
 
Vegetation response to rainfall seasonality and interannual variability in tropical dry forests (65491)
Rodolfo Marcondes Silva Souza, UFPE Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil and Xue Feng, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
 
The Clear Seasonal Difference of Carbon Flow in Teak Plantation in Northern Thailand (68707)
Rei Yamada1, Yasunori Igarashi2, Natsuko Yoshifuji3, Katsunori Tanaka4 and Nobuaki Tanaka1, (1)University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan, (2)HyARC Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya, Japan, (3)University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States, (4)JAMSTEC, Yokohama, Japan
 
Evaluation drought response of tropical dry forests using advanced wireless sensor networks (73208)
Gerardo A Sanchez-Azofeifa, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
 
Patterns of Woody Growth for Brazilian Savanna (Cerrado) Trees in the Cuiaba Basin and Pantanal of Mato Grosso, Brazil (76558)
Anthony Joseph Zappia, California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA, United States, George L Vourlitis, California State University San Marcos, Biology, San Marcos, CA, United States and Osvaldo Borges Pinto-Jr, UFMT Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil
 
Stronger influence of litter quality on decomposition rates than microbial home field advantage in novel subtropical dry forests (80623)
Erika Marin-Spiotta and Emily E Atkinson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
 
Multi-Temporal Monitoring Of Ecological Succession In Tropical Dry Forests Using Angular - Hyperspectral Data (Chris/Proba) (80837)
Virginia Elena Garcia Millan, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
 
Diversified Native Species Restoration for Recovery of Multiple Ecosystem Services in a Highly Disturbed Tropical Dry Forest Landscape of Southwestern Nicaragua (85800)
Kimberly Williams-Guillen1, Sarah Otterstrom2 and Claudia Perla2, (1)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Paso Pacifico, Ventura, CA, United States
 
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