B31K:
Plant Traits and Biogeochemical Cycles I

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Session ID#: 15442

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 Western Sydney, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia and Peter E Thornton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, United States
Chairs:  Jens Kattge, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany and Michael Bahn, University of Innsbruck, Department of Ecology, Innsbruck, Austria
OSPA Liaison:  Jens Kattge, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Index Terms:

0410 Biodiversity [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0428 Carbon cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0429 Climate dynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0476 Plant ecology [BIOGEOSCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Synthesizing trait correlations and functional relationships across multiple scales: A Hierarchical Bayes approach (151729)
Alexey N Shiklomanov, Elizabeth Cowdery and Michael Dietze, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
What it Needs to Make Plant Function Explainable (155250)
Julia S Joswig1, Björn Reu2, Christian Wirth3, Ronny Richter3, Jens Kattge1 and Miguel Mahecha4, (1)Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany, (2)Industrial University of Santander, Biology, Santander, Colombia, (3)University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, (4)German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig, Germany
Quantifying multi-dimensional functional trait spaces of trees: empirical versus theoretical approaches (186794)
Kiona Ogle1, Michael Fell2 and Jarrett Jay Barber1, (1)Northern Arizona University, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Flagstaff, United States, (2)Northern Arizona University, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Modeling coupled nitrogen and water use strategies of plant productivity through hydraulic traits (176725)
David Scott Mackay1, Phil Savoy1, Jonathan R Pleban2, Xiaonan Tai2, Brent E Ewers3, John Sperry4 and C. Weinig3, (1)University at Buffalo, Geography, Buffalo, NY, United States, (2)University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States, (3)University of Wyoming, Botany, Laramie, United States, (4)University of Utah, School of Biological Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Global Land Carbon Uptake from Trait Distributions (178945)
Ethan E Butler1, Abhirup Datta2, Habacuc Flores-Moreno3, Farideh Fazayeli4, Ming Chen3, Kirk R Wythers5, Arindam Banerjee4, Owen K Atkin6, Jens Kattge7 and Peter B. Reich8, (1)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Forest Resources, Saint Paul, United States, (2)Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biostatistics, Baltimore, MD, United States, (3)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (4)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (5)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Forest Resources, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (6)Australian National University, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Research School of Biology, Canberra, Australia, (7)Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany, (8)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Forest Resources, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Assessing tropical rainforest growth traits: Data – Model fusion in the Congo basin and beyond. (179148)
Stephan Pietsch, IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, ESM, Laxenburg, Austria
Linear relations between leaf mass per area (LMA) and seasonal climate discovered through Linear Manifold Clustering (LMC) (188155)
Nancy Y Kiang1, Robert M Haralick2, Art Diky2, Jens Kattge3 and Xing Su2, (1)NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States, (2)CUNY City College of New York, The Graduate Center, New York, NY, United States, (3)Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Simultaneously Assessing Climate and Vegetation Drivers of Carbon Residence Time and Net Primary Productivity across Six US Grasslands (190680)
Kevin Wilcox1, Scott L Collins2, Alan Knapp3, William Pockman4, Melinda Dianne Smith3 and Yiqi Luo5, (1)University of Oklahoma, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, Norman, OK, United States, (2)University of New Mexico, Department of Biology, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (3)Colorado State University, Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Fort Collins, United States, (4)University of New Mexico Main Campus, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (5)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States

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