COS 217 - Forests: Tropical 1

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM EDT

  Fine root biomass, morphology, and chemistry depth distributions vary with precipitation and soil fertility in four lowland tropical forests
  

  Presenting Author: Amanda L. Cordeiro, MS – Ecosystem Science & Sustainability, CSU

  Coauthor: Lee H. Dietterich, PhD – Ecosystem Science & Sustainability, CSU

  Coauthor: S. Joseph Wright – Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

  Coauthor: Daniela F. Cusack, Cusack, PhD – Ecosystem Science & Sustainability, CSU
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM EDT

  CANCELLED - Big trees matter most: Measurement optimization for ground-based tropical forest carbon inventories
  

  Presenting Author: Bryan C. Foster – Foster Forestry and Environmental Consulting

  Coauthor: Laura S. Kenefic – USFS

  Coauthor: Mark J. Ducey – University of New Hampshire

  Coauthor: Erkki Tomppo – University of Helsinki
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EDT

  Density dependence generates spatial overdispersion of conspecific adult tropical trees
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Kalyuzhny – The University of Texas at Austin

  Coauthor: Jeffrey K. Lake – Adrian College

  Coauthor: S. Joseph Wright – Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

  Coauthor: Annette M. Ostling – The University of Texas at Austin
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EDT

  CANCELLED - Ecotones to track climate change in tropical forests
  

  Presenting Author: Catherine Hulshof – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Coauthor: Salvatore Agosta – Virginia Commonwealth University

  Coauthor: Jennifer Powers – University of Minnesota
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EDT

  CANCELLED - A Generalized Metabolic Ecology Theory of Tree Allometry
  

  Presenting Author: Stuart Sopp – Bangor University

  Coauthor: Ruben Valbuena – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences