COS 42 - Arid And Semi-Arid Systems 1

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM EDT

  Biogeochemical and ecosystem properties in three adjacent semiarid grasslands are resistant to nitrogen deposition, but sensitive to edaphic variability
  

  Presenting Author: Brooke B. Osborne, PhD – U.S. Geological Survey

  Coauthor: Carla M. Roybal – U.S. Geological Survey

  Coauthor: Robin Reibold – U.S. Geological Survey

  Coauthor: Christopher D. Collier – University of Toledo

  Coauthor: Erika Geiger – U.S. Geological Survey

  Coauthor: Michala Phillips – USGS, Southwest Biological Science Center

  Coauthor: Michael N. Weintraub – University of Toledo

  Coauthor: Sasha C. Reed – U.S. Geological Survey
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM EDT

  Unexpected resistance of biocrust communities to altered precipitation regimes highlights other environmental factors interacting with precipitation
  

  Presenting Author: Kristina E. Young – Utah State University

  Coauthor: Sasha C. Reed – U.S. Geological Survey

  Coauthor: Colin Tucker, PhD – USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station

  Coauthor: Megan Starbuck – US Geological Survey

  Coauthor: Osvaldo E. Sala – Arizona State University

  Coauthor: Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi – University of Texas at El Paso
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EDT

  CANCELLED - Bed Design as a Management Tool Affecting Soil Microbial Dynamics, Community Structure, and Soil Sustainability in a Dryland Cotton Production System
  

  Presenting Author: Kholoud Z. Ghanem, N/A – shaqra universty

  Coauthor: John Zak – texas tech

  Coauthor: Veronica-Acosta Martinez – USDA
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EDT

  The impacts of fog and dew on plant water status in the Namib Desert
  

  Presenting Author: Lixin Wang, n/a – Indiana Univ-Purdue Univ Indianapolis

  Coauthor: Kudzai Kaseke – University of California Santa Barbara,

  Coauthor: Sujith Ravi – Temple University

  Coauthor: Wenzhe Jiao – Indiana Univ-Purdue Univ Indianapolis

  Coauthor: Gillian Maggs-Kölling – Gobabeb Namib Research Institute
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EDT

  Plant shade enhances thermoregulation inside termite mounds
  

  Presenting Author: Mduduzi Ndlovu – University of Mpumalanga

  Coauthor: Gosego Nampa – University of Mpumalanga
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EDT

  Implications of local adaptation and maternal effects on seedling establishment for restoration.
  

  Presenting Author: Elise C. Elwood – UC Davis

  Coauthor: Jennifer L. Funk – University of California at Davis

  Coauthor: Jennifer R. Gremer – University of California, Davis