Climate change: impacts on species and ecological communities
Studies that explore the effects of climate change on individual species, species interactions, patterns of biodiversity, and the ways in which ecosystems function.
Monday, August 12th
2:10 PM
Reasons for rarity? Exploring adaptive and acclimatory constraints of southeastern endemics in the face of contemporary environmental change
Jennifer Boyd
Organized oral sessions, M103
Jennifer Boyd
Organized oral sessions, M103
4:20 PM
Future proofing conservation strategies for distributional shifts of biodiversity in southern Appalachia
Monica Papes
Organized oral sessions, M103
Monica Papes
Organized oral sessions, M103
Tuesday, August 13th
8:40 AM
Climate change may increase productivity in some portions of temperate tree species ranges
Scott M. Warner
Contributed talks, M112
Scott M. Warner
Contributed talks, M112
10:10 AM
The worlds southernmost tree and global southern treeline: Data from a never before surveyed area indicates complex response to climate change
Brian Buma
Contributed talks, L015/019
Brian Buma
Contributed talks, L015/019
10:50 AM
Variation in heritable responses to salinity and inundation inferred from marsh plants ‘resurrected’ from a century-long seed bank
Jennifer Summers
Contributed talks, M112
Jennifer Summers
Contributed talks, M112
1:30 PM
Multi-directional effects of warming temperatures on the reproductive success of a threatened alpine-endemic bird, and implications for conservation management
Krista N. Oswald
Contributed talks, L016
Krista N. Oswald
Contributed talks, L016
4:20 PM
Drivers of changes in nature: insights from the IPBES Global Assessment
Patricia Balvanera
Contributed talks, M101/102
Patricia Balvanera
Contributed talks, M101/102
4:40 PM
Assessing the current status and projected future of an iconic desert species, the Joshua tree
Jennifer Wilkening
Contributed talks, L007/008
Jennifer Wilkening
Contributed talks, L007/008
Wednesday, August 14th
9:20 AM
The effect of rising sea surface temperature on seabird behavior and population dynamics in the Pacific Northwest: Transients and tipping points
Shandelle M. Henson
Organized oral sessions, M100
Shandelle M. Henson
Organized oral sessions, M100
10:10 AM
Tipping points in vital rate responses to temperature across the annual lifecycle of a butterfly
Elsita Kiekebusch
Contributed talks, L013
Elsita Kiekebusch
Contributed talks, L013
10:50 AM
Accelerated nutrient cycling and increased light competition will lead to 21st century shrub expansion in North American arctic tundra
Zelalem Mekonnen
Organized oral sessions, M103
Zelalem Mekonnen
Organized oral sessions, M103
4:40 PM
The origin of novel tree species assemblages: Mechanisms of forest reorganization with changing climate and disturbance
Winslow D. Hansen
Organized oral sessions, M104
Winslow D. Hansen
Organized oral sessions, M104
Thursday, August 15th
1:50 PM
2:30 PM
Climate induced shifts in seagrass species affect both ecosystem functions and services
Ashley R. Smyth
Symposia, Ballroom E
Ashley R. Smyth
Symposia, Ballroom E
3:40 PM
Past and present range filling of North American trees reveals the importance of non-climatic factors and dispersal limitations in driving climatic disequilibrium
Jacquelyn L. Gill
Contributed talks, M112
Jacquelyn L. Gill
Contributed talks, M112
4:30 PM
Investigating the impact of temperature and pH on blue crab juveniles
Josette McLean
Contributed posters, Exhibit hall
Josette McLean
Contributed posters, Exhibit hall
4:30 PM
Assessing the consequences of influxes of fine woody detritus from increasingly intense winter storms on arthropod communities in the NJ Pine Barrens
Amy Savage
Contributed posters, Exhibit hall
Amy Savage
Contributed posters, Exhibit hall
Friday, August 16th
8:20 AM
Whole ecosystem warming induces divergent hydraulic and physiological stress in a black spruce – tamarack – shrub bog ecosystem
Jennifer M.R. Peters
Contributed talks, L015/019
Jennifer M.R. Peters
Contributed talks, L015/019
8:30 AM
Climate change and parasite infection, a one-two punch: The effects of climate change and parasite infection (Ophryocystis elektroscirrha) on monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) population dynamics
Matthew J. Faldyn
Latebreaking posters, Exhibit hall
Matthew J. Faldyn
Latebreaking posters, Exhibit hall
8:30 AM
The food web is not collapsing at the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico
Timothy D. Schowalter
Latebreaking posters, Exhibit hall
Timothy D. Schowalter
Latebreaking posters, Exhibit hall
9:50 AM
Pollination and seed dispersal interactions could be threatened by climate change cascade effects
Francisco E. Fonturbel
Contributed talks, M112
Francisco E. Fonturbel
Contributed talks, M112
