2009 LTER All Scientists Meeting - Botany

The LTER site Apennines high elevation ecosystems

Michele Freppaz — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:15:39 +0000

Poster Number:

263

Presenter/Primary Author:

Michele Freppaz

Co-Authors:

Angela Stanisci

Co-Authors:

Bruno Petriccione

Co-Authors:

Graziano Rossi

Co-Authors:

Jean-Paul Theurillat

Co-Authors:

Maurizio Cutini

Co-Authors:

Ermanno Zanini

Co-Authors:

Giuseppe Corti

The International Long-Term Ecosystem Research network (ILTER) includes national networks of scientists and their stakeholders engaged in long-term, site-based ecological, social and economic research. The LTER-Italy network, established in 2006, joined ILTER in 2007. The “Apennines (high elevation)” site joined LTER-Italy in 2007. It consists of “orographic islands” of alpine tundra along the Apennines chain, where many endemic and rare taxa occur that are critically endangered by climate warming.

Detecting the potential effects of sea-level rise on woody plant physiology and carbon sequestration at the Virginia Coast Reserve

Steven Brantley — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:16:45 +0000

Poster Number:

208

Presenter/Primary Author:

Steven Brantley

Co-Authors:

Julie Naumann

Co-Authors:

Jacklyn Vick

Co-Authors:

Donald Young

Barrier islands may represent an underestimated sink for atmospheric carbon because they combine potential for high above-ground primary productivity (ANPP) with young, infertile soils capable of sequestering significant amounts of carbon. Ecosystem ANPP on many barrier islands of the Virginia Coast Reserve (VCR) has been further enhanced by the rapid expansion of woody shrubs. Compared to adjacent grasslands, shrubs in coastal systems combine high leaf area index with high photosynthetic rates.

Student Poster:

Yes

Recent Advances and Opportunities for Urban Long Term Ecological Research: Theory, Data, and Methods

Morgan Grove — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:57:01 +0000

Organizer:

Morgan Grove

Co-organizer(s):

Colin Polsky

Co-organizer(s):

Laura Ogden

Co-organizer(s):

Rinku Roy Chowdhury

Co-organizer(s):

Ted Gragson

Co-organizer(s):

Kelli Larson

Co-organizer(s):

Christopher Boone

The prospect for long term, interdisciplinary research continues to grow since the "regionalizing" of the Coweeta and North Temperate Lakes LTER sites and the initiation of the two urban LTER sites: Baltimore and Central-Arizona-Phoenix. Additional sites have recruited social scientists and expanded both the questions asked and the geographic extent of their interests. Thus, there is growing opportunities for collaboration among sites that might not identify themselves as "urban," in conjunction with the existing regional and urban sites.

Preferred Dates:

Sept. 14

Working Group Duration:

Session Info

Session(s):

Working Group Session 4

Room:

Longs Peak Diamond West