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From Long-Term Data to Understanding: Toward a Predictive Ecology
2015 LTER ASM Estes Park, CO - August 30 - September 2, 2015
 

Does continuous ecosystem stress lead to vulnerability? (Monday)

Changes in ecosystem carbon responses to saltwater exposure: Implications of sea level rise in the Florida coastal Everglades

Poster Number:  24 Presenter/Primary Author:  Ben Wilson Coastal wetlands, which have immense potential to store carbon (C) in vegetation and sediments, are a vital part of the global C cycle.

Altitudinal and Seasonal Variation of Collembola (Hexapoda: Entognatha) in the Luquillo Montains, Puerto Rico

Poster Number:  20 Presenter/Primary Author:  Marcela Ospina Understanding biodiversity patterns along environmental gradients is a central theme in ecology.

Are critical ecosystem thresholds defined by the magnitude or duration of exogenous forcing?

Poster Number:  17 Presenter/Primary Author:  Zak Ratajczak Regime shifts are usually attributed to when the magnitude of exogenous forcing gradually exceeds a threshold-value in a bistable system, resulting in a transition to a new self-reinforcing state.

Climate change and foraging efficiency in a territorial herbivore: changes in food cache quality parallel a change in microclimate

Poster Number:  12 Presenter/Primary Author:  Chris Ray Many territorial herbivores expend a large proportion of their annual energy budget accessing and defending food resources.  Climate change might impact such species by altering the amount of