1:30 PM

Klein, Julia*,1, Harte, John2, Zhao, Xinquan3, 1 NREL, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado2 University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California3 Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining, Qinghai, China, Species traits mediate the response of ecosystem services to warming and grazing in Tibetan rangelands.

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2:10 PM

Koch, Benjamin*,1, Martínez del Rio, Carlos1, Hall, Robert1, 1 University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, Applying metabolic theory to scale animal assemblage excretion to whole ecosystems.

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2:30 PM

Stoy, Paul*,1, Katul, Gabriel1, Siqueira, Mario1, Juang, Jehn-Yih1, Novick, Kim1, Oren, Ram1, 1 Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Durham, NC, Explaining the interannual variability of carbon exchange in successional ecosystems.

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2:50 PM

Breshears, David*,1, 1 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Climate impacts on ecosystem services and human well-being: consequences of drought-induced vegetation die-off.

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3:10 PM

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3:40 PM

Wohlfahrt, Georg*,1, Hammerle, Albin1, Haslwanter, Alois1, Bahn, Michael1, Tappeiner, Ulrike1, Cernusca, Alexander1, 1 University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, Opposing influence of land use and elevation on the net ecosystem CO2 exchange of two mountain grasslands.

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4:00 PM

Spivak, Amanda*,1, Canuel, Elizabeth1, Duffy, J Emmett1, Richardson, J Paul1, 1 The College of William and Mary School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, Linking community structure to carbon cycling: cascading effects of changing diversity on sediment geochemistry in an experimental seagrass system.

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4:20 PM

Belnap, Jayne 1, Phillips, Susan1, Sherrod, Susan2, Moldenke, Andy3, 1 USGS, Moab, UT2 Denver University, Denver, CO3 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Do changes in soil food structure affect ecosystem function?

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4:40 PM

Jenerette, G*,1, Huxman, Travis1, Scott, Russell2, 1 Departmet of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tucson, AZ, USA2 Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, AZ, 85719, Multiple-scale responses of ecosystem metabolism to precipitation variation along a broad climate gradient.

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