Abstracts of all talks and posters presented.
Water and geochemical responses to seasonal changes across the rain-snow
transition in the Southern Sierra Nevada
RC Bales, CT Hunsaker, M Meadows, B Kerkez, SD Glaser, F Liu
Expectations and reality for high latitude versus high elevation global
change
AG Bunn and AH Lloyd
The persistent life of snow
CA Hiemstra, GE Liston, K Elder, M Sturm
Interactions of climate, vegetation, and fire during the Holocene: lessons
from high-latitude and high-elevation ecosystems
PE Higuera, ML Chipman, J Allen, L Brubaker, CL Whitlock, F Hu
Relationships
of Periglacial Processes to Habitat Quality and Thermal Environment of
Pikas (Lagomorpha,Ochotona) in Alpine and High-Latitude Environments
CI Millar, R Westfall, AT Smith, DS Hik
Managing
for Climate Change in Western Forest Ecosystems; The Role of Refugia in
Adaptation Strategies
CI Millar, T Morelli
Patterns of cold-air drainage and microclimate in mid-latitude versus
high-latitude mountains: contrasts and implications for climate change
NC Pepin
Potential effects of Rising CO2 and Climate Change Interactions with
Atmospheric Deposition in Northeastern U.S. over the 21st Century Using
a Dynamic Biogeochemical Model (PnET-BGC)
A Pourmokhtarian, CT Driscoll, JL Campbell, K Hayhoe
Hydrochemical responses to climate change in high-elevation catchments
of the Colorado Front Range
MW Williams
Recent increase in maximum temperature at the tropical treeline of North
America
F Biondi
Small mammals and high elevation vegetation in Yosemite National Park
could be responding to smaller temperature increases than previously reported
D R Conklin, C Daly
Using an Inverse Geochemical Reaction Path Model to Analyze the Effects
of Climate Change on High-elevation Catchments in the Southern Rocky Mountains
J M Driscoll, T Meixner, P D Brooks, J C McIntosh, M W Williams, N P Molotch,
J O Sickman
Multi-Scale Influences of Climate, Spatial Pattern, and Positive Feedback
on 20th Century Tree Establishment at Upper Treeline in the Rocky Mountains,
USA
G P Elliott
Plant Water Use Efficiency Response to the Atmospheric CO2 Concentration
is Greater in High Altitude Environments
X Feng, G Wang
Biotic Responses of Headwater Streams to Geophysical Alteration and Disturbance
Related to Climate Change
R E Gresswell, E R Sedell, S Cannon, S W Hostetler, J E Williams, A L
Haak, J L Kershner
Climate Change Responses of Hydrologic Flowpaths in Mountainous and Polar
Regions
S Godsey, M N Gooseff, J W Kirchner, C Tague
Explaining the Spatial Variability in Stream Acid Buffering Chemistry
and Aquatic Biota in the Neversink River Watershed, Catskill Mountains,
New York State
A A Harpold, M T Walter
Predicting Individual Tree and Shrub Species Distributions with Empirically
Derived Microclimate Surfaces in a Complex Mountain Ecosystem in Northern
Idaho, USA
Z Holden, S Cushman, J Evans, J S Littell
Phosphorous in the Sierra Nevada: Forms, mechanisms, and timing of release
in high-elevation soils
P M Homyak, J O Sickman, J M Melack
IPY-Back to the Future: Determining decadal time scale change in ecosystem
structure and function in high latitude and high altitude tundra ecosystems
D R Johnson, S Villarreal, M Lara, P J Webber, T Callaghan, D Hik, C E
Tweedie
Climate controls on anomalously high productivity in the mixed conifer
forests of the Sierra Nevada
A E Kelly, M L Goulden
Meteorological Controls On The Energy Balance And CO2 Over Alpine Tundra
At Niwot Ridge, Colorado
J F Knowles, P Blanken, M W Williams
Climate and 20th century establishment in alpine treeline ecotones of
the western US
J S Littell, G T Pederson, L J Graumlich, M J Germino, E Rowland
Structural and Geomorphic Controls in Altitudinal Treeline: a Case Study
in the Front Ranges of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
M Macias Fauria, E A Johnson
Climate induced changes in high-elevation lake chemistry and the importance
of sulfide weathering
A Mast, A Holland-Sears
Climate Change and the Water Vapor Feedback at High Altitudes and Latitudes
J R Miller, I Rangwala, Y Chen, G Russell
Drivers of aboveground primary production and litter accumulation in
grass dominated systems
L R O'Halloran, E Borer, C Chu, E E Cleland, N DeCrappeo, A MacDougall,
R L McCulley, E Seabloom, E M Wolkovich
Are All Headwater Catchments the Same? Elevational Controls on Organic
and Inorganic Nutrients in Headwater Catchments in the Boulder Creek Watershed,
Colorado Front Range
J Parman, M W Williams
The role of cold-air drainage in explaining spatial patterns of temperature
trends in the Western U.S.
N C Pepin, C Daly, J D Lundquist
20th Century Trends In The Maximum And Minimum Temperatures In Colorado?s
San Juan Mountains
I Rangwala, J R Miller
Holocene Paleoenvironment of the North-central Great Basin: Preliminary
Results from Favre Lake, Northern Ruby Mountains, Nevada
S Starratt, D Wahl, E Wan, L Anderson, J Wanket, H Olson, T Lloyd-Davies,
J Kusler
Effects of Climate Change on Alpine Lakes in the Georgia Basin, British
Columbia, Canada
D M Strang, J Aherne
Downscaling to the Climate Near the Ground: Measurements and Modeling
Along the Macro-, Meso-, Topo-, and Microclimate Hierarchy
C Van de Ven, S B Weiss