Oral Programme SSS24

SSS24

Dryland plants: their effects as 'ecosystem engineers' and “infiltration managers”
Convener: David Dunkerley  | Co-Conveners: Artemi Cerdà , Xinping Wang , Melissa Neave 
Oral Programme
 / Fri, 07 May, 15:30–17:00  / Room 8
Poster Programme
 / Attendance Fri, 07 May, 13:30–15:00  / Halls X/Y

Friday, 7 May 2010
Room 8
15:30–15:45
EGU2010-1695
The Role of Plants as Ecosystem Engineers in Resilience to Climate Change
Moshe Shachak, Shmuel Arbel, Bertrand Boeken, Moran Segoli, Eugene Ungar, and Eli Zaady
15:45–16:00
EGU2010-277
The engineering of multi-layer patchiness by plants: A framework for comparative studies of the effects of woody vegetation as landscape modulators across drylands
Moran Segoli, Ofri Gabay, Bertrand Boeken, Eugene Ungar, Avi Perevolotsky, and Moshe Shachak
16:00–16:15
EGU2010-4981
Islands of Fertility Revisited: Desertification in the US Southwest
John Wainwright and Anthony Parsons
16:15–16:30
EGU2010-1550
Redistribution of rainfall and soil moisture as influenced by semiarid shrubs at individual plant and patch scales
XiaoYan Li, ZhiPeng Yang, and SiYi Zhang
16:30–16:45
EGU2010-1736
Stemflow and its significant to the fertilizer islands in desert shrub area
Xinping Wang, Zhengning Wang, Yanxia Pan, and Yafeng Zhang
16:45–17:00
EGU2010-3442
Effects of rainfall partitioning by Mediterranean vegetation on soil water content dynamics. Results from field studies along a climatic gradient in Spain.
PILAR LLORENS, JÉRÔME LATRON, ALEKSANDRA MUZYLO, SUSANNE SCHNABEL, FRANCISCO DOMINGO, YOLANDA CANTÓN, and FRANCESC GALLART