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SUMMARY:Plant Community Dynamics in Grassy, Grazed, and Changing Ecosystems
LOCATION:Biology 136
TZID:America/Denver
DTSTART:20231114T160000
UID:2026-04-24-10-42-50@natsci.colostate.edu
DTSTAMP:20260424T104250
Description:Plant communities are continually undergoing change\, both thro
 ugh time and in response to external drivers. Here\, I will present on two
  global synthesis projects which explore the dynamics of grass dominated e
 cosystems. First using a global change experiment database (CoRRE)\, I wil
 l establish how much change is typical from year to year in an unmanipulat
 ed system\, and then I will relate background rates of yearly change to th
 e responsiveness of a community to global change drivers. Second\, using a
  grazing exclosure database (GEx)\, I will explore how plant community com
 position changes in response to grazing. Throughout this talk\, we will ta
 ke a wholistic approach to communities\, using multivariate statistics and
  rank abundance curves to move beyond simple richness responses and instea
 d account for identity and abundance of species. Plant communities are dyn
 amic\, and this talk aims to identify just how dynamic grassland communiti
 es are and what are the consequences of that dynamism. 4:00 pm
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