Session: Biodiversity (ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007))

PS 4-46

Arthropod diversity in contrasting habitats of a natural preserve in Mexico City
Leticia Ríos-Casanova, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Zenón Cano-Santana, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Héctor Godínez-Alvarez, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

PS 4-47

The diversity of small mammal and vegetation at timberlines in central Taiwan
Yu-Teh K. Lin, National Taiwan University; Han-chih Ho, National Taiwan University

PS 4-48

Influences of fire intensity on vegetation cover and local biodiversity in species-rich pine savanna groundcover
Heather A. Passmore, Murray State University; Kyle Harms, Louisiana State University; William J. Platt, Louisiana State University; Jonathan A. Myers, Washington University in St. Louis; Paul R. Gagnon, University of Florida

PS 4-49

Plant species turnover along productivity gradients in eastern North Carolina
Jennifer K. Costanza, North Carolina State University; Aaron Moody, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Robert K. Peet, University of North Carolina; Dahl Winters, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; R. Todd Jobe, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

PS 4-50

Increased temperatures speed up diversification in Escherichia coli populations
Natasha I. De Leon-Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez; M. Henry. H. Stevens, Miami University; Steven E. Finkel, University of Southern California

PS 4-51

Phylogenetic diversity across a landscape
Jessica A. Bryant, University of California Merced; Helene Morlon, University of California - Berkeley; Brendan Bohannan, University of Oregon; Jessica L. Green, University of Oregon

PS 4-52

Vegetative survey of Martha’s Meadow, an open limestone glade habitat in northwestern Georgia
Maya Strahl, Berry College; Nicole L. Soper Gorden, University of Minnesota; Patricia T. Tomlinson, Berry College; Richard Ware, Georgia Botanical Society; Martin L. Cipollini, Berry College

PS 4-53

Cascading diversity effects in an eelgrass-epiphyte system
Sybill Jaschinski, Leibniz-Institut of Marine Sciences IfM-GEOMAR; Nicole Aberle-Malzahn, Alfred Wegner Institute

PS 4-54

Increased avian diversity is associated with lower incidence of West Nile virus in both human and bird populations
Stavros Calos, College of William and Mary; John P. Swaddle, College of William and Mary

PS 4-55

Habitat restoration and the diversity of species interactions
Christine B. Müller, Institute of Environmental Sciences; Christopher N. Kaiser, Institute of Environmental Sciences; Nicolas Zuel, Institute of Environmental Sciences; Christine J. Griffiths, Institute of Environmental Sciences; Dennis M. Hansen, Institute of Environmental Sciences

PS 4-56

Comparing diversity-productivity relationships for two realistic rarity-extinction scenarios in tallgrass prairie
Forest I. Isbell, University of Minnesota; David A. Losure, Iowa State University; Kathryn Yurkonis, University of North Dakota; Brian J. Wilsey, Iowa State University

PS 4-57

Perennial plant diversity matters to hydrologic functioning of semi-arid ecosystems
Susana Bautista, Universidad de Alicante; Angeles G. Mayor, Universidad de Alicante

PS 4-58

Potential methane production and oxidation in wetland plant communities: Investigating a diversity-function relationship
Sarah E. Andrews, University of New Hampshire; Lindsay O'Reilly, University of New Hampshire; Serita Frey, University of New Hampshire; Virginie Bouchard, Ohio State University

PS 4-59

Aboveground productivity and biodiversity in the longleaf pine ecosystem: Long-term landscape-scale resource manipulations
Melanie J. Kaeser, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center; L. Katherine Kirkman, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center; Robert J. Mitchell, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center; Lindsay R. Boring, Jones Center at Ichauway; R. Scott Taylor, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center

PS 4-60

Cultivar diversity of processing tomato and its effects on ecosystem functions
Felipe H. Barrios-Masias, University of California, Davis; Louise E. Jackson, University of California, Davis

PS 4-61

Effects of climate variability and N limitation in a desert grassland
Michell L. Thomey, University of New Mexico; Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico; Douglas I. Moore, University of New Mexico

PS 4 - Biodiversity