Session: Community pattern and dynamics (ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007))

PS 7-73

Biogeography of prokaryotic assemblages in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean
Ian Hewson, Cornell University; Pia H. Moisander, UC Santa Cruz; Tawnya D. Peterson, Oregon Health and Science University; Elizabeth A. Mondragon, UC Santa Cruz; Joseph P. Montoya, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jonathan P. Zehr, UC Santa Cruz

PS 7-75

Survival rates of subalpine plants in a 73-year study in Yosemite National Park
Jerry J. Smith, San Jose State University

PS 7-77

Fire suppression alters understory community composition of oak-hickory forests in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA
Eric Holzmueller, Southern Illinois University; Shibu Jose, University of Missouri; Michael Jenkins, United States Department of Agriculture

PS 7-78

Community structure and spatial ecology of natural and restored California vernal pools
Jamie M. Kneitel, California State University, Sacramento

PS 7-79

Plant species distributions in fragmented landscapes of Ohio and Belize
James R. Runkle, Wright State University; Maria L. Tomashot, Miami University; Divan Catzim, Wright State University

PS 7-80

Plant community responses to fire and grazing in savanna grasslands: A cross continental comparison
Sally E. Koerner, Colorado State University; Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico

PS 7-81

Effects of neighborhood-scale diversity on plant establishment
Kathryn Yurkonis, University of North Dakota; Brian J. Wilsey, Iowa State University; Kirk A. Moloney, Iowa State University

PS 7-82

Grassland, shrubland, and woodland plant assemblages of the Applegate Valley, southwest Oregon
Eric Pfaff, Southern Oregon University; Paul E. Hosten, Bureau of Land Management, Medford District

PS 7-83

The influence of fire regime on legume reproduction and establishment in the longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem
M. Scott Wiggers, Auburn University; L. Katherine Kirkman, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center; Kevin Hiers, Jackson Guard; Robert Boyd, Auburn University

PS 7-84

A non-equilibrium theory of relative abundance distributions parameterized by species-area relationships
Jack W. Siegrist, Rutgers University Graduate Program in Ecology & Evolution; Peter J. Morin, Rutgers University

PS 7-85

Temporal dynamics of abundance-occupancy relationships
Hannah L. Buckley, Lincoln University; Richard P. Duncan, University of Canberra; Fangliang He, University of Alberta

PS 7-86

Seedling recruitment as a driver of species richness in the longleaf pine savanna
Gwen D. Iacona, University of Queensland; L. Katherine Kirkman, Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center; Emilio M. Bruna, University of Florida

PS 7-87

Direct and indirect effects of fire on insect herbivore community structure in the Florida scrub
Tania N. Kim, University of Wisconsin-Madison

PS 7-88

When competition doesn’t matter: Grassland diversity and community composition
Eric G. Lamb, University of Saskatchewan; James F. Cahill Jr., University of Alberta

PS 7-89

Examining the creation of alternate stable states in herbaceous community structure on ancient agricultural fields
Hoski Schaafsma, Arizona State University; John Briggs, Arizona State University

PS 7-90

Macroecology of avian size distributions
Ethan P. White, University of Florida; S.K. Morgan Ernest, Utah State University; Allen Hurlbert, University of North Carolina

PS 7-91

Dracula and Robin Hood: Hemiparasites play both roles
Marko J. Spasojevic, Washington University in St. Louis; Katharine N. Suding, University of California at Berkeley

PS 7-92

Multiscale influences of spatial and environmental variability on ant community structure
Brian J. Spiesman, University of Wisconsin - Madison

PS 7-93

Effects of fire, grazing, and topographic variation on vegetation dynamics in tallgrass prairie
Laura B. Calabrese, University of New Mexico; Scott Collins

PS 7-94

A quantitative method for the prediction and characterization of rarity in vascular plants of the southeastern US
Lee Anne Jacobs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Robert K. Peet, University of North Carolina

PS 7-95

Prospects for change in endemic populations along a steep tropical environmental gradient
Kerry N. Rabenold, Purdue University; Anna L Ciecka, Purdue University; Matthew R Gasner, Purdue University; Keiller Kyle, Purdue University

PS 7-96

Plant species composition reveals temporal and spatial dynamics of snow slides in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado
Sara E. Simonson, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory; Thomas J. Stohlgren, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory; Chris C. Landry, Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies

PS 7 - Community pattern and dynamics