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

COS 42 - Community dynamics and diversity

Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
J4, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
1:30 PM
Temperature determines the effect of energy on diversity in aquatic microcosms
N.T. Worsfold, University of York; O.L. Petchey, University of Sheffield; P.H. Warren, University of Sheffield
1:50 PM
Impacts of large mammals on bird diversity and abundance in an African savanna
Felicia Keesing, Bard College; Darcy Misurelli Ogada, Mpala Research Centre; Michelle E. Gadd, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Richard S. Ostfeld, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Truman Young, University of California, Davis
2:10 PM
Different cottonwood genotypes support different aboveground fungal communities: A genetic basis to community structure
L. J. Lamit, Northern Arizona University; C.a. Gehring, Northern Arizona University; S.C. Wooley, California State University Stanislaus; C.M. Sthultz, Harvard University; R. L. Lindroth, University of Wisconsin; T.G. Whitham, Northern Arizona University
2:30 PM
Rank clocks and plant community dynamics
Scott Collins; Katharine N. Suding, University of California at Berkeley; Elsa Cleland, University of California San Diego; Micheal Batty, University College London; Steven Pennings, University of Houston; Katherine L. Gross, Michigan State University; James B. Grace, U.S. Geological Survey Wetland and Aquatic Research Center; Laura Gough, University of Texas at Arlington; Joseph E. Fargione, The Nature Conservancy; Chris Clark, AAAS
2:50 PM
Self-thinning and the invasibility of plant monocultures
Brandon S. Schamp, Algoma University; Lonnie W. Aarssen, Queen's University
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Shifting dominance from native C4 grasses to non-native C3 grasses shows negative effects on community diversity
Erin K. Miles, University of Nebraska; Johannes M. Knops, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
4:00 PM
Empirical evaluation of community similarity metrics
Candan Umit Soykan, Arizona State University