ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)
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COS 7 - Ecosystem and community stability and resilience

Monday, August 6, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
N, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
1:30 PM
COS 7-1
A new generation of climate change experiments: Events, not trends
Carl Beierkuhnlein, University of Bayreuth; Juergen Kreyling, University of Bayreuth; Anke Jentsch, University of Bayreuth
1:50 PM
COS 7-2
Examining large infrequent disturbances in the context of the subsidy-stress paradigm: How will coastal forested wetlands respond to increased frequency of strong storms and accelerated sea level rise?
Julie L. Whitbeck, University of New Orleans
2:10 PM
COS 7-3
The impact of environmental variability and community composition on population and community stability
Jason M. K. Rip, University of Guelph; Daniel J. Leary, The University of Sheffield
2:30 PM
COS 7-4
Stability in grassland plant communities: A simultaneous assessment of constancy, persistence, resistance, and resilience
Claire F. Jouseau, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Shahid Naeem, Columbia University
2:50 PM
COS 7-5
Species-specific responses to extreme hydrological disturbances depend on event sequences
Chris B. Zou, Oklahoma State University; ShiLi Miao, South Florida Water Management District; David D. Breshears, The University of Arizona
3:10 PM
COS 7-
Break
3:20 PM
COS 7-6
Upwelling drives seasonal changes in top-down and bottom-up regulation of coral community structure
Matthew J. Wartian, University of California Los Angeles; Peggy Fong, UCLA
3:40 PM
COS 7-7
Ecosystem function: Can it be restored on Motuora Island, New Zealand?
Jacqueline R. Beggs, University of Auckland; Robin E. Gardner-Gee, University of Auckland
4:00 PM
COS 7-8
Indicators of catastrophic regime shifts in ecological systems
Vishwesha Guttal, Indian Institute of Science; C. Jayaprakash, The Ohio State University
4:20 PM
COS 7-9
Anthropogenic disturbances to shrubs as ecosystem engineers and their effects on biodiversity
Moran M. Segoli, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Moshe Shachak, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University; Eugene D. Ungar, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center Bet Dagan
4:40 PM
COS 7-10
Isoprene, ozone, and biodiversity: A positive feedback loop with negative consequences
Manuel Lerdau, University of Virginia; Hank Shugart, University of Virginia; Jose Fuentes, Pennsylvania State University
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