ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)
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COS 89 - Life history theory, resource allocation, and sex allocation

Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
N, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
1:30 PM
COS 89-1
Experimentally testing the sink-limitation hypothesis of tree growth in cold climates
Guenter Hoch, University of Basel; Christian Koerner, University of Basel
1:50 PM
COS 89-2
High nutrient costs of seed production in whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis)
Anna Sala, University of Montana; Sylvan Delzon, University of Burdeaux 1; Eliot J.B. McIntire, Natural Resources Canada & Laval University
2:10 PM
COS 89-3
Influence of resource competition on invasion of riparian ecosystems by Arundo donax
Gretchen Coffman, UCLA; Richard F. Ambrose, UCLA
2:30 PM
COS 89-4
Substrate effects on morphology and biomass allocation of forest understory plants
Laura Six, Weyerhaeuser NR; Charles B. Halpern, University of Washington
2:50 PM
COS 89-5
Cost of reproduction in a short-lived perennial plant: Live hard, die young
Cristina F. Aragón, University of California Santa Cruz; Marcos Méndez, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos; Adrián Escudero, Rey Juan Carlos University
3:10 PM
COS 89-
Break
3:20 PM
COS 89-6
Sex and fear affect life history in a hermaphrodite: Abstinence makes the heart beat longer
Josh R. Auld, West Chester University; Rick A. Relyea, University of Pittsburgh
3:40 PM
COS 89-7
The role of nest-site limitation in structuring ant communities
Leticia G. Sanchez, University of Colorado, Boulder
4:00 PM
COS 89-8
Testing predictions of sex allocation theory for a sequential hermaphrodite: Age, size, and sex ratios in restored oyster populations
M. Lisa Kellogg, University of Maryland; Marcy E. Chen, University of Maryland; Victor S. Kennedy, University of Maryland; Kennedy T. Paynter, University of Maryland
4:20 PM
COS 89-9
Ecological models for the origin of the sexes
Priya Iyer, Stanford University; Joan Roughgarden, Stanford University
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