Session: Niche relationship and theory I (ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007))

1:30 PM

COS 14-1

Effects of habitat on reproduction of the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians
Eric J. Weissberger, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Marnita M. Chintala, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1:50 PM

COS 14-2

The genetic architecture of a niche: Variation and covariation inhost use traits in the Colorado potato beetle
Matthew Forister, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Ehmer, Stony Brook University; Douglas Futuyma, Stony Brook University

2:10 PM

COS 14-3

Thermal niche partitioning following successive invasions by potato moths in the Northern Andes
Olivier Dangles, Institut de Recherches pour le développement; Alvaro R. Barragan, PUCE; Carlos F. Carpio, PUCE; Silvia Fusari, PUCE; Jean-Louis Zeddam, Institut de Recherches pour le développement; Jean-Francois Silvain, Institut de Recherches pour le développement

2:30 PM

COS 14-4

Effects of terrestrial resource pulses on trophic niche width and overlap in two sympatric aquatic snake species: A stable isotope approach
John D. Willson, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab; Christopher T. Winne, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab; Melissa A. Pilgrim, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab; Christopher S. Romanek, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab; J. Whitfield Gibbons, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

2:50 PM

COS 14-5

Life history traits of specialist and generalist species
Joanne Clavel, Université Paris 6, CNRS, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Romain Julliard, UMR 7204 CESCO Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

3:10 PM

COS 14-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 14-6

Winners, losers, and biotic homogenization in current global changes
Vincent Devictor, Université Paris-Sud; Romain Julliard, UMR 7204 CESCO Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle; Frédéric Jiguet, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Denis Couvet, National Museum of Natural History

3:40 PM

COS 14-7

Quantitative patterns of individual specialization: More generalized populations are also more heterogeneous
Daniel I. Bolnick, University of Texas at Austin; Richard Svanbäck, Uppsala University; Márcio S. Araújo, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

4:00 PM

COS 14-8

Spatial heterogeneity increases metacommunity diversity: Experimental evidence
Kendi Davies, University of Colorado; Marcel Holyoak, University of California, Davis; Kim A. Preston, University of California; Valerie A. Offeman, University of California; Quenby Lum, University of California

4:20 PM

COS 14-9

Reexamining ecological niche conservatism in Mexican fauna using new analytical methods
Dan Warren, University of Texas, Austin; Michael Turelli, University of California, Davis; Richard E. Glor, University of Rochester

4:40 PM

COS 14-10

Multitrophic diversity maintenance theory
Peter Chesson, University of Arizona; Jessica J. Kuang, University of Arizona

COS 14 - Niche relationship and theory I