Session: Seed ecology: Production, predation, and dispersal (ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007))

8:00 AM

COS 77-1

Seed ecology of invasive and native Louisiana irises
Greta Milena Goranova, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Susan Mopper, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

8:20 AM

COS 77-2

The evolutionary ecology of a major spice: Capsaicinoids, chilies, and selection by vertebrate, invertebrate, and fungal consumers
Joshua J. Tewksbury, Future Earth; Karen M. Reagan, University of Washington; Alejandra L. Calderon-Peñaloza, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno (UAGRM); Noelle J. Machnicki, University of Washington; David C. Haak, Indiana University; Doug Levey, University of Florida

8:40 AM

COS 77-3

Seed predation decreases recruitment in Lupinus sericeus and Lithospermum ruderale
Mary Bricker, Pacific University; John L. Maron, The University of Montana; Dean Pearson, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

9:00 AM

COS 77-4

How do different empirically derived patterns of natural enemy attack and seed dispersal affect patterns of seedling recruitment?
Noelle G. Beckman, The Ohio State University; Helene Muller-Landau, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

9:20 AM

COS 77-5

A Janzen-Connell diversity-maintaining mechanism in temperate grasslands: Pre-dispersal seed predation by fungi and insects
Ray Dybzinski, Princeton University

9:40 AM

COS 77-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 77-6

Frugivore visitation and seed handling quality of four large-seeded mature forest tree species
Nicole D. Gross-Camp, Center for Tropical Ecology & Conservation, Antioch University New England; Beth A. Kaplin, Center for Tropical Ecology and Conservation, Antioch University New England

10:10 AM

COS 77-7

Tapirs as unique seed dispersers in a changing environment: A large-scale seed germination experiment
Georgina O'Farrill, McGill University; Andrew Gonzalez, McGill University; Sophie Calme, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur; Sengupta Raja, McGill University

10:30 AM

COS 77-8

Characterizing hydrochory along the Middle Sacramento River, California
Catherine A. Little, H.T. Harvey & Associates; Colleen A. Hatfield, California State University; Sheli M. Wingo, California State University; Karen D. Holl, University of California, Santa Cruz; David M. Wood, California State University Chico

10:50 AM

COS 77-9

Regional and seasonal differences in movement patterns, rather than seasonal diet changes, determine seed dispersal by Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus; Asier R. Larrinaga, Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados, CSIC; Udayani Rose Weerasinghe, The University of Tokyo; Seiki Takatsuki, The University of Tokyo; Prithiviraj Fernando, Center for Conservation and Research; Peter Leimgruber, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; Luis Santamaria, Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados, CSIC

11:10 AM

COS 77-10

Return on investment: A hierarchical model of the pathways from bud production to seed dispersal in an understory herb
Sean M. McMahon, Duke University

COS 77 - Seed ecology: Production, predation, and dispersal