Session: Sampling and Experimental Design and Species-Area Relations (93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008))

1:30 PM

COS 12-1

High throughput sequencing for analysis of nematode diversity
Dorota L. Porazinska, University of Colorado; Robin M. Giblin-Davis, University of Florida; Thomas O. Powers, University of Nebraska; William Farmerie, University of Florida; Natsumi Kanzaki, University of Florida; Krystalynne Morris, University of New Hampshire; Way Sung, University of New Hampshire; W. Kelley Thomas, University of New Hampshire

1:50 PM

COS 12-2

Evaluating the merits of aggregate univariate methods, multiple comparison procedures (MCPs), and multivariate methods for comparing plant communities
B. Clay Jackson, North Carolina State University; Thomas R. Wentworth, NC State University; H. Lee Allen, North Carolina State University; Bronson P. Bullock, North Carolina State University

2:10 PM

COS 12-3

Bioacoustic versus traditional point counts of forest songbirds along an urban to rural gradient in Southeastern Michigan, USA
Jason J. Taylor, University of Michigan; Daniel G. Brown, University of Michigan

2:30 PM

COS 12-4

Monitoring designs for Phase II/III of the Kissimmee River Restoration Project, Florida, USA
Stephen G. Bousquin, South Florida Water Management District

2:50 PM

COS 12-5

A cautionary tale about measuring tree heights
Don C. Bragg, Southern Research Station

3:10 PM

COS 12-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 12-6

Area effects are more prominent than productivity effects for higher trophic levels
Denise A. Piechnik, The Pennsylvania State University

3:40 PM

COS 12-7

Comparing three explanations for the species-area relationship: What structures diversity across multiple spatial scales?
Adam Smith, Missouri Botanical Garden

4:00 PM

COS 12-8

Estimating extinctions using the species-area curve: How accurate are we really?
Matthew J. Heard, Belmont University; Dov F. Sax, Brown University

4:20 PM

COS 12-9

How does the pattern of sampling influence the species-area relationship for datasets spanning a wide range of scales
Daniel J. McGlinn, Utah State University; Michael W. Palmer, Oklahoma State University

4:40 PM

COS 12-10

Taxonomic and regional uncertainty in species-area relationships and the identification of richness hotspots
François Guilhaumon, Rui Nabeiro Biodiversity Chair CIBIO - Universidade de Évora Casa Cordovil; Olivier Gimenez, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive; Kevin J. Gaston, University of Exeter; David Mouillot, ECOLAG-Université Montpellier 2

COS 12 - Sampling and Experimental Design and Species-Area Relations