Session: Biodiversity (93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008))

PS 38-28

Plant species richness and plant species identity as factors of inorganic P pools in the soil of the Chihuahuan Desert
Yareni Perroni-Ventura, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Felipe García-Oliva, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Maribel Nava, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

PS 38-29

Soil microbial diversity in a mesquite savanna: Response of bacterial and fungal communities to vegetation change
Emily B. Hollister, Texas A&M University; Christopher W. Schadt, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Anthony V. Palumbo, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Thomas W. Boutton, Texas A&M University

PS 38-30

Effects of algal diversity on the production of biomass in homogeneous and heterogeneous nutrient environments: A microcosm experiment
Jerome J. Weis, Yale University; Daniel S. Madrigal, University of California-Santa Barbara; Bradley J. Cardinale, University of Michigan

PS 38-31

Alpine snow molds and sub-nivian ecology
Kenneth L. Wilson, University of Colorado; Steven K. Schmidt, University of Colorado

PS 38-32

Comparative phylogeography of American and Japanese red maples based on chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal DNA
Ikuyo Saeki, Tokyo Metropolitan University; Noriaki Murakami, Tokyo Metropolitan University; Burton V. Barnes, University of Michigan

PS 38-33

Geographic diffusion of New World bird species: The role of energetics in intercontinental dispersal, vicariance, and diversification
Andrew J. Rominger, University of California Berkeley; Elizabeth A. Hadly, Stanford University

PS 38-34

Plant functional traits and community responses in a changing environment
Sally E. Koerner, Colorado State University; Daniel Brese, University of New Mexico; Laura B. Calabrese, University of New Mexico; Alejandra Carvajal, University of New Mexico; Ryan J. Evansen, University of New Mexico; Etsuko Nonaka, Umea University; Jordan Okie, Arizona State University; Jennifer Plaut, University of New Mexico; Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico

PS 38-35

Plant species composition and biofuel yields of conservation grasslands
Paul R. Adler, USDA-ARS; Matt A. Sanderson, USDA-ARS; Paul J. Weimer, USDA-ARS; Kenneth P. Vogel, USDA-ARS

PS 38-36

Relationships between genotypic and phenotypic variation of a dominant species (Andropogon gerardii), community richness, and productivity in the tallgrass prairie
Cynthia Chang, University of Washington Bothell; Melinda Smith, Colorado State University

PS 38-37

Ecosystem consequences of realistic species loss in serpentine grassland
Daniel L. Hernandez, Carleton College; Jae Pasari, University of California, Davis; Erika S. Zavaleta, University of California, Santa Cruz

PS 38-38

Diversity, functional traits, and ecosystem processes: Cause or coincidence?
Evan Weiher, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire; Tyler Bunton, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire; Artur Stefanski, University of Minnesota; Julie Anderson, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire; Deborah Freund, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire; Stephen Bentivenga, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh; Tali Lee, University of Minnesota Duluth

PS 38-39

Does retention of coarse woody debris affect the physiology of ectomycorrhizal communities at the plot scale?
Melanie D. Jones, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus; Jennifer Walker, Poesis, Inc.; Valerie Ward, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus

PS 38-40

Does environmental context modify the diversity-function relationship?
Megan M. Ring, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Matthew J. Troia, Kansas State University; Todd Wellnitz, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

PS 38-41

Community of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in fragments of tropical rainforest
Irene Sánchez-Gallen, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Laura V. Hernández-Cuevas, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala; Javier Álvarez-Sánchez, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

PS 38-42

Student learning in a high school capstone course on biocomplexity
Gillian Puttick, TERC; Meaghan Donovan, TERC; Marlene Cole, TERC; Brian Drayton, TERC; Alan Berkowitz, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Steward T. A. Pickett, Institute of Ecosystem Studies

PS 38-43

Ecology and phenotypic variation of Leitneria floridana (Leitneriaceae) in disjunct habitats
William R. Graves, Iowa State University; Jyotsna Sharma, Texas Tech University; James A. Schrader, Iowa State University

PS 38-44

Effect of tree species and decay stage on diversity of saproxylic flies (Diptera) in an eastern Canadian deciduous forest
Terry A. Wheeler, McGill University; Julia Mlynarek, McGill University; Amelie Gregoire-Taillefer, McGill University

PS 38-45

Structure and diversity of fungal communities in a semi-arid grassland
Andrea Porras-Alfaro, Western Illinois University; Jose Herrera, National Science Foundation; Don O. Natvig, University of New Mexico; Robert Sinsabaugh, University of New Mexico

PS 38-46

Terrestrial microarthropod biodiversity analysis of the northern Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands: With notes on mircoarthropod biotic and abiotic interactions
Israel Del Toro, University of Copenhagen; A. Armendáriz, University of Texas at El Paso; M. Lara, University of Texas at El Paso; S. Villarreal, University of Texas at El Paso; J. Herrera, University of Texas at El Paso; S. Goswami, University of Texas at El Paso; M. Phillips, University of Texas at El Paso; CE Tweedie, University of Texas at El Paso; Paulo Olivas, Florida International University

PS 38-47

Richness variation and the structure of geographic ranges
Fabricio Villalobos, Instituto de Ecología, A.C.

PS 38 - Biodiversity