Session: Community Pattern and Dynamics (93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008))

PS 18-7

Geographic affinities of floras: A vector approach
Jacqueline M. White, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M. Forbes Boyle, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Lee Anne Jacobs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; R. Todd Jobe, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; Kristen M. Kostelnik, Michigan State University; Elizabeth R. Matthews, University of California Santa Barbara; Jeffrey E. Ott, University of North Carolina; Alan S. Weakley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Thomas R. Wentworth, NC State University; Brooke E Wheeler, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Robert K. Peet, University of North Carolina

PS 18-8

Describing ecosystem shifts with data-driven state and transition models in northwestern Colorado rangelands
Emily J. Kachergis, Bureau of Land Management; Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Colorado State University

PS 18-9

Investigation of uranium uptake by Sporobolus airoides
Colleen A. Cooley, Ecological Society of America; Jani C. Ingram, Northern Arizona University; Nancy Johnson, Northern Arizona University

PS 18-10

The structure and regeneration of floodplain forests in southwestern Ohio
James R. Runkle, Wright State University; James R. Milks, Wright State University; P Greg Seely, Wright State University

PS 18-11

Nematode communities change following woody plant invasion of grassland
Lori Biederman, Iowa State University; T.W. Boutton, Texas A&M University; I.B. Kantola, Texas A&M University

PS 18-12

Effects of prey availability and shrub architecture: An experimental study of spiders in a shrub-steppe ecosystem
Lori R. Spears, Utah State University; James A. MacMahon, Utah State University

PS 18-13

Metabolic zero-sum dynamics predict long-term changes in a tropical forest
S.K. Morgan Ernest, Utah State University; Ethan P. White, University of Florida; James H. Brown, University of New Mexico; Richard Condit, The field museum

PS 18-14

Fine scale differences in community composition for 3 rare plants of the southeastern sandhills
Kristen M. Kostelnik, Michigan State University; Thomas R. Wentworth, NC State University; Wade A. Wall, US Army Corps of Engineers ERDC - CERL

PS 18-15

Dynamics of diversity during succession in a deciduous forest
Laura M. Ladwig, University of New Mexico; Scott Meiners, Eastern Illinois University

PS 18-16

Inferring plant-soil feedbacks from community dynamics
Emily C. Farrer, UC Berkeley; Deborah Goldberg, University of Michigan

PS 18-17

A meta-analysis examining the effects of simultaneous microbial interactions with plants
Anna Larimer, Indiana University; Keith Clay, Indiana University; James D. Bever, Indiana University

PS 18-18

Decay in the effects of initial community composition on success of invading plants during community assembly in California serpentine grasslands
Holly Faulstich, Western Washington University; David U. Hooper, Western Washington University; Jeffrey S. Dukes, Purdue University

PS 18-19

A functional approach to analyzing long-term change in plant communities in Wisconsin, USA
Sarah E. Johnson, Northland College; Donald M. Waller, University of Wisconsin

PS 18-20

Species-specific germination speed and coexistence in a desert annual plant community
Galen P. Holt, University of Arizona; Peter L. Chesson, University of Arizona

PS 18-21

Canopy gap size influences understory dynamics of shrubs and trees over 12 years
Christel C. Kern, USDA Forest Service; Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota; Rebecca A. Montgomery, University of Minnesota; Terry Strong, U.S. Forest Service, Retired

PS 18-22

Periodically forced food chain dynamics: Model predictions and experimental validation
Christopher F. Steiner, Wayne State University; Anne Schwaderer, Michigan State University; Veronika Huber, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries; Elena Litchman, Michigan State University; Christopher Klausmeier, Michigan State University

PS 18-23

Forty-seven year changes in vegetation at the Apostle Islands: Effects of deer on the forest understory
Erika Mudrak, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Sarah E. Johnson, Northland College; Donald M. Waller, University of Wisconsin

PS 18-24

Environmental heterogeneity and conservation status in the Abies religiosa forest in Magdalena river basin
Santibañez A. Gabriela, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México; Castillo A. Silvia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Nuñez C. Oswaldo, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México; Martinez O. Yuriana, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

PS 18-25

Vegetation monitoring on recently reclaimed landfills
Uhram Song, Seoul National University; Jung Soo Park, Seoul National University; Jong Young Yi, Seoul National University; Eun Ju Lee, Seoul National University

PS 18-26

Fish assemblage relationships to watershed- and reach-scale environmental variables in a USDA Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program landscape in central Kentucky, USA
Scott Grubbs, Western Kentucky University

PS 18-27

Effects of nitrogen to phosphorus ratio of nutrient supply on phosphate uptake by algae and bacteria
Keeley Lynn MacNeill, St. Olaf College; Maria Lynn Goodrich, University of California, Berkeley; John D. Schade, National Science Foundation

PS 18-28

Changes in the structure of mutualistic networks over time: Observations from a long-term study of a bee-plant community.
Olivia J. Messinger, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Terry L. Griswold, USDA-ARS

PS 18-29

Community-level physiological profiling differentiates Rome Sand Plains (NY) soil microbial communities
Emily Starr, Hamilton College; William A. Pfitsch, Hamilton College; Michael L. McCormick, Hamilton College

PS 18-30

Rainfall effects on cover and richness of annual herbaceous plants in a Chilean coastal desert
Julio R. Gutierrez, Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Universidad de La Serena; Peter L. Meserve, University of Idaho; Douglas A. Kelt, University of California; Francisco Squeo, Universidad de La Serena

PS 18 - Community Pattern and Dynamics