Session: Community Ecology: Theory and Space (93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008))

8:00 AM

The core-satellite hypothesis for metacommunity structure
Mathew A. Leibold, University of Texas at Austin; Lissete N DeSenerpont-Domis, University of Texas at Austin; Jelena H. Pantel, KU Leuven - University of Leuven; Jennifer G Howeth, University of Texas at Austin; Jonathan G Cox, University of Texas at Austin; Genevieve Smith, University of Texas at Austin; Mary K. Johnston, University of Texas at Austin; Maria J La Roca, University of Texas at Austin; Pedro R. Peres-Neto, University of Quebec at Montreal

8:20 AM

COS 108-2

Unraveling fine-scale community structure and congruence among bird and beetle assemblages in a forest mosaic
Ermias T. Azeria, Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, University of Alberta; Daniel Fortin, Université Laval; Jérôme Lemaître, University Laval; Phillipe Janssen, University Laval; Christian Hébert, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service; Marcel Darveau, Ducks Unlimited Canada; Steven G. Cumming, University Laval

8:40 AM

COS 108-3

How do geographic location and island size affect reservoir island woody plant species composition, richness, and diversity?
Danielle C. Zoellner, Clemson University; Saara J. DeWalt, Clemson University

9:00 AM

COS 108-4

Functional tradeoffs promote species coexistence via the storage effect
Amy L. Angert, University of British Columbia; Travis E. Huxman, University of California, Irvine; Peter Chesson, University of Arizona; D. Lawrence Venable, University of Arizona

9:20 AM

COS 108-5

Dendritic network structure constrains metacommunity properties in riverine ecosystems
Christopher M. Swan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Bryan L. Brown, Virginia Tech

9:40 AM

COS 108-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 108-6

Spatial dynamics and interactions between coastal fish community functional groups in Lake Huron
Angela L. Strecker, Portland State University; Peter A. Abrams, University of Toronto; Marie-Josée Fortin, University of Toronto; Donald A. Jackson, University of Toronto; Brian J. Shuter, University of Toronto; John M. Casselman, Queen's University; Scott W. Milne, Milne Technologies; Mark S. Ridgway, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

10:10 AM

COS 108-7

Merging metabolic theory with ecology to link the kinetic effects of temperature to species richness gradients
James C. Stegen, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Brian Enquist, University of Arizona; Regis Ferriere, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Superieure

10:30 AM

COS 108-8

The effects of habitat heterogeneity on community stability and food web structure in stream benthic communities
Bryan L. Brown, Virginia Tech; Raven L. Lawson, Clemson University

10:50 AM

COS 108-9

Spatio-temporal vegetation pattern formation with feedback function: Numerical simulations
Bai-Lian Li, University of California; Quan-Xing Liu, University of California

COS 108 - Community Ecology: Theory and Space