94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)
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COS 54 - Community Assembly and Neutral Theory I

Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Cinnarron, Albuquerque Convention Center
Presider:
Brenda Rashleigh
8:00 AM
COS 54-1
A latitudinal gradient in the distribution of variance in plant functional traits
Jeffrey Lake, Adrian College; Annette M. Ostling, University of Michigan; Stephen P. Hubbell, UCLA; JP Drury, Durham University; Andrea Maguire, Michigan State University; Zachary Brym, University of Michigan; Carlin Ziska, University of Michigan; Sreya Vempatti, University of Michigan
8:20 AM
COS 54-2
Trait based community assembly of Appalachian herbs: The impact of logging on species coexistence
Julie L. Wyatt, Wake Forest University; Miles R. Silman, Wake Forest University
8:40 AM
COS 54-3
Species availability mediates plant species sorting and community development across an experimental soil nitrogen gradient
Bryan L. Foster, University of Kansas; Erin J. Questad, USDA Forest Service; Cathy C. Collins, University of Kansas; Cheryl A. Murphy, University of Kansas; Timothy L. Dickson, Michigan State University; Val H. Smith, University of Kansas
9:00 AM
COS 54-4
Disturbance gradients and vegetation dynamics on Mississippi River Islands
James Moore, Christian Brothers University; Scott Franklin, University of Northern Colorado; Jack W Grubaugh, The University of Memphis
9:20 AM
COS 54-5
Soil metal contamination influences the vegetation assemblage development of an urban brownfield
Frank Gallagher, Rutgers University; Ildiko Pechmann, Rutgers University; Claus Holzapfel, Rutgers University
9:40 AM
COS 54-
Break
9:50 AM
COS 54-6
Biodiversity is not at equilibrium but reflects the ghost of ecological processes past, part 1
Johannes (Jean) M. H. Knops, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Chad E. Brassil, University of Nebraska; Erin K. Miles, University of Nebraska
10:10 AM
COS 54-7
Biodiversity is not at equilibrium but reflects the ghost of ecological process past, part II
Chad E. Brassil, University of Nebraska; Johannes (Jean) M. H. Knops, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
10:30 AM
COS 54-8
Chance, determinism and the role of history in assembly of communities
Juan C. Márquez, McMaster University; Jurek Kolasa, McMaster University
10:50 AM
COS 54-9
Tests of size structured neutral theory on tropical forest data
Annette M. Ostling, University of Michigan; Jeffrey Lake, Adrian College
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