94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)

COS 55 - Competition: Interspecific

Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Acoma/Zuni, Albuquerque Convention Center
Presider:
Leticia G. Sanchez
8:20 AM
Spatial noise in settlement facilitates coexistence among sessile marine invertebrates
Kyle F. Edwards, University of Hawaii; John J. Stachowicz, University of California, Davis
8:40 AM
9:00 AM
The effects of insect herbivores on competition between two old-field plant species, Solanum carolinense and Solidago altissima
Tania N. Kim, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Nora C. Underwood, Florida State University; Brian D. Inouye, Florida State University
9:20 AM
Nest-site limitation in a Colorado ant community
Leticia G. Sanchez, University of Colorado, Boulder; Michael D. Breed, University of Colorado, Boulder
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
Avian kleptoparasitism of the digger wasp Sphex pensylvanicus
Justin Benttinen, University of Rhode Island; Evan Preisser, University of Rhode Island
10:10 AM
Evaluating the presence of competition between native and invasive slugs in central Maryland
Megan E. Paustian, University of Maryland; Pedro Barbosa, University of Maryland
10:30 AM
Fungal endophytes increase the competitive effects of an invasive plant
Erik T. Aschehoug, North Carolina State University; Kerry L. Metlen, The Nature Conservancy in Oregon; Marnie E. Rout, University of Montana; Ragan M. Callaway, The University of Montana; George Newcombe, University of Idaho
10:50 AM
Consumer-resource mutualism can promote coexistence in lottery competition
Charlotte T. Lee, Duke University; Brian D. Inouye, Florida State University