Session: Species Interactions I (94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009))

8:00 AM

COS 65-1

Impacts of dominant native and invasive species on Californian stream ecosystems
Jonathan W. Moore, Simon Fraser University; Stephanie M. Carlson, University of California, Berkeley; Justin Fox, University of California Santa Cruz; Jason Hwan, University of California, Berkeley; Sean Hayes, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center

8:20 AM

COS 65-2

When keystone species collide: The effects of termites and vertebrate herbivores in East-African savannas
Alison Brody, University of Vermont; Todd M. Palmer, University of Florida; Kena Fox-Dobbs, University of Puget Sound; Daniel F. Doak, University of Colorado

8:40 AM

COS 65-3

Trophic cascades and diversity maintenance mechanisms
Peter Chesson, University of Arizona; Jessica J. Kuang, University of Arizona

9:00 AM

COS 65-4

The role of predators and plant nutrients in herbivore preference for burned areas in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Stephanie L. Eby, Colorado State University; Mark E. Ritchie, Syracuse University

9:20 AM

COS 65-5

Re-visiting the keystone predator concept: an illustration in an annual plant model
Jessica J. Kuang, University of Arizona; Peter L. Chesson, University of Arizona

9:40 AM

COS 65-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 65-6

Are community-wide spatial association patterns among tree species different between tropical and temperate forests?
Thorsten Wiegand, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ; C.V. Savitri Gunatilleke, University of Peradeniya, Faculty of Science; I.A.U. Nimal Gunatilleke, University of Peradeniya, Faculty of Science; Xugao Wang, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Zhanqing Hao, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Andreas Huth, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research – UFZ

10:10 AM

COS 65-7

Patterns of trait variation and phylogenetic structure in Inga (Fabaceae) communities in Panama and Peru
Kyle G. Dexter, University of Edinburgh; Toby Pennington, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh; Thomas A. Kursar, University of Utah; Phyllis D. Coley, University of Utah

10:30 AM

COS 65-8

Coexistence of cryptic species: Is within-lake habitat partitioning responsible in the case of Hyalella amphipods?
Genevieve Smith, University of Texas at Austin; Mathew A. Leibold, University of Texas at Austin; Gary A. Wellborn, The University of Oklahoma

10:50 AM

COS 65-9

Species associations in an old-growth temperate forest, northeastern China
Xugao Wang, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Thorsten Wiegand, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ; Buhang Li, Shenyang institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Ji Ye, Shenyang institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Jian Zhang, University of Alberta; Zhanqing Hao, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

11:10 AM

COS 65-10

Plant-soil feedback in the field: A test in a perennial grassland
Emily C. Farrer, UC Berkeley; Deborah Goldberg, University of Michigan

COS 65 - Species Interactions I