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

PS 2-13

The consequences of plant species diversity and genetic diversity for community properties and ecosystem processes
Kerri M. Crawford, Washington University in St. Louis; Jennifer Rudgers, University of New Mexico

PS 2-14

Influence of fire and hardwood control on forest structure of mountain longleaf pine communities
Tom A. Stokes, Auburn University; Lisa J. Samuelson, Auburn University; John Kush, Auburn University; John C. Gilbert, Auburn University; Marianne G. Farris, Auburn University

PS 2-15

Patterns of plant rarity in high mountain ranges of Southern Europe
Maria B. Garcia, Pyrenean Institute of Ecology - CSIC; Daniel Gomez, Pyrenean Institute of Ecology - CSIC; Sebastien Lavergne, Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine CNRS

PS 2-16

Dynamic neutral model, null hypotheses for large-scale patterns of diversity and distribution
Paulina Trejo, Instituto de Ecología, UNAM; Hector Arita, Instituto de Ecologia, UNAM; Fabricio Villalobos Camacho, Instituto de Ecología, UNAM

PS 2-17

Large-scale patterns of co-occurrence: The diversity field of Phyllostomid bats
Fabricio Villalobos, Instituto de Ecología, A.C.; Héctor T. Arita, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

PS 2-18

Xylem-associated fungal communities in Pinõn trees at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
Andrew P. Ah Young, University of New Mexico; Don O. Natvig, University of New Mexico; Paulette L. Ford, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station; Nathan G. McDowell, Los Alamos National Laboratory; William T. Pockman, University of New Mexico; Jennifer A. Plaut, University of New Mexico; Enrico A. Yepez, University of New Mexico; Andrea Porras-Alfaro, Western Illinois University

PS 2-19

Symbiotic bacteria of Ophiostomatoid fungi isolated from bark beetles and Pinus edulis trees in New Mexico
Ashley H. Talbot, University of New Mexico; Paulette L. Ford, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station; Don O. Natvig, University of New Mexico; Jennifer A. Plaut, University of New Mexico; Enrico A. Yepez, University of New Mexico; Nathan G. McDowell, Los Alamos National Laboratory; William T. Pockman, University of New Mexico; Andrea Porras-Alfaro, Western Illinois University

PS 2-20

Global species-energy, and abundance-energy relationships in forests
Irena Simova, Charles University in Prague and Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Petr Keil, Yale University; David Storch, Charles University

PS 2-21

Affects of grazing and removal of woody species on ant diversity
Sonny Shlomo Bleicher, Rochester Institute of Technology

PS 2-22

Global patterns in canopy ant diversity and abundance
Michael D. Weiser, University of Oklahoma; Nathan J. Sanders, The University of Copenhagen; Robert Dunn, NCSU

PS 2-23

Investigation of novel microbial diversity and nitrogen cycling in lava tubes of Terceira, Azores, Portugal
Jennifer J.M. Hathaway, University of New Mexico; Diana E. Northup, University of New Mexico; Maria de Lurdes N.E. Dapkevicius, University of the Azores, Terceira

PS 2-24

Snow avalanches and patterns of plant species composition: Examples from the San Juan Mountains, Colorado
Sara E. Simonson, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory; Thomas J. Stohlgren, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory

PS 2-25

Association pattenrn and plant community of Echinomastus unguispinus a rare cactus from northern México
Sylvia Patricia Ruiz-González, Instituto de Ecología, UNAM; Jordan Goluvob, UAM-X; María del Carmen Mandujano Sánchez, Instituto de Ecología, UNAM; Johannes A. M Verhulst, Instituto de Ecología, UNAM

PS 2-26

Diversity-stability relationships with exploitative competition for variable resources: Diversity and niche breadth are stabilizing
Ian T. Carroll, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Bradley J. Cardinale, University of Michigan

PS 2-27

Climate/topography interaction influences spatiotemporal soil moisture variability and resulting plant beta diversity
Timothy A. Fotinos, Texas State University

PS 2-28

Tropical canopy epiphyte succession in Panama
Carrie L. Woods, Clemson University; Saara J. DeWalt, Clemson University

PS 2-29

Native coastal sage scrub seedlings have non-linear responses along experimental gradients of soil nitrogen and water availability
Chris Kopp, University of California, San Diego; Elsa Cleland, University of California San Diego

PS 2-30

Developing a terminal velocity assay technique for measuring hydrodynamic drag in freshwater snails
Ellyn Karcher, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Paul Brunkow, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

PS 2-31

Nitrogen inputs negatively affect the phylogenetic diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Rebecca C. Mueller, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Brendan JM Bohannan, University of Oregon

PS 2 - Biodiversity