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

PS 57 - Population Dynamics and Regulation

Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall NE & SE, Albuquerque Convention Center
Dispersal of dimorphic seeds in heterogeneous environments
Brittany J. Teller, Pennsylvania State University; Katriona Shea, The Pennsylvania State University
Elevational gradient in the cyclicity of a forest-defoliating insect
Kyle J. Haynes, University of Virginia; Andrew M. Liebhold, USDA Forest Service; Derek M. Johnson, Virginia Commonwealth University
Allee effects cause source-sink dynamics between homogeneous habitat patches
Derek M. Johnson, Virginia Commonwealth University; Kyle J. Haynes, University of Virginia
Modeling the influence of climate on reproduction in an obligate alpine herbivore
Vijay P. Patil, University of Alaska Fairbanks; David Hik, University of Alberta; Tim J. Karels, California State University
How pollination, seed dispersal and life form characteristics lead to bias sex ratios in dioecious plants
Jordan P. Sinclair, Wayne State University; Kasandra Rose, Wayne State University; D.C. Freeman, Wayne State University
The contribution of perennial plants to the annual community, in a desert ecosystem
Naama Berg, Bar-Ilan University, Israel; Yosef Steinberger, Bar Ilan University
Duration and variability in host development time: Effects on parasitoid functional response
James T. Cronin, Louisiana State University; John D. Reeve, Southern Illinois University; Dashun Xu, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; MingQing Xiao, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Priority effects: Initial densities alter exponential growth rates of competing species
Kristin L. Matulich, University of California, Irvine; Ian T. Carroll, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Bradley J. Cardinale, University of Michigan
Demographic vital rates and population growth: rethinking the relationship in a harvested elk population
Jonathan M. Conard, Kansas State University; Philip S. Gipson, Texas Tech University
Effects of forest edges on population dynamics in a successional system
Kimberly A. Lang, Eastern Illinois University; Scott Meiners, Eastern Illinois University
Evidence for coupled dynamics among populations of the felted beech scale and associated Neonectria species, causal agents of beech bark disease
Jeff Garnas, University of Pretoria; David R. Houston, USFS retired; Celia Evans, Paul Smiths College; Matthew P. Ayres, Dartmouth College
Population dynamics of Ariocarpus fissuratus in populations with different density
M. Rosa Mancilla, Instituto de Ecología. Universidad Nacional Atónoma de México; María C. Mandujano, Instituto de Ecología. Universidad Nacional Atónoma de México
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