94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)
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COS 59 - Modeling: Case Studies

Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Sendero Blrm II, Hyatt
Presider:
Tom Purucker
8:00 AM
COS 59-1
Virtual prairie dogs weigh in on the Resource Dispersion Hypothesis
Christopher X. J. Jensen, Pratt Institute; Dylan Moore, Pratt Institute; Jennifer L. Verdolin, NESCent (National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
8:20 AM
COS 59-2
Threshold response of malaria dynamics to warmer temperatures in an East African highland
David Alonso, Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB‐CSIC), Spanish Council for Scientific Research; Mercedes Pascual, University of Michigan,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Santa Fe Institute
8:40 AM
COS 59-3
Quantification of leaf ecophysiological behavior of plant functional groups by inverting stomatal and photosynthesis models using field gas change data over China
Qiong Gao, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras; Mei Yu, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
9:00 AM
COS 59-4
Pareto optimality is a novel tool for understanding the role of morphology in the persistence of old trees
Maureen C. Kennedy, University of Washington; E. David Ford, University of Washington
9:20 AM
COS 59-5
Population Viability Analysis for a highly threatened annual endemic plant, Centaurea tchihatcheffii
Yasemin Erguner Baytok, METU; Aysegul Yildirim, Central Palnt Protection Resarch Institute; Didem Ambarli, DKM; C. Can Bilgin, METU; Mecit Vural, Gazi University
9:40 AM
COS 59-
Break
9:50 AM
COS 59-6
Ecologically meaningful sensitivity analyses:  A case study of Fremont cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Elizabeth B. Harper, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; John C. Stella, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Alexander K. Fremier, University of Idaho
10:10 AM
COS 59-7
Species Life-cycle Analysis Modules (SLAM):  A flexible tool for evaluating species management scenarios applied to a threatened Pacific salmon case study
Paul McElhany, NOAA - Northwest Fisheries Science Center
10:30 AM
COS 59-8
Simulation of the vegetation structure and function in a Malaysian tropical rain forest using an individual-based dynamic vegetation model
Hisashi Sato, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
10:50 AM
COS 59-9
Modeling the effects of climate change on vegetation dynamics and species habitats in the Southern Atlantic Coastal Plain
Todd S. Earnhardt, North Carolina State University; Alexa McKerrow, United States Geological Survey; Adam Terando, Biodiversity and Spatial Information Center
11:10 AM
COS 59-10
Modeling Metacommunities: A comparison of matrix and agent-based methods with empirical data
Edmund M. Hart, University of British Columbia; Nicholas J. Gotelli, University of Vermont
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