95th ESA Annual Meeting (August 1 -- 6, 2010)

COS 43 - Population Dynamics: Metapopulations

Tuesday, August 3, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
326, David L Lawrence Convention Center
Presider:
John M. Drake
1:30 PM
Local versus regional dynamics of managed populations: Synchrony of two vineyard arthropods occurs at multiple spatial and temporal scales
Perry de Valpine, University of California - Berkeley; Katherine Scranton, Yale University; Clifford P. Ohmart, Lodi Winegrape Commission
1:50 PM
Early warning signals of extinction in deteriorating environments
John M. Drake, University of Georgia; Blaine D. Griffen, University of South Carolina
2:10 PM
How the ladybug changed its spots: Pattern formation in a coccinellid-aphid metapopulation
Miroslav Kummel, Colorado College; David Brown, Eastern Kentucky University; Alexander Tom, Colorado College; Casey A. Rommel, Colorado College
2:30 PM
Spatial network structure and metapopulation persistence
Luis J. Gilarranz, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC; Jordi Bascompte, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Predator effects on disease outbreaks in a patchy stochastic environment
David Alonso, Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB‐CSIC), Spanish Council for Scientific Research; Andrea S. Downing, Stockholm University
3:40 PM
Meta-ecosystems: Waterfowl mediated movement of materials and organisms in prairie pothole wetlands
Mary K. Johnston, University of Texas at Austin; Mathew A. Leibold, University of Texas at Austin
4:00 PM
Metapopulation capacity with self-colonization: Finding the best patches in fragmented habitats
Jessica K. Schnell, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University; Gareth J. Russell, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University; Grant M. Harris, United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Stuart L. Pimm, Duke University