Session: Ecosystem Function: Biodiversity I (96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011))

1:30 PM

COS 16-1

Evolving the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship
Nicolas Mouquet, Université Montpellier 2, CNRS; Thomas Bell, University of Oxford; Claire Barbera, Université Montpellier 2, CNRS; Marine Combe, Université Montpellier 2, CNRS; Thomas Pommier, University Lyon 1; Thierry Bouvier, ECOLAG - Université Montpellier 2; Dominique Gravel, Université du Québec à Rimouski

1:50 PM

COS 16-2

Biodiversities and ecosystem multifunctionality
Jae Pasari, University of California, Davis; Taal Levi, University of California, Santa Cruz; Erika S. Zavaleta, University of California, Santa Cruz; G. David Tilman, University of Minnesota

2:10 PM

COS 16-3

Genetic variation in plant architecture structures soil, litter, and foliage communities
Gregory M. Crutsinger, University of British Columbia; Kabir Peay, Stanford University; Jennifer Rudgers, University of New Mexico

2:30 PM

COS 16-4

Phytoplankton biodiversity promotes zooplankton growth and diversity
Maren Striebel, WasserKluster Lunz; Gabriel Singer, WasserKluster Lunz; Gertrud Spörl, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT); Herwig Stibor, Europole Mer; Tom Andersen, Oslo University

2:50 PM

COS 16-5

The influence of plant functional group identity on ecosystem functioning in the Negev Desert, Israel
Jennie R. McLaren, University of Texas at El Paso; Ariel Novoplansky, Ben Gurion University of the Negev; Roy Turkington, University of British Columbia

3:10 PM

COS 16-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 16-6

Bottom-up and top-down effects of species loss on ecosystem functioning in bromeliad food webs
Jana S. Petermann, Freie Universität Berlin; Diane S. Srivastava, University of British Columbia

3:40 PM

COS 16-7

Predicting the impacts of multiple species extinctions on the functioning of complex food webs
Eric Harvey, University of Zürich; Annie Séguin, Université du Québec à Rimouski; Christian Nozais, Université du Québec à Rimouski; Philippe Archambault, Université du Québec à Rimouski; Dominique Gravel, Université du Québec à Rimouski

4:00 PM

COS 16-8

Evolutionary diversity promotes ecosystem stability
Marc Cadotte, University of Toronto - Scarborough; Russell Dinnage, University of Toronto; David Tilman, University of Minnesota

4:20 PM

COS 16-9

The relative effects of inter- and intra-specific diversity on community productivity: A niche-based theoretical approach
Jerome J. Weis, Yale University

4:40 PM

COS 16-10

Intraspecific diversity of a primary consumer: Effects of Daphnia genotypic richness on ecosystem function
Torrance C. Hanley, Yale University; Linda M. Puth, Yale University; John DeLong, University of Nebraska; David Post, Yale University

COS 16 - Ecosystem Function: Biodiversity I