Session: Biodiversity IV (97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012))

1:30 PM

Variation in multiple dimensions of biodiversity along a tropical elevation gradient: Inter-taxon comparisons
Brian T. Klingbeil, University of Connecticut; Kevin R. Burgio, University of Connecticut; Laura M. Cisneros, University of Connecticut; Lindsay M. Dreiss, University of Connecticut; Bruce D. Patterson, Field Museum of Natural History; Steven J. Presley, University of Connecticut; Michael R. Willig, University of Connecticut

1:50 PM

COS 148-2

Biodiversity is a poor predictor of fisheries production in large marine ecosystems
Laura Dee, University of California, Santa Barbara; Lindsey Peavey, University of California, Santa Barbara; Steve Miller, University of California, Santa Barbara; Sarah Lester, Sustainable Fisheries Group, University of Santa Barbara

2:10 PM Cancelled

COS 148-3

Soundscape of a neotropical soundscape: Temporal and spatial patterns (widthdrawn)
Luis J. Villanueva-Rivera, Purdue University; Bryan Pijanowski, Purdue University; Burak K. Pekin, Purdue University; Jinha Jung, Purdue University

2:30 PM

COS 148-4

Global change calls for global change: Biodiversity research and citizen science data
Elinore J. Theobald, University of Washington; Lauren M. Berg, University of Washington; Hillary K. Burgess, University of Washington; Ailene K. Ettinger, Tufts University; Halley E. Nelson, University of Washington; Natalie R. Footen, University of Washington; Cherie Wagner, University of Washington; Janneke HilleRisLambers, University of Washington; Joshua J. Tewksbury, Future Earth; Julia Parrish, University of Washington

2:50 PM

COS 148-5

The effect of changes in the spatial configuration of fragmented temperate deciduous forests on current patterns of biodiversity
Peter R. Minchin, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Adam S. Fritzgerald, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Jennifer L. Laquet, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

3:10 PM

COS 148-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 148-6

Plant architecture directly and indirectly influences the abundance and diversity of arthropod predators and parasitoids
Matthew A. Barbour, University of British Columbia; Erik S. Jules, Humboldt State University; Gregory M. Crutsinger, University of British Columbia

3:40 PM

COS 148-7

Recovery of native species diversity and biomass following deforestation of wet forests on Hawaii Island: The hope of native ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha) populations and the curse of alien and/or “novel" forests
Flint Hughes, United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service; Gregory P. Asner, Carnegie Institution for Science; Dennis Grossman, Conservation Biology Institute

4:00 PM

COS 148-8

The importance of interactions between deterministic mechanisms that affect species diversity
Matthew Schuler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

4:20 PM

COS 148-9

Effects of exclusion of above- and belowground insects along with molluscs in a biodiversity experiment
Wolfgang Weisser, Technical University of Munich; Eric Allan, University of Bern; Christoph Scherber, Georg August University; Nico Eisenhauer, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena; Norma Nitschke, Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University; Sebastian T. Meyer, Technische Universität München; Alexandru Milcu, Imperial College London; Stephan Partsch, Darmstadt University of Technology; Alexander C. W. Sabais, Darmstadt University of Technology; Stefan Scheu, Georg-August University

4:40 PM

COS 148-10

Trophic Island Biogeography
Adrian Stier, Northwest Fisheries Science Center

COS 148 - Biodiversity IV