97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012)

COS 148 - Biodiversity IV

Thursday, August 9, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
B112, Oregon Convention Center
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
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
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
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
3:20 PM
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
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
4:20 PM
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
Trophic Island Biogeography
Adrian Stier, Northwest Fisheries Science Center