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

COS 56 - Community Pattern And Dynamics III

Tuesday, August 7, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
F151, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM
COS 56-1
The relative role of the patch attributes and the nature of the surrounding matrix in structuring avian communities in oak woodlands in Oregon, USA
Christina Galitsky, University of Washington; Joshua J. Lawler, University of Washington
1:50 PM
COS 56-2
Influence of invasive species and oligotrophication on the size-structure and emergent food web properties of a large river fish assemblage
Brent A. Murry, Central Michigan University; John M. Farrell, SUNY ESF
2:10 PM
COS 56-3
Suitability of interpolation for plant community distribution varies depending on perennial versus annual species
Matthew B. Grunstra, Penn State Beaver
2:30 PM
COS 56-4
Examination of combined plant community restoration techniques on Mima mounds at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, WA
Brandy K. Reynecke, Adams Conservation District; Rebecca L. Brown, Eastern Washington University
2:50 PM
COS 56-5
Phylogenetic and functional responses to disturbance in mesic grasslands: A cross-continental comparison
Elisabeth J. Forrestel, Yale University; Michael Donoghue, Yale University; Melinda Smith, Colorado State University
3:10 PM
COS 56-
Break
3:20 PM
COS 56-6
Seasonal succession in phytoplankton cell size contrasted with an adaptive dynamic food-web model in a periodic system: How zooplankton regulate seasonal turnover in phytoplankton traits
Elizabeth Miller, Michigan State University; Christopher Klausmeier, Michigan State University
3:40 PM
COS 56-7
Connectivity between savanna and woodland habitats benefits plant species richness at landscape scales
Karen A. Stahlheber, University of California Santa Barbara; Carla D'Antonio, University of California Santa Barbara
4:00 PM
COS 56-8
Modeling fifteen-year patterns in the growth, mortality, and regeneration of trees in an old-growth, mixed-mesophytic forest
Stephen J. Murphy, The Ohio State University; Brian C. McCarthy, Ohio University
4:20 PM
COS 56-9
Experimental macroecological approach tests the influence of biotic interactions, species richness, and abundance as determinants of the species abundance distribution
Sarah R. Supp, Stony Brook University; S. K. Morgan Ernest, Utah State University
4:40 PM
COS 56-10
Are mountain passes higher in the tropics? A community phylogenetic approach
Christopher L. Roy, Rice University; Brian S. Maitner, Rice University; Amy E. Dunham, Rice University
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