Session: Competition (98th ESA Annual Meeting (August 4 -- 9, 2013))

1:30 PM

COS 8-1

Does environmental heterogeneity affect the ability of plastic trait expression to mediate plant competition?
Angela J. Brandt, Landcare Research; Gaston A. del Pino, Case Western Reserve University; Jean H. Burns, Case Western Reserve University

2:10 PM Cancelled

COS 8-2

Resource competition in seasonal environments: The early bird gets the worm (widthdrawn)
Mridul K. Thomas, Michigan State University; Elena Litchman, Michigan State University; Christopher A. Klausmeier, Michigan State University

1:50 PM

COS 8-3

Competition dynamics can be inferred from a single ‘snapshot’ of plant communities’ spatial distribution
Maarten B. Eppinga, Utrecht University; Jane Molofsky, The University of Vermont; Brittany M. Bernik, Tulane University

2:30 PM

COS 8-4

Heterospecific aggression and dominance in a guild of coral-feeding reef fishes: The roles of dietary ecology and phylogeny
Shane A. Blowes, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University; Morgan S. Pratchett, James Cook University; Sean R. Connolly, James Cook University, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies

2:50 PM

COS 8-5

From individuals to ecosystems: Integrating the effects of competition and disturbance on coexistence in annual plant communities
Janielle Porter, Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich; Lindsay A. Turnbull, University of Zürich

3:10 PM

COS 8-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 8-6

Environmental carry-over effects drive context dependent competitive dynamics
Benjamin G. Van Allen, Rice University; Volker H.W. Rudolf, Rice University

3:40 PM

COS 8-7

Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant-plant interactions under water and salt stress
Zhenxing Yu, Zhejiang University; Jianjun Tang, Zhejiang University; Xin Chen, Zhejiang University

4:00 PM

COS 8-8

Microbial competitive outcomes depend on interactions between insect vectors and the abiotic environment
Primrose J. Boynton, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology; Christian U. Baden, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology; Duncan Greig, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology

4:20 PM

COS 8-9

Intraspecific competition in temporally autocorrelated environments
Daniel J. Wieczynski, Yale University; David A. Vasseur, Yale University

4:40 PM Cancelled

COS 8-10

Ecotone resilience in a coastal system of mangroves and hardwood hammocks (widthdrawn)
Michael Turtora, USGS; Donald L. DeAngelis, United States Geological Survey; Su Yean Teh, Universiti Sains Malaysia; Jiang Jiang, University of Tennessee

COS 8 - Competition