Session: Community Pattern And Dynamics (98th ESA Annual Meeting (August 4 -- 9, 2013))

PS 21-38

Butterfly and nectar community structure among a prairie-oak oak woodland gradient in the Willamette Valley, Oregon
Breanna F. Powers, Oregon State University; Daniel Edge, Oregon State University

PS 21-39

Plant selection and soil effects shaped diazotrophs associated with Miscanthus × giganteus rhizomes and rhizosphere
Dongfang Li, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Thomas Voigt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Angela Kent, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

PS 21-40

Body size distribution patterns and its underlying mechanism for global freshwater fish
Shishir Adhikari, Wright State University; Volker Bahn, Wright State University; Peter B. McIntyre, University of Wisconsin

PS 21-41

Plant species pattern plays a role in community structure effects on productivity
Thomas P. McKenna, University of North Dakota; Kathryn Yurkonis, University of North Dakota

PS 21-42

Grassland plant species pattern and evenness affect arthropod communities
Samuel C. Ficenec, University of North Dakota; Adam R. Osowski, University of North Dakota; Jeremy R. Benson, University of North Dakota; Brett J. Goodwin, University of North Dakota; Kathryn Yurkonis, University of North Dakota

PS 21-43

Specific leaf area variability along a natural gradient of soil texture and fertility
Ilonka Zlatar, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Johannes M.H. Knops, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

PS 21-44

The influence of metacommunity size on species diversity scaling in protist communities
Lauren M. Woods, Washington University

PS 21-45

Surrounding land-use and management, but not size, predict plant species richness of remnant prairies in Illinois
Rebecca S. Barak, Chicago Botanic Garden; Marlin L. Bowles, The Morton Arboretum; Jeanette McBride, Morton Arboretum; Daniel J. Larkin, Chicago Botanic Garden

PS 21-46

Interactive effects of soil fertility and initial community states on small-scale plant species richness
Kathy Roccaforte, University of Kansas; Bryan L. Foster, University of Kansas; Alexander T. Bittel, University of Kansas; Gregory Houseman, Wichita State University

PS 21-47

A potential positive feedback loop for algal dominance on coral reefs: Why do fish eat less algae where it’s abundant?
Joshua A. Idjadi, Eastern Connecticut State University; Sarah Salois, Eastern Connecticut State University

PS 21-48

How species richness and total abundance constrain the distribution of abundance
Kenneth J. Locey, Indiana University; Ethan P. White, University of Florida

PS 21-49

Disentangling the effects of tree species, soil nutrients, and site on pathogen-suppressive Streptomyces in a tropical dry forest
Kristen K. Becklund, University of Minnesota; Linda L. Kinkel, University of Minnesota; Jennifer S. Powers, University of Minnesota

PS 21-50

Trophic cascades in agricultural landscapes
Tania N. Kim, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Heidi Liere, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Ben P. Werling, Michigan State University; Timothy D. Meehan, The Nature Conservancy; Doug A. Landis, Michigan State University; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Cancelled

PS 21-51

Island plant communities: Geographic isolation and community function (widthdrawn)
Luka Negoita, Syracuse University; Jason Fridley, Syracuse University; Glen Mittelhauser, Maine Natural History Observatory; Mark Lomolino, State University of New York-College of Environmental Science and Forestry

PS 21-52

Characterization of ecotones on north- and south-facing slopes in northern Mongolia
Daniel Brickley, Michigan State University; Julia A. Perzley, Rutgers University; Seaver Wang, University of Pennsylvania; Bazartseren Boldgiv, National University of Mongolia; Peter S. Petraitis, University of Pennsylvania

PS 21-53

Long term exclusion of small mammal seed predators: Effects on seedling recruitment
Jaclyn Schnurr, Wells College; Richard S. Ostfeld, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Charles D. Canham, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

PS 21-54

Heterospecifics matter: Density dependent survival of seedlings in a tropical forest
Edwin Lebrija-Trejos, University of Minnesota; Joseph S. Wright, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Andres Hernandez, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota

PS 21-55

Linking photosynthesis to community dynamics in a tallgrass prairie
Xiaohui Feng, University of Illinois; Michael Dietze, Boston University

PS 21-56

Katydid (Orchelimum gladiator) movement responses to grassland vegetation structure
Brett J. Goodwin, University of North Dakota; Samuel C. Ficenec, University of North Dakota; Adam R. Osowski, University of North Dakota; Kelly Sagen, University of North Dakota; Kathryn Yurkonis, University of North Dakota

PS 21-57

Extirpations caused by plant invasions are explained by resource-use overlap between invasive and common, native species
Kristin I. Powell, The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center; Tiffany M. Knight, Washington University in St. Louis

PS 21-58

Biodiversity and ecosystem function of U.S. Coastal Plain wetlands in different stages of succession
Julia Cherry, University of Alabama; Justin L. Hart, University of Alabama

PS 21-59

Epiphyte species richness increases with tree species richness in boreal forest
Samuel F. Bartels, Lakehead University; Han Y. H. Chen, Lakehead University

PS 21-60

Trends in tree species composition, structure, and aboveground biomass of tropical secondary forests suggest long recovery time to unconverted forest conditions
John D. Souther, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Erika Marín-Spiotta, University of Wisconsin, Madison

PS 21-61

Varying harvest gap size may do little to increase tree diversity in northern hardwood forest constrained by low tree seedling diversity
Michael B. Walters, Michigan State University; John L. Willis, Michigan State University; Benjamin E. Daly, Michigan State University; Evan J. Farinosi, Michigan State University

PS 21 - Community Pattern And Dynamics