Session: Species Interactions I (98th ESA Annual Meeting (August 4 -- 9, 2013))

1:30 PM

COS 47-1

Asymmetric competition for nutrients and light between benthic and pelagic algae: Theory, field data, and an experimental test system
Francisco R. Vasconcelos, Umeå University; Sebastian Diehl, Umeå University; Christoph Jäger, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ

1:50 PM

COS 47-2

Pining for fungi: red-cockaded woodpeckers and their fungal associates
Michelle A. Jusino, Virginia Tech; Daniel L. Lindner, USDA Forest Service, NRS, Center for Forest Mycology Research; Mark T. Banik, USDA Forest Service, NRS, Center for Forest Mycology Research; Jeffrey R. Walters, Virginia Tech

2:10 PM

COS 47-3

Nutrient use and coexistence criteria of phytoplankton in absence and presence of grazers
Wojciech Uszko, Umeå University; Sebastian Diehl, Umeå University

2:30 PM

COS 47-4

Parasites can stabilize consumer-resource dynamics, but do they? An evaluation using models, an experiment, and field data
Spencer Hall, Indiana University; Kelly M. Boatman, Indiana University; Zachary A. Brown, Indiana University; David J. Civitello, University of South Florida; Rachel M. Penczykowski, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marta S. Shocket, Indiana University; Meghan A. Duffy, University of Michigan; Carla E. Cáceres, University of Illinois

2:50 PM

COS 47-5

Positive or negative canopy-understory interactions? A test using the comparative-experimental approach
Allison K. Barner, Oregon State University; Sally D. Hacker, Oregon State University; Bruce A. Menge, Oregon State University; Karina J. Nielsen, San Francisco State University; Francis Chan, Oregon State University

3:10 PM

COS 47-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 47-6

Community structure and interaction breadth in beetle-macrofungus associations
Mary Jane Epps, North Carolina State University

3:40 PM

COS 47-7

The relative importance of competition and predation along a habitat size gradient in bromeliad mesocosms
A. Andrew M. MacDonald, University of British Columbia; Diane S. Srivastava, University of British Columbia

4:00 PM

COS 47-8

Fuzzy mating behavior enhances species coexistence and delays extinction in diverse communities
Manuel T. Lerdau, University of Virginia; Chuck Cannon, Texas Tech university

4:20 PM

COS 47-9

Welcome to the neighborhood: Nest locations of heterospecific songbirds influence Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) nest placement
Jean E. Deo, Rutgers University, Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution

4:40 PM

COS 47-10

Top-down control of an acrtiid moth varies spatially
Patrick Grof-Tisza, University of California, Davis; Marcel Holyoak, University of California, Davis; Rick Karban, University of California at Davis

COS 47 - Species Interactions I