Session: Communities: Paleoecology And Long-Term Dynamics (2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11))

1:30 PM

Expansion and diversification of chenopods in Australia: Understanding a Neogene littoral connection
John T McDonald, University of Adelaide; Andrew Lowe, The University of Adelaide

1:50 PM

COS 104-2

Modeling complexity and stability of marine paleocommunities during times of evolutionary expansion
Ashley A. Dineen, California Academy of Sciences; Peter D. Roopnarine, California Academy of Sciences; Carrie L. Tyler, Miami University

2:10 PM

COS 104-3

Functional homogenization and destabilization during an ancient marine invasion: Using fossil food webs to examine invasion dynamics
Carrie L. Tyler, Miami University; Hannah L. Kempf, Miami University; Ashley A. Dineen, California Academy of Sciences; Peter D. Roopnarine, California Academy of Sciences

2:30 PM

COS 104-4

Global timing and patterns of first modern human colonisation inferred from combined archaeological and genetic evidence
Frédérik Saltré, University of Adelaide; Joel Chadoeuf, French National Institute for Agricultural Research; Bastien Llamas, University of Adelaide; Corey JA Bradshaw, Flinders University

2:50 PM

COS 104-5

The neotoma database: Recent developments and future directions
Simon J Goring, University of Wisconsin; Eric C. Grimm, University of Minnesota; Jessica L. Blois, University of California - Merced; Jack W. Williams, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Russell W. Graham, Pennsylvania State University; Robert Roth, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Edward Davis, University of Oregon; Alison Smith, Kent State; Don F Charles, Drexel University; Allan Ashworth, North Dakota State University; Ross Thorn, University of Wisconsin

3:10 PM

COS 104-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 104-6

Community-level modeling of abrupt changes in paleoforests
Tanjona H. Ramiadantsoa, University of Wisconsin-Madison; M. Allison Stegner, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John W. (Jack) Williams, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Anthony R. Ives, University of Wisconsin-Madison

3:40 PM

COS 104-7

Intertidal resource use over millennia enhances forest productivity
Andrew Trant, Hakai Institute, University of Waterloo; Brian M. Starzomski, Hakai Institute, University of Victoria; Kira Hoffman, University of Victoria, Hakai Institute; Wiebe Nijland, University of Victoria, Hakai Institute; Trisalyn A. Nelson, Arizona State University; Darcy Mathews, University of Victoria, Hakai Institute; Duncan McLaren, University of Victoria, Hakai Institute

4:00 PM

COS 104-8

The megafaunal extinction in South Asia
Advait M. Jukar, George Mason University

4:20 PM

COS 104-9

Variability and synchrony in 10,000 years of Alaskan fire history: Controls and implications of fire-regime change
Tyler J. Hoecker, University of Montana; Philip Higuera, University of Montana; Ryan Kelly, Neptune and Company; Feng Sheng Hu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

4:40 PM

COS 104-10

Regime shifts, episodic events, and the dynamics of Chihuahuan semi-desert grasslands over the last 60 years
Steven M. Wondzell, US Forest Service; Esteban Muldavin, Natural Heritage New Mexico; John A. Ludwig, CSIRO Ecosystems Science; Yvonne Chauvin, University of New Mexico

COS 104 - Communities: Paleoecology And Long-Term Dynamics