Session: Food Webs (2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11))

8:00 AM

COS 37-1

Quantifying predator dependence in the functional response of generalist predators
Mark Novak, Oregon State University; Christopher Wolf, Oregon State University; Kyle Coblentz, Oregon State University; Isaac Shepard, Oregon State University, University of Maine

8:20 AM

COS 37-2

Parasite assemblage informs the trophic network of kelp forest surfperches (Embiotocidae)
Dana N Morton, University of California, Santa Barbara

8:40 AM

COS 37-3

The spatial scaling of species interaction networks
Nuria Galiana, Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station (CNRS); Jose M. Montoya, CNRS; Dominique Gravel, University of Sherbrooke; Bernat Claramunt, CREAF, Edifici Ciències, UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalunya; Miguel Lurgi, Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station, CNRS

9:00 AM

COS 37-4

Reorganization of interaction networks modulates the persistence of colonizing species
Serguei Saavedra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Simone Cenci, MIT; Ek del-Val, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas; Karina Boege, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Rudolf P. Rohr, University of Fribourg

9:20 AM

COS 37-5

Determining the feeding networks of grasshoppers in grasslands of the southeastern United States using DNA barcoding
John A. Barone, Columbus State University; Kevin S. Burgess, Columbus State University; JoVonn G. Hill, Mississippi Entomological Museum

9:40 AM

COS 37-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 37-6

Self-regulation and the stability of large ecological networks
György Barabás, Linköping University; Matthew J Michalska-Smith, University of Chicago; Stefano Allesina, University of Chicago

10:10 AM

COS 37-7

Which traits of marine species explain the most variation in their food-web roles?
Alyssa R. Cirtwill, Linköping University; Anna C. Eklöf, Linköping University

10:30 AM

COS 37-8

Soil heterogeneity shapes variation in tri-trophic interactions between plants, herbivores, and parasitoids
Moria Robinson, University of California, Davis; Sharon Y. Strauss, University of California, Davis

10:50 AM

COS 37-9

Effect of pollination interactions on the stability of food webs
Kayla R. Hale, University of Arizona; Fernanda S. Valdovinos, University of Arizona; Neo D. Martinez, University of Arizona

11:10 AM

COS 37-10

Has an altered hydrologic regime changed ecosystem function and impacted the native fish aquatic biodiversity of the Rio Grande?
Demitra E Blythe, Utah State University; Phaedra Budy, Utah State University

COS 37 - Food Webs