Session: Trophic Dynamics And Interactions I (2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11))

1:30 PM

COS 23-1

Wolves and tree logs: The importance of fine-scale risk factors for tree regeneration over a predation risk gradient
Annelies van Ginkel, University of Groningen, Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Science; Christian Smit, University of Groningen; Jildou Schotanus, University of Groningen; Dries P.J. Kuijper, Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Science

1:50 PM

COS 23-2

Energy flow and isotopic niche variation in desert stream top predators
Tiffany Schriever, Western Michigan University; David A. Lytle, Oregon State University

2:10 PM

COS 23-3

Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by altered protection mutualism with ants
Annika S. Nelson, University of California, Irvine; Cole T. Symanski, University of California, Riverside; Matthew J. Hecking, Hampshire College; Kailen A. Mooney, University of California, Irvine

2:30 PM

COS 23-4

Individual specialization leads to asymmetry in habitat coupling of an aquatic top-predator
Peter Eklöv, Uppsala University; Maria Marklund, Uppsala University; Richard Svanbäck, Uppsala University; Leanne Faulks, University of Tsukuba; Martin Breed, The University of Adelaide; Kristin Scharnweber, Uppsala University; Yinghua Zha, Uppsala University

2:50 PM

COS 23-5

Increased protein limitation in subtropical ant communities inhabiting exotic plantations relative to secondary forests
Pak Nok Toby Tsang, The University of Hong Kong; Benoit Guénard, The University of Hong Kong; Timothy C. Bonebrake, The University of Hong Kong

3:10 PM

COS 23-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 23-6

Unraveling the causes and consequences of individual niche specialization in ecologically similar species
Raul Costa-Pereira, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Rice University; Volker H. W. Rudolf, Rice University; Franco L. Souza, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul; Márcio S. Araújo, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

3:40 PM

COS 23-7

Multi-trophic drivers of ecosystem succession after canopy restoration in subtropical forests
Stephanie G. Yelenik, U.S. Geological Survey; Eli T. Rose, U.S. Geological Survey; Eben Paxton, U.S. Geological Survey; Richard J. Camp, U.S. Geological Survey

4:00 PM

COS 23-8

Merging elemental and biochemical approaches in the study of trophic interactions
Shawn M. Wilder, Oklahoma State University; Cody Barnes, Oklahoma State University; Dror Hawlena, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Punidan D. Jeyasingh, Oklahoma State University

4:20 PM Cancelled

COS 23-9

Physics and body size drive persistence of food web module (widthdrawn)
Sebastien Portalier, University of Ottawa; Mehdi Cherif, University of Umea; Gregor F. Fussmann, McGill University; Michel Loreau, Station d'Ecologie Expérimentale du CNRS à Moulis

4:40 PM

COS 23-10

Chemical camouflage and trophic cascade are important processes in maintaining a mutualistic network
Bo WANG, XTBG

COS 23 - Trophic Dynamics And Interactions I