Session: Biodiversity III (2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11))

1:30 PM

COS 49-1

Seeing beyond the trees: A comparison of the relative abundance of plant life forms and their vertical distribution in temperate and tropical forests in the New World
Michelle Elise Spicer, University of Pittsburgh; Hannah Mellor, University of Pittsburgh; Yusan Yang, University of Pittsburgh; Samantha Sutton, University of Pittsburgh; Walter P. Carson, University of Pittsburgh

1:50 PM

COS 49-2

Multiscale changes in southeast Atlantic Ocean fish biodiversity over a twenty year period
Nathan Baker, College of Charleston; Daniel J. McGlinn, College of Charleston

2:10 PM Cancelled

COS 49-3

The macroecology of ant diversification (widthdrawn)
Evan P. Economo, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University; Benoit Guénard, The University of Hong Kong; Nitish Narula, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University; Eli M. Sarnat, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University; Nicholas Friedman, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University; Georg Fischer, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University; Milan Janda, ENES Unidad Morelia, Czech Academy of Sciences; Jen-Pan Huang, University of Michigan; Michael D. Weiser, University of Oklahoma; John T. Longino, University of Utah; L. Lacey Knowles, University of Michigan

2:30 PM Cancelled

COS 49-4

Do native crops support rare bee species? (widthdrawn)
Rosy Tucker, Rutgers University; Tina Harrison, University of Lousiana at Lafayette; Rachael Winfree, Rutgers University

2:50 PM

COS 49-5

Biodiversity enhancement on green roofs
Leon Blaustein, University of Haifa; Amiel Vasl, University of Haifa; Bracha Y. Schindler, University of Haifa; Lior Blank, Volcani Center; Hadar Shalom, University of Haifa; Merav Seifan, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Gyongyver Kadas, University of East London

3:10 PM

COS 49-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 49-6

Can mammals evolve fast enough to beat the Sixth Mass Extinction?
Matt Davis, Aarhus University; Jens-Christian Svenning, Aarhus University

3:40 PM

COS 49-7

Simulated response of avian biodiversity to biomass production in the conterminous United States
Gangsheng Wang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Henriette (Yetta) Jager, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Jasmine Kreig, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Nathan Sutton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Ingrid Busch, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

4:00 PM

COS 49-8

Speciation and the latitudinal diversity gradient: insights from the global distribution of endemic fish
Patrick J. Hanly, Michigan State University; Gary G. Mittelbach, Michigan State University; Douglas W. Schemske, Michigan State University

4:20 PM

COS 49-9

Do shade tolerance and mycorrhizal status influence tree sapling susceptibility to conspecific negative density dependence?
Alissa Brown, University of North Carolina; Christopher J. Payne, University of North Carolina; Peter S. White, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Robert K. Peet, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

4:40 PM

COS 49-10

Managing Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) data for secondary use
Margaret O'Brien, University of California, Santa Barbara; Robert J. Miller, University of California, Santa Barbara; Li Kui, University of California, Santa Barbara

COS 49 - Biodiversity III