Session: Communities: Traits And Functional Diversity (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

PS 16-54

Changes in plant diversity and function in an anthropogenic perturbation gradient in a temperate forest
Leticia Bonilla-Valencia, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Yuriana Martinez-Orea, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Silvia Castillo-Argüero, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Francisco Espinosa-García, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Roberto Linding Cisneros, National Autonomous University of Mexico

PS 16-55

Do trait differences among Panicum cultivars predict productivity in monocultures and mixtures?
Torel A Beard, Michigan State University; Karen Stahlheber, University of Wisconsin Green Bay; Katherine L. Gross, Michigan State University

PS 16-56

Functional diversity of stream fish communities in the Republic of Congo: Do Afrotropical freshwater systems conform to mainstream lotic conceptual models?
Gina Walsh, University of the Witwatersrand, Flora Fauna & Man Ecological Services Ltd. (FFMES); Allison A. Pease, Texas Tech University; Darragh J. Woodford, University of the Witwatersrand; Melanie L.J. Stiassny, American Museum of Natural History; Jerome Y. Gaugris, Flora Fauna & Man Ecological Services Ltd. (FFMES)

PS 16-57

Relationships between leaf stomatal properties and whole-tree water use in a southern bottomland hardwood ecosystem
Justin N. Yow, Mississippi State University; Zeima Kassahun, Mississippi State University; Heidi J. Renninger, Mississippi State University

PS 16-58

Links between bee community nesting guild diversity and land-use in southeastern Massachusetts
Austin Schofield, Massasoit Community College; Daiana Moniz, Massasoit Community College; Prisca Sanon, Massasoit Community College; Adam Germaine, Massasoit Community College; Folusho Ajayi, Massasoit Community College; Michael Bankson, Massasoit Community College; Andrew Oguma, Massasoit Community College

PS 16-59

What is the optimal number of leaves when measuring leaf area of tree species in a forest community?
Jian Ni, Zhejiang Normal University; Kai Li, Zhejiang Normal University

PS 16-60

Does abundance of non-native Apis correlate with abundance within individual native bee nesting guilds?
Rachel Patten, Massasoit Community College; Fegens Lyncee, Massasoit Community College; Adam Germaine, Massasoit Community College; Prisca Sanon, Massasoit Community College; Folusho Ajayi, Massasoit Community College; Andrew Oguma, Massasoit Community College; Michael Bankson, Massasoit Community College

PS 16-61

Fish assemblage convergence along stream environmental gradients: An intercontinental analysis
Luke M. Bower, Texas A&M University; Kirk O. Winemiller, Texas A&M University

PS 16-62

Creating a pollen library as a tool to determine heterospecific pollen load and diversity for insect-pollinated species in a serpentine seep community
Rebecca A Hayes, University of Pittsburgh; Rainee Kaczorowski, University of Pittsburgh; Tia-Lynn Ashman, University of Pittsburgh

PS 16-63

Assessing the cost and benefits of active traps in the carnivorous plant Utricularia australis: Effects of trap size and age
Maxwell Hall, California State University Fresno; Eshan Bhardwaj, California State University Fresno; Otto Berg, California State University Fresno; Ulrike Muller, California State University at Fresno

PS 16-64

Stress increases holeyness of trait-space occupation in plant communities
Kayla Budd, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire; Lindsay A. Backhaus, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, University of South Bohemia; Evan Weiher, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

PS 16-65

Tradeoffs between environmental tolerance and virulence of an entomopathogenic fungus in the spruce beetle study system
Andrew J. Mann, Colorado State University; T. Seth Davis, Colorado State University

PS 16-66

Functional community assembly along moisture gradients supports the Stress-Dominance Hypothesis
Lindsay A. Backhaus, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, University of South Bohemia; Evan Weiher, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

PS 16-67

The impact of intraspecfic trait variation on species richness in competitive communities with immigration
Yinghui Yang, Southwest Jiaotong University, University of MIchigan; Annette Ostling, University of Michigan

PS 16-68

Functional variability and environmental niche of rare species in forest communities
Xiangcheng Mi, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

PS 16-69

The role of soil nutrients on seedling survival in a successional tropical forest
Ricardo J. Rivera, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Maria Uriarte, Columbia University; Jess Zimmerman, University of Puerto Rico; Erika Marin-Spiotta, University of Wisconsin-Madison

PS 16 - Communities: Traits And Functional Diversity