Session: Communities: Spatial Patterns And Environmental Gradients (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

PS 15-37

Host genetics, geographic distance, and environment influence gut microbiota structure in wild populations of threespine stickleback in Oregon
Robert A. Steury, University of Oregon; Mark Currey, University of Oregon; William A. Cresko, University of Oregon; Brendan J. M. Bohannan, University of Oregon

PS 15-38

Ecology and distribution of Inocybe species in a temperate forest near Mexico City
E. Gustavo Tovar-Bustamante, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Joaquín Cifuentes, Faculty of Sciences (Biology), National Autonomus University of Mexico; Silvia Castillo-Argüero, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Yuriana Martinez-Orea, National Autonomous University of Mexico

PS 15-39

Phylogenetic scaling and community phylogenetic patterns
Brian S. Maitner, University of Arizona; Brian Enquist, University of Arizona

PS 15-40

An analysis of seedling dynamics in two hydrologically altered Louisiana floodplains
Whitney Anne Kroschel, Louisiana State University; Sammy L. King, USGS Louisiana Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit

PS 15-41

Vegetation community classification on the Snake River Plain: Implications for mapping carbon flux in the Northern Great Basin
Aurora L. H. Bayless-Edwards, Idaho State University; Ken Aho, Idaho State University; Amy D. Forman, Idaho National Laboratory; Jeremy P. Shive, Idaho National Laboratory

PS 15-42

Competition or productivity? Which is more important for spatial variation in abundance of phyllostomid bats?
Marcelo M. Weber, Rio de Janeiro Federal University; Fabricio Villalobos, Instituto de Ecología, A.C.; Richard D. Stevens, Texas Tech University; J. a. F. Diniz-filho, Universidade Federal de Goias

PS 15-43

The evolution of elevational ranges and habitat associations in endemic Philippine earthworm mice
Anna L. Petrosky, University of Chicago; Dakota M. Rowsey, University of Minnesota; Lawrence R. Heaney, Field Museum of Natural History

PS 15-44

Niche breadth and niche position explain species distribution and abundance relationships across large-scale diversity gradients
Dilys M. Vela Diaz, Washington University in St. Louis; Leslie Cayola, Missouri Botanical Garden, Universidad Mayor de San Andres; Alfredo F. Fuentes, Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Herbario Nacional de Bolivia; Lucio R Malizia, Universidad Nacional de Jujuy; Cecilia Blundo, National University of Tucuman; Jonathan A. Myers, Washington University in St. Louis

Cancelled

PS 15-45

Identifying the mechanisms driving variation in dung beetle composition along an altitudinal gradient (widthdrawn)
Cristina O. Araujo, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Joaquín Calatayud, Umeå University; Ricardo F. Monteiro, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Joaquin Hortal, , Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC)

PS 15-46

The impact of land-use practices on native bee abundance and diversity in southeastern Massachusetts
Elizabeth A. Apiche, Massasoit Community College; Zachary Thuotte, Massasoit Community College; Adam Germaine, Massasoit Community College; Andrew Oguma, Massasoit Community College; Folusho Ajayi, Massasoit Community College; Michael Bankson, Massasoit Community College; Prisca Sanon, Massasoit Community College

PS 15-47

Winners, losers, and nestedness of species assemblages: Butterfly communities in Afrotropical forest relicts
Janice Bossart, Southeastern Louisiana University

PS 15-48

Hidden demographic structure in spatial patterns lend insight into the processes behind self-organization
Zachary Hajian-Forooshani, University of Michigan; Iris Rivera Salinas, University of Michigan; Ivette Perfecto, University of Michigan; John H. Vandermeer, University of Michigan

PS 15-49

Investigating possible relationships between native bee community structure and effects of power line cuts and imperviousness in southern Massachusetts: A pilot study
Cynthia Oyatta, Massasoit Community College; Ana M. Estabrooks, Massasoit Community College; Adam Germaine, Massasoit Community College; Prisca Sanon, Massasoit Community College; Folusho Ajayi, Massasoit Community College; Andrew Oguma, Massasoit Community College

PS 15-50

The effect of forest floor rugosity on plant diversity in the Hoh Rainforest, Washington
Kimmy E. Ortmann, University of Puget Sound; Carrie Woods, University of Puget Sound

PS 15-51

Reconstructing settlement-era forest composition for the northeastern US: A comparison of pollen vegetation models STEPPS and LOVE/REVEALS
Mathias Trachsel, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Andria Dawson, Mount Royal University; Charles V. Cogbill, Harvard Forest, Harvard University; Simon J. Goring, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Christopher J. Paciorek, University of California, Berkeley; Jason McLachlan, University of Notre Dame; Stephen T. Jackson, U.S. Geological Survey; John W. (Jack) Williams, University of Wisconsin-Madison

PS 15-52

Shrub responses to an elevational gradient along the western slope of the Sierra mountains, California
Abdulssalam H. Khafsha, Eastern Illinois University; Scott Meiners, Eastern Illinois University; Taylor E. Strehl, Eastern Illinois University; Charles A. Jaques, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston High School; Mary L. Cadenasso, University of California, Davis

PS 15-53

Size matters: Sampling strategy influences characterization of community composition and richness in plant associated microbial communities
Lorinda Bullington, University of Montana; Ylva Lekberg, University of Montana and MPG Ranch; Beau G. Larkin, MPG Ranch

PS 15 - Communities: Spatial Patterns And Environmental Gradients