Session: Statistics (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

1:30 PM

COS 87-1

Quantify the amplitude and the direction of spatiotemporal changes in communities under global change
Jean-Daniel Sylvain, Ministère de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec; Guillaume Drolet, Ministère de la forêt de la faune et des parcs du Québec; Nelson Thiffault, Service canadien des Forêts / Canadian Forest Service; Julien Beguin, Service canadien des Forêts / Canadian Forest Service

1:50 PM

COS 87-2

Inference and forecasting from noisy ecological time series
Simone Cenci, MIT; George Sugihara, University of California San Diego; Serguei Saavedra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2:10 PM

COS 87-3

Coefficient standardization in regression and structural models with binary outcomes: Can we raise the bar?
James B. Grace, U.S. Geological Survey Wetland and Aquatic Research Center; Darren Johnson, Cherokee Nations Technical Solutions; Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Bigelow Laboratory of Ocean Science; Jarrett E. K. Byrnes, University of Massachusetts Boston

2:30 PM Cancelled

COS 87-4

Underappreciated problems of low replication in ecological field studies (widthdrawn)
Nathan P. Lemoine, Colorado State University; Ava M. Hoffman, Colorado State University; Andrew Felton, Utah State University; Lauren Baur, Colorado State University; Francis A. Chaves, Colorado State University; Jesse E. Gray, Colorado State University; Qiang Yu, Colorado State University; Melinda Smith, Colorado State University

2:50 PM

COS 87-5

Self-organising cicada choruses respond to the local sound and light environment
Lawrence Sheppard, University of Kansas; Brandon M. Mechtley, University of Kansas; Jonathan A. Walter, University of Kansas; Daniel C Reuman, Rockefeller University

3:10 PM

COS 87-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 87-6

Non-metric multidimensional scaling of community data: Myths and misconceptions
Peter R. Minchin, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

3:40 PM

COS 87-7

Decomposed spatial and temporal effects of plant productivity and herd condition on juvenile body mass of a sub-Arctic herbivore
Hannah E. Correia, Auburn University; Torkild Tveraa, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research; Audun Stien, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research; Nigel G. Yoccoz, University of Tromso

4:00 PM

COS 87-8

Temperature influences the consumptive and non-consumptive effects of predators on zooplankton production in the Great Lakes
Jing Jiao, Michigan State University; Scott Peacor, Michigan State University; John Marino, Bradley University; James R. Bence, Michigan State University; David B. Bunnell, USGS Great Lakes Science Center; Henry A. Vanderploeg, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Steven Pothoven, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Ashley K. Elgin, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Edward L. Ionides, University of Michigan

4:20 PM

COS 87-9

Scaling up remote sensing fundamental unit: from pixel to crowns. Inferring forest structure and traits syndromes for each individual tree within NEON forest sites
Sergio Marconi, University of Florida; Sarah J. Graves, University of Florida; Stephanie Bohlman, University of Florida; Jeremy W. Lichstein, University of Florida; Aditya Singh, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Ethan P. White, University of Florida

4:40 PM

COS 87-10

Application of random forest for the detection and attribution of forest disturbance
L. Annie Cooper, University of Montana; Ashley P. Ballantyne, University of Montana; Zhihua Liu, University of Montana

COS 87 - Statistics