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

8:00 AM

COS 97-1

Testing a functional trait approach to restoration in the face of the declining health of a lowland wet forest in Hawai'i
Nicole DiManno, University of Hawaii at Hilo; Rebecca Ostertag, University of Hawaii at Hilo; Susan Cordell, USDA Forest Service; Amanda Uowolo, USDA Forest Service

8:20 AM Cancelled

COS 97-2

Use of plant functional types to improve restoration success of a prairie on reclaimed mine land in Southeastern, Ohio (widthdrawn)
Rachael E. Glover, Ohio State University; Rebecca M. Swab, The Wilds; Gwilym M. Davies, Ohio State University

8:40 AM

COS 97-3

Aquatic insect functional diversity along canopy coverage, elevation and water temperature gradients in Rocky Mountain streams
Carolina Gutierrez, Colorado State University; Rachel Harrington, U.S. EPA; Boris Kondratieff, Colorado State University; Colleen T. Webb, Colorado State University; Cameron Ghalambor, Colorado State University at Fort Collins; N. LeRoy Poff, Colorado State University

9:00 AM

COS 97-4

Intraspecific functional diversity among dominant plant species in the Great Basin Desert
Alison C. Agneray, University of Nevada; Thomas L. Parchman, University of Nevada; Elizabeth A. Leger, University of Nevada

9:20 AM

COS 97-5

Plant traits predict precipitation sensitivity of species and communities in semi-arid shortgrass prairie
Kevin Wilcox, USDA-ARS; Julie A. Kray, USDA-ARS; Kevin E. Mueller, Cleveland State University; Justin D. Derner, Rangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit; Troy W. Ocheltree, Colorado State University; Lauren M. Porensky, USDA-ARS; Dana M. Blumenthal, USDA, Agricultural Research Service

9:40 AM

COS 97-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 97-6

Seedling functional traits predict trade-offs in performance and contribute to maintenance of diversity in a highly diverse tropical forest
Margaret Metz, Lewis & Clark College; Nancy C. Garwood, Southern Ilinois University

10:10 AM

COS 97-7

A comparative genomic analysis of metabolic pathways during fungal decomposer succession
Sasha Vivelo, Boston University; Jennifer M. Talbot, Boston University

10:30 AM

COS 97-8

Trait-based succession across an infant gut metacommunity
John Guittar, Michigan State University; Ashley Shade, Michigan State University; Elena Litchman, Michigan State University

10:50 AM

COS 97-9

Using functional traits to fit community mechanistic models
Loïc Chalmandrier, University of Wyoming, ETH Zürich; Florian Hartig, University of Regensburg; Loïc Pellissier, ETH Zürich, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

11:10 AM

COS 97-10

Diversification drives continental scale community assembly of the American oaks
Jeannine Cavender-Bares, University of Minnesota; Shan Kothari, University of Minnesota Twin Cities; José E. Meireles, University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Matthew A. Kaproth, University of Minnesota, Mankato; Paul S. Manos, Duke University; Andrew L. Hipp, The Morton Arboretum

COS 97 - Communities: Traits And Functional Diversity I