2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10)

COS 142 - Trophic Dynamics And Interactions

Friday, August 10, 2018: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
238, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
8:00 AM
Effects of sea star wasting disease on intertidal community structure in the San Juan Islands, Washington, U.S.A
Wendy B. Anderson, Stetson University; Ana Rodriguez, Stetson University
8:20 AM
The consequences of mass mortality events for the structure and dynamics of biological communities
Samuel B. Fey, Reed College; Jean P. Gibert, University of California, Merced; Adam M. Siepielski, University of Arkansas
8:40 AM
Cascading chemistry: Indirect effects of ant-eating bears on plant carbon:nitrogen stoichiometry
Joshua B. Grinath, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Middle Tennessee State University
9:00 AM
Unleashing the devil in the Garden of Eden
Vincent P Scoleri, University of Tasmania; Menna E. Jones, University of Tasmania; Christopher N. Johnson, University of Tasmania
9:20 AM
Beyond the third trophic level: Hyperparasitoid diversity and trait-based impacts on a parasitoid wasp
Dhaval Vyas, Colorado State University; Paul J. Ode, Colorado State University
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
Benthic invertebrate interactions modulate contaminant biomagnification in salt marsh food webs
Kimberly D. Prince, University of Florida; Christine Angelini, University of Florida
10:10 AM
Pulsed predation: Temporal variability in predation alters prey population size, persistence, and the strength of trophic cascades
Elizabeth A. Hamman, East Carolina University; Michael McCoy, East Carolina University
10:30 AM
Interactions at the interface: Examining food webs at surface-subterranean ecotones in spring ecosystems
Parvathi R. Nair, Texas State University; Weston H. Nowlin, Texas State University; Peter H. Diaz, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
10:50 AM
Impacts of herbivore diet variation on development of a polyembryonic parasitoid wasp
Ryan Paul, Colorado State University; Ian Pearse, United States Geological Survey; Paul J. Ode, Colorado State University
11:10 AM
A mechanistic understanding of the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship in food webs
Eva Delmas, Québec Centre for Biodiversity Sciences, Université de Montréal; Daniel B. Stouffer, University of Canterbury; Timothée Poisot, Québec Centre for Biodiversity Sciences, Université de Montréal
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