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

1:30 PM

COS 73-1

A global test of ecoregions
Jeffrey Smith, Stanford University; Andrew D. Letten, University of Canterbury; Po-Ju Ke, Stanford University; Christopher B. Anderson, Stanford University; J. Nicholas Hendershot, Stanford University; Manpreet K. Dhami, Landcare Research; Glade A. Dlott, Stanford University; Tess N. Grainger, University of Toronto; Meghan E. Howard, Stanford University; Beth M. L. Morrison, Stanford University; Devin Routh, ETH Zurich; Priscilla San Juan, Stanford University; Harold Mooney, Stanford University; Erin Mordecai, Stanford University; Tom Crowther, ETH; Gretchen C. Daily, Stanford University

1:50 PM

COS 73-2

Temporal resource partitioning facilitates species co-existence and promotes the formation of biodiversity
Glen Hood, Rice University; Devin Blankinship, University of Notre Dame; Meredith Doellman, University of Notre Dame; Jeffrey L. Feder, University of Notre Dame

2:10 PM

COS 73-3

Integrating global patterns and predictors of biodiversity across a continuum of spatial scales
Petr Keil, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig; Jonathan M. Chase, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

2:30 PM

COS 73-4

Connectivity shapes local assemblages of arboreal ants
Benjamin J. Adams, University of Louisville; Stefan A. Schnitzer, Marquette University, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Stephen P. Yanoviak, University of Louisville, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

2:50 PM

COS 73-5

Opening a can of worms: Uncovering the diversity of native semiaquatic earthworms from the Southern Appalachian Piedmont of the US
Roberto Carrera-Martínez, University of Georgia; Melanie K. Taylor, USDA Forest Service; Mac A. Callaham Jr., USDA Forest Service

3:10 PM

COS 73-

Break

3:20 PM Cancelled

COS 73-6

Understanding drivers of Phytophthora diversity and community composition in natural areas across Australian ecoregions (widthdrawn)
Jeff Garnas, University of New Hampshire; Keith McDougall, La Trobe University; Peter Scott, New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion); Giles Hardy, Murdoch University; Treena Burgess, Murdoch University

3:40 PM

COS 73-7

The Local Ecological Footprinting Tool (LEFT): A free web-based tool for the remote measurement and mapping of ecological value across global landscapes
Peter R. Long, University of Oxford; David Benz, University of Oxford; Andrew C. Martin, University of Oxford; Phillip W. A. Holland, University of Oxford; Marc Macias-Fauria, University of Oxford; Alistair Seddon, University of Bergen; Kathy J. Willis, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

4:00 PM

COS 73-8

Prairie habitat specialists are at high risk of local extinction
Meredith Zettlemoyer, Michigan State University; Jennifer A. Lau, Michigan State University

4:20 PM Cancelled

COS 73-9

Elevational gradients in avian functional and trait diversity (widthdrawn)
Marta A. Jarzyna, Yale University; Ignacio Quintero, Yale University; Walter Jetz, Yale University

4:40 PM

COS 73-10

Leaf-inhabiting mycobiome of European beech tree and the lessons we learn
Abu Bakar Siddique, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald; Martin Unterseher, Evangelisches Schulzentrum Martinschule

COS 73 - Biodiversity III