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

8:00 AM

Geographical patterns in leaf morphology of woody plants and their implications
Yaoqi LI, Peking University; Nawal Shrestha, Peking University; Xiaoting Xu, Sichuan University, Peking University; Bernhard Schmid, University of Zurich; Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota; Xiao Feng, University of Arizona; Brian Enquist, University of Arizona; Xiaojuan Feng, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Wenxuan Han, China Agricultural University; Qing'gang Wang, China Agricultural University; Zhenghong Tan, Hainan University; Zhiyao Tang, Peking University; Xiangyan Su, Peking University; Dongting Zou, Peking University; Zhiheng Wang, Peking University

8:20 AM

COS 132-2

Understory vegetation richness of Eucalyptus benthamii and slash pine (Pinus elliottii) plantations in the mid-south U.S
Andrea De Stefano, Louisiana State University; Michael A. Blazier, Louisiana State University; Christopher Comer, Stephen F. Austin State University; T. Bently Wigley, National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI)

8:40 AM

COS 132-3

Intraspecific variation in functional traits of native and exotic grasses along a precipitation gradient in Marin County, California
Brody Sandel, Santa Clara University; Rebecca Low, Santa Clara University

9:00 AM Cancelled

COS 132-4

Trait generality in two temperate forest regions: Do community weighted trait responses to environment translate between continents? (widthdrawn)
Bradley J. Tomasek, Duke University; Annabel J. Porté, INRA University of Bordeaux; Fangliang He, East China Normal University; Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL; Chase L. Nuñez, Duke University; Jean-Christophe Domec, Duke University, University of Bordeaux; James Clark, Duke University

9:20 AM

COS 132-5

Why be different? Individual-level trait differences reduce competition within and among species in Proteaceae communities
Kristen Nolting, University of Connecticut; Kent E. Holsinger, University of Connecticut

9:40 AM

COS 132-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 132-6

History strongly affects bacterial community re-assembly and ecosystem function under a common environmental selection regime
Leonora S. Bittleston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Otto X. Cordero, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

10:10 AM

COS 132-7

Soil type and geography drive pollination community assembly and functional diversity in California grasslands
Ross M. Brennan, University of California, Davis; Neal Williams, University of California, Davis

10:30 AM

COS 132-8

Species clusters and ecological niches: Trait-abundance patterns reveal niche strategies in a Neotropical forest
Rafael D'Andrea, University of Illinois; John Guittar, Michigan State University; James O'Dwyer, University of Illinois; Annette M. Ostling, University of Michigan

10:50 AM

COS 132-9

Plant functional traits and tissue nutrients vary independently in tropical saplings across a successional gradient in Jianfengling, China
J. Aaron Hogan, Florida International University; Oscar Valverde, Florida International University; Qiong Ding, Hainan University; Han Xu, Chinese Academy of Forestry; Christopher Baraloto, Florida International University

11:10 AM

COS 132-10

Is the plant economical spectrum better hold among closely related species? Evidence of functional trait integration in the genus Ficus (Moraceae)
Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes, Florida International University; J. Aaron Hogan, Florida International University; Diego Salazar, Florida International University; Yannick Estevez, INRA - UMR; Christophe Duplais, INRA - UMR; Chris Baraloto, Florida International University

COS 132 - Communities: Traits And Functional Diversity III