2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10)

COS 23 - Communities: Assembly And Neutral Theory II

Tuesday, August 7, 2018: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
333-334, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
8:00 AM
Exotic species abundance is the best predictor of plant diversity in restored tallgrass prairies
Andrew Kaul, Iowa State Univ.; Brian Wilsey, Iowa State Univ.
8:20 AM
Predator abundances drive mosquito community structure in Brazilian Atlantic forest
Daniel Albeny Simoes, Community University of Chapecó Region; Jennifer A. Breaux, New Orleans Mosquito Control Board
9:20 AM
Energy availability, metabolic niche dynamics, and connectivity alter assembly rules in deep-sea wood falls
Craig McClain, LUMCON; Clifton Nunnally, LUMCON; James Barry, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute; Thomas J. Webb, University of Sheffield
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
A contemporary niche theory of positive interactions
Thomas Koffel, Michigan State University; Christopher A. Klausmeier, Michigan State University; Tanguy Daufresne, INRA/IRD/CIRAD/Montpellier SupAgro
10:10 AM
A trait-based framework for discerning drivers of species co-occurrence across heterogeneous landscapes
Brooks A. Kohli, University of New Hampshire; Rebecca Terry, Oregon State University; Rebecca J. Rowe, University of New Hampshire
10:30 AM
The influence of local and regional effects on a vertebrate gut microbiome
Decio T. Correa, The University of Texas at Austin; Mathew A. Leibold, University of Florida
10:50 AM
Assessing species saturation: Conceptual and methodological challenges
Ingrid Olivares, University of Zurich; Dirk N. Karger, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL; Michael Kessler, University of Zurich
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