Session: Communities: Assembly And Neutral Theory III (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

1:30 PM

COS 41-1

Explaining, forecasting, and extrapolating predictions of biodiversity in ecological restoration
Jonathan T. Bauer, Michigan State University; Anna M. Groves, Michigan State University; Chad R. Zirbel, Michigan State University; Tyler Bassett, Michigan State University; Emily Grman, Eastern Michigan University; Lars Brudvig, Michigan State University

1:50 PM

COS 41-2

Defaunation of functionally-complementary large herbivores disrupts large-scale regulation of diversity in tropical forests
Nacho Villar, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Tadeu Siqueira, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Valesca Zipparro, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Fabiano Farah, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP); Pedro Jordano, Estacion Biologica de Donana, EBD-CSIC; Mauro Galetti, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

2:10 PM

COS 41-3

Host species identity drive the diversity and structure of phyllosphere microbial communities in a fragmented subtropical forest
Xian Yang, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jiaqi Tan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lin Jiang, Georgia Institute of Technology

2:30 PM

COS 41-4

The niche in N-dimensions: Variation in responses to patch size and predation risk generates behavioral species sorting in colonizing aquatic insects
William J. Resetarits Jr., The University of Mississippi; Matthew R Pintar, Florida International University; Jason R. Bohenek, The University of Mississippi; Tyler M. Breech, The University of Mississippi

2:50 PM

COS 41-5

Plant community assembly in high diversity southeastern pine savannas
Kyle Harms, Louisiana State University

3:10 PM

COS 41-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 41-6

Mechanisms underlying spatial community dissimilarity across temperate forests
Xugao Wang, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Thorsten Wiegand, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ

3:40 PM

COS 41-7

The dynamic equilibrium theory of community assembly: Testing predictions with observed richness and composition time series
Michael Kalyuzhny, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Curtis H. Flather, USDA, Forest Service; Micha Mandel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Nadav Shnerb, Bar-Ilan University; Ronen Kadmon, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

4:00 PM

COS 41-8

Photosynthetic pathways and functional leaf traits associated with fungal endophyte communities in tropical bromeliads
Peter Tellez, Tulane University; Carrie Woods, University of Puget Sound; Sunshine A. Van Bael, Tulane University

4:20 PM

COS 41-9

Maintenance of biodiversity and species abundance relationships in simulated forest communities
Jeffrey Lake, Adrian College; Andrea Deuschle, Ohio State University; Michael Douglas, Adrian College; Alex Mercer, Adrian College; Sarah Wilga, Johns Hopkins University

4:40 PM

COS 41-10

Decades after planting, planting year effects leave signature on restored communities
Anna M. Groves, Michigan State University; Jonathan T. Bauer, Michigan State University; Lars Brudvig, Michigan State University

COS 41 - Communities: Assembly And Neutral Theory III