Session: Latebreaking: Community Ecology (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

PS 54-77

Estimating temperature at Gray Fossil Site from the paleobotanical record
Emily M. B. Simpson, East Tennessee State University

PS 54-78

Ice records reveal climatic vulnerability of Altai forest and steppe communities
Sandra Brügger, Institute of Plant Sciences and Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern; Erika Gobet, Institute of Plant Sciences and Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern; Michael Sigl, Paul Scherrer Institute and Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research; Dimitri Osmont, Paul Scherrer Institute and Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research; Tatyana Papina, IWEP SB RAS; Natalia Rudaya, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS; Margit Schwikowski, Paul Scherrer Institute and Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research; Willy Tinner, Institute of Plant Sciences and Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research, University of Bern

PS 54-79

Seed rain variation across Costa Rican forests of different successional ages
Nohemi Huanca-Nunez, University of Nebraska- Lincoln; Robin L. Chazdon, University of Connecticut; Sabrina E. Russo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

PS 54-80

Asynchronism of compositional and interactional resilience in communities after a disturbance
Wanying Zhu, Zhejiang University; Lei Cheng, Zhejiang University

PS 54-81

Post-disturbance recovery patterns vary with latitude in subtidal marine communities
Mariana Bonfim, Temple University; Amy L. Freestone, Temple University

PS 54-82

Structure and ecological function of the seed microbiome of Populus trichocarpa
Sabrina J. Heitmann, Oregon State University; Gillian E. Bergmann, Oregon State University; Edward G. Barge, Oregon State University; Posy E. Busby, Oregon State University

PS 54-83

Ecological networks and ecosystem services across urban agroecological landscapes
Azucena Lucatero, University of California Santa Cruz; Stacy M. Philpott, University of California, Santa Cruz

PS 54-84

Drought tolerance increases with elevation in tropical understory plant communities
Catherine H. Bravo-Avila, University of Miami; Kenneth J. Feeley, University of Miami

PS 54-85

Possible dietary shifts in Antarctic penguin and seal species during the late Holocene inferred from stable isotope analysis
Rohit Kalvakaalva, Louisiana State University; Michael J. Polito, Louisiana State University

PS 54-86

Successional change in community-weighted functional traits in tropical hardwood hammocks of the Florida Keys
Mary E. Carrington, Governors State University; Michael S. Ross, Florida International University; Suresh C Subedi, University of Miami

PS 54-87

Fungi to the rescue: Can poor seedling performance in beetle-killed pine stands be improved with tailored soil inoculum?
Evan Fellrath, University of Alberta; Nadir Erbilgin, University of Alberta; Justine Karst, University of Alberta

PS 54-88

An extensive suite of functional traits distinguishes Hawaiian forests and enables prediction of species vital rates
Camila Dias Barros Medeiros, University of California, Los Angeles; Christine Scoffoni, California State University; Grace P. John, University of Texas, Austin; Megan K. Bartlett, Princeton University; Faith Inman-Narahari, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; Rebecca Ostertag, University of Hawaii at Hilo; Susan Cordell, USDA Forest Service; Christian Giardina, USDA Forest Service; Lawren Sack, University of California Los Angeles

PS 54-89

Patterns of functional richness reveal different assembly mechanisms across 47-degrees of latitude
Diana P. Lopez, Temple University; Amy L. Freestone, Temple University

PS 54-90

Are more variable species closer to “optimum” across an environmental gradient?
Rachel M. Mitchell, Northern Arizona University; Justin P. Wright, Duke University; Gregory M. Ames, Duke University

Cancelled

PS 54-91

Exploring the role of the species pool in driving species richness in temperate grasslands (widthdrawn)
Jodi N. Price, Charles Sturt University; Antonio Gazol, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (CSIC); Riin Tamme, University of Tartu; John W. Morgan, La Trobe University; Meelis Partel, University of Tartu

PS 54-92

Tropical Storm Nate: Resilience of conservation efforts, forests, and the community
Debra Hamilton, Instituto Monteverde; Randy Chinchilla, Instituto Monteverde; Jessie Zuniga, Instituto Monteverde

PS 54-93

Patterns of bird habitat usage before implementation of a new flooding regime in riparian cottonwood forests at Chatfield Reservoir in Littleton, CO
Rani Mallory, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Ashley Purcell, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Erin Bissell, Metropolitan State University of Denver

PS 54-94

The effects of deterministic and stochastic processes on the assembly of hardbottom benthic communities through space and time
Zachary T. Long, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Wilson Freshwater, UNC Wilmington; Melissa LaCroce, UNC Wilmington

PS 54-95

Contrasting tree species and aboveground structure in permanent forest plots 5 months after hurricane Maria
Tamara Heartsill Scalley, United States Forest Service

PS 54-96

Assessing bird community dynamics along a degraded stream system
Melanie L. Torres, University of Wyoming; Thomas L. Anderson, Appalachian State University; Morgan Geile, Murray State University; Jon Ames, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Howard H. Whiteman, Murray State University

PS 54-97

Ant community composition changes after local coffee agroecosystem disturbance
Jonathan R. Morris, University of Michigan; Kayla Mathes, University of Michigan; Ivette Perfecto, University of Michigan

PS 54-98

Bluestain fungi (Ascomycota: Ophiostomatoid) increases ant diversity and mediates decomposer communities in coarse woody debris
Casey M. Morin, Louisiana Tech University; Juliet Tang, USDA Forest Service; Courtney M. Siegert, Mississippi State University; Nathan Little, Southern Insect Management Unit, USDA-ARS; John J. Riggins, Mississippi State University; Natalie A. Clay, Louisiana Tech University

PS 54-99

Population dynamics of Puerto Rican Eleutherodactylus frogs: Responses to a severe drought in a tropical montane forest
William D. Hernández Muñiz, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao; Coralys Vicéns López, University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras; Alberto C. Cruz Mendoza, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras; Eliacim Agosto Torres, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez; Johann D. Crespo Zapata, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao; Neftalí Ríos López, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao

PS 54-100

Global body size scaling of elemental content in invertebrates and vertebrates
Mark P. Nessel, Rutgers University; Angélica L. González, Rutgers University

PS 54-101

Soil pH influences the overall interior root microbiome structure, but not its dominant phylotypes
Laurel Brigham, University of Colorado, Boulder; Clifton P. Bueno de Mesquita, University of Colorado, Boulder; Marko Spasojevic, University of California; Emily Farrer, Tulane University; Dorota L. Porazinska, University of Colorado; Jane G. Smith, University of Colorado; Steven K. Schmidt, University of Colorado; Katharine N. Suding, University of Colorado, Boulder

PS 54-102

Intraspecific aggregation and interspecific segregation characterize canopy tree spatial patterns in a large southern Piedmont hardwood forest mapped plot
Mark D Zenoble, University of Georgia; Chris J. Peterson, University of Georgia

PS 54-103

Does sexual recombination slow the evolution of resistance?
Haniyeh Zamani, University of Michigan; Katherine D. McLean, University of Michigan; Camden Gowler, Emory University; Spencer Hall, Indiana University; Meghan A. Duffy, University of Michigan

PS 54-104

Tree species differ in their filtering effect on seed dispersal into a tropical rain forest
Bridgette D. Kirk, Iowa State University; Ann E. Russell, Iowa State University; Haldre S. Rogers, Iowa State; Brian Wilsey, Iowa State Univ.; Philip Dixon, Iowa State University; Ricardo Bedoya-Arrieta, Organization for Tropical Studies; Orlando Vargas R., Organizacion para Estudios Tropicales

PS 54-105

Shore wrack facilitates coastal dune regeneration on Volusia County, Florida beaches
Wendy B. Anderson, Stetson University; Madison A. Solodky, DeLand High School

PS 54-106

Hydrothermal variation and its influence on the desertified ground surface of Qinghai–Tibet plateau
Shengbo Xie, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Jianjun Qu, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kecun Zhang, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences

PS 54 - Latebreaking: Community Ecology