COS 86 - Biodiversity II

Thursday, August 15, 2019: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
L011/012, Kentucky International Convention Center
Presider:
Kyle A. Copas
1:50 PM
Ignoring multiple small threats may lead to underestimation of extinction risk
Kaitlin Kimmel, Johns Hopkins Univeristy; David Tilman, University of Minnesota
2:10 PM
Metabarcoding a tropical lagoon: Diversity patterns across habitats, taxa, and body sizes
Bryan N. Nguyen, George Washington University, Smithsonian Institution; Andrew H. Altieri, University of Florida; Nancy Knowlton, Smithsonian Institution; Gustav Paulay, University of Florida; Robert M. Lasley, University of Florida; François Michonneau, University of Florida; Giovanna C. Kupiec, George Washington University; James L. O'Donnell, University of Washington; W. Owen McMillan, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Keith A. Crandall, George Washington University; Matthieu Leray, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
2:30 PM Cancelled
COS 86-4
Intergenerational effects of Pb and Cd contamination on quantitative traits in Zea mays: A fifteen-year field experiment (widthdrawn)
Chang-Qun Duan, Yunnan University; Chang'e Liu, Yunnan University; Shiyu Li, Yunnan University; Denggao Fu, Yunnan University; Ying Pan, Yunnan University; Yonggui Zhao, Yunnan University
2:50 PM
Addressing the elephant in the herbarium: Taxonomic uncertainty in tropical biodiversity estimates
Christopher Baraloto, UMR EcoFOG, Florida International University; Julien Engel, AMAP, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, INRA; Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes, Florida International University; Jason Vleminckx, CNRS; Tyeen C. Taylor, University of Arizona; Marcos Rios, UnAmaz; Nallarett Davila, Jardim Botânico de Manaus; Paul V.A. Fine, University of California, Berkeley
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Investigation of mechanisms with the potential to cause dilution in Aedes mosquitoes and an Ascogregarine parasite
Kris McIntire, Illinois State University; Steven A. Juliano, Illinois State University; Miranda Gonzalez, Illinois State University; Lauren Prader, Illinois State University
3:40 PM
The biogeography of ecoregions: Descriptive power across regions and taxa
Jeffrey Smith, Stanford University; J. Nicholas Hendershot, Stanford University; Nicole Nova, Stanford University; Gretchen C. Daily, Stanford University
4:00 PM
Testing the dynamic equilibrium model of biodiversity: Productivity and disturbance produce weak intermediate peaks
Jacob D. Hart, University of Central Florida; David G. Jenkins, University of Central Florida
4:20 PM
Biogeographical determinants of taxonomic diversity in freshwater fish communities of the Laurentian Great Lakes
Sara Campbell, University of Toronto; Nicholas E. Mandrak, University of Toronto
4:40 PM
Improving the application of bioblitzes and biodiversity discovery citizen science for science and conservation
Abraham Miller-Rushing, National Park Service; Seth Benz, Schoodic Institute; Kriston Barnes, National Park Service
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