COS 96 - Seed Production, Dispersal, And Predation

Thursday, August 15, 2019: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
L013, Kentucky International Convention Center
Presider:
Heather D. Alexander
1:30 PM
The effects of urbanization on avian seed dispersal success of Toxicodendron radicans (Anacardiaceae)
Gerardo Arceo-Gomez, East Tennessee State University; Amber M. Stanley, East Tennessee State University
1:50 PM
Factors impacting seed production and seed quality of red maple (Acer rubrum) along an elevation gradient
Abigail R. Goszka, Ohio University; Rebecca S. Snell, Ohio University
2:10 PM
2:30 PM
Plants alter fruit traits under different simulated frugivory rates
Brittany R. Cavazos, Iowa State University; Haldre S. Rogers, Iowa State
2:50 PM Cancelled
COS 96-5
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Distance-dependent seed‒seedling transition altered by habitat size
Rong Wang, East China Normal University; Guochun Shen, East China Normal University; Xiao-Yong Chen, East China Normal University
3:40 PM
Diversionary seeding in restored prairies decreases seed predation and increases seedling density of large-seeded species
Quinn M. Sorenson, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Ellen I. Damschen, University of Wisconsin-Madison
4:00 PM
Bat dispersal as a mechanism for fungal colonization in the seeds of a wild pepper (Piper sancti-felicis)
Heather L. Slinn, University of Guelph; Lauren D. Maynard, Virginia Tech; Bernal Matarrita-Carranza, La Selva Biological Station; Lee A. Dyer, University of Nevada, Reno; Susan R. Whitehead, Virginia Tech; Jonathan A. Newman, University of Guelph
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