COS 41 - Species Interactions I

Tuesday, August 13, 2019: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
L004, Kentucky International Convention Center
Presider:
Shinjini Goswami
1:30 PM
Genetic variation influences the strength and direction of neighbor effects on fitness
Lauren Carley, Duke University, The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory; Allison Carter, University of North Carolina, The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory; Jackson B. Snow, Western State Colorado University, The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory; Thomas Mitchell-Olds, Duke University, The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
1:50 PM
Tree seedling shade tolerance arises from interactions with soil microbes and low light
Katherine E. A. Wood, Michigan State University; Sarah McCarthy-Neumann, Michigan State University; Richard K. Kobe, Michigan State University
2:10 PM
How microbially mediated fitness differences influence plant diversity
Gaurav Kandlikar, University of California, Los Angeles; Christopher A. Johnson, ETH Zurich; Xinyi Yan, University of California, Los Angeles; Nathan J. B. Kraft, University of California, Los Angeles; Jonathan M. Levine, Princeton University
2:30 PM Cancelled
COS 41-4
The role of trait-mediated indirect interactions in structuring competitive communities: Empirical evidence from arboreal ant communities (widthdrawn)
Iris Rivera Salinas, University of Michigan; Zachary Hajian-Forooshani, University of Michigan; John H. Vandermeer, University of Michigan; Ivette Perfecto, University of Michigan
2:50 PM
Predicting coexistence in experimental ecological communities
Zachary Miller, University of Chicago; Daniel Maynard, University of Chicago; Stefano Allesina, University of Chicago
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
Throwing shade: Light-mediated facilitation and competition in a tree diversity experiment
Shan Kothari, University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Rebecca A. Montgomery, University of Minnesota; Jeannine Cavender-Bares, University of Minnesota
3:40 PM
Photosynthetic rates in N-fixing trees change across a nitrogen gradient
Amelia Wolf, UT-Austin; Jennifer Funk, Chapman University; Duncan Menge, Columbia University; Steven Perakis, U.S. Geological Survey
4:00 PM
Dominance and diversity of endotherms from coasts to the open sea
John M Grady, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center; Anthony I. Dell, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center
4:20 PM
Spatiotemporal interactions within a mammalian carnivore community in northern Wisconsin
Mackenzie E. Rich, Wright State University; Thomas P. Rooney, Wright State University
4:40 PM
Net negative interactions persist between codominant mesic grass species despite water stress
Jesse E. Gray, Colorado State University; Melinda Smith, Colorado State University
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