COS 109 - Trophic Dynamics And Interactions

Friday, August 16, 2019: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
L005/009, Kentucky International Convention Center
Presider:
Daryl Codron
8:00 AM
Community composition of zooplankton exported from a shallow polymicitic reservoir linked to wind disturbance
Nathan Ruhl, Rowan University; Desiree' Haban, Rowan University; Caitlyn Czajkowski, Rowan University; Michael Grove, Rowan University; Courtney Richmond, Rowan University
8:20 AM
Trophic interactions among vertebrate guilds and plants shape global patterns in species diversity
Jian Zhang, East China Normal University; Hong Qian, Research and Collections Center, Illinois State Museum; Marco Girardello, Aarhus University; Vincent Pellissier, Aarhus University; Scott E. Nielsen, University of Alberta; Jens-Christian Svenning, Aarhus University
8:40 AM
Eco-evolutionary trophic cascades
Thomas M. Luhring, University of Nebraska; John DeLong, University of Nebraska
9:00 AM
Why do parasites destabilize stable but stabilize unstable consumer-resource dynamics? A perspective from feedback loops and plankton
Spencer Hall, Indiana University; Ashwini Ramesh, Indiana University, Bloomington; Maja Sljivar, Indiana University; Jason C. Walsman, Indiana University; Meghan A. Duffy, University of Michigan; Carla Caceres, University of Illinois
9:20 AM
Warming causes variable cascading effects of wolf spiders on aboveground and belowground microbial diversity and composition in the arctic tundra
Amanda M. Koltz, Washington University in St. Louis; Akihiro Koyama, Michigan State University; Matthew D. Wallenstein, Colorado State University
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
Trophic cascades in the desert? An exclosure experiment in White Sands
Clay F. Noss, University of California, Berkeley; Erica Bree Rosenblum, University of California, Berkeley
10:10 AM
Causal factors of changes in the specificity of plant–herbivore interactions in fragmented landscapes
James G. Mickley, University of Connecticut; Riley Anderson, Wesleyan University; Nikki Pirtel, University of Connecticut; Hooman Musavi, University of Connecticut; Caitlin Garvey, University of Connecticut; Christian J. Connors, University of Connecticut; Courtney Marren, University of Connecticut; Michael S. Singer, Wesleyan University; David L. Wagner, University of Connecticut; Chris S. Elphick, University of Connecticut; Robert Bagchi, University of Connecticut
10:30 AM
Chemosynthesis and crustacean community structure in aquatic caves
Amelia K. Weiss, Cornell University; Alexander Flecker, Cornell University; Jed P. Sparks, Cornell University; Luis M. Mejía-Ortíz, Universidad de Quintana Roo
10:50 AM
Are mixing models robust to trophic enrichment factors? Evaluation with simulation modeling
Peter J. Flood, Florida International University; Joel Trexler, Florida International University
11:10 AM
Resource-consumer relationship along a gradient of water flow
Alex Mercado-Molina, Florida International University; Joel Trexler, Florida International University
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