Session: Communities (2019 ESA Annual Meeting (August 11 -- 16))

PS 72-69

Leaf carbon and nitrogen traits are better predictors of decomposition than litter traits
Marc V. Rosenfield, George Washington University; Jennifer Funk, Chapman University; Jason K. Keller, Chapman University; Catrina MacIntyre, Chapman University; Kimberlee Cyphers, Chapman University

PS 72-70

Are there assembly rules for grasslands? Comparisons of long-term data on burning, mowing and fertilization from a humid South African grassland with temperate grasslands in North America and England
David Ward, Kent State University; Kevin Kirkman, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Zivanai Tsvuura, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Craig Morris, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Richard W.S. Fynn, University of Botswana

PS 72-71

Long-term dynamics of cladoceran community in a lake ecosystem influenced by eutrophication: retrospective analysis since lake formation using varved sediments and subfossils
Yurie Otake, University of Tokyo; Hajime Ohtsuki, Tohoku university; Jotaro Urabe, Tohoku University; Shigeko Kimura, University of Shiga prefecture; Kazuyoshi Yamada, Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka; Takehito Yoshida, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), University of Tokyo

PS 72-72

Evidence for moose as ecosystem engineers via non-trophic indirect effects
Castilleja F. Olmsted, University of Pittsburgh; Tiffany Betras, University of Pittsburgh; Stephen DeStefano, U.S. Geological Survey; Sarah C. Pasquini, Carnegie Museum of Natural History; Edward Faison, Highstead; Walter P. Carson, University of Pittsburgh

PS 72-73

Understory palm and fern communities are structured similarly despite differences in reproductive traits
Jessica Lira Viana, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; James W. Dalling, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Cancelled

PS 72-74

Spatial ecological analyses to identify threats and conservation opportunities for remnant and restored Blackland Prairie in Texas (widthdrawn)
Daniel S. LeVine, University of Texas at Austin; Kelley A. Crews, The University of Texas at Austin

PS 72-75

Using museum and citizen-science to examine the range contraction of a threatened lizard species
Jared W. Haney, Texas State University; Joseph A. Veech, Texas State University - San Marcos

PS 72-76

Intergenerational and environmental effects on larval growth and survival of an intertidal slipper snail in a tropical upwelling zone
Kayley T You Mak, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Rachel Collin, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

PS 72-77

Belowground characteristics of coastal dune systems are important for preventing erosion
Shannon Walker, Virginia Commonwealth University; Fernando Tenjo, Virginia Commonwealth University; Julie Zinnert, Virginia Commonwealth University

PS 72-78

Spatial isolation may change the consequences of predatory fish introduction on freshwater community structure
Rodolfo M. Pelinson, University of São Paulo (IB-USP); Mathew A. Leibold, University of Florida; Luis Schiesari, University of São Paulo (EACH-USP)

PS 72-79

Development of laboratory-based methods to detect cryptic hereditary fungal symbiont in Ipomoea tricolor
Lekeah A. Duden, Indiana University; Quinh Quach, Tulane University; Keith Clay, Tulane University

PS 72-80

Vascular epiphyte colonization on shade coffee farms varies by taxonomic group and tree position over time
Jeannine H. Richards, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Donald M. Waller, University of Wisconsin-Madison

PS 72-81

The relationship between hydrogeology and cave ecosystem structure
Benjamin Tobin, University of Kentucky; Benjamin Farmer, University of Kentucky; Benjamin Miller, US Geological Survey; Adia Sovie, University of Florida

PS 72-82

Evaluation of Acropora palmata populations in Salt Pond Bay, St. John, US Virgin Islands following hurricanes Irma and Maria: A student-centered approach
Rebekah E. Chapman, Georgia State University; Madison B. Floyd, Georgia State University; Brooke K Sienkiewicz, Georgia State University; Gillian Gilbert-Wason, Georgia State University

PS 72-83

Trade–off between growth and survival of juvenile trees species of cerrado savanna in central Brazil
Raimundo PB Henriques, Universidade de Brasília

PS 72-84

Top-down control of macroconsumers on stream processes varies with scale and along a discharge gradient
Erica A. Garcia, Charles Darwin University; Damien McMaster, Charles Darwin University; Katherine Lacksen, Charles Darwin University; Alison King, Charles Darwin University; Janine Rüegg, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; Michael M. Douglas, University of Western Australia

PS 72 - Communities