Session: Communities: Traits And Functional Diversity (2020 ESA Annual Meeting (August 3

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Testing the fast-slow economic spectrum hypothesis in plant communities of the Atacama Desert located along rainfall and nutrient gradients: linking above- and below-ground functional traits
Francisco Squeo, Universidad de La Serena, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB), Center for Advanced Studies in Arid Zones (CEAZA); Danny E. Carvajal, Universidad Austral de Chile, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB); Cristian A. Delpiano, Universidad de La Serena, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB); Andrea P. Loayza, Universidad de La Serena, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB)

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Terricolous lichen community structure is driven by plant functional traits
Kenya N. Gates, University of Colorado Boulder; Sören E. Weber, Universität Zürich; Marko Spasojevic, University of California Riverside; Jared D. Huxley, University of California Riverside

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Functional traits inform mechanisms of plant community changes that emerge from nutrient enrichment in a coastal mesic grassland
Joseph Brown, Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy; Julie Zinnert, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Shrubs drive a more acquisitive alpine plant community regardless of topography
Laurel Brigham, University of Colorado, Boulder; Marko Spasojevic, University of California Riverside; Katharine N. Suding, University of Colorado, Boulder, University of Colorado

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Urbanization affects taxonomic and functional diversity of avian communities throughout Texas
Erin Stukenholtz, Texas Tech University; Richard D. Stevens, Texas Tech University

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Predicting fecundity of perennial graminoids using plant traits in northern Arizona ponderosa pine forests
Sade Perez Partridge, Northern Arizona University; Margaret M. Moore, Northern Arizona University; Daniel Laughlin, University of Wyoming; Andrew J. Sánchez Meador, Northern Arizona University

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Impacts of grazing on the structure and function of soil nematode communities in wet meadow rangelands
Rafael Otfinowski, University of Winnipeg; Ryan Nykvist, University of Winnipeg; Victory Coffey, University of Winnipeg

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Does chronic nitrogen fertilization affect tradeoffs between soil bacterial growth rate and growth efficiency?
Brett Nave, Kansas State University; Matthew Nieland, Kansas State University; Lydia Zeglin, Kansas State University

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Simple ecosystems are as complex as expected: Traits, vagueness and species diversity
Jo Werba, McMaster University; Alex Phong, McMaster University; Lakhdeep Brar, McMaster; Ofure Oware, McMaster University; Acacia Frempong-Manso, McMaster University; Jurek Kolasa, McMaster University

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A trait-based monitoring approach: Biological and edaphic filters influencing longer-term plant community assembly on reclaimed well pads
Randi Lupardus, University of Alberta; Ermias T. Azeria, Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, University of Alberta; Kierann Santala, Natural Resources Canada; Isabelle Aubin, Natural Resources Canada; Anne McIntosh, University of Alberta; Arnold Janz, Government of Alberta

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Understanding trait linkages of soil microbiomes and plant phenotypes
Kendall Beals, University of Tennessee; Joseph K. Bailey, University of Tennessee; Jennifer A. Schweitzer, University of Tennessee

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Biotic homogenization: Effects of urban, suburban, and exurban site types on vacant lot plant communities
Megan Herrmann, Cleveland State University; Caleb T. Lumsden, Cleveland State University; Emily Rauschert, Cleveland State University

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Effect of extreme drought on arbuscular mycorrhizal root colonization and functional traits of two C4 dominant grasses
Smriti Pehim Limbu, Johns Hopkins University; Meghan Avolio, Johns Hopkins University

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Evolutionary correlates of functional trait diversity patterns in New World Ericales
Hector Figueroa, University of Michigan; Stephen Smith, University of Michigan

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Trait-mediated indirect interactions and the regulation of herbivores in agroecosystems
Iris Rivera Salinas, University of Michigan; Ivette Perfecto, University of Michigan

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Gene expression reveals different drought response strategies in dominant dryland grass populations
Ava Hoffman, Colorado State University, Johns Hopkins University; Julie A. Bushey, Colorado State University; Maddie Swall, Colorado State University; Troy W. Ocheltree, Colorado State University; Melinda Smith, Colorado State University

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Weed suppression as a mechanism influencing complementarity among switchgrass cultivars (Panicum virgatum)
Karen Stahlheber, University of Wisconsin Green Bay, Michigan State University; Torel A Beard, Michigan State University; Meghan Jeffus, California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Michigan State University; Katherine L. Gross, Michigan State University

PS 8 - Communities: Traits And Functional Diversity