Session: Species Interactions (2020 ESA Annual Meeting (August 3

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Changes in competition and facilitation along hydric stress and phylogenetic distance gradients in a diverse semiarid grassland
Alejandra Martinez-Blancas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Carlos Martorell, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Mapping the diversity of species interactions with niche and fitness differences
Jürg Spaak, UNamur; Oscar Godoy, Universidad de Cadiz; Frederik De Laender, UNamur

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Intraspecific variation in plant-microbe interactions
Scott Meiners, Eastern Illinois University; Bryan Foster II, Eastern Illinois University; Brendan B. Haile, Eastern Illinois University; Justin T. Campnell, Eastern Illinois University; Tom Canam, Eastern Illinois University; Marci J. Gallagher, Eastern Illinois University

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Habitat preferences, life history, and behavior of a non-native ant-mimicking spider, Myrmarachne formicaria
Jennifer Apple, SUNY Geneseo; Bea Dipzinski, SUNY Geneseo; Daniel Fleischman, SUNY Geneseo; Alanna Richman, SUNY Geneseo; Jacqueline Zhou, SUNY Geneseo

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Evaluating the microbial effect on the pairwise and community-wide coexistence of California annual species
Xinyi Yan, University of California, Los Angeles; Gaurav Kandlikar, University of California, Los Angeles; Jonathan M. Levine, Princeton University; Nathan J. B. Kraft, University of California, Los Angeles

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Temporal timing of nutrient regimes and community composition influence growth and species-specific interactions of macroalgae
Shayna Sura, UCLA; Connor Gehris, UCLA; Michelle Liang, UCLA; Alexandra Lim, UCLA; Peggy Fong, UCLA

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Indirect defense against herbivores and seed germination of Chapmannia floridana in Florida scrub habitats
Jennifer Schafer, Winthrop University; Mackenzie L. Jenkins, Winthrop University

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Quantifying how diet and evolutionary history shape the mammalian gut microbiome
Sara Weinstein, University of Utah; Tess Stapleton, University of Utah; Rodolfo Martínez-Mota, Universidad Veracruzana, University of Utah; Dylan Klure, University of Utah; Robert Greenhalgh, University of Utah; Teri Orr, New Mexico State University; Kevin D. Kohl, University of Pittsburgh; M. Denise Dearing, University of Utah

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A toxic relationship in the forest: Ingestion of monarch butterflies alters the gut microbiome of wild black-eared mice (Peromyscus melanotis)
Rodolfo Martínez-Mota, Universidad Veracruzana; Sara Weinstein, University of Utah; Mark D. Hunter, University of Michigan; M. Denise Dearing, University of Utah

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Spatio-temporal interaction between a native and exotic mesocarnivores across a highly urbanized landscape in central México
María Eugenia Espinosa-Flores, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro; Nalleli E. Lara-Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro; Emma E. Sanchez, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro; Carlos A. López-González, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro

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Mammalian herbivores impact population spread of flowering prairie plants
Samantha Allbee, Iowa State University; Haldre S. Rogers, Iowa State University; Lauren L. Sullivan, University of Missouri

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Foliar pathogens and drought alter the strength and direction of plant-soil feedbacks in two herbaceous plants
Rhiannon Vargas, Washington University in St. Louis; Mahal J. Bugay, Washington University in St. Louis; Claudia Stein, Auburn University at Montgomery; Gautam Dantas, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; Rachel M. Penczykowski, Washington University in St. Louis; Scott A. Mangan, Washington University in St. Louis

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Mesopredator temporal activity patterns and landscape utilization within an urban nature preserve
Gracen H Bivens, University of Texas; Barbara Dugelby, St Edwards University

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Nanoparticle pollution alters competitive outcomes through changing niche and fitness differences
Qianna Xu, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lin Jiang, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Pink yeasts of the phyllosphere: competitive trait effects on foliar community assembly
Isabella Muscettola, UC Berkeley; Mason K. Chock, University of California, Berkeley; Britt Koskella, University of California, Berkeley

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Exposing frog embryos to bacterial isolates: Colonization order impacts structure of the tadpole microbiome
Korin Jones, Virginia Tech; Lisa Belden, Virginia Tech; Myra C. Hughey, Vassar College

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Effects of intermittent changes in habitat connectivity on metacommunity persistence
Subhendu Bhandary, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar; Ramesh Arumugam, McGill University; Tanmoy Banerjee, University of Burdwan; Partha Dutta, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

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Predator, prey, and a plant: Do carpenter bees (Xylocopa californica) position their nests within sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri) leaf rosettes to maximize protection from woodpeckers?
Chloe Burkholder, Empire High School; Kathryn Busby, The University of Arizona; Judith Bronstein, University of Arizona

PS 45 - Species Interactions