2022 ESA Annual Meeting (August 14 - 19)

OOS 48 Species Interactions at Range Margins in a Changing Climate

3:30 PM-5:00 PM
520D
Organizer:
Isaac D. Shepard
Co-Organizer:
Hamish Greig
Moderator:
Hamish Greig
The role of species’ interactions for determining range margins has been broadly discussed in ecology with little consensus. While established hypotheses posit that interactions may be more important on the warm vs cold edge of species ranges, a growing number of empirical studies of both plant and animal taxa are showing that interactions can be important on either edge. Further missing from the discussion is the role of mutualisms or positive species interactions which also play important roles in setting range margins in some contexts including abiotically stressful range edges. Layered over this ongoing debate is the role of climate change in altering the abiotic conditions at species range margins, modifying interactions, and causing range shifts. Thus, it is critical that we take integrative approaches to understanding the role of species interactions in setting range margins. This session brings together researchers who study biotic interactions at range margins across a broad range of ecosystems to explore general patterns and specific empirical studies that bring important perspectives to the table. Specifically, talks will cover competition, predation and mutualisms in plants and animals in both terrestrial and aquatic environments.
3:30 PM
A food-web perspective on range shifts in a changing climate
Isaac D. Shepard, University of Maine;Hamish Greig, University of Maine;
3:45 PM
Where do species interactions matter?
Anna Hargreaves, McGill University;
4:00 PM
A Great Escape: The role of climate, resource availability, and density-dependence on trailing edge populations
Alexej Sirén, Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT;Marketa Zimova, PhD, Appalachian State University;Chris Sutherland, PhD, University of St. Andrews;John Finn, PhD, University of Massachusetts;Jillian Kilborn, MSc, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department;Rachel Cliche, BS, US Fish and Wildlife Service;Leighlan Prout, MSc, US Forest Service;L Scott Mills, PhD, University of Montana;Toni Lyn Morelli, U.S. Geological Survey, Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center;
4:15 PM
Integrated trait-based and demographic approaches to predict how biotic interactions constrain the range limits of plant species
Joshua Lynn, University of Bergen;Tom E.X. Miller, Rice University;Jennifer A. Rudgers, University of New Mexico, Sevilleta LTER;
4:30 PM