2022 ESA Annual Meeting (August 14 - 19)

COS 87 Communities: Traits And Functional Diversity 5

1:30 PM-3:00 PM
514A
1:30 PM
Microbiome interactions within the seed ecological spectrum
Mason K. Chock, n/a, University of California, Berkeley;Britt Koskella, University of California, Berkeley;
1:45 PM
Does functional trait-based ecology explain community assembly? A case of mass flowering sky-islands of northern Western Ghats
Sukhraj Kaur, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal;Saket Shrotri, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal;Vinita Gowda, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal;
2:00 PM
Testing a core assumption of trait-based ecology: Are plant traits good predictors of individual performance?
Julie Messier, University of Waterloo;Jody Daniel, University of Waterloo;
2:15 PM
Carbon-concentrating mechanisms are a key trait in lichen ecology and distribution
Natalia Mossmann Koch, University of Minnesota;James Lendemer, New York Botanical Garden;Erin Manzitto-Tripp, University of Colorado Boulder;Christy M. McCain, University of Colorado, Boulder;Daniel E. Stanton, University of Minnesota;
2:30 PM
Spit it out: does Canada Jay saliva help preserve their perishable food caches?
Karen Ong, B.Sc., University of Guelph;Matthew Fuirst, University of Guelph;Dan Strickland, 1063 Oxtongue Lake Road;Ryan Norris, University of Guelph;