Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Sendero Blrm III, Hyatt
COS 60 - Mutualism and Facilitation
8:00 AMCOS 60-1Characterization of endophytic fungi of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
Nathan M. Kleczewski, Indiana University, Jonathan T. Bauer, Indiana University, James D. Bever, Indiana University, Keith Clay, Indiana University, Heather L Reynolds, Indiana University
8:20 AMCOS 60-2Competition for shared mutualist ants may influence plant performance
Arietta E. Fleming-Davies, Duke University
8:40 AMCOS 60-3Diverse ecological consequences of plant-microbe symbiosis
Jennifer A. Rudgers, Rice University
9:00 AMCOS 60-4Context-dependency of a symbiotic mutualism: Benefits of fungal endophytes to the native, wild grass Festuca subverticillata depend on water availability and herbivore identity
Michelle E. Afkhami, University of California, Davis, Jennifer Rudgers, Rice University
9:20 AMCOS 60-5Plant sanctions cannot prevent parasitism by cheating mycorrhizal fungi
Emily Grman, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 60-6Context-dependency in plant response to mycorrhizal fungi: A meta-analysis of the mutualism-parasitism continuum
Jason D. Hoeksema, University of Mississippi, Veer B. Chaudhary, Northern Arizona University, Catherine A. Gehring, Northern Arizona University, Nancy C. Johnson, Northern Arizona University, Justine Karst, University of Mississippi, Roger T. Koide, Pennsylvania State University, Anne Pringle, Harvard University, Catherine A. Zabinski, Montana State University, James D. Bever, Indiana University, John C. Moore, Colorado State University, Gail W.T. Wilson, Oklahoma State University, John Klironomos, University of Guelph, James Umbanhowar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
10:10 AMCOS 60-7Getting by with a little help from their friends?  Tracing the impacts of partner abundance in facultative mutualisms
Jennifer C. Geib, University of Missouri-Columbia, Candace Galen, University of Missouri-Columbia
10:30 AMCOS 60-8Context-dependent variation in a plant-pollinator mutualism
Suann Yang, The Pennsylvania State University, Matthew J. Ferrari, The Pennsylvania State University, Katriona Shea, The Pennsylvania State University
10:50 AMCOS 60-9Do kangaroo rats indirectly facilitate harvester ants? Implications of inter-specific spatial patterns
Andrew J. Edelman, University of New Mexico
11:10 AMCOS 60-10Myrmecochorous dispersal services along soil moisture gradients
Robert Warren II, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Itamar Giladi, Ben-Gurion University, Israel

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