Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Pecos, Albuquerque Convention Center
COS 18 - Biodiversity: Traits and Interactions
8:00 AMCOS 18-1Comparing the impacts of plant genotypic and species diversity on plant communities and natural selection on individuals
Susan C. Cook, Cornell University, Amy L. Parachnowitsch, Cornell University, Scott H. McArt, Cornell University, Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University, Jennifer Thaler, Cornell University
8:20 AMCOS 18-2Comparison of plant genotypic and species diversity on arthropod community structure
Scott H. McArt, Cornell University, Susan C. Cook, Cornell University, Amy L. Parachnowitsch, Cornell University, Jennifer Thaler, Cornell University, Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University
8:40 AMCOS 18-3Tropical tree functional trait variability across a microclimatic gradient: Testing underlying drivers of plant trait variation
Catherine M. Hulshof, University of Arizona
9:00 AMCOS 18-4Exotic plant traits lead to functional diversity decline in novel ecosystems
Pedram Daneshgar, Iowa State University, Brian J. Wilsey, Iowa State University, H. Wayne Polley, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
9:20 AMCOS 18-5Predation by collared lizards increases α-diversity, but decreases β-diversity of grasshopper metacommunities in Missouri Ozark Glades
Wade A. Ryberg, Washington University in St. Louis, Kevin G. Smith, Washington University in St. Louis, Jonathan M. Chase, Washington University, St. Louis
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 18-6Impact of predation pressure on marine epifaunal communities shifts with latitude and drives diversity patterns in tropics
Amy L. Freestone, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Richard W. Osman, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
10:10 AMCOS 18-7Potential effects of beech bark disease on small mammals in northeastern forests
Danielle E. Garneau, SUNY Plattsburgh
10:30 AMCOS 18-8Competition for light causes plant biodiversity loss following eutrophication
Yann Hautier, University of Zurich, Pascal A. Niklaus, ETH Zurich, Andy Hector, University of Zurich
10:50 AMCOS 18-9Trophic cascades decline with increasing algal diversity in streams
Carolyn M. Kurle, University of California Santa Barbara, Bradley J. Cardinale, University of California Santa Barbara

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