Thursday, August 5, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
321, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 89 - Community Pattern and Dynamics I
8:00 AMCOS 89-1Contribution of oak forest patches for plant diversity in a countryside landscape
Vania Proença, University of Lisbon, Henrique M. Pereira, University of Lisbon
8:20 AMCOS 89-2Linkages of plant traits and trait syndromes with environmental gradients spanning from freshwater marshes to inland salt marshes
Anthony S. Eallonardo Jr., State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Donald J. Leopold, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, John C. Stella, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Jason Fridley, Syracuse University
8:40 AMCOS 89-3Composition and abundance of woody seedlings in oak-dominated forests in the Bluegrass Region of southern Ohio
Sheryl M. Petersen, Case Western Reserve University
9:00 AMCOS 89-4Possible four-species interaction contributes to saguaro mortality in buffelgrass patches
Aaryn D. Olsson, University of Arizona
9:20 AMCOS 89-5Differences in the scale of impact between aboveground and belowground organisms affect vegetation heterogeneity
G.F. (Ciska) Veen, University of Groningen, Elzemiek Geuverink, University of Jyväskylä, Han Olff, University of Groningen
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 89-6Mutualistic enrichment is not so paradoxical:  Effects of mutualism on the stability of predator-prey interactions
James Umbanhowar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
10:10 AMCOS 89-7Community interactions webs are changed by deer browse in maritime chaparral shrublands
Laurel R. Fox, University of California
10:30 AMCOS 89-8Inversion of dominance-diversity relationships along a latitudinal stress gradient
Paul J. Richardson, University of Guelph, Andrew S. MacDougall, University of Guelph, Amanda Stanley, Institute for Applied Ecology, Thomas N. Kaye, Institute for Applied Ecology, Peter W. Dunwiddie, University of Washington
10:50 AMCOS 89-9Spatiotemporal variation in soil arthropod communities, responses to aboveground plant community composition, and the prevalence of entomopathogenic nematodes
Daniel S. Gruner, University of Maryland, John P. McLaughlin, University of California at Santa Barbara, Donald R. Strong, University of California, Davis
11:10 AMCOS 89-10Comparing resource availability and tree seedling growth in forest stands that differ in spatial heterogeneity of canopy trees: Scaling from individuals to stands using neighborhood models
Rebecca A. Montgomery, University of Minnesota, Suzanne B. Boyden, Clarion University, Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota, Brian J. Palik, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station

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