COS 132 - Distributions And Range Limits

Thursday, August 9, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
D135, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM
 The importance of ecosystem engineers for the conservation of intertidal soft-sediment ecosystems
Els M. van der Zee, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research; Tjisse van der Heide, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen; Serena Donadi, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen; Johan S. Eklöf, University of Groningen; Britas Klemens Eriksson, University of Groningen; Han Olff, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen; Henk W. van der Veer, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research; Theunis Piersma, University of Groningen
8:20 AM
 Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON): The national unified resource for discovery, linkage and re-use of organismal occurrence data
Annie Simpson, United States Geological Survey (USGS); Derek Masaki, United States Geological Survey (USGS); Gerald F. Guala, United States Geological Survey (USGS)
8:40 AM
 Identifying the intrinsic spatial scale of mechanisms generating latitudinal diversity gradients in marine bivalves
Adam Tomasovych, Slovak Academy of Sciences; David Jablonski, University of Chicago; Sarah K. Berke, Siena College; Andrew Z. Krug, University of Chicago; James W. Valentine, University of California
9:00 AM
 Effects of niche properties on variation in geographic range size among species of western North American monkeyflowers
Seema Sheth, Colorado State University; Iván Jiménez, Missouri Botanical Garden; Amy L. Angert, University of British Columbia
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Ontogenetic differences in the distribution of conifer tree species in the Interior West, USA
David M. Bell, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station; John B. Bradford, U.S. Geological Survey; William K. Lauenroth, University of Wyoming
10:30 AM Cancelled
10:50 AM
 Extreme cold events may retard poleward and upward migrations in subtropical China
Hong Liu, International Center for Tropical Botany and Department of Earth and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, Florida; Chang-Lin Feng, Experimental Center of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry; Xu Wang, Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry; Miao-Bin Gu, Research Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry; Yibo Luo, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Zi-Bin Zhang, Yachang National Orchid Nature Preserve
11:10 AM
 Microclimate controls on tree species establishment in mountainous regions
Lynn C. Sweet, University of California, Santa Barbara; Frank W. Davis, University of California, Santa Barbara; Lee Hannah, University of California, Santa Barbara; Anderson Shepard, University of California, Santa Barbara; Sean McKnight, University of California, Santa Barbara