COS 120 - Species Interactions I

Wednesday, August 8, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
C120, Oregon Convention Center
1:50 PM Cancelled
 White-tailed deer alter a wide array of forest community components: Effects on arbuscular mycorrhizae, vascular plants, animals, and more
Angela L. Shelton, Indiana University; Jeremiah A. Henning, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
2:30 PM
 How exotic species integrate into pollination networks
Daniel B. Stouffer, University of Canterbury; Jordi Bascompte, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC
2:50 PM
 Effects of nitrogen deposition on interactions between native and exotic grasses of the California oak savanna are life stage specific
Elise M. Tulloss, University of California, Davis; Mary L. Cadenasso, University of California, Davis
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Floral antagonists affect plant reproduction and leaf herbivory
Nicole L. Soper Gorden, University of Minnesota; Lynn S. Adler, University of Massachusetts
3:40 PM
 Disease-initiated trophic cascades are modulated by genetic variation in plant enemy resistance
Posy E. Busby, University of Washington; Louis J. Lamit, Northern Arizona University; Arthur R. Keith, Northern Arizona University; George Newcombe, University of Idaho; Thomas Whitham, Northern Arizona University; Rodolfo Dirzo, Stanford University
4:00 PM
 Predator-prey interaction strengths do not consistently depend on body-size ratios
Helen J. Warburton, University of Canterbury; Angus R. McIntosh, University of Canterbury
4:20 PM
 Non-linear interaction dynamics of grasses and vertically transmitted fungal symbionts
Tom E. X. Miller, Rice University; Jennifer A. Rudgers, University of New Mexico
4:40 PM
 Keystone resource (Ficus) chemistry explains lick visitation by frugivorous bats
Adriana Bravo, American Museum of Natural History; Kyle E. Harms, Louisiana State University; Louise H. Emmons, Smithsonian Institution