97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012)

1:30 PM

COS 58-1

Experimental evidence for the ecosystem consequences of eco-evolutionary dynamics
Blake Matthews, EAWAG; Thierry Aebischer, EAWAG; Baenz Lundsgaard-Hansen, EAWAG; Karen E. Sullam, Drexel University; Ole Seehausen, EAWAG

1:50 PM

COS 58-2

Species traits, not nested structure, drive the effects of realistic biodiversity losses on productivity
Amelia A. Wolf, Columbia University; Erika S. Zavaleta, University of California, Santa Cruz

2:10 PM

COS 58-3

The mechanisms affecting productivity and invasion responses in grasslands occur over small spatial scales
Kathryn A. Yurkonis, University of North Dakota; Shannon Seahra, University of Guelph; Jonathan A. Newman, University of Guelph

2:30 PM

COS 58-4

Compensatory dynamics increase along a gradient of precipitation variability in US grasslands
Lauren M. Hallett, University of California, Berkeley; Elsa Cleland, University of California - San Diego; Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico; Timothy L. Dickson, Michigan State University; Emily C. Farrer, UC Berkeley; Laureano A. Gherardi, Arizona State University; Katherine L. Gross, Michigan State University; Joanna Hsu, University of California, Berkeley; Laura Turnbull, Arizona State University; Katharine N. Suding, University of California at Berkeley

2:50 PM

COS 58-5

Connecting genetic diversity to seagrass productivity: Effects of genotypic richness, genetic relatedness and trait variation
John J. Stachowicz, University of California, Davis; Stephanie J. Kamel, UC Davis; A. Randall Hughes, Florida State University; Rick Grosberg, University of California Davis

3:10 PM

COS 58-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 58-6

Testing a new conservation practice for agricultural landscapes: Bird response to prairie strips in row-cropped landscapes
Anna L. MacDonald, Iowa State University; Lisa A. Schulte, Iowa State University; Matthew J. Helmers, Iowa State University; Jarad B. Niemi, Iowa State University

3:40 PM

COS 58-7

Soil biodiversity and ecosystem function: Insights from Antarctic low diversity soils
Uffe N. Nielsen, University of Western Sydney; Diana H. Wall, Colorado State University; Noah Fierer, University of Colorado; Christian Lauber, University of Colorado at Boulder

4:00 PM

COS 58-8

Plant community history affects the interspecific combining ability of plants
Debra Zuppinger-Dingley, University of Zurich; Bernhard Schmid, University of Zurich; Dan F.B. Flynn, University of Zurich

4:20 PM

COS 58-9

Seed fate of common grassland species along an experimental plant diversity gradient
Gesine Pufal, Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg; Alexandra-Maria Klein, Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg

4:40 PM

COS 58-10

Restoring multiple woodland ecosystem functions through diverse carbon plantings
Kristin B. Hulvey, University of Western Australia; Richard J. Hobbs, The University of Western Australia; Michael P. Perring, University of Western Australia; Rachel J. Standish, University of Western Australia; Lori Lach, University of Western Australia

COS 58 - Ecosystem Function: Biodiversity III