COS 116
Community Pattern And Dynamics V

Friday, August 9, 2013: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
101G, Minneapolis Convention Center
8:00 AM
COS 116-1
 Nutrient influences on the life history states of an annual plant community
Lauren Sullivan, Iowa State University; W. Stanley Harpole, Iowa State University
8:20 AM
COS 116-2
 Metacommunity dynamics of seagrass meadows: Linking local and regional diversity of invertebrate mesograzers
Ross Whippo, University of British Columbia; Mary I. O'Connor, University of British Columbia
8:40 AM
COS 116-3
 Long-term effects of connectivity on plant species richness
Ellen I. Damschen, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Nick M. Haddad, North Carolina State University; Lars A. Brudvig, Michigan State University; John L. Orrock, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Douglas J. Levey, National Science Foundation; Joshua J. Tewksbury, Future Earth
9:00 AM
COS 116-4
 Challenges in linking trait pattern to competition processes
Rafael D'Andrea, University of Michigan; Annette M. Ostling, University of Michigan
9:20 AM
COS 116-5
 Trait-based investigation of phytoplankton communities reveals predictable responses to seasonal environmental variation
Elizabeth Miller, Michigan State University; Christopher A. Klausmeier, Michigan State University; Elena Litchman, Michigan State University; Kyle F. Edwards, University of Hawaii
9:40 AM
COS 116-
 Break
9:50 AM
COS 116-6
 An ecotone effect on tree community composition: decoupling from the soil environment and increased spatial structure consistent with mass effects
Christopher B. Blackwood, Kent State University; Mark W. Kershner, Kent State University; Kurt A. Smemo, The Holden Arboretum; Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes, Kent State University; Larry M. Feinstein, Kent State University
10:30 AM Cancelled
COS 116-7
 Landscape hotspots of rapid change: Temporal dynamics are mediated by environmental filters and biological legacies in a California oak woodland
Erica N. Spotswood, UC Berkeley; James W. Bartolome, University of California at Berkeley; Barbara Allen-Diaz, University of California
10:10 AM
COS 116-8
 Convergence and divergence in old field succession: Are there predictable trends in long-term dynamics?
Adam T. Clark, University of Minnesota; David Tilman, University of Minnesota
10:50 AM
COS 116-9
 Quantifying the impacts of climate and local conditions on plant richness in natural forests
Yu Zhang, Lakehead University; Han H. Chen, Lakehead University; Anthony R. Taylor, Natural Resources Canada
11:10 AM
COS 116-10
 Contemporary and historical comparisons of chemical and biological characteristics of lakes and ponds on the arid Columbia Plateau, Washington
Angela L. Strecker, Portland State University
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