COS 17
Theoretical Ecology

Monday, August 5, 2013: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
L100H, Minneapolis Convention Center
1:30 PM
 Predicting local and non-local effects of resources on animal space use using a mechanistic step-selection model
Jonathan R. Potts, University of Alberta; Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau, Trent University; Dennis Murray, Trent University; James A. Schaefer, Trent University; Mark, A. Lewis, University of Alberta
2:10 PM Cancelled
 Contrasting patterns of variance partitioning across scales in six leaf functional traits
Julie Messier, University of Arizona; Martin J. Lechowicz, McGill University; Brian J. McGill, University of Maine
1:50 PM
 A throughflow perspective on network utility in simplified ecosystem models
Lindsey K. Tuominen, University of Georgia; Stuart J. Whipple, University of Georgia; Bernard C. Patten, University of Georgia
2:30 PM
 Coexistence and spatial heterogeneity: A theoretical analysis of metacommunity paradigms
Lauren G. Shoemaker, University of Colorado; Brett A. Melbourne, University of Colorado at Boulder
2:50 PM
 Populations and communities as fluid on a landscape under nonstationary environmental change
Peter Chesson, University of Arizona; Yi-Jie Wu, National Chung Hsing University; Patricia J. Yang, Georgia Institute of Technology
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Plant feedbacks on small-scale nutrient heterogeneity when resources recycle at different rates
Antonio J. Golubski, Kennesaw State University; Katherine L. Gross, Michigan State University; Gary G. Mittelbach, Michigan State University
3:40 PM
 Early warning signals of disease emergence and leading indicators of elimination
Suzanne M. O'Regan, University of Georgia; John M. Drake, University of Georgia
4:20 PM
 Testing and extending metabolic theory: Asymmetric branching and the scaling of resource distribution networks of trees
Alexander B. Brummer, University of Arizona; Van M. Savage, UCLA; Lisa Patrick Bentley, University of Arizona; Brian J. Enquist, University of Arizona
4:40 PM
 Trait-based approaches to species abundance distributions
Christopher A. Klausmeier, Michigan State University