Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
J1, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
COS 60 - Biodiversity and ecosystem function I
8:00 AMCOS 60-1The balance of niche and neutral processes dictate the effects of biodiversity on ecosystem production
Ian T. Carroll, University of California, Santa Barbara, Bradley J. Cardinale, University of California, Santa Barbara
8:20 AMCOS 60-2Does community production drive species diversity or vice versa?  Towards resolution of a diversity paradox
Bradley J. Cardinale, University of California, Danuta Bennett, University of California, Kevin Gross, North Carolina State University
8:40 AMCOS 60-3Does species richness drive community production or vice versa?  Reconciling historical and contemporary paradigms in models of competitive communities
Kevin Gross, North Carolina State University, Bradley J. Cardinale, University of California, Santa Barbara
9:00 AMCOS 60-5Biogeographic affinity helps explain the productivity-richness relationship at regional and local scales
Susan Harrison, UC Davis, James Grace, USGS National Wetlands Research Center
9:20 AMCOS 60-6Can the functional consequences of species extinction be predicted by evolutionary history?
Marc W. Cadotte, University of California, Bradley J. Cardinale, University of California, Todd H. Oakley, University of California
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 60-7Influences of tropical tree diversity on soil carbon dynamics: Results from a laboratory incubation
William R. Wieder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder, Cory C. Cleveland, University of Colorado at Boulder, Alan R. Townsend, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder
10:10 AMCOS 60-8Species distribution: Correlating plant species richness and MODIS NDVI based on Beta diversity measurements
Jianting Zhang, University of New Mexico, Kate He, Murray State University

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