Thursday, August 9, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Blrm Salon V, San Jose Marriott
COS 101 - Biodiversity patterns and processes
8:00 AMCOS 101-1Comprehensive analyses of the α-diversity of deciduous forest soil fauna: Idiosyncratic effects of climate and environmental variables lead to independent patterns
Roman J. Fricke, Philipps University Marburg, Martin Brändle, University of Marburg, Germany, Roland Brandl, Department of Animal Ecology
8:20 AMCOS 101-2Do canopy gaps give rare tree species an advantage via the storage effect?
Scott C. Stark, University of Arizona, Peter Chesson, University of Arizona, Jessica E. Metcalf, Duke University
8:40 AMCOS 101-3Interacting life history schedules of trees: Implications for biodiversity
James S. Clark, Duke University, Michael C. Dietze, Harvard University, Michelle H. Hersh, Duke University, Ines Ibanez, University of Michigan, Shannon L. LaDeau, Smithsonian Institution AND Ohio State University, Jacqueline Mohan, Marine Biological Laboratory, Michael Wolosin, Duke University
9:00 AMCOS 101-4Nitrogen enrichment alters biodiversity of plant communities at multiple scales
David R. Chalcraft, East Carolina University, Chris Clark, University of Minnesota, Elsa Cleland, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Stephen B. Cox, Texas Tech University, Evan Weiher, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Katharine N. Suding, University of California, Irvine, Deana Pennington, LTER Network Office
9:20 AMCOS 101-5Latitudinal diversity gradients: Phylogenetic signal among flowering plants
Stephanie A. Stuart, University of California Berkeley, Alison R. Doniger, University of California Berkeley, David D. Ackerly, University of California Berkeley
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 101-6Phenotypic constraints offer a general, evolutionary explanation for species diversity gradients
Christian O. Marks, University of Minnesota, Helene C. Muller-Landau, University of Minnesota, G. David Tilman, University of Minnesota
10:10 AMCOS 101-7Arthropod species richness, herbivory, and predator/prey ratios along a tree diversity gradient in a central European deciduous forest
Stephanie Sobek, Agroecology, Georg August University Göttingen, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Animal Population Ecology, University of Bayreuth, Teja Tscharntke, Georg August University
10:30 AMCOS 101-8Resource quantity, resource quality, and biodiversity: Caves as model ecosystems
Katie Schneider, University of Maryland, William F. Fagan, University of Maryland
10:50 AMCOS 101-9Borders of biodiversity: Life at the edge of the world’s great lakes
Yvonne Vadeboncoeur, Wright State University, Peter B. McIntyre, Wright State University, Jake Vander Zanden, University of Wisconsin

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