Monday, August 6, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
J1, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
COS 1 - Biodiversity patterns: Gradients and biogeography
1:30 PMCOS 1-1Productivity, temperature, and the global distribution of terrestrial vertebrates
Walter Jetz, University of California, San Diego
1:50 PMCOS 1-2Global meta-analysis of elevational diversity for amphibians and reptiles
Christy M. McCain, University of New Mexico
2:10 PMCOS 1-3Latitudinal diversity gradient drives community response to heterogeneity and shapes marine biodiversity patterns at small scales
Amy L. Freestone, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Richard W. Osman, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
2:30 PMCOS 1-4Latitudinal variation of European freshwater diversity is not concordant across habitat types
Christian Hof, University of Marburg, Germany & University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Martin Brändle, University of Marburg, Germany, Roland Brandl, University of Marburg, Germany
2:50 PMCOS 1-5The legacy of evolutionary history and regional environment on continental diversity patterns
Judsen E. Bruzgul, Stanford University, Elizabeth A. Hadly, Stanford University
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 1-6The distribution and diversity of plant function across the New World
Nathan G. Swenson, University of Arizona, Brian J. Enquist, University of Arizona, Jason Pither, University of Arizona, Andrew J. Kerkhoff, Kenyon College
3:40 PMCOS 1-7Global gradients of plant diversity and their ecological and historical determinants
Holger Kreft, University of Bonn, Jens Mutke, University of Bonn, Gerold Kier, University of Bonn, Wilhelm Barthlott, University of Bonn, Walter Jetz, University of California, San Diego
4:00 PMCOS 1-8The climatic control of plant species richness along altitudinal gradients in different climate zones, southwest China
Yang Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yiping Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences
4:20 PMCOS 1-9Species richness gradients: Re-evaluation of the mid-domain effect null model of diversity patterns
Michael A. Huston, Texas State University, David F. Snyder, Texas State University
4:40 PMCOS 1-10Beta diversity as a function of sample size and distance
Luís A. Borda-de-Água, University of Georgia, Stephen P. Hubbell, University of Georgia

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