Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
J4, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
COS 63 - Community pattern: Environmental gradients and spatial variation
8:00 AMCOS 63-1Spatial scales of variability in temperate reef communities across a gradient of upwelling intensity
Rebecca G. Martone, Stanford University, Alison J. Haupt, Stanford University, Fiorenza Micheli, Stanford University
8:20 AMCOS 63-2Community richness, diversity, and evenness across rocky intertidal environmental stress gradients in Atlantic Canada
Ricardo A. Scrosati, Saint Francis Xavier University, Christine S. Heaven, Saint Francis Xavier University
8:40 AMCOS 63-3Does geology matter? The relative importance of substrates and their properties to rocky intertidal communities
Elizabeth A. Perotti, University of California, Berkeley, David R. Lindberg, University of California, Berkeley
9:00 AMCOS 63-4Fish life-history traits predict patterns of occurrence and assemblage composition in prairie streams
David J. Hoeinghaus, Kansas State University, Keith B. Gido, Kansas State University, Walter K. Dodds, Kansas State University
9:20 AMCOS 63-5Resource distribution drives arthropod community responses to habitat edges
Gina Marie Wimp, University of Maryland, Shannon M. Murphy, University of Maryland, Robert F. Denno, University of Maryland
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 63-6Waterbird use of water hyacinth in Lake Chapala, Mexico: Implications for invasive weed management
Amy M. Villamagna, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Brian R. Murphy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
10:10 AMCOS 63-7Removal of woody encroachment restores biophysical gradients in Midwestern oak savannas
Lars A. Brudvig, Iowa State University, Heidi Asbjornsen, Iowa State University
10:30 AMCOS 63-8Scale-dependent relationships among forest structure, resource levels, and spatial patterning of understory plant diversity: Implications for forest restoration
Julia I. Burton, University of Wisconsin - Madison, David J. Mladenoff, University of Wisconsin - Madison
10:50 AMCOS 63-9Soil depth affects on plant species richness and community composition in restored tallgrass prairie in central Iowa, USA
Mathew E. Dornbush, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Brian J. Wilsey, Iowa State University
11:10 AMCOS 63-10Spatial heterogeneity of understory light: Linking canopy structure to diversity in three temperate plant communities
Steven T. Brantley, Virginia Commonwealth University, Donald R. Young, Virginia Commonwealth University

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