Monday, August 6, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
N, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
COS 7 - Ecosystem and community stability and resilience
1:30 PMCOS 7-1A new generation of climate change experiments: Events, not trends
Carl Beierkuhnlein, University of Bayreuth, Juergen Kreyling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Anke Jentsch, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
1:50 PMCOS 7-2Examining large infrequent disturbances in the context of the subsidy-stress paradigm: How will coastal forested wetlands respond to increased frequency of strong storms and accelerated sea level rise?
Julie L. Whitbeck, University of New Orleans
2:10 PMCOS 7-3The impact of environmental variability and community composition on population and community stability
Jason M. K. Rip, University of Guelph, Daniel J. Leary, The University of Sheffield
2:30 PMCOS 7-4Stability in grassland plant communities: A simultaneous assessment of constancy, persistence, resistance, and resilience
Claire F. Jouseau, Columbia University, Shahid Naeem, Columbia University
2:50 PMCOS 7-5Species-specific responses to extreme hydrological disturbances depend on event sequences
Chris B. Zou, University of Arizona, Shili Miao, South Florida Water Management District, David D. Breshears, University of Arizona
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 7-6Upwelling drives seasonal changes in top-down and bottom-up regulation of coral community structure
Matthew J. Wartian, University of California Los Angeles, Peggy Fong, University of California Los Angeles
3:40 PMCOS 7-7Ecosystem function: Can it be restored on Motuora Island, New Zealand?
Jacqueline R. Beggs, University of Auckland, Robin E. Gardner-Gee, University of Auckland
4:00 PMCOS 7-8Indicators of catastrophic regime shifts in ecological systems
Vishwesha Guttal, The Ohio State University, C. Jayaprakash, The Ohio State University
4:20 PMCOS 7-9Anthropogenic disturbances to shrubs as ecosystem engineers and their effects on biodiversity
Moran M. Segoli, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Moshe Shachak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Eugene D. Ungar, Institute of Field and Garden Crops
4:40 PMCOS 7-10Isoprene, ozone, and biodiversity: A positive feedback loop with negative consequences
Manuel Lerdau, University of Virginia, Hank Shugart, University of Virginia, Jose Fuentes, University of Virginia

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