Monday, August 6, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
San Carlos II, San Jose Hilton
COS 14 - Niche relationship and theory I
1:30 PMCOS 14-1Effects of habitat on reproduction of the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians
Eric J. Weissberger, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Marnita M. Chintala, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1:50 PMCOS 14-2The genetic architecture of a niche: Variation and covariation inhost use traits in the Colorado potato beetle
Matthew Forister, University of Nevada, Reno, Adam Ehmer, Stony Brook University, Douglas Futuyma, Stony Brook University
2:10 PMCOS 14-3Thermal niche partitioning following successive invasions by potato moths in the Northern Andes
Olivier Dangles, Institut de Recherches pour le développement, Alvaro R. Barragan, PUCE, Carlos F. Carpio, PUCE, Silvia Fusari, PUCE, Jean-Louis Zeddam, Institut de Recherches pour le développement, Jean-Francois Silvain, Institut de Recherches pour le développement
2:30 PMCOS 14-4Effects of terrestrial resource pulses on trophic niche width and overlap in two sympatric aquatic snake species: A stable isotope approach
John D. Willson, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Christopher T. Winne, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Melissa A. Pilgrim, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Christopher S. Romanek, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, J. Whitfield Gibbons, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
2:50 PMCOS 14-5Life history traits of specialist and generalist species
Joanne Clavel, Université Paris 6 and Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Romain Julliard, National Museum of Natural History
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 14-6Winners, losers, and biotic homogenization in current global changes
Vincent Devictor, Université Paris-Sud, Romain Julliard, National Museum of Natural History, Frédéric Jiguet, National Museum of Natural History, Denis Couvet, National Museum of Natural History
3:40 PMCOS 14-7Quantitative patterns of individual specialization: More generalized populations are also more heterogeneous
Daniel I. Bolnick, University of Texas at Austin, Richard Svanbäck, Uppsala University, Márcio S. Araújo, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
4:00 PMCOS 14-8Spatial heterogeneity increases metacommunity diversity: Experimental evidence
Kendi F. Davies, University of Colorado, Marcel Holyoak, University of California, Kim A. Preston, University of California, Valerie A. Offeman, University of California, Quenby Lum, University of California
4:20 PMCOS 14-9Reexamining ecological niche conservatism in Mexican fauna using new analytical methods
Dan Warren, University of California, Davis, Michael Turelli, University of California, Davis, Richard E. Glor, University of Rochester
4:40 PMCOS 14-10Multitrophic diversity maintenance theory
Peter Chesson, University of Arizona, Jessica J. Kuang, University of Arizona

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