Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Almaden Blrm I, San Jose Hilton
COS 31 - Niche relations and theory II
8:00 AMCOS 31-1What controls spatial niches? Testing theory with tarweeds
Howard V. Cornell, University of California, Davis, Susan P. Harrison, University of California, Davis
8:20 AMCOS 31-2Disturbance response strategies open coexistence opportunities in fire-prone heathlands
Adam David Miller, University of California, Davis, Peter Chesson, University of Arizona
8:40 AMCOS 31-3Deterministic niche processes are responsible for the patchy distribution of the native annual Lupinus nanus in California grasslands
Kara A. Moore, University of California, Davis
9:00 AMCOS 31-4How similar are coexisting species? Evidence from early spring herbaceous communities in logged and old growth Southern Appalachian cove forests
Julie L. Wyatt, Wake Forest University, Miles R. Silman, Wake Forest University
9:20 AMCOS 31-5Testing for belowground resource partitioning in experimental grassland communities
Stefanie von Felten, ETH Zurich, Nina Buchmann, ETH Zurich, Andrew Hector, University of Zurich, Pascal A. Niklaus, ETH Zurich, Bernhard Schmid, University of Zurich, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, ETH Zurich
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 31-6Coexistence of specialist and generalist plants in variable environments
Donald R. Schoolmaster Jr., Case Western Reserve University
10:00 AMCOS 31-7Competition, nitrogen partitioning, and plant coexistence
Isabel W. Ashton, University of California, Irvine, Amy E. Miller, National Park Service, William D. Bowman, University of Colorado, Katharine N. Suding, University of California, Irvine
10:20 AMCOS 31-8Demographic variability, scale, and evaluation of niche theory
Jeffrey M. Diez, Lincoln University, H. Ronald Pulliam, University of Georgia
10:40 AMCOS 31-9Modeling the effect of resource conversion efficiency on community invasibility and habitat specialization
William A. Mitchell, Indiana State University
11:00 AMCOS 31-10Predictions and postdictions from the hierarchical representation of habitat
Jurek Kolasa, McMaster University, Craig R. Allen, University of Nebraska, Craig Stow, NOAA, Jan Sendzimir, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

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