Monday, August 6, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
San Carlos II, San Jose Hilton
COS 18 - Species interactions
1:30 PMCOS 18-1Interactions between marsh plant species vary in direction and strength depending on environmental and consumer context
Caitlin Mullan Crain, University of California, Santa Cruz
1:50 PMCOS 18-2Regional coexistence and local dominance in Chaoborus: Species sorting along a predation gradient
Erica A. Garcia, Brown University, Gary G. Mittelbach, Michigan State University
2:10 PMCOS 18-3Host plant genetics of a dominant tree, Pinus edulis, have a strong influence on the community composition of associated ectomycorrhizal fungi
Christopher M. Sthultz, Northern Arizona University, Catherine A. Gehring, Northern Arizona University, Thomas G. Whitham, Northern Arizona University
2:30 PMCOS 18-4Filter-feeding leads to thresholds and alternate stable states in communities of space competitors
Andrew Rassweiler, University of California, Santa Barbara
2:50 PMCOS 18-5Ecological dominance and community structure in Mediterranean ants following an environmental disaster
Gloria M. Luque, Ohio State University
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 18-6Three-way interactions mediate spatial patterns of carnivorous pitcher plants, herbivorous moths, and ground-foraging ants in New England bogs
Nicholas J. Gotelli, University of Vermont, Aaron M. Ellison, Harvard University
3:40 PMCOS 18-7Synergistic serial depletion of marine invertebrates leads to the decline of a strongly interacting grazer
Anne K. Salomon, University of California, Santa Barbara, Nick M. Tanape Sr., Nanwalek Native Village, Henry P. Huntington, Huntington Consulting
4:00 PMCOS 18-8Pathogens promote plant diversity through a compensatory response
Devon J. Bradley, Brown University, Gregory S. Gilbert, University of California Santa Cruz, Jennifer B.H. Martiny, University of California Irvine
4:20 PMCOS 18-9Season- and herbivore-dependent competition and facilitation in a semi-arid rangeland
Kari E. Veblen, University of California, Davis
4:40 PMCOS 18-10Facilitation in a soft-sediment marine ecosystem: Separating the effect of physical structure and chemical defense
Amy A. Larson, University of California, Davis, John J. Stachowicz, University of California, Davis

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