ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)

Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

J4, San Jose McEnery Convention Center

1:30 PM

COS 42-1

Temperature determines the effect of energy on diversity in aquatic microcosms
N.T. Worsfold, University of York; O.L. Petchey, University of Sheffield; P.H. Warren, University of Sheffield

1:50 PM

COS 42-2

Impacts of large mammals on bird diversity and abundance in an African savanna
Felicia Keesing, Bard College; Darcy Misurelli Ogada, Mpala Research Centre; Michelle E. Gadd, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Richard S. Ostfeld, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Truman Young, University of California, Davis

2:10 PM

COS 42-3

Different cottonwood genotypes support different aboveground fungal communities: A genetic basis to community structure
L. J. Lamit, Northern Arizona University; C.a. Gehring, Northern Arizona University; S.C. Wooley, California State University Stanislaus; C.M. Sthultz, Harvard University; R. L. Lindroth, University of Wisconsin; T.G. Whitham, Northern Arizona University

2:30 PM

COS 42-4

Rank clocks and plant community dynamics
Scott Collins; Katharine N. Suding, University of California at Berkeley; Elsa Cleland, University of California San Diego; Micheal Batty, University College London; Steven Pennings, University of Houston; Katherine L. Gross, Michigan State University; James B. Grace, U.S. Geological Survey Wetland and Aquatic Research Center; Laura Gough, University of Texas at Arlington; Joseph E. Fargione, The Nature Conservancy; Chris Clark, AAAS

2:50 PM

COS 42-5

Self-thinning and the invasibility of plant monocultures
Brandon S. Schamp, Algoma University; Lonnie W. Aarssen, Queen's University

3:10 PM

COS 42-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 42-6

Shifting dominance from native C4 grasses to non-native C3 grasses shows negative effects on community diversity
Erin K. Miles, University of Nebraska; Johannes M. Knops, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

3:40 PM

COS 42-8

Unexpected outcomes in a macroinvertebrate drift experiment: The roles of habitat heterogeneity, discharge, and seasonality
Bryan L. Brown, Virginia Tech

4:00 PM

COS 42-9

Empirical evaluation of community similarity metrics
Candan Umit Soykan, Arizona State University

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