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

Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

J4, San Jose McEnery Convention Center

8:00 AM

COS 24-1

Invasive ants alter invertebrate communities and ecosystem processes in an African rainforest
Amy E. Dunham, Rice University; Alexander S. Mikheyev, University of Texas

8:20 AM

COS 24-2

Tree species assembly in regenerating seasonally dry mixed deciduous forests of Lao PDR
Sean O. McNamara, The University of Queensland

8:40 AM

COS 24-3

Pervasive distance effects (and not conspecific density per se) control early-stage tree recruitment in a lowland Amazonian rainforest
Varun Swamy, Duke University

9:00 AM

COS 24-4

Resistance vs resilience: Alternative mechanisms to survive severe cyclones in Australian tropical rainforest tree species
Timothy J. Curran, School for Field Studies; Lauren N. Gersbach, Butler University; Will Edwards, James Cook University; Andrew Krockenberger, James Cook University

9:20 AM

COS 24-5

Biotic and abiotic neighborhood effects on seedling survival in a tropical forest
Liza S. Comita, The Ohio State University; Stephen P. Hubbell, UCLA

9:40 AM

COS 24-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 24-6

Vertical stratification and treefall gaps define tree species composition and rarity in a neotropical forest
Mark D. Leithead, University of Guelph; Madhur Anand, University of Guelph

10:10 AM

COS 24-7

Drought sensitivity shapes species distribution patterns in tropical forests
Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Liza S. Comita, The Ohio State University; Richard Condit, The field museum; Thomas A. Kursar, University of Utah; Melvin T. Myree, University of Alberta; Benjamin L. Turner, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Stephen P. Hubbell, UCLA

10:20 AM

COS 24-8

Hurricane effects on xeric upland ecosystems and associated endemic plants of central Florida’s Lake Wales Ridge
Gretel L. Clarke, University of Vermont; Eric S. Menges, Archbold Biological Station; Carl W. Weekley, Archbold Biological Station

10:40 AM

COS 24-9

Ecological restoration of coal mine spoils by certain indegenous woody plantations in a dry tropical region, India
Anand N. Singh, Panjab University Chandigarh

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