COS 14 - Niche relationship and theory I

Monday, August 6, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
San Carlos II, San Jose Hilton
1:30 PM
 Effects 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 PM
 The 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 PM
 Thermal 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 PM
 Effects 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 Lab; Christopher T. Winne, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab; Melissa A. Pilgrim, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab; Christopher S. Romanek, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab; J. Whitfield Gibbons, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
2:50 PM
 Life history traits of specialist and generalist species
Joanne Clavel, Université Paris 6, CNRS, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Romain Julliard, UMR 7204 CESCO Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Winners, losers, and biotic homogenization in current global changes
Vincent Devictor, Université Paris-Sud; Romain Julliard, UMR 7204 CESCO Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle; Frédéric Jiguet, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Denis Couvet, National Museum of Natural History
3:40 PM
 Quantitative 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 Paulista (Unesp)
4:00 PM
 Spatial heterogeneity increases metacommunity diversity: Experimental evidence
Kendi Davies, University of Colorado; Marcel Holyoak, University of California, Davis; Kim A. Preston, University of California; Valerie A. Offeman, University of California; Quenby Lum, University of California
4:20 PM
 Reexamining ecological niche conservatism in Mexican fauna using new analytical methods
Dan Warren, University of Texas, Austin; Michael Turelli, University of California, Davis; Richard E. Glor, University of Rochester
4:40 PM
 Multitrophic diversity maintenance theory
Peter Chesson, University of Arizona; Jessica J. Kuang, University of Arizona
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