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

Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Guadalupe, San Jose Marriott

8:00 AM

COS 160-1

Allometric covariation in botanical form and function
Charles A. Price, University of Western Australia; Brian Enquist, University of Arizona; Van M. Savage, UCLA

8:20 AM

COS 160-2

Canopy stability and scaling of forested ecosystems from individuals to the stand level
Nikolay Strigul, Washington State University Vancouver; Denis Pristinski, Stevens Institute of Technology; Stephen Pacala, Princeton University

8:40 AM

COS 160-8

Putting complexity theory to the test! A study on spatial patterning in mussel beds
Johan Van de Koppel, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ); Jo Gascoigne, School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor; Guy Theraulaz, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse; Max Rietkerk, Utrecht University; Peter M.J. Herman, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)

9:00 AM

COS 160-4

Optimal cell size for resource uptake in fluid: New facet of resource competition
Kohei Yoshiyama, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo; Christopher A. Klausmeier, Michigan State University

9:20 AM

COS 160-

Break

9:30 AM

COS 160-3

The role of the limiting nutrient identity and physiological allometries in size selection in phytoplankton
Elena Litchman, Michigan State University; Christopher Klausmeier, Michigan State University

9:50 AM

COS 160-5

Is larger better: Effects of resource quality on grazer energy utilization
Claes Becker, Sweco Environment; William R. DeMott, Indiana-Purdue University; Alan J. Tessier, National Science Foundation

10:10 AM

COS 160-6

Implications of body mass distributions for declining and introduced avian species
Jennifer J. Skillen, Community College of Southern Nevada

10:30 AM

COS 160-7

Abundance-body-size patterns emerge from food web dynamics
Hannah M. Lewis, University of York; Richard Law, University of York; Alan J. McKane, University of Manchester

10:50 AM

COS 160-9

Community respiration rate scales with temperature and nutrient availability in lake systems
April Hayward, McMaster University; Simon Grafe, McMaster University; Jurek Kolasa, McMaster University

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