Friday, August 8, 2008: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
202 E, Midwest Airlines Center
COS 115 - Metapopulations
8:00 AMCOS 115-1Spatial and temporal dynamics of an aphid-ladybug metapopulation on Yucca glauca
Miroslav Kummel, Colorado College, Andrew D. Nelson, Colorado College
8:20 AMCOS 115-2Metapopulation dynamics override local abiotic limits on long-term persistence of a subterranean microparasite
Karthik Ram, University of California, Davis, Evan Preisser, University of Rhode Island, Daniel S. Gruner, UC Davis, Donald R. Strong, University of California, Davis
8:40 AMCOS 115-3Community dynamics in spatially structured ecosystems
Dominique Gravel, McGill University, Frédéric Guichard, McGill University, Nicolas Mouquet, Université Montpellier 2, CNRS, Michel Loreau, McGill University
9:00 AMCOS 115-4Simulating the effects of different spatio-temporal fire regimes on the persistence of a spatially-structured plant population in a Mediterranean-type ecosystem
Juergen Groeneveld, University of Auckland, Neal J. Enright, Murdoch University, Perth, Byron B. Lamont, Curtin University of Technology, Perth
9:20 AMCOS 115-5Comparative population dynamics as revealed by roadside surveys: Helianthus annuus in Kansas and Nebraska
Helen M. Alexander, University of Kansas, Diana Pilson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Jennifer M. Moody-Weis, William-Jewell College, Norman A. Slade, University of Kansas, Michael Tourtellot, University of Kansas
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 115-6Trophic cascades in metacommunities: Can dispersal alter the strength of indirect predator effects?
Jennifer G. Howeth, University of Texas at Austin, Mathew A. Leibold, University of Texas at Austin
10:10 AMCOS 115-7Habitat loss and degradation threatens the survivorship of the Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
Zhongwen Li, Beijing Normal University, Xiaojun Kou, Beijing Normal University, Pu Mou, Beijing Normal University, Yu Tian, Beijing Normal University, Chen Li, Beijing Normal University, Jianguo Wu, Arizona State University, Jianping Ge, Beijing Normal University
10:30 AMCOS 115-8Effects of isolation on metapopulation dynamics in small-world networks
Alaina B. Bernard, University of Central Florida, David G. Jenkins, University of Central Florida, Pedro Quintana-Ascencio, University of Central Florida
10:50 AMCOS 115-9Spatio-temporal dynamics of the Amur tiger population during the past century
Yu Tian, Beijing Normal University, Xiaojun Kou, Beijing Normal University, Pu Mou, Beijing Normal University, Zhongwen Li, Beijing Normal University, Jianguo Wu, Arizona State University, Jianping Ge, Beijing Normal University

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