Tuesday, August 5, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
102 A, Midwest Airlines Center
COS 45 - Species Interactions
1:30 PMCOS 45-1Earthworms, as ecosystem engineers, influence the behavior and survival of a common terrestrial salamander, Plethodon cinereus
Tami S. Ransom, University of Virginia
1:50 PMCOS 45-2Conditional effects of an allelopathic root exudate: The toxicity of (±)-catechin is affected by interactions with different metals
Ragan M. Callaway, The University of Montana, Jarrod Pollock, The University of Montana, William Holben, The University of Montana, Inderjit, University of Delhi
2:10 PMCOS 45-3Multispecies interactions and lifetime fitness of the invasive plant Centaurea solstitialis
Sarah M. Swope, Univeristy of California, Ingrid M. Parker, University of California, Santa Cruz
2:30 PMCOS 45-4Trophic cascades and natural selection on Mimulus guttatus plants: Exploring spatial and temporal variation in multi-species interactions
Jon R. Haloin, University of California, Davis, Sharon Y. Strauss, University of California, Davis
2:50 PMCOS 45-5The cascading effects of removing ants on soil nutrients, soil invertebrates, and plants
Tamara J. Zelikova, University of Colorado
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 45-6Genetic variation in a foundation species influences associated primary producers: Cottonwoods and lichens
L. J. Lamit, Northern Arizona University, M.a. Bowker, Northern Arizona University, L.M. Holeski, University of Wisconsin, S.C. Wooley, California State University Stanislaus, Matthew S. Zinkgraf, Northern Arizona University, R. L. Lindroth, University of Wisconsin, T.G. Whitham, Northern Arizona University, C.a. Gehring, Northern Arizona University
3:40 PMCOS 45-7Community effects of tiger salamander hybridization in central California
Maureen E. Ryan, University of California, Davis, Jarrett R. Johnson, University of California, Davis
4:00 PMCOS 45-8Effects of competition with purple loosestrife on inbreeding depression in Mimulus ringens
Nicholas W. Griffin, Washington University, Alan R. Templeton, Washington University, Tiffany Knight, Washington University
4:20 PMCOS 45-9Mediation of plant-plant interactions in a forest by common mycorrhizal networks
Jason D. Hoeksema, University of Mississippi, Michael G. Booth, Institute of Arctic Biology
4:40 PMCOS 45-10Fungal foliar endophyte communities exhibit host species fidelity in woody plants of Arizona riparian forests
Matthew K. Lau, Northern Arizona University

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