Tuesday, August 5, 2008: 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall CD, Midwest Airlines Center
PS 18 - Community Pattern and Dynamics
Geographic affinities of floras: A vector approach
Jacqueline M. White, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M. Forbes Boyle, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lee Anne Jacobs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, R. Todd Jobe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kristen M. Kostelnik, North Carolina State University, Elizabeth R. Matthews, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Jeffrey E. Ott, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Alan S. Weakley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Thomas R. Wentworth, North Carolina State University, Brooke E Wheeler, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Robert K. Peet, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Describing ecosystem shifts with data-driven state and transition models in northwestern Colorado rangelands
Emily J. Kachergis, Colorado State University, Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Colorado State University
Investigation of uranium uptake by Sporobolus airoides
Colleen A. Cooley, Northern Arizona University, Jani C. Ingram, Northern Arizona University, Nancy C. Johnson, Northern Arizona University
The structure and regeneration of floodplain forests in southwestern Ohio
James R. Runkle, Wright State University, James R. Milks, Wright State University, P Greg Seely, Wright State University
Nematode communities change following woody plant invasion of grassland
Lori Biederman, Texas A&M University, T.W. Boutton, Texas A&M University, I.B. Kantola, Texas A&M University
Effects of prey availability and shrub architecture: An experimental study of spiders in a shrub-steppe ecosystem
Lori R. Spears, Utah State University, James A. MacMahon, Utah State University
Metabolic zero-sum dynamics predict long-term changes in a tropical forest
S.K. Morgan Ernest, Utah State University, Ethan P. White, Utah State University, James H. Brown, University of New Mexico, Richard Condit, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Fine scale differences in community composition for 3 rare plants of the southeastern sandhills
Kristen M. Kostelnik, North Carolina State University, Thomas R. Wentworth, North Carolina State University, Wade A. Wall, North Carolina State University
Dynamics of diversity during succession in a deciduous forest
Laura M. Ladwig, Eastern Illinois University, Scott J. Meiners, Eastern Illinois University
Inferring plant-soil feedbacks from community dynamics
Emily C. Farrer, University of Michigan, Deborah E. Goldberg, University of Michigan
A meta-analysis examining the effects of simultaneous microbial interactions with plants
Anna Larimer, Indiana University, Keith Clay, Indiana University, James D. Bever, Indiana University
Decay in the effects of initial community composition on success of invading plants during community assembly in California serpentine grasslands
Holly Faulstich, Western Washington University, David U. Hooper, Western Washington University, Jeffrey S. Dukes, University of Massachusetts Boston
A functional approach to analyzing long-term change in plant communities in Wisconsin, USA
Sarah E. Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Donald M. Waller, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Species-specific germination speed and coexistence in a desert annual plant community
Galen P. Holt, University of Arizona, Peter L. Chesson, University of Arizona
Canopy gap size influences understory dynamics of shrubs and trees over 12 years
Christel C. Kern, USDA Forest Service, Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota, Rebecca A. Montgomery, University of Minnesota, Terry Strong, U.S. Forest Service, Retired
Periodically forced food chain dynamics: Model predictions and experimental validation
Christopher F. Steiner, Wayne State University, Anne Schwaderer, Michigan State University, Veronika Huber, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Elena Litchman, Michigan State University, Christopher Klausmeier, Michigan State University
Forty-seven year changes in vegetation at the Apostle Islands: Effects of deer on the forest understory
Erika Mudrak, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Sarah E. Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Donald M. Waller, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Environmental heterogeneity and conservation status in the Abies religiosa forest in Magdalena river basin
Santibañez A. Gabriela, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Castillo A. Silvia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Nuñez C. Oswaldo, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Martinez O. Yuriana, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Vegetation monitoring on recently reclaimed landfills
Uhram Song, Seoul National University, Jung Soo Park, Seoul National University, Jong Young Yi, Seoul National University, Eun Ju Lee, Seoul National University
Fish assemblage relationships to watershed- and reach-scale environmental variables in a USDA Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program landscape in central Kentucky, USA
Scott Grubbs, Western Kentucky University
Effects of nitrogen to phosphorus ratio of nutrient supply on phosphate uptake by algae and bacteria
Keeley Lynn MacNeill, St. Olaf College, Maria Lynn Goodrich, University of California, Berkeley, John Schade, St. Olaf College
Changes in the structure of mutualistic networks over time:  Observations from a long-term study of a bee-plant community.
Olivia J. Messinger, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Terry L. Griswold, USDA
Community-level physiological profiling differentiates Rome Sand Plains (NY) soil microbial communities
Emily Starr, Hamilton College, William A. Pfitsch, Hamilton College, Michael L. McCormick, Hamilton College
Rainfall effects on cover and richness of annual herbaceous plants in a Chilean coastal desert
Julio R. Gutierrez, Universidad de La Serena, Peter L. Meserve, Northern Illinois University, Douglas A. Kelt, University of California, Francisco A. Squeo, Universidad de La Serena

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