Friday, August 8, 2008: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
102 E, Midwest Airlines Center
COS 108 - Community Ecology: Theory and Space
8:00 AMCOS 108-1The core-satellite hypothesis for metacommunity structure
Mathew A. Leibold, University of Texas at Austin, Lissete N DeSenerpont-Domis, University of Texas at Austin, Jelena H Pantel, University of Texas at Austin, Jennifer G Howeth, University of Texas at Austin, Jonathan G Cox, University of Texas at Austin, Genevieve Smith, University of Texas at Austin, Mary K. Johnston, University of Texas at Austin, Maria J La Roca, University of Texas at Austin, Pedro R. Peres-Neto, University of Quebec at Montreal
8:20 AMCOS 108-2Unraveling fine-scale community structure and congruence among bird and beetle assemblages in a forest mosaic
Ermias T. Azeria, University Laval, Daniel Fortin, University Laval, Jérôme Lemaître, University Laval, Phillipe Janssen, University Laval, Christian Hébert, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Marcel Darveau, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Steven G. Cumming, University Laval
8:40 AMCOS 108-3How do geographic location and island size affect reservoir island woody plant species composition, richness, and diversity?
Danielle C. Zoellner, Clemson University, Saara J. DeWalt, Clemson University
9:00 AMCOS 108-4Functional tradeoffs promote species coexistence via the storage effect
Amy L. Angert, Colorado State University, Travis E. Huxman, University of Arizona, Peter Chesson, University of Arizona, D. Lawrence Venable, University of Arizona
9:20 AMCOS 108-5Dendritic network structure constrains metacommunity properties in riverine ecosystems
Christopher M. Swan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Bryan L. Brown, Clemson University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 108-6Spatial dynamics and interactions between coastal fish community functional groups in Lake Huron
Angela L. Strecker, University of Toronto, Peter A. Abrams, University of Toronto, Marie-Josee Fortin, University of Toronto, Donald A. Jackson, University of Toronto, Brian J. Shuter, University of Toronto, John M. Casselman, Queen's University, Scott W. Milne, Milne Technologies, Mark S. Ridgway, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
10:10 AMCOS 108-7Merging metabolic theory with ecology to link the kinetic effects of temperature to species richness gradients
James C. Stegen, University of Arizona, Brian J. Enquist, University of Arizona, Regis Ferriere, University of Arizona
10:30 AMCOS 108-8The effects of habitat heterogeneity on community stability and food web structure in stream benthic communities
Bryan L. Brown, Clemson University, Raven L. Lawson, Clemson University
10:50 AMCOS 108-9Spatio-temporal vegetation pattern formation with feedback function: Numerical simulations
Bai-Lian Li, University of California, Riverside, Quan-Xing Liu, Northern University of China

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