93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008)

Friday, August 8, 2008: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

202 E, Midwest Airlines Center

8:00 AM

COS 115-1

Spatial and temporal dynamics of an aphid-ladybug metapopulation on Yucca glauca
Miroslav Kummel, Colorado College; Andrew D. Nelson, Colorado College

8:20 AM

COS 115-2

Metapopulation dynamics override local abiotic limits on long-term persistence of a subterranean microparasite
Karthik Ram, University of California, Berkeley; Evan Preisser, University of Rhode Island; Daniel Gruner, University of Maryland; Donald R. Strong, University of California, Davis

8:40 AM

COS 115-3

Community dynamics in spatially structured ecosystems
Dominique Gravel, Université du Québec à Rimouski; Frédéric Guichard, McGill University; Nicolas Mouquet, Université Montpellier 2, CNRS; Michel Loreau, Station d'Ecologie Expérimentale du CNRS à Moulis

9:00 AM

COS 115-4

Simulating 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; Byron B. Lamont, Curtin University of Technology, Perth

9:20 AM

COS 115-5

Comparative 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

COS 115-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 115-6

Trophic cascades in metacommunities: Can dispersal alter the strength of indirect predator effects?
Jennifer G. Howeth, University of Alabama; Mathew A. Leibold, University of Texas at Austin

10:10 AM

COS 115-7

Habitat 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 AM

COS 115-8

Effects 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 AM

COS 115-9

Spatio-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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