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

COS 68 - Community Ecology: Plants II

Wednesday, August 6, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

104 D, Midwest Airlines Center

1:30 PM

COS 68-1

Vegetation-environment relationships of forest ecosystems in the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau of southern Ohio
Katherine L. Martin, The Pennsylvania State University; David M. Hix, The Ohio State University; P. Charles Goebel, The Ohio State University

1:50 PM

COS 68-2

Long-term trends in the species, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in two neotropical forest dynamics plots
Nathan G. Swenson, Michigan State University

2:10 PM

COS 68-3

Simulating future forests: Process uncertainty, individual differences, and the importance of frailty to predicting forest community dynamics
Sean McMahon, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; James Clark, Duke University; Pankaj K. Agarwal, Duke University; Hai Yu, Duke University

2:30 PM

COS 68-4

Shifts in leaf functional traits in relation to performance of Bornean rainforest tree species along an edaphic gradient
Sabrina E. Russo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Stuart J. Davies, Center for Tropical Forest Science; Sylvester Tan, Forest Department Sarawak

2:50 PM

COS 68-5

Insights of biodiversity in spatial patterns of tropical forests
Shan-Huah Wu, National Taiwan Normal University

3:10 PM

COS 68-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 68-6

Relatedness and plant community structure: Mesocosm experiment with seven co-occurring old-field Asteraceae
Michael Stastny, Cornell University

3:40 PM

COS 68-7

The impact of seeding method on diversity and fine-scale plant distribution in restored grasslands
Kathryn Yurkonis, University of North Dakota; Brian J. Wilsey, Iowa State University; Kirk A. Moloney, Iowa State University; Pauline Drobney, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

4:00 PM

COS 68-8

Temporal dynamics of tree-herb interactions in a montane meadow: Effects of tree age and species
Ryan D. Haugo, The Nature Conservancy; Charles B. Halpern, University of Washington

4:20 PM

COS 68-9

Recent Typha (cattail) encroachment and dominance in long-term stable Lake Ontario fen communities
Matthew T. Distler, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Donald J. Leopold, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

4:40 PM

COS 68-10

The diversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a mature beech-maple forest: Influences of soil environment and vegetation
David J. Burke, The Holden Arboretum; Charlotte R. Chan, The Holden Arboretum; Juan C. López-Gutiérrez, The Holden Arboretum; Kurt A. Smemo, The Holden Arboretum

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