Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Mesilla, Albuquerque Convention Center
OOS 28 - Projection Matrix Models: Investigating General Patterns in Plant Demography
During the last decades plant demography has gained a major understanding of key processes based on the application of retrospective and prospective analyses of projection matrix models (e.g, population viability analyses, effects of herbivory, fire, rainfall or drought, invasive species, density-dependent mechanisms, succession, habitat fragmentation, etc). The wide usage of these tools has given rise to over 230 published works, ranging from annual plants to sequoias. This session will discuss general demographic patterns from comparative studies, reviews and meta-analyses on the demography of plant species.
Organizer:	Roberto Salguero-Gomez, The University of Pennsylvania
Moderator:	Brenda Casper, The University of Pennsylvania
1:30 PM	OOS 28-1		Phenology, stochasticity, and the demography of plant populations Hal Caswell, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
1:50 PM	OOS 28-2		Population dynamics across species' ranges: Comparative demography of central and marginal populations of Mimulus cardinalis and M. lewisii Amy L. Angert, Colorado State University
2:10 PM	OOS 28-3		The evolution of life history: A meta-analysis of phylogeny and demography in terrestrial plants Jean H. Burns, University of California, Davis, Tiffany Knight, Washington University
2:30 PM	OOS 28-4		Plant populations track rather than buffer climate fluctuations Eelke Jongejans, Radboud University Nijmegen, Hans de Kroon, Radboud University Nijmegen, Shripad Tuljapurkar, Stanford University, Katriona Shea, The Pennsylvania State University
2:50 PM	OOS 28-5		How, when and where is it good to be small? Roberto Salguero-Gomez, The University of Pennsylvania, Brenda B. Casper, The University of Pennsylvania
3:10 PM			Break
3:20 PM	OOS 28-6		Demographic delays may be a cause of regular fluctuations in plant populations: Modeling approaches and an example with an annual mustard Pedro Quintana-Ascencio, University of Central Florida, Eric S. Menges, Archbold Biological Station, Carl W Weekley, Archbold Biological Station, Michael Kelrick, Truman State University, Beatriz Pace-Aldana, The Nature Conservancy
3:40 PM	OOS 28-7		Transient dynamics in stage structured models of plant demography David J. Hodgson, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Iain M. Stott, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Miguel Franco, University of Plymouth, David Carslake, Warwick University, Stuart Townley, University of Exeter
4:00 PM	OOS 28-8		Intra- versus inter-regional variation in the population dynamics of short-lived perennials Hans de Kroon, Radboud University Nijmegen, Eelke Jongejans, Radboud University Nijmegen
4:20 PM	OOS 28-9		Demographic models as a tool to understand and manage invasive plant species Satu M. Ramula, University of Queensland, Yvonne M. Buckley, University of Queensland
4:40 PM	OOS 28-10		Demography of a long-lived monocarpic plant (Frasera speciosa): How dataset length affects the accuracy of demographic parameter estimates Judy P. Che-Castaldo, University of Maryland, College Park, David W. Inouye, University of Maryland

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