Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Cinnarron, Albuquerque Convention Center
COS 54 - Community Assembly and Neutral Theory I
8:00 AMCOS 54-1A latitudinal gradient in the distribution of variance in plant functional traits
Jeffrey K. Lake, University of Michigan, Annette M. Ostling, University of Michigan, Stephen P. Hubbell, University of California-Los Angeles, JP Drury, University of California-Los Angeles, Andrea Maguire, University of Michigan, Zachary Brym, University of Michigan, Carlin Ziska, University of Michigan, Sreya Vempatti, University of Michigan
8:20 AMCOS 54-2Trait based community assembly of Appalachian herbs: The impact of logging on species coexistence
Julie L. Wyatt, Wake Forest University, Miles R. Silman, Wake Forest University
8:40 AMCOS 54-3Species availability mediates plant species sorting and community development across an experimental soil nitrogen gradient
Bryan L. Foster, University of Kansas, Erin J. Questad, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Cathy C. Collins, University of Kansas, Cheryl A. Murphy, University of Kansas, Timothy L. Dickson, Iowa State University, Val H. Smith, University of Kansas
9:00 AMCOS 54-4Disturbance gradients and vegetation dynamics on Mississippi River Islands
James E. Moore, The University of Memphis, Scott B. Franklin, University of Northern Colorado, Jack W Grubaugh, The University of Memphis
9:20 AMCOS 54-5Soil metal contamination influences the vegetation assemblage development of an urban brownfield
Frank Gallagher, Rutgers University, Ildiko Pechmann, Rutgers University, Claus Holzapfel, Rutgers University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 54-6Biodiversity is not at equilibrium but reflects the ghost of ecological processes past, part 1
Johannes (Jean) M. H. Knops, University of Nebraska, Chad E Brassil, University of Nebraska, Erin K. Miles, University of Nebraska
10:10 AMCOS 54-7Biodiversity is not at equilibrium but reflects the ghost of ecological process past, part II
Chad E. Brassil, University of Nebraska, Johannes (Jean) M. H. Knops, University of Nebraska
10:30 AMCOS 54-8Chance, determinism and the role of history in assembly of communities
Juan C. Márquez, McMaster University, Jurek Kolasa, McMaster University
10:50 AMCOS 54-9Tests of size structured neutral theory on tropical forest data
Annette M. Ostling, University of Michigan, Jeffrey K Lake, University of Michigan

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