Thursday, August 6, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Dona Ana, Albuquerque Convention Center
COS 86 - Community Disturbance and Recovery I
8:00 AMCOS 86-1Community and ecosystem response to a pesticide disturbance in ponds: The role of assembly history and compositional variability
Lauren M. Woods, Washington University in St. Louis, Elisabeth Calhoon, Ohio Wesleyan University, Patricia J. Troy, Ohio Wesleyan University, Amy L. Downing, Ohio Wesleyan University
8:20 AMCOS 86-2Severe drought and novel community trajectories in a desert spring system
Michael T. Bogan, Oregon State University, David A. Lytle, Oregon State University
8:40 AMCOS 86-3Landscape and local variation in mixed evergreen forest composition related to Phytophthora ramorum (Sudden Oak Death) near Big Sur, California
Frank Davis, University of California Santa Barbara, Mark Borchert, San Bernadino National Forest
9:00 AMCOS 86-4Abiotic and biotic drivers of seedling survival in a hurricane-impacted tropical forest
Liza S. Comita, Columbia University, Maria Uriarte, Columbia University, Jill Thompson, University of Puerto Rico, Inge Jonckheere, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Jess K. Zimmerman, University of Puerto Rico
9:20 AMCOS 86-5Large-scale damage assessment from Hurricane Dean in the dry tropical forests of the Yucatan Peninsula
Jennifer A. Holm, University of Virginia, Deborah Lawrence, University of Virginia, Laura Schneider, Rutgers University, John Rogan, Clark University, Birgit Schmook, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 86-6The importance of competition under disturbance: Evidence from a long-term microbial experiment
Cyrille Violle, University of Arizona, Zhichao Pu, Georgia Institute of Technology, Lin Jiang, Georgia Institute of Technology
10:10 AMCOS 86-7Soil mite community from wildfired mountain sites and its implication to the climate change
Chuleui Jung, Andong National University, Jiwon Kim, Andong National University, Eunson Keum, Andong National University, Hoonbok Yi, Seoul Women's University, Seoul, Korea
10:30 AMCOS 86-8Evidence for sustainability of seagrasses responding to Washington’s shellfish agro-ecosystems
Jennifer L. Ruesink, University of Washington
10:50 AMCOS 86-9Indirect effects of key ecosystem engineer alters distribution of foundation species
Jada-Simone S. White, University of Florida, Benjamin M. Bolker, University of Florida

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