Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Sendero Blrm III, Hyatt
COS 25 - Distributions and Range Limits
8:00 AMCOS 25-1Determining the native region of an invasive insect, through host parasitoid relations, and taxonomic, molecular, and ethnobotanical approaches, to facilitate its biological control
Robert W. Pemberton, USDA ARS Invasive Plant Research Lab, Timothy M. Collins, Florida International University, Dennis O'Dowd, Monash University, Penny J. Gullan, University of California, Davis, Paul Sharp, Florida International University, Hong Liu, Florida International University, Sibylle Schroer, University of Florida, Fort Lauderdale
8:20 AMCOS 25-2Interspecific competition mediates range limits in tropical montane birds: Implications for species responses to climate change
Jill E. Jankowski, University of Florida, Scott K. Robinson, University of Florida, Douglas J. Levey, University of Florida
8:40 AMCOS 25-3Elevated breeding success at a distribution margin: Potential for range shift under climate change
Lori Hargrove, University of California, Riverside, John T. Rotenberry, University of California, Riverside
9:00 AMCOS 25-4Correlations between niche breadth, local dispersal behavior, and North American range size in libellulid dragonflies
Shannon J. McCauley, University of Toronto, Chris Davis, University of Michigan, Earl E. Werner, University of Michigan
9:20 AMCOS 25-5Gene flow enhances fitness at low-elevation range limit in a Sierra Nevada monkeyflower
Jason P. Sexton, University of California
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 25-6CANCELLED - Using classical niche concepts in species distribution models: accounting for biotic interactions
Greg J. McInerny, Microsoft Research, Cambridge., Drew Purves, Microsoft Research, Cambridge
10:10 AMCOS 25-7Selection, genetic variation and niche conservatism in Lasthenia fremontii
Nancy C. Emery, Purdue University, Renata Solan, University of Wisconsin Madison, David D. Ackerly, University of California, Berkeley
10:30 AMCOS 25-8The costs and benefits of mutualism: Evaluation of Piper-ant plants along an altitudinal gradient in the north-eastern Andes of Ecuador
Genoveva Rodríguez-Castañeda, Tulane University, Rebecca E. Forkner, George Mason University, Lee A. Dyer, University of Nevada, Eric Tepe, University of Utah

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