Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Pavillion III, Hyatt
COS 63 - Population Dynamics: Metapopulations
8:00 AMCOS 63-1Relaxation rate: A consistent metric for linking habitat fragmentation to extinction threat
Jessica K. Schnell, Rutgers University, Gareth J. Russell, New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University, Grant M. Harris, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Stuart L. Pimm, Duke University
8:20 AMCOS 63-2An evolutionary explanation for species body size distributions
Aaron Clauset, Santa Fe Institute
8:40 AMCOS 63-3Competition and coexistence in competitive metapopulations
Michael B. Bonsall, University of Oxford
9:00 AMCOS 63-4CANCELLED - Changes in meta-population dynamics and species richness in butterflies in an urbanizing landscape
Kayce L. Anderson, University of California, Davis, Arthur Shapiro, University of California, Davis
9:20 AMCOS 63-5Habitat change and population loss and gain in a montane butterfly
Ernest H. Williams, Hamilton College
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 63-6The role of sources and sinks in regional and local metapopulation dynamics
Chloe M.J. Strevens, University of Oxford, Michael Bonsall, University of Oxford
10:10 AMCOS 63-7Metapopulation persistence and stability in red flour beetle: Roles of habitat fragmentation, connectivity and spatial configuration
Byju N. Govindan, Purdue University, Bryan D. Price, Indiana State Department of Health, Robert K. Swihart, Purdue University
10:30 AMCOS 63-8Spatial synchrony reveals how limited dispersal and local density-dependent processes regulate metapopulations
Tarik C. Gouhier, McGill University, Frederic Guichard, McGill University, Bruce A. Menge, Oregon State University, Carl Schoch, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Gary W. Allison, The Ohio State University
10:50 AMCOS 63-9Connectivity and coherence thresholds in metapopulation networks
Lewi Stone, Tel-Aviv University, Yael Artzy-Randrup, University of Michigan and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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