Thursday, August 6, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Grand Pavillion IV, Hyatt
COS 112 - Scaling: Body Size and Allometry
1:30 PMCOS 112-1The metabolic basis of diversity: Interactive effects of temperature dependent ecological, evolutionary and ecosystems rates
James C. Stegen, University of Arizona, Brian J. Enquist, University of Arizona, Regis Ferriere, University of Arizona
1:50 PMCOS 112-2Life history and limitations of metabolic ecology: Host-specific population growth rate, uncorrelated with body mass, explains local abundance of insect herbivores on a shared host plant species
Eric M. Lind, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Pedro Barbosa, University of Maryland
2:10 PMCOS 112-3Empirical evaluation of the external branching architecture of diverse trees in light of metabolic scaling theory assumptions
Lisa D. Patrick, University of Arizona, Philippe Grégiore, University of Arizona, Vanessa R. Buzzard, University of Arizona, William W. Driscoll, University of Arizona, Scott C. Stark, University of Arizona, James C. Stegen, University of Arizona, Andrew J. Kerkhoff, Kenyon College, Charles A. Price, Georgia Institute of Technology, Christine A. Lamanna, University of Arizona, Ashley L. Wiede, University of Arizona, Evan Sommer, University of Arizona, Van M. Savage, University of California, Brian J. Enquist, University of Arizona
2:30 PMCOS 112-4The effect of below-ground resources on above-ground allometric relationships in tropical tree species
Katherine D. Heineman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Ethan Jensen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Autumn Shapland, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Brett Bogenrief, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sylvester Tan, Sarawak Forestry Corporation, Richard Rebarber, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sabrina E. Russo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2:50 PMCOS 112-5Metabolic scaling and energy equivalence are not universal but scale-dependent
Nick J.B. Isaac, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Chris Carbone, Zoological Society of London
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 112-6Food of life: Fire of life!
Chen Hou, The Santa Fe Institute, Wenyun Zuo, University of New Mexico, Melanie Moses, University of New Mexico, William H. Woodruff, Los Alamos National Laboratory,, James H. Brown, University of New Mexico, Geoffrey B. West, The Santa Fe Institute
3:40 PMCOS 112-7Metabolic scaling links the traits of individual ants to their colonies
Jonathan Z. Shik, University of Oklahoma
4:00 PMCOS 112-8Allometric density responses in lepidoptera: The response to small and large patches by small and large species
Peter A. Hambäck, Stockholm University

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