Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Pavillion V, Hyatt
COS 65 - Species Interactions I
8:00 AMImpacts of dominant native and invasive species on Californian stream ecosystems
Jonathan W. Moore, University of California Santa Cruz, Stephanie Carlson, University of California, Berkeley, Justin Fox, University of California Santa Cruz, Jason Hwan, University of California, Berkeley, Sean Hayes, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
8:20 AMWhen keystone species collide:  The effects of termites and vertebrate herbivores in East-African savannas
Alison K. Brody, University of Vermont, Todd M. Palmer, University of Florida, Kena Fox-Dobbs, University of Puget Sound, Daniel F. Doak, University of Wyoming
8:40 AMTrophic cascades and diversity maintenance mechanisms
Peter Chesson, University of Arizona, Jessica J. Kuang, University of Arizona
9:00 AMThe role of predators and plant nutrients in herbivore preference for burned areas in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Stephanie L. Eby, Syracuse University, Mark E. Ritchie, Syracuse University
9:20 AMRe-visiting the keystone predator concept: an illustration in an annual plant model
Jessica J. Kuang, University of Arizona, Peter L. Chesson, University of Arizona
9:40 AMBreak
9:50 AMAre community-wide spatial association patterns among tree species different between tropical and temperate forests?
Thorsten Wiegand, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, C.V. Savitri Gunatilleke, University of Peradeniya, Faculty of Science, I.A.U. Nimal Gunatilleke, University of Peradeniya, Faculty of Science, Xugao Wang, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhanqing Hao, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Andreas Huth, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
10:10 AMPatterns of trait variation and phylogenetic structure in Inga (Fabaceae) communities in Panama and Peru
Kyle G. Dexter, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Sabatier, Toby Pennington, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Thomas A. Kursar, University of Utah, Phyllis D. Coley, University of Utah
10:30 AMCoexistence of cryptic species: Is within-lake habitat partitioning responsible in the case of Hyalella amphipods?
Genevieve Smith, University of Texas at Austin, Mathew A. Leibold, University of Texas at Austin, Gary A. Wellborn, The University of Oklahoma
10:50 AMSpecies associations in an old-growth temperate forest, northeastern China
Xugao Wang, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Thorsten Wiegand, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Buhang Li, Shenyang institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ji Ye, Shenyang institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jian Zhang, Shenyang institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhanqing Hao, Shenyang institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
11:10 AMPlant-soil feedback in the field: A test in a perennial grassland
Emily C. Farrer, University of Michigan, Deborah E. Goldberg, University of Michigan

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