Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
La Cienega, Albuquerque Convention Center
COS 68 - Biogeography and Macroecology
1:30 PMCOS 68-1The causes of gradients in biological diversity may be unknowable
Robert Dunn, NCSU
1:50 PMCOS 68-2Linking turnover of species and environments
Lauren B. Buckley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Walter Jetz, University of California, San Diego
2:10 PMCOS 68-3A unified theory of unified theories of biodiversity
Brian J. McGill, University of Arizona
2:30 PMCOS 68-4Area-energy equivalency and the scaling of species richness
Allen H. Hurlbert, University of North Carolina, Walter Jetz, University of California, San Diego
2:50 PMCOS 68-5Carbon exudation as a cross-ecosystem phenomenon:  magnitudes, causes, and consequences
Kathryn L. Cottingham, Dartmouth College, Elizabeth M. Wolkovich, Dartmouth College, Stuart Sandin, Scripps Oceanographic Institute, Claire De Mazancourt, McGill University
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 68-6Globetrotting: Patterns of similarity in mammalian distributions across continents
Larisa E. Harding, University of New Mexico, Felisa A. Smith, University of New Mexico, S. Kathleen Lyons, National Museum of Natural History, Kristin M. Youberg, University of New Mexico, James H. Brown, University of New Mexico
3:40 PMCOS 68-7No man is an island, but his teeth may be an archipelago: Bacterial biogeography and the human mouth
Clara Davis Long, Stanford School of Medicine, Peter Loomer, University of California, San Francisco, Gary Armitage, University of California, San Francisco, David A. Relman, Stanford School of Medicine
4:00 PMCOS 68-8Charles Darwin's experience in Chile: The importance of contingency and analytical observation in science
Juan J. Armesto, CASEB, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Instituto de Ecologia y Biodiversidad, Mary F. Willson, Fundacion Senda Darwin, Nelida Pohl, Fundacion Senda Darwin and Instituto de Ecologia y Biodiversidad, Iván A. Díaz, University of Florida, Wara Marcelo, Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad Universidad de Chile, Ricardo Rozzi, University of North Texas and Universty of Magallanes - Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Chile
4:20 PMCOS 68-9Range shifts and species diversity in marine ecosystem engineers:  Patterns and predictions for European sedimentary habitats
Sarah K. Berke, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Andrew R. Mahon, Auburn University, Fernando P. Lima, University of South Carolina, Kenneth M Halanych, Auburn University, David S Wethey, University of South Carolina, Sarah A Woodin, University of South Carolina
4:40 PMCOS 68-10CANCELLED - Evidence of forest mesophication in the eastern United States?
Songlin Fei, University of Kentucky, Peilin Yang, University of Kentucky

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