Friday, August 7, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Ruidoso, Albuquerque Convention Center
COS 116 - Community Pattern and Dynamics: Interactions and Invasions
8:00 AMCOS 116-1Using neighborhood models to examine the role of ecto and arbuscular mycorrhizal forest communities on Eastern hemlock seedling establishment
Michael J. O'Brien, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Thomas R. Horton, State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry
8:20 AMCOS 116-2Cross-ecosystem feedbacks between predator avoidance and past colonization drive variation in community assembly
Johanna M. Kraus, Virginia Commonwealth University, James R. Vonesh, Virginia Commonwealth University
8:40 AMCOS 116-3Pathogen effects on plant diversity in a variable environment
Erin A. Mordecai, University of California-Santa Barbara
9:00 AMCOS 116-4Termites create spatial structure and govern ecosystem function in a savannah system through indirect effects on nitrogen-fixation rates
Daniel F. Doak, University of Wyoming, Kena Fox-Dobbs, University of Puget Sound, Alison K. Brody, University of Vermont, Todd M. Palmer, University of Florida
9:20 AMCOS 116-5Top-down control causes collapse of a self-organized landscape on intertidal mudflats
Johan Van de Koppel, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Ellen Weerman, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Peter M.J. Herman, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 116-6Population dynamics in neutral biodiversity model reveal density dependence, Taylor’s power law, and 1/f noise
Petr Keil, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Tomas Herben, Institute of Botany, David Storch, Charles University
10:10 AMCOS 116-7Competition: Defense tradeoffs and the maintenance of producer diversity
David V. Viola, University of California, Santa Barbara, Erin A. Mordecai, University of California, Santa Barbara, Seeta A. Sistla, University of California, Santa Barbara, Lindsey K. Albertson, University of California, Santa Barbara, J. Stephen Gosnell, University of California, Santa Barbara, Alejandra G. Jaramillo, University of California, Santa Barbara
10:30 AMCOS 116-8Abiotic stress, disturbance, and facilitation drive species’ abundances and community composition of Wyoming big sagebrush ecosystems
Michael D. Reisner, Oregon State University, David A. Pyke, U.S. Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Paul S. Doescher, Oregon State University
10:50 AMCOS 116-9Interactions of spatial and temporal variability in plant community structure at different scales in the invaded California grasslands
Angela J. Brandt, Oregon State University, Eric W. Seabloom, Oregon State University
11:10 AMCOS 116-10Plant community composition and damage by natural enemies: A case study of native plant species in restored seasonal wetland prairies
G. Kai Blaisdell, University of Oregon, Bitty A. Roy, University of Oregon, Laurel E. Pfeifer-Meister, University of Oregon, Scott D. Bridgham, University of Oregon

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