Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Cinnarron, Albuquerque Convention Center
COS 39 - Community Pattern and Dynamics: Forests
1:30 PMUneven forest mesification along an edaphic gradient in northern Wisconsin
Kathryn L. Amatangelo, University of Wisconsin, Mark R. Fulton, Bemidji State University, David A. Rogers, University of Wisconsin - Parkside, Donald Waller, University of Wisconsin
1:50 PMDecoupling of overstory and understory dynamics in northern Wisconsin
Mark R. Fulton, Bemidji State University, Kathryn L. Amatangelo, University of Wisconsin, David A. Rogers, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Donald Waller, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2:10 PMCANCELLED - Effects of intra-specific variability on the development of community structure: Modelling spruce-fir forest dynamics
Benoit Courbaud, Cemagref - Grenoble, Ghislain Vieilledent, Cemagref - Grenoble, Georges Kunstler, Cemagref - Grenoble
2:30 PMSpatial patterns of light availability in the tropical forest understorey may be the same as at the top of the canopy
David B. Greenberg, University of California, Warren Y. Brockelman, BIOTEC Central Research Unit
2:50 PMThe disappearance of large vertebrate seed dispersers from a tropical forest: what happens a hundred years later?
Shawn Lum, National Institute of Education, Singapore, Min Sheng Khoo, c/o National Institute of Education, Singapore
3:10 PMBreak
3:20 PMCANCELLED - Size discrimination of direct and indirect mechanical tree mortality processes in old-growth forests
Andrew J. Larson, University of Washington, Jerry F Franklin, University of Washington
3:40 PMPlant-animal interactions and forest community dynamics on the 30-ha Mo Singto forest dynamics plot in continental Thailand
Warren Y. Brockelman, BIOTEC Central Research Unit, Anuttara Nathalang, BIOTEC Central Research Unit
4:00 PMForest structure and species interactions in an analytically-tractable, yet mechanistically-rich model of nitrogen and light competition
Ray Dybzinski, Princeton University, Caroline E. Farrior, Princeton University, Stephen W. Pacala, Princeton University
4:20 PMRegeneration patterns in a native dominated Hawaiian montane wet forest
Faith Inman-Narahari, University of Hawaii, Kehauwealani Nelson-Kaula, University of Hawaii, Rebecca Ostertag, University of Hawaii, Susan Cordell, USDA Forest Service, Christian Giardina, USDA Forest Service, Lawren Sack, UCLA
4:40 PMCan differences in stomatal regulation explain competitive differences among tree species?
David M. Bell, Duke University, Eric J. Ward, Duke University, James S. Clark, Duke University, Ram Oren, Duke University

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