94th ESA Annual Meeting (August 2 -- 7, 2009)

Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Cinnarron, Albuquerque Convention Center

Presider:

Brenda Rashleigh, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

8:00 AM

COS 54-1

A latitudinal gradient in the distribution of variance in plant functional traits
Jeffrey K. Lake, Adrian College; Annette M. Ostling, University of Michigan; Stephen P. Hubbell, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; JP Drury, University of California-Los Angeles; Andrea Maguire, Michigan State University; Zachary Brym, University of Michigan; Carlin Ziska, University of Michigan; Sreya Vempatti, University of Michigan

8:20 AM

COS 54-2

Trait based community assembly of Appalachian herbs: The impact of logging on species coexistence
Julie L. Wyatt, Wake Forest University; Miles R. Silman, Wake Forest University

8:40 AM

COS 54-3

Species availability mediates plant species sorting and community development across an experimental soil nitrogen gradient
Bryan L. Foster, University of Kansas; Erin J. Questad, USDA Forest Service; Cathy C. Collins, University of Kansas; Cheryl A. Murphy, University of Kansas; Timothy L. Dickson, Michigan State University; Val H. Smith, University of Kansas

9:00 AM

COS 54-4

Disturbance gradients and vegetation dynamics on Mississippi River Islands
James E. Moore, Christian Brothers University; Scott B. Franklin, University of Northern Colorado; Jack W Grubaugh, The University of Memphis

9:20 AM

COS 54-5

Soil metal contamination influences the vegetation assemblage development of an urban brownfield
Frank Gallagher, Rutgers University; Ildiko Pechmann, Rutgers University; Claus Holzapfel, Rutgers University

9:40 AM

COS 54-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 54-6

Biodiversity is not at equilibrium but reflects the ghost of ecological processes past, part 1
Johannes (Jean) M. H. Knops, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Chad E. Brassil, University of Nebraska; Erin K. Miles, University of Nebraska

10:10 AM

COS 54-7

Biodiversity is not at equilibrium but reflects the ghost of ecological process past, part II
Chad E. Brassil, University of Nebraska; Johannes (Jean) M. H. Knops, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

10:30 AM

COS 54-8

Chance, determinism and the role of history in assembly of communities
Juan C. Márquez, McMaster University; Jurek Kolasa, McMaster University

10:50 AM

COS 54-9

Tests of size structured neutral theory on tropical forest data
Annette M. Ostling, University of Michigan; Jeffrey K. Lake, Adrian College

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