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

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

Acoma/Zuni, Albuquerque Convention Center

Presider:

Leticia G. Sanchez, University of Colorado, Boulder

8:00 AM

COS 55-1

Variable expression of an inducible trophic polymorphism leads to expanded diet breadth at the cost of competitive ability
Aabir Banerji, Rutgers University; Peter J. Morin, Rutgers University

8:20 AM

COS 55-2

Spatial noise in settlement facilitates coexistence among sessile marine invertebrates
Kyle F. Edwards, University of Hawaii; John J. Stachowicz, University of California, Davis

8:40 AM

COS 55-3

Spatial aggregation may promote species coexistence in reef-building corals: Using a model to extrapolate large-scale effects from experimental results
Joshua A. Idjadi, Eastern Connecticut State University; Ronald H. Karlson, University of Delaware

9:00 AM

COS 55-4

The effects of insect herbivores on competition between two old-field plant species, Solanum carolinense and Solidago altissima
Tania N. Kim, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Nora C. Underwood, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory; Brian D. Inouye, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

9:20 AM

COS 55-5

Nest-site limitation in a Colorado ant community
Leticia G. Sanchez, University of Colorado, Boulder; Michael D. Breed, University of Colorado, Boulder

9:40 AM

COS 55-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 55-6

Avian kleptoparasitism of the digger wasp Sphex pensylvanicus
Justin Benttinen, University of Rhode Island; Evan Preisser, University of Rhode Island

10:10 AM

COS 55-7

Evaluating the presence of competition between native and invasive slugs in central Maryland
Megan E. Paustian, University of Maryland; Pedro Barbosa, University of Maryland

10:30 AM

COS 55-8

Fungal endophytes increase the competitive effects of an invasive plant
Erik T. Aschehoug, North Carolina State University; Kerry L. Metlen, The Nature Conservancy in Oregon; Marnie E. Rout, University of Montana; Ragan M. Callaway, The University of Montana; George Newcombe, University of Idaho

10:50 AM

COS 55-9

Consumer-resource mutualism can promote coexistence in lottery competition
Charlotte T. Lee, Duke University; Brian D. Inouye, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

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