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

Thursday, August 6, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Grand Pavillion IV, Hyatt

Presider:

Kathryn E. Stoner, Texas A&M University - Kingsville

8:00 AM

COS 97-1

Seed mass, abundance, and breeding system among tropical forest species: Do dioecious species exhibit compensatory reproduction or abundances?
Simon A. Queenborough, The Ohio State University; Susan J. Mazer, University of California, Santa Barbara; Steven M. Vamosi, University of Calgary; Nancy Garwood, Southern Ilinois University; Renato Valencia, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador; Robert P. Freckleton, University of Sheffield

8:20 AM

COS 97-2

The impact of complete bird loss on seed dispersal and plant recruitment in Guam
Haldre S. Rogers, Rice University; Joshua J. Tewksbury, Future Earth; Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, University of Washington

8:40 AM

COS 97-3

Factors affecting white-footed mice (Permyscus leucopus) seed predation upon wild blue lupine (Lupinus perennis) in Northwest Ohio
Rachel H. Kappler, Bowling Green State University; Karen V. Root, Bowling Green State University

9:00 AM

COS 97-4

Recruitment limitation for a tropical forest understory herb in a human-modified Amazonian landscape
Maria Uriarte, Columbia University; Emilio M. Bruna, University of Florida; Paulo Rubim, INPA; Marina Anciaes, INPA; Inge Jonckheere, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

9:20 AM

COS 97-5

Spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) as seed dispersers in continuous and fragmented rainforests in southern Mexico
Kathryn E. Stoner, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Oscar M. Chaves, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Julieta Benítez-Malvido, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Alejandro Estrada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

9:40 AM

COS 97-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 97-6

Linking interspecific variation in vertebrate seed predation, insect seed predation, and pathogen attack to fruit traits in tropical woody plants
Noelle G. Beckman, The Ohio State University; Helene C. Muller-Landau, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

10:10 AM

COS 97-7

Timing is everything: Seed predation and indirect facilitation by ants alter seedling establishment following drought
Nancy Nicolai, University of New Mexico

10:30 AM

COS 97-8

Seed dispersal of an endangered conifer: Functional groups and spatiotemporal variability
Jessica E. Lavabre, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC; Jordi Bascompte, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC

10:50 AM

COS 97-9

Local adaptation and insect-mediated transmission of fungal pathogens in wild chilies
Noelle J. Machnicki, University of Washington; Carlos E. Manchego, University of Florida; Joshua J. Tewksbury, Future Earth

11:10 AM

COS 97-10

Wild Rice population resiliancy in response to fungal smut pathogen
Crystal Phillips, Ferris State University; Scott M. Herron, Ferris State University

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