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

Friday, August 7, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Grand Pavillion V, Hyatt

Presider:

Peter Eklöv, Uppsala University

8:00 AM

COS 129-1

Niche partitioning among fish limits food web connectivity in lakes
Peter Eklöv, Uppsala University; Mario Quevedo, Limnology; Richard Svanbäck, Uppsala University

8:20 AM

COS 129-2

The effects of prey heterogeneity and enrichment on the transitory dynamics and persistence of aquatic food webs
Christopher F. Steiner, Wayne State University; Christopher A. Klausmeier, Michigan State University; Elena Litchman, Michigan State University

8:40 AM

COS 129-3

Light and nutrient availability affects food chain efficiency in benthic and pelagic aquatic food chains
Freya E. Rowland, Miami University; Kelley J. Bricker, Miami University; Michael J. Vanni, Miami University; María J. González, Miami University

9:00 AM

COS 129-4

The independent and interactive effects of resource availability and predation on Daphnia life history and stoichiometry
Torrance C. Hanley, Yale University; David M. Post, Yale University; Stephen C. Stearns, Yale University

9:20 AM

COS 129-5

Stable isotopes reveal spatial and temporal changes in the utilization of prey resources by the intraguild predator, Pardosa littoralis
Gina Marie Wimp, Georgetown University; Shannon M. Murphy, University of Denver; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Robert F. Denno, University of Maryland

9:40 AM

COS 129-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 129-6

Are wolves in Wisconsin affecting the biodiversity of understory plant communities via a trophic cascade
Ramana Callan, University of Georgia; Nathan Nibbelink, University of Georgia

10:10 AM

COS 129-7

Effects of palatable and unpalatable plants on deer population dynamics
Toshiyuki Namba, Osaka Prefecture University; Aiko Ohno, Osaka Prefecture University

10:30 AM

COS 129-8

An aboveground and belowground test of EEH in Alaskan arctic tundra
Laura Gough, University of Texas at Arlington; John C. Moore, Colorado State University; Gaius R. Shaver, Marine Biological Laboratory; Rod T. Simpson, Colorado State University; David R. Johnson, University of Texas at El Paso

10:50 AM

COS 129-9

Cascading effects of birds, bats and lizards: A meta-analysis of terrestrial insectivore exclusion studies
Kailen A. Mooney, University of California, Irvine; Daniel S. Gruner, University of Maryland; Nicholas A. Barber, Northern Illinois University; Stacy M. Philpott, University of California, Santa Cruz; Sunshine A. Van Bael, Tulane University; Russell Greenberg, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center

11:10 AM

COS 129-10

Searching for generalities behind non-trophic effects on community assembly
Antonio J. Golubski, Kennesaw State University; Peter A. Abrams, University of Toronto

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