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

PS 64-54

Incorporation of density dependence and spatial configuration in modeling woody plant encroachment in a semiarid savanna
Ana V. González, University of Texas at Austin; Norma L. Fowler, University of Texas at Austin; Norma L. Fowler, University of Texas at Austin

PS 64-55

Microbial community composition along an estuarine salinity gradient
Kathryn Samantha Nichols, Bowdoin College; John Lichter, Bowdoin College; Keirnan Willett, Bowdoin College; Bruce Kohorn, Bowdoin College

PS 64-56

Effects of different vegetation cover types on sediment deposition in the tidal freshwater marsh Tivoli North Bay, Hudson River, New York
Elizabeth Loaiza, University of Costa Rica; Stuart E.G. Findlay, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

PS 64-57

Phylogenetic scale of soil resource partitioning in tropical trees
Claire A. Baldeck, Carnegie Institution for Science; James W. Dalling, University of Illinois

PS 64-58

Liana impacts on tree growth in an early successional temperate forest system
Laura M. Ladwig, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Scott J. Meiners, Eastern Illinois University

PS 64-59

Bog vegetation from oceanic to continental climate zone
Anna M. Laine, University of Oulu; Edgar Karofeld, University of Tartu; Jari Oksanen, University of Oulu; Pirita O. Oksanen, University of Bristol; Ülle Sillasoo, Tallinn University; Minna Väliranta, University of Helsinki; Eeva-Stiina Tuittila, University of Helsinki

PS 64-60

Plant community dynamics and evidence for non-linear succession in Bergen Swamp, a rich mineotrophic mire (NY, USA)
Aaron M. Hall, Defenders of Wildlife; Paul A. Shipman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth N. Hane, Rochester Institute of Technology

PS 64-61

Biotic and abiotic factors related to the spatial distribution of the endangered cacti Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus
Axini Sánchez-Gregorio, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro; Humberto Suzán-Azpiri, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro

PS 64-62

Succession of dipterans in container communities: Is the IFC hypothesis supported in an animal community?
Ebony Murrell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Steven A. Juliano, Illinois State University

PS 64-63

Location, location, (local) location: A quantification of microhabitat requirements for eight Florida Scrub herbs
Timothy J. Miller, NOAA NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Eric S. Menges, Archbold Biological Station

PS 64-64

David and Goliath: ant symbionts force demographic trade-offs in host trees and buffer against megaherbivore-driven landscape change in an African savanna
Jacob R. Goheen, University of Wyoming; Todd M. Palmer, University of Florida; Janet E. Maclean, University of British Columbia

PS 64-65

Effects of insect availability and shrub architecture on spider abundance and diversity: An experimental study of spiders in a shrub-steppe ecosystem
Lori R. Spears, Utah State University; James A. MacMahon, Utah State University

PS 64-66

Ground-dwelling arthropods and environmental factors in two semi-arid habitats: Data from 1992-2004
Sandra Brantley, University of New Mexico; Amaris L. Swann, University of New Mexico, Sevilleta LTER; David C. Lightfoot, University of New Mexico; Julieta Bettinelli, University of New Mexico

PS 64-67

A decade of change in a 4 ha Crosstimbers stand in Oklahoma
Kelly A. DeRennaux, Oklahoma State University; José Ramón Arévalo, Universidad de La Laguna; Daniel J. McGlinn, Utah State University; Matthew S. Allen, Oklahoma State University; Michael W. Palmer, Oklahoma State University

PS 64-68

Structure and dynamics of a tropical forest along a rainfall gradient in Mudumalai, southern India
Handanakere. S. Dattaraja, Indian Institute os Science; Suresh H.S, Indian Institute os Science; Raman Sukumar, Indian Institute of Science

PS 64-69

The assembly pattern of ephemeral plant communities in semiarid coastal Chile: Interactive effects of shrubs, herbivores, and precipitation
Jaime Madrigal, Instituto de Ecologia y Biodiversidad; Peter L. Meserve, University of Idaho; Douglas A. Kelt, University of California; Francisco A. Squeo, Universidad de La Serena; Julio R. Gutierrez, Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad, Universidad de La Serena

PS 64-70

Does livestock grazing promote woody plant encroachment in drylands?
Katharine Predick, University of Arizona; Steve Archer, University of Arizona

PS 64-71

The relative importance of negative frequency-dependent growth in species-rich communities
Glenda M. Yenni, Utah State University

PS 64-72

Seeds banks of desert annuals in an aridity gradient in the southern Atacama Desert
Diego A. Sotomayor, York University; Julio R. Gutiérrez, Universidad de La Serena

PS 64-73

The History of Vegetation Ecology in The American Midland Naturalist
Scott B. Franklin, University of Northern Colorado; James E. Moore, Christian Brothers University

PS 64-74

Quantifying the complex ecological role of the invasive thistle Carduus acanthoides
Laura A. Russo, Cornell University; Katriona Shea, The Pennsylvania State University; Suann Yang, Presbyterian College

PS 64-75

The effects of habitat loss from woody plant encroachment on plant species richness across spatial and temporal scales
Karen M. Alofs, University of Toronto; Norma L. Fowler, University of Texas at Austin

PS 64-76

Fifty years of woodland dynamics, Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas
Steven M. Wondzell, US Forest Service; Esteban H. Muldavin, Natural Heritage New Mexico; John A. Ludwig, CSIRO Ecosystems Science

PS 64-77

Multimodality in avian size distributions across spatial scales
Katherine M. Thibault, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON); Ethan P. White, University of Florida; S. K. Morgan Ernest, Utah State University; Allen H. Hurlbert, University of North Carolina

PS 64-78

Density dependent mortality and changes in species diversity among germinating seeds and first-year seedlings during and following general flowering events in a lowland dipterocarp forest
Yuyun Chen, Tsinghua University; I-Fang Sun, National Dong Hwa University; S. Joseph Wright, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Nur Supardi Md. Noor, Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Stephen P. Hubbell, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

PS 64-79

Trends or fluctuations? Thirty-two years of change in trees at Hueston Woods, Ohio
James R. Runkle, Wright State University

PS 64-80

Fine-scale habitat partitioning in a sagebrush-steppe spider community: Do elevation and slope aspect predict spider guild abundance and distribution?
Stephanie M. Cobbold, Utah State University; James A. MacMahon, Utah State University

PS 64-81

Spatial patterns and species interactions in a diverse Great Basin (USA) shrub community
Andrew P. Rayburn, River Partners; Eugene W. Schupp, Utah State University

PS 64-82

Genetic diversity of colonizing species increases likelihood of establishment, especially in low competition communiites
Kane R. Keller, Michigan State University; Jennifer A. Lau, Michigan State University

PS 64-83

Prevalence and climatic correlates of caulifory in tropical forests
David Kenfack, Center for Tropical Forest Science & Smithsonian Global Earth Observatory; Duncan Thomas, Oregon State University; George B. Chuyong, University of Buea

PS 64-84

Spatial processes and tree fall disturbance affect understory plant community composition in Hawaiian montane rainforests
Michael A. Tweiten, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Sara C. Hotchkiss, University of Wisconsin

PS 64-85

Bottom-up and top-down effects on algal community dynamics in an aridland river: the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico
Ayesha S. Burdett, University of New Mexico; Rebecca J. Bixby, University of New Mexico

PS 64-86

The effect of dispersal disruption and altered disturbance regimes on riverine metacommunities
Daniel A. Auerbach, Colorado State University; N.L. Poff, Colorado State University

PS 64-87

Does benthic current velocity establish a critical threshold for algal removal by stream grazers?
Todd A. Wellnitz, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire; William Hintz, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

PS 64-88

Niches, Body Sizes, and the Disassembly of Island Mammal Faunas
Jordan Okie, Arizona State University; James H. Brown, University of New Mexico

PS 64-89

Effects of experimental stream diversions on algal-grazer dynamics
Nia A. Gipson, Swarthmore College; Todd A. Wellnitz, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

PS 64-90

CANCELLED - Landscape diversity and its effects on agricultural pests
Suzanne Langridge, University of California Santa Cruz

PS 64 - Community Pattern and Dynamics