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

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

Ruidoso, Albuquerque Convention Center

Presider:

Jamie M. Kneitel, California State University, Sacramento

8:00 AM

COS 51-1

Patterns of richness and diversity of snake communities in Texas: The influence of sampling methodology
Rachel A. Lange, West Texas A&M University; Richard T. Kazmaier, West Texas A&M University; Matthew D. Broxson, West Texas A&M University

8:20 AM

COS 51-2

A quantitative analysis of temporal turnover across aquatic organisms and ecosystems
Janne Soininen, Department of Geosciences and Geography; Jenni J. Korhonen, University of Helsinki; Helmut Hillebrand, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

8:40 AM

COS 51-3

Biogeography of aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera in the Grand Canyon ecoregion, southwestern USA
Lawrence E. Stevens, Museum of Northern Arizona and Grand Canyon Wildlands Council; John T. Polhemus, Colorado Entomological Institute

9:00 AM

COS 51-4

Ecosystem-phase interactions: Aquatic algae decreases plant composition in the California Vernal Pool Ecosystem
Jamie M. Kneitel, California State University, Sacramento; Carrie L. Lessin, California State University, Sacramento

9:20 AM

COS 51-5

Controls on community structure of an ephemeral meltwater stream ecosystem in the McMurdo Dry Valleys
Breana L. Simmons, Colorado State University; Diane M. McKnight, University of Colorado; Lee F. Stanish, University of Colorado; Diana H. Wall, Colorado State University

9:40 AM

COS 51-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 51-6

Fungal biogeography and diversity: A global synthesis of published DNA sequences
Stephanie N. Kivlin, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory; Krista L. McGuire, Barnard College, Columbia University; Christine V. Hawkes, University of Texas at Austin; Kathleen K. Treseder, University of California, Irvine

10:10 AM

COS 51-7

Phylogenetic evaluation of subspecies within a variable complex of Euphydryas butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the southwestern US
Michael Wellik, San Diego State University; Kathy S. Williams, San Diego State University; Andrew Bohonak, San Diego State University

10:30 AM

COS 51-8

The effects of dispersal and environmental heterogeneity on bacterivores in inquiline metacommunities
Thomas E. Miller, Florida State University

10:50 AM

COS 51-9

A global analysis of temperate old-growth forests: commonality and variability in structure and function
William S. Keeton, University of Vermont; Sabina Burrascano, University of Rome; Jiquan Chen, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606; Mykola Chernyavskyy, Ukrainian National Forestry University; Brigitte Commarmot, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL; Jerry F. Franklin, University of Washington; Andrew J. Larson, University of Montana; David B. Lindenmayer, Australian National University; Jared S. Nunery, University of Vermont; Thomas A. Spies, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station; Mark Swanson, Washington State University; Robert Van Pelt, Humboldt State University

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