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

COS 18 - Biodiversity: Traits and Interactions

Tuesday, August 4, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Pecos, Albuquerque Convention Center

Presider:

Carolyn M. Kurle, University of California San Diego

8:00 AM

COS 18-1

Comparing the impacts of plant genotypic and species diversity on plant communities and natural selection on individuals
Susan C. Cook, Cornell University; Amy L. Parachnowitsch, Cornell University; Scott H. McArt, Cornell University; Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University; Jennifer Thaler, Cornell University

8:20 AM

COS 18-2

Comparison of plant genotypic and species diversity on arthropod community structure
Scott H. McArt, Cornell University; Susan C. Cook, Cornell University; Amy L. Parachnowitsch, Cornell University; Jennifer Thaler, Cornell University; Anurag A. Agrawal, Cornell University

8:40 AM

COS 18-3

Tropical tree functional trait variability across a microclimatic gradient: Testing underlying drivers of plant trait variation
Catherine M. Hulshof, University of Arizona

9:00 AM

COS 18-4

Exotic plant traits lead to functional diversity decline in novel ecosystems
Pedram Daneshgar, Iowa State University; Brian J. Wilsey, Iowa State University; H. Wayne Polley, USDA, Agricultural Research Service

9:20 AM

COS 18-5

Predation by collared lizards increases α-diversity, but decreases β-diversity of grasshopper metacommunities in Missouri Ozark Glades
Wade A. Ryberg, Texas A&M University; Kevin G. Smith, Washington University in St. Louis; Jonathan M. Chase, Biodiversity Synthesis Laboratory

9:40 AM

COS 18-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 18-6

Impact of predation pressure on marine epifaunal communities shifts with latitude and drives diversity patterns in tropics
Amy L. Freestone, Temple University; Richard W. Osman, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

10:10 AM

COS 18-7

Potential effects of beech bark disease on small mammals in northeastern forests
Danielle E. Garneau, SUNY Plattsburgh

10:30 AM

COS 18-8

Competition for light causes plant biodiversity loss following eutrophication
Yann Hautier, University of Minnesota; Pascal A. Niklaus, University of Zurich; Andy Hector, University of Oxford

10:50 AM

COS 18-9

Trophic cascades decline with increasing algal diversity in streams
Carolyn M. Kurle, University of California San Diego; Bradley J. Cardinale, University of Michigan

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