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

Monday, August 3, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Dona Ana, Albuquerque Convention Center

Presider:

Gordon G. McNickle, Wilfrid Laurier University

1:30 PM

COS 4-1

CANCELLED - Metacommunity dynamics and ecosystem function in continuous landscapes
Brian J. Spiesman, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Brian D. Inouye, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

1:50 PM

COS 4-2

Scale dependency of processes structuring metacommunities of zooplankton in temporary pools of High-Andes peat lands
Steven A.J. Declerck, Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Jorge S. Coronel, Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Luc Brendonck, K.U.Leuven

2:10 PM

COS 4-3

The relative importance of metacommunity processes in structuring pond communities: A multi-group approach
Tom De Bie, K.U.Leuven; Steven Declerck, K.U.Leuven; Luc Brendonck, K.U.Leuven; Koen Martens, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences; Luc De Meester, KU Leuven

2:30 PM

COS 4-4

From individual behavior to community structure: Competitive encounters alter plant root foraging strategies
Gordon G. McNickle, Wilfrid Laurier University; Michael K. Deyholos, University of Alberta; James F. Cahill Jr., University of Alberta

2:50 PM

COS 4-5

Phylogenetic structure illuminates mechanistic role of resource diversity on community organization
Richard D. Stevens, Louisiana State University; Meche Gavilanez, Louisiana State University; J. Sebastian Tello, Missouri Botanical Garden; David A. Ray, Mississipi State University

3:10 PM

COS 4-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 4-6

Assemblage-structuring force of species interactions varies spatially and temporally: Co-occurrence analysis of canopy arthropod distributions
Matthew K. Lau, Northern Arizona University; Laura E. Hagenauer, Northern Arizona University; Thomas G. Whitham, Northern Arizona University

3:40 PM

COS 4-7

Community-level effects of plant growth traits in a grassland: An approach using a parameterized simulation model
Tomas Herben, Institute of Botany; Radka Wildova, University of Michigan

4:00 PM

COS 4-8

Clonal species reduce the biomass and species richness of non-clonal species in an experimental manipulation of resource heterogeneity: Data from 4 years of a field study
J. Alexander Eilts, Michigan State University; Gary G. Mittelbach, Michigan State University; Heather L. Reynolds, Indiana University; Katherine L. Gross, Michigan State University

4:20 PM

COS 4-9

CANCELLED - Centrifugal organization of vegetation in low-latitude salt marsh plant communities
Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston; Tracy L. Buck, University of Georgia; Alana A. Lynes, University of Houston; James B. Grace, U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

4:40 PM

COS 4-10

Spatial pattern of tree species in an old-growth temperate forest: Chance or competition?
Zhanqing Hao, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Jian Zhang, University of Alberta; Xugao Wang, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Buhang Li, Shenyang institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Ji Ye, Shenyang institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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