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

Wednesday, August 5, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Grand Pavillion V, Hyatt

Presider:

Eric M. Janson, Vanderbilt University

1:30 PM

COS 80-1

Growth and interactions between saplings in young secondary mixedwood forests
Frédéric Boivin, Université du Québec à Montréal; Alain Paquette, Centre d'étude de la forêt (CEF); Michael J. Papaik, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USFS; Nelson Thiffault, Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune du Québec; Christian Messier, Université du Québec à Montréal

1:50 PM

COS 80-2

Indirect effects of abundant deer drive unbrowsed plant species decline in temperate forests
Christopher D. Heckel, University of Pittsburgh; Norman A. Bourg, Smithsonian Institution - National Zoological Park; William J. McShea, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute at the National Zoological Park; Susan Kalisz, University of Pittsburgh

2:10 PM

COS 80-3

Interactive effects of native and exotic herbivores: Prairie dogs and cattle cause rapid changes to a grassland community
Ana D. Davidson, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Eduardo Ponce, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Sandra L. Brantley, University of New Mexico; Juan Cruzado, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Ed L. Fredrickson, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range; Rodrigo Sierra, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Rurik List, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; David C. Lightfoot, University of New Mexico; Gerardo Ceballos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

2:30 PM

COS 80-4

Effects of cryptogams on the microenvironment of vascular plants at the subalpine/alpine ecotone in the North Cascades, Washington
Robert G. Jespersen, University of Washington; Thomas M. Hinckley, University of Washington; Warren G. Gold, University of Washington, Bothell

2:50 PM

COS 80-5

Functional diversity, species-specific responses, and grazing pressure: the effect of Juncus effusus in grazed subtropical wetlands
Elizabeth Hermanson Boughton, Archbold Biological Station; Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio, University of Central Florida; Patrick J. Bohlen, University of Central Florida

3:10 PM

COS 80-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 80-6

Seven years of ant-exclusion from citrus canopies: Effects on the arthropod assemblage and fruit yield
Josep Piñol, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; Xavier Espadaler, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; Nuria Cañellas, IES M Rubio i Tuduri

3:40 PM

COS 80-7

Context-dependent shifts between mutualism and parasitism in a facultatively-symbiotic coral
Randi D. Rotjan, Harvard University / New England Aquarium; Daniel J. Thornhill, Bowdoin College

4:00 PM

COS 80-8

Strong mutualistic interactions between ants and treehoppers affect their hostplant and associated arthropod community
Joshua B. Grinath, Florida State University; Brian D. Inouye, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory; Nora C. Underwood, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

4:20 PM

COS 80-9

Species- and genotype-specific neighbor effects on pollinator communities and ecosystem processes in Solidago
Mark A. Genung, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Gregory M. Crutsinger, University of British Columbia; Joseph K. Bailey, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Jennifer A. Schweitzer, ESA- Soil Ecology Chair

4:40 PM

COS 80-10

Coexistence by recruitment variation: How large is the contribution of relative nonlinearity?
Chi Yuan, University of Arizona; Peter Chesson, University of Arizona

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