Tuesday, August 3, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
412, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 28 - Modeling I
8:00 AMCOS 28-1Does accounting for imperfect detection improve species distribution models?
Christopher T. Rota, University of Missouri, Robert J. Fletcher Jr., University of Florida, Jason M. Evans, University of Florida, Richard L. Hutto, University of Montana
8:20 AMCOS 28-2Nonlinear interaction and feedback of mire ecosystem in northern Japan
Tadanobu Nakayama, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES, Japan); Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH, UK)
8:40 AMCOS 28-3Profiting from pilot study data: Bayesian models of eucalypt seedling mortality with informative priors
William K. Morris, The University of Melbourne, Peter A. Vesk, The University of Melbourne, Michael A. McCarthy, The University of Melbourne, Patrick J. Baker, Monash University
9:00 AMCOS 28-4Revisiting the bestiary of plant growth models, and advancing toward a unified mechanistic model of growth
C. E. Timothy Paine, Universität Zürich, Lindsay A. Turnbull, University of Zürich, Drew Purves, Microsoft Reserach, Cambridge, Toby Marthews, University of Oxford, Andrew Hector, University of Zurich
9:20 AMCOS 28-5Evidence for resource homogenization in 50 trophic ecosystem networks
Stuart R. Borrett, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Andria K. Salas, University of North Carolina Wilmington
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 28-6Modeling west nile virus: Vector host preferences drive enzootic transmission in the northeastern United States
Jennifer E. Simpson, Yale University, Paul Hurtado, Cornell University, Jan Medlock, Clemson University, Goudarz Molaei, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Theodore G. Andreadis, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Alison Galvani, Yale University, Maria Diuk-Wasser, Yale University
10:10 AMCOS 28-7Vegetation response to climate change: Usable results from SDMs and DGVMs
Becky K. Kerns, USFS, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Dominique Bachelet, Conservation Biology Institute and Oregon State University, Michelle Buonopane, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station
10:30 AMCOS 28-8Choosing biologically meaningful variables for modeling species distributions
Leone M. Brown, Stony Brook University, Jorge Velasquez-Tibata, Stony Brook University, Wolfgang Buermann, UCLA Institute of Environment, Catherine Graham, Stony Brook University

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