Thursday, August 5, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
335, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 81 - Abundance, Rarity, Diversity Estimation
8:00 AMCOS 81-1Evaluating changes in Chicago-area bird diversity using the Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count data
Kathleen A. Degnan, Chicago State University, Eric L. Peters, Chicago State University, Timothy J. Bell, Chicago State University, Devi Prasad V. Potluri, Chicago State University
8:20 AMCOS 81-2Assessing the conservation value of farmland ponds: Use of predictive techniques to identify surrogate groups
Margherita Gioria, University College Dublin, Giovanni Bacaro, University of Siena, Andre' Schaffers, Wageningen University
8:40 AMCOS 81-3Linking nested and non-nested patterns of species turnover: Exploring the limits of the relationship
Daniel J. McGlinn, University of North Carolina, Allen H. Hurlbert, University of North Carolina
9:00 AMCOS 81-4A test for the effect of invasion success: Merging clone library techniques with experimental community ecology
Sarah M. Gray, Stony Brook University
9:20 AMCOS 81-5Visualizing species diversity changes in communities: A different approach
Liette Vasseur, Brock University, M. You, Fujian University of Forestry and Agriculture, Jacques Régnière, Canadian Forest Service, Yunkai Zheng, Fujian University of Forestry and Agriculture
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 81-6Density-dependent singing behavior and the reliability of population estimates for passerine birds
Christopher C. Warren, Texas State University-San Marcos, James R. Ott, Texas State University-San Marcos, Floyd W. Weckerly, Texas State University-San Marcos
10:10 AMCOS 81-7Modeling effects of rare taxa in community ecotoxicology
Nathaniel P. Hitt, USGS Leetown Science Center, David R. Smith, United States Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Craig Snyder, USGS Leetown Science Center, Jonathan Daily, USGS Leetown Science Center
10:30 AMCOS 81-8Commonness and rarity of species: Does species' rank influence contribution to ecosystem function?
Meha Jain, Columbia University, Georgia M. Hart, Columbia University, Caroline M. Devan, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Case M. Prager, Columbia University, Dan Flynn, Columbia University, Farshid S. Ahrestani, Columbia University, Daniel E. Bunker, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Matthew I. Palmer, Columbia University, Sean M. Smukler, Columbia University, Jason Sircely, Columbia University, Shahid Naeem, Columbia University
10:50 AMCOS 81-9Phylogenetic structure, co-occurrence, and abundance in Psychotrieae (Rubiaceae) species assemblages in Costa Rica
John R. Paul, Colorado State University, Stephen J. Tonsor, University of Pittsburgh
11:10 AMCOS 81-10New perspectives on species abundance distributions and diversity metrics
Brian J. McGill, University of Arizona

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