Wednesday, August 4, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
333, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 49 - Ecosystem Function: Biodiversity I
8:00 AMCOS 49-1Plant diversity and the stability of arthropod foodwebs
Nick M. Haddad, North Carolina State University, Gregory M. Crutsinger, University of California Berkeley, Kevin Gross, North Carolina State University, John Haarstad, University of Minnesota, David Tilman, University of Minnesota
8:20 AMCOS 49-2Realistic species losses disproportionately reduce productivity in a California serpentine grassland
Paul C. Selmants, University of California, Erika S. Zavaleta, University of California
8:40 AMCOS 49-3New methods in characterizing functional diversity and tests from a grassland biodiversity experiment
Chris M. Clark, US EPA, National Center for Environmental Assessment, Dan F.B. Flynn, Columbia University, Brad J. Butterfield, Arizona State University, Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota
9:00 AMCOS 49-4Pollinator diversity and the pollination of wild plants in an experimental setting
Jochen Fründ, Georg August University, Carsten F. Dormann, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Andrea Holzschuh, University of Bayreuth, Teja Tscharntke, Georg August University
9:20 AMCOS 49-5Seaweed diversity affects mobile invertebrate diversity and abundance of grazing mollusks: implications for community stability
John J. Stachowicz, University of California, Davis, Kristin Aquilino, University of California, Davis, Matthew E. S. Bracken, Northeastern University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 49-6Interactive effects of seaweed diversity and herbivory on community recovery from disturbance
Kristin M. Aquilino, University of California, Davis, John J. Stachowicz, University of California, Davis
10:10 AMCOS 49-7The response of arthropod assemblages to patterns of evolutionary history in plant communities
Russell Dinnage, University of Toronto, Marc W. Cadotte, University of Toronto - Scarborough, Gregory M. Crutsinger, University of California Berkeley, Nick M. Haddad, North Carolina State University
10:30 AMCOS 49-8Species redundancy and coexistence: separating niche and service
Susanne Schwinning, Texas State University, Colleen K. Kelly, University of Oxford
10:50 AMCOS 49-9Pathogen biodiversity heightens host mortality
Randa Jabbour, Washington State University, David Crowder, Washington State University, Elizabeth Aultman, Washington State University, William E. Snyder, Washington State University
11:10 AMCOS 49-10How does plant diversity influence the function of a young coastal ecosystem as arthropod habitat?
Theresa Sinicrope Talley, University of California, San Diego, Mona Wang, University of California, San Diego, Paul Dayton, University of California, San Diego

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