Thursday, August 5, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
320, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 88 - Population Dynamics: Modeling
8:00 AMCOS 88-1Do natural populations approach their stable stage distributions?
Jennifer L. Williams, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Martha M. Ellis, University of Montana, Mary C. Bricker, University of Montana, Jedediah F. Brodie, University of Montana, Elliott W. Parsons, University of Montana
8:20 AMCOS 88-2A quantitative evaluation of the trophic cascade hypothesis for hantavirus outbreaks
Angela D. Luis, Penn State University, Richard Douglass, Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Ottar N. Bjornstad, Penn State University
8:40 AMCOS 88-3Transient dynamics influences plant establishment following a dispersal event: A case study with Penstemon haydenii
Brigitte Tenhumberg, University of Nebraska, Richard Rebarber, University of Nebraska, Kay Kottas, University of Nebraska
9:00 AMCOS 88-4Population dynamics of toxic algal blooms in Lake Champlain: A tale of two phases
Edmund M. Hart, University of Vermont, Nicholas J. Gotelli, University of Vermont, Rebecca Gorney, University of Vermont, Mary Watzin, University of Vermont
9:20 AMCOS 88-5The role of environmental stochasticity in reducing the amplitude of population fluctuations
Ben C. Nolting, University of Nebraska, Chad E. Brassil, University of Nebraska
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 88-6Opposing effects of frequency-dependent and frequency-independent selection on species abundance distributions
Ian T. Carroll, University of California at Santa Barbara, Roger M. Nisbet, University of California at Santa Barbara
10:10 AMCOS 88-7A mathematical model for antibiotic resistant bacteria in the Mud River, WV
Anna Mummert, Marshall University, Bonita Lawrence, Marshall University, Charles Somerville, Marshall University
10:30 AMCOS 88-8Using agent-based models to determine how Gypsy moth feeding behavior affects transmission of LdNPV
Libby Eakin, University of Chicago, Greg Dwyer, University of Chicago
10:50 AMCOS 88-9Modeling the malaria vector: Population dynamics of Anopheles mosquitoes with respect to temperature
Lindsay M. Beck-Johnson, Pennsylvania State University, Ottar N. Bjornstad, Penn State University, William A. Nelson, Queen's University, Andrew F. Read, Penn State University, Matthew B. Thomas, Penn State University
11:10 AMCOS 88-10Linking the Metabolic Theory of Ecology with Conservation Biology: The Influence of Body Mass on Extinction Time
Robert Matlock, College of Staten Island, Tobias Schaefer, College of Staten Island

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