Thursday, August 5, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
321, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 105 - Community Pattern and Dynamics II
1:30 PMCOS 105-1Predation increases the predictability of community assembly in a model food web
Daan J. Gerla, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Matthijs Vos, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Bob W. Kooi, Vrije Universiteit, Wolf M. Mooij, Netherlands Institute of Ecology
1:50 PMCOS 105-2Testing the causes of spatial synchrony in experimental metacommunities
Jeremy W. Fox, University of Calgary, David A. Vasseur, Yale University
2:10 PMCOS 105-3A size-structured model for quantifying coexistence in perennial plants, with application to the Sonoran Desert
Chi Yuan, University of Arizona, Peter Chesson, University of Arizona, Sonya Dewi, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) Southeast Asia Regional Office
2:30 PMCOS 105-4The influence of plant species identity and seasonality on soil rhizosphere bacterial communities
Cheryl A. Murphy, University of Kansas, Bryan L. Foster, University of Kansas
2:50 PMCOS 105-5Compositional variation in alluvial plant communities: The role of space and environment in a well-connected system
Elizabeth R. Matthews, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Robert K. Peet, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 105-6Area of competitive influence and tree density scale with tree diameter in a central hardwood old-growth forest
Daniel J. Johnson, Indiana University, Keith Clay, Indiana University
3:40 PMCOS 105-7Canopy connectivity and the availability of diverse nesting cavities affect species coexistence in arboreal ant assemblages
Scott Powell, University of Arizona, Alan Nilo da Costa, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Cauê T. Lopes, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
4:00 PMCOS 105-8Enemy spillover and dilution among native and introduced perennial grasses in a seasonal wetland prairie
G. Kai Blaisdell, University of Oregon, Bitty A. Roy, University of Oregon
4:20 PMCOS 105-9Characteristics of Lake George periphyton communities and their responses to change
Emily R. Porter-Goff, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
4:40 PMCOS 105-10Impacts of disturbance intensity on Prosopis understory competition and diversity
Jere Boudell, Clayton State University, Juliet C. Stromberg, Arizona State University

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