Friday, August 6, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
321, David L Lawrence Convention Center
COS 121 - Community Pattern and Dynamics III
8:00 AMCOS 121-1Biogeography of fungal functional groups: A global synthesis of published DNA sequences
Stephanie N. Kivlin, University of California, Irvine, Krista L. McGuire, Barnard College, Christine V. Hawkes, University of Texas at Austin, Kathleen K. Treseder, University of California, Irvine
8:20 AMCOS 121-2Alternative transient states in community assembly: Implications for diversity and resilience
Tadashi Fukami, Stanford University, Mifuyu Nakajima, Stanford University
8:40 AMCOS 121-3Reconciling the Omnivory-Stability Debate
Gabriel Gellner, University of Guelph
9:00 AMCOS 121-4Exploitation of asymmetric predator-prey interactions by trophically transmitted parasites
Wayne Rossiter, Rutgers University
9:20 AMCOS 121-5Soil resources shape local tree community structure in tropical forests
Claire Baldeck, University of Illinois, Steven W. Kembel, University of Oregon, James W. Dalling, University of Illinois
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 121-6Interactive effects of dispersal and environmental covariation on the stability of aquatic metacommunities
Christopher F. Steiner, Wayne State University, Richard Stockwell, Wayne State University, Vidhya Kalaimani, Wayne State University, Zakaria Aqel, Wayne State University
10:10 AMCOS 121-7Species sorting and evolution interact to structure community composition in a simulated metacommunity
Jelena H. Pantel, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Nicolas Loeuille, Universite Paris 6
10:30 AMCOS 121-8An empirical assessment of species convergence between overstory and understory trees in older forests of the Western Highland Rim, USA
James F. Rosson Jr., USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, H. R. De Selm, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
10:50 AMCOS 121-9Biotic and physical structure of woody patches in a Mediterranean steppe. Implications for shrub encroachment
Beatriz Amat, University of Alicante, Jordi Cortina, University of Alicante
11:10 AMCOS 121-10Contrasting effects of aboveground plant diversity on belowground nematode community structure
Tj Bliss, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Thomas O. Powers, University of Nebraska, Chad E. Brassil, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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