95th ESA Annual Meeting (August 1 -- 6, 2010)

Friday, August 6, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

321, David L Lawrence Convention Center

Presider:

Daan J. Gerla, Netherlands Institute of Ecology

8:00 AM

COS 121-1

Biogeography of fungal functional groups: A global synthesis of published DNA sequences
Stephanie N. Kivlin, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory; Krista L. McGuire, Barnard College, Columbia University; Christine V. Hawkes, University of Texas at Austin; Kathleen K. Treseder, University of California, Irvine

8:20 AM

COS 121-2

Alternative transient states in community assembly: Implications for diversity and resilience
Tadashi Fukami, Stanford University; Mifuyu Nakajima, Stanford University

8:40 AM

COS 121-3

Reconciling the Omnivory-Stability Debate
Gabriel Gellner, University of California, Davis

9:00 AM

COS 121-4

Exploitation of asymmetric predator-prey interactions by trophically transmitted parasites
Wayne Rossiter, Rutgers University

9:20 AM

COS 121-5

Soil resources shape local tree community structure in tropical forests
Claire Baldeck, University of Illinois; Steven W. Kembel, Université du Québec à Montréal; James W. Dalling, University of Illinois

9:40 AM

COS 121-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 121-6

Interactive 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 AM

COS 121-7

Species sorting and evolution interact to structure community composition in a simulated metacommunity
Jelena H. Pantel, KU Leuven - University of Leuven; Nicolas Loeuille, UPMC

10:30 AM

COS 121-8

An 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 AM

COS 121-9

Biotic 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 AM

COS 121-10

Contrasting 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

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