COS 122 - Species Interactions II

Friday, August 6, 2010: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
324, David L Lawrence Convention Center
Presider:
John T. Lill, George Washington University
8:00 AM
 Linking biological diversity and chemical diversity: Resin collection in a tropical stingless bee community
Sara Diana Leonhardt, University of Würzburg; Thomas Schmitt, University of Freiburg; Nico Blüthgen, TU Darmstadt
8:20 AM
 Defensive floral traits shape ant-flower networks in Hawai’i: Patterns and consequences for endemic species
Robert R. Junker, University Salzburg; Curtis Daehler, University of Hawaii; Richard Bleil, University of Würzburg; Nico Blüthgen, TU Darmstadt
8:40 AM
 Anthropogenic resource subsidies decouple predator-prey relationships
Amanda D. Rodewald, The Ohio State University; Laura J. Kearns, The Ohio State University; Daniel P. Shustack, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
9:00 AM
 One way facilitation between epiphytic Asplenium nidus on Vittaria zosterifolia in a subtropical rain forest in northeastern Taiwan
Pei-Yu Jian, National Taiwan Normal University; Teng-Chiu Lin, National Taiwan Normal University
9:20 AM
 Ant vs. bird exclusion effects on the arthropod assemblage of an organic citrus grove
Josep Piñol, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; Xavier Espadaler, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; Nuria Cañellas, IES M Rubio i Tuduri; Laia Mestre, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; Carla Romeu-Dalmau, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; Albert Cama, Universitat de Barcelona; Jordi Martínez-Vilalta, CREAF / Autonomous University of Barcelona
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Contribution of hydraulic lift to facilitation by nurse plants in a semi-arid environment
Francisco I. Pugnaire, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Iván Prieto, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Francisco M. Padilla, Radboud University; Cristina Armas, Universidad de La Serena & Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity
10:10 AM
 CANCELLED - Reproductive interference in a crustacean species complex: Deadly consequences of interspecific mating interactions for females
Rickey D. Cothran, University of PIttsburgh; Andy R. Stiff, University of Pittsburgh; Kristopher Chapman, University of Pittsburgh; Gary A. Wellborn, The University of Oklahoma; Rick A. Relyea, University of Pittsburgh
10:30 AM
 Variation in herbivore fitness on alternative host plants: a tritrophic perspective
John T. Lill, George Washington University; Shannon M. Murphy, University of Denver
10:50 AM
 Coexistence in tropical forests mediated by asynchronous variation in annual seed production
Jacob Usinowicz, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Joseph S. Wright, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Anthony R. Ives, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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