96th ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2011)

1:30 PM

It is lonely at the top – patterns in elevational diversity among micro- and macroorganisms
Janne Soininen, Department of Geosciences and Geography; Jianjun Wang, University of Helsinki

1:50 PM

Interacting effects of fire, nutrients, and herbivores on the diversity of forest regeneration in the southern Amazon
Tara Joy Massad, University of Chicago; Jennifer K. Balch, University of Colorado-Boulder; Simone Aparecida Vieira, Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Paulo M. Brando, Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (IPAM); S. E. Trumbore, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

2:10 PM

Effects of biodiversity and environmental forcing on compensatory dynamics in zooplankton
Mathew A. Leibold, University of Texas at Austin; Bryan L. Brown, Virginia Tech; Amy L. Downing, Ohio Wesleyan University

2:30 PM

Climatic effects on the composition of four-species agronomic grassland systems at 32 sites over three years
Caroline Brophy, Maynooth University; John Connolly, University College Dublin; Laura Kirwan, Waterford Institute of Technology; Rosemary Collins, IGER; John A. Finn, Teagasc, Environment Research Centre; Áslaug Helgadottir, Agricultural University of Iceland; Andreas Lüscher, Agroscope; Claudio Porqueddu, CNR-ISPAAM; Maria-Teresa Sebastià, Forest Technology Centre of Catalonia

2:50 PM

Moving beyond growth form: Predicting species responses to nutrient addition
Katherine L. Gross, Michigan State University; Laura Gough, University of Texas at Arlington; Katharine N. Suding, University of California at Berkeley; Elsa Cleland, University of California - San Diego

3:10 PM

Break

3:20 PM

Traits, trees, and taxa: Dimensions of biodiversity in terrestrial mammals
Patrick R. Stephens, University of Georgia; Shan Huang, University of Georgia; John L. Gittleman, University of Georgia

3:40 PM

From individuals to ecosystems: Consequences of ontogenetic niche shifts for community structure and ecosystem functioning
Volker H.W. Rudolf, Rice University; Nicholas L. Rasmussen, Rice University

4:00 PM

The relationship between regional species richness, local hydrologic characteristics, and local species richness in North American freshwater fishes
Sophia Q. Niu, Saint Louis University; Jason H. Knouft, Saint Louis University

4:20 PM

CANCELLED - The relationship of productivity, beta diversity, and phylogenetic beta diversity in the California flora
Brian L. Anacker, University of California, Davis; Susan P. Harrison, University of California, Davis; Barbara M. Going, University of California, Santa Barbara

4:40 PM

When diversity loss leads to a critical transition
Andrea S. Downing, Stockholm University; Egbert H. van Nes, Wageningen University; Wolf M. Mooij, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW); Marten Scheffer, Wageningen University

COS 37 - Biodiversity I