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

1:30 PM

Stability criteria for complex ecosystems
Stefano Allesina, University of Chicago; Si Tang, University of Chicago

1:50 PM

The dynamics of community assembly under sudden mixing
George F. Livingston, University of Texas; Yuexin Jiang, University of Texas at Austin

2:10 PM

Does connectivity enhance or decrease stability? Effects of system size and scales of dynamics on variability in aquatic microcosms
Matthew P. Hammond, McMaster University; Jurek Kolasa, McMaster University

2:30 PM

Multiple diversity-stability mechanisms enhance population and community stability in aquatic ecosystems
Amy L. Downing, Ohio Wesleyan University; Bryan L. Brown, Virginia Tech; Mathew A. Leibold, University of Texas at Austin

2:50 PM

Biodiversity increases productivity and stability of algal communities subject to predation by the rotifer Brachionus
Alina A. Corcoran, New Mexico State University; Wiebke J. Boeing, New Mexico State University

3:10 PM

Break

3:20 PM

Resilience and stability in bird guilds across tropical countryside
Daniel S. Karp, University of California, Berkeley

3:40 PM

Disturbance dynamics and the maintenance of sustained carbon storage in aging forests of the upper Great Lakes region
Peter S. Curtis, The Ohio State University; Christopher M. Gough, Virginia Commonwealth University; Lucas E. Nave, University of Michigan Biological Station; Brady S. Hardiman, Boston University; Gil Bohrer, Ohio State University; Abby Halperin, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH; Christoph S. Vogel, University of Michigan; Kyle D. Maurer, Ohio State University; Knute Nadelhoffer, University of Michigan; James Le Moine, University of Michigan

4:00 PM

Disturbance and decoupling of belowground carbon and nitrogen cycles in a northern temperate forest
Lucas E. Nave, University of Michigan Biological Station; Knute Nadelhoffer, University of Michigan; James Le Moine, University of Michigan; Brady Hardiman, Ohio State University; Jed P. Sparks, Cornell University; Brian Strahm, Virginia Tech; Alexandra Munoz, New York University School of Medicine; Christopher M. Gough, Virginia Commonwealth University; Christoph S. Vogel, University of Michigan; Peter S. Curtis, The Ohio State University

4:20 PM

Alternate community states in hemlock-dominated riparian forests following the invasion of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Katherine L. Martin, The Pennsylvania State University; P. Charles Goebel, The Ohio State University

4:40 PM

Multiple effects of the El Niño Southern oscillation on Serengeti ecosystem dynamics
Kristine Metzger, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Anthony R. E. Sinclair, University of British Columbia; John M. Fryxell, University of Guelph; Craig Packer, University of Minnesota; Andrea Byrom, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research

COS 77 - Ecosystem Stability and Resilience