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

Separating the effects of dispersal limitation and habitat heterogeneity on spatial distributions of species in tree communities
Guochun Shen, Sun Yat-sen University; Fangliang He, Sun Yat-sen University; Rasmus Waagepetersen, Aalborg University; Zueng-Sang Chen, National Taiwan University; Ping Ding, Zhejiang University; Zhanqing Hao, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; I-Fang Sun, National Dong Hwa University; Mingjian Yu, Zhejiang University

A 400 year history of canopy disturbance in pine-oak forests of the Ozark Highlands, Missouri, USA
Chad King, University of Missouri; Rose Marie Muzika, University of Missouri

Ground truthing LIDAR data within a successionally diverse piedmont forest
Rolanda Sue, Johnson C. Smith University; Joseph L. Fail Jr., Johnson C. Smith University; Jamaal Jackson, Johnson C. Smith University; Megan Talley, Johnson C. Smith University; Michelle Jackson, Johnson C. Smith University; Camille Grimsley, Johnson C. Smith University; Ryan E. Emanuel, North Carolina State University

Are the longleaf pine ecosystem restoration and conservation practices of today sustainable?
John C. Gilbert, Auburn University; John S. Kush, Auburn University; Rebecca J. Barlow, Auburn University

The short and unseasonal fruiting of plants: Competition escape
Klécia G. Massi, Universidade de Brasília; Marco A. Batalha, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Understory turnover and species disappearance in second growth forests - patterns across three spatial scales
James E. Cook, UW-Stevens Point

The effects of microhabitat variability on intra-annual tree seedling mortality in a montane tropical forest
Omar Gutiérrez del Arroyo Santiago, University of Puerto Rico; Christopher J. Nytch, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

Community assembly history influences primary productivity in a developing tallgrass prairie
Alexander T. Bittel, University of Kansas; Bryan L. Foster, University of Kansas; Sarah E. Hinman, University of Kansas

Determinants of seedling survivorship in tropical rainforest on the island of Dominica, Lesser Antilles
Saara J. DeWalt, Clemson University; Kalan Ickes, Clemson University; Benton N. Taylor, Columbia University

Impacts of non-native grasses in a coastal sage scrub-chaparral transition zone
Gregory J. Pec, University of Alberta; Gary C. Carlton, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Patterns of species diversity in a hyper-rich zooplankton community
Marcus A. Zokan, University of Georgia; John M. Drake, University of Georgia

Assessment of secondary ecosystem succession in Hoke County, North Carolina
Zach E. Barthel, University of North Carolina at Pembroke; Doshie A. Smith, University of North Carolina at Pembroke; Caleb J. Sutton, University of North Carolina at Pembroke; Ryan E. Emanuel, North Carolina State University; Leon S. Jernigan, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Age and distribution of an evergreen clonal shrub in the Coweeta Basin: Rhododendron maximum L
Katherine J. Elliott, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station; James Vose, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station

Seed availability and soil fertility interact to govern the successional dynamics of plant diversity in a grassland ecosystem
Mari Frances Pesek, University of Kansas

Diverse diet compositions among harpaline ground beetle species revealed by mixing model analyses of stable isotope ratios
Hiroshi Ikeda, Hirosaki University; Kohei Kubota, University of Tokyo; Akira Kagawa, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute; Teiji Sota, Kyoto University

Population dynamics and growth patterns of reintroduced Gunnison’s prairie dog colonies at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, and their impact on the preexisting vegetative community
Ricardo Duran III, Arizona State University

Testing mechanisms of the intermediate disturbance hypothesis using long-term data of saxicolous lichens
Abigail I. Pastore, Florida State University; Chelse M. Prather, Radford University; Robert D. Ellis, Florida State University; Elise S. Gornish, University of California, Davis; Thomas E. Miller, Florida State University

The relative importance of abiotic and biotic factors for seedling establishment in the Colorado Desert
Natasha N. Woods, The Ohio State University; Maria N. Miriti, The Ohio State Univesrsity

Ant community responses to land use change: An investigation of Australian Eucalypt forests
Jeffrey L. McClenahan, University of Colorado at Boulder; Kendi F. Davies, University of Colorado at Boulder; Brett A. Melbourne, University of Colorado at Boulder; Kika Tarsi, University of Colorado at Boulder; Andrew Hicks, University of Colorado at Boulder; Robert H. Wilson, University of Colorado at Boulder

The plankton community context of blooms of the harmful alga Aureococcus anophagefferens on the south shore of Long Island, NY, USA
Jackie L. Collier, Stony Brook University; Yuan Liu, Stony Brook University; Sheryl L. Bell, Stony Brook University

Spatial patterns suggest warming-driven dominance shift reflects change in competition in Rocky Mountain meadow community
Michael E. Roswell, Rutgers University; John Harte, University of California

The effects of slope aspect on the spatial patterning of a mixed mesophytic old-growth forest
Stephen J. Murphy, The Ohio State University; Brian C. McCarthy, Ohio University

Multiscale drivers of spatially variable grass production and loss in the Chihuahuan Desert
Finn C. Pillsbury, New Mexico State University; Debra P.C. Peters, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Jin Yao, USDA ARS; Gregory S. Okin, UCLA

Detrital Foundations of Microbial, Invertebrate, and Amphibian Community Structure in Upland and Riparian Forested Vernal Pools
Jael M. Edgerton, Kent State University; Mark W. Kershner, Kent State University; Christopher B. Blackwood, Kent State University

Food webs in the litter: Effects of food addition on decomposition and ant communities in coffee agroecosystems
Stacy M. Philpott, University of California, Santa Cruz; Cody J. Murnen, University of Toledo; David J. Gonthier, University of Michigan; Gabriel H. Domínguez, Finca Irlanda Research Station

Effects of disturbance on woodland composition inertia determined by analysis of historical landcover data
Mary A. Sides, Baylor University; Darrel B. Murray, Baylor University; Joseph D. White, Baylor University

CANCELLED - Soil properties and their effect on within site patchiness of the rare plant Arctomecon californica in the Mojave Desert
Dianne N. Bangle, USBR-Multi-Species Conservation Program; Douglas J. Merkler, USDA-NRCS; John C. Brinda, University of Nevada Las Vegas

BIOTIC and temporal influences on spatial distribution of dominant and subdominant ground-foraging ants in a tropical agroecosystem
Katherine K. Ennis, University of California, Santa Cruz; David J. Gonthier, University of Michigan

Landscape partitioning by rodents assemblages in the Llanos de Ojuelos, in Mexico’s Central High Plateau
Mónica E. Riojas-López, CUCBA-Universidad de Guadalajara; Eric Mellink, CICESE; Francis Raoul, CNRS-Universite de Franche-Comté; Jaime Luévano, CICESE; Amélie Vaniscotte, CNRS-Universite de Franche-Comté; Patrick Giraudoux, CNRS-Universite de Franche-Comté

Interspecific variation in tree seedling height growth responses to harvest gap size: Implications for increasing tree diversity in mesic northern temperate forest
Michael B. Walters, Michigan State University; John Willis, Michigan State University; Kurt W. Gottschalk, USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station

Flooding drives one-way connectivity of aquatic food webs across spatial and temporal scales in a subtropical coastal lagoon
Alexandre M. Garcia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; David J. Hoeinghaus, University of North Texas; Marlucy Claudino, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Rodrigo Bastos, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS); Fabiano Correa, FURG; Sonia Huckembeck, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Joao Vieira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Daniel Loebmann, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Paulo Abreu, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Kirk O. Winemiller, Texas A&M University; Carlos Ducatti, Universidade Estadual Paulista

PS 8 - Community Pattern and Dynamics