COS 153 - Competition I

Thursday, August 9, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
D136, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM
 The effects of dynamical rates on species coexistence in a variable environment
Lina LI, University of Arizona; Peter Chesson, University of Arizona
1:50 PM
 Competitive outcomes and community composition in marine invertebrates are predicted by diversity in feeding traits and not by phylogenetic relatedness
Rebecca J. Best, University of California, Davis; Natalie C. Caulk, University of California, Davis; John J. Stachowicz, University of California, Davis
2:10 PM
 Interspecific competition among plants is not associated with patterns of phylogenetic dispersion: Results from the field
James F. Cahill Jr., University of Alberta; Jon A. Bennett, University of Alberta; Tan Bao, University of Alberta; Eric G. Lamb, University of Saskatchewan
2:30 PM
 Meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus, display a memory for the what, when, and where of a same-sex dyadic interaction
Christian T. Vlautin, University of Memphis; Michael H. Ferkin, University of Memphis
2:50 PM
 Strong coupling of exploitation and interference competition generates multiple regimes of population dynamics
John P. DeLong, University of Nebraska; David A. Vasseur, Yale University
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Plant strategies for competition and evolutionary game theory
Gordon G. McNickle, Wilfrid Laurier University; Joel S. Brown, Moffit Cancer Center
4:00 PM
 Coexistence of two morphologically indistinct sturgeon species
William D. Hintz, Southern Illinois University; James E. Garvey, Southern Illinois University
4:20 PM
 Testing inter-sexual competition and the influence of mycorrhizal fungi on fitness of a dioecious grass
Sally Rogers, Portland State University; Sarah Eppley, Portland State University
4:40 PM
 Competition for food influences the migratory behavior of juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Jose R. Marin Jarrin, Oregon State University; Jessica Miller, Oregon State University