COS 11 - Ecosystem Function: Biodiversity I

Monday, August 6, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
D139, Oregon Convention Center
1:30 PM
 The effects of Daphnia genotypic richness and phenotypic dissimilarity on consumer-resource dynamics and ecosystem function
Torrance C. Hanley, Yale University; Linda M. Puth, Yale University; John P. DeLong, University of Nebraska; David M. Post, Yale University
1:50 PM
 The role of genetic relatedness and trait similarity in the outcome of pairwise interactions between genotypes of eelgrass (Zostera marina)
Jessica M. Abbott, University California, Davis; John J. Stachowicz, University of California, Davis; A. Randall Hughes, Florida State University
2:10 PM
 Avian use of hedgerows and adjacent crops in Central California agricultural landscapes
Hillary M. White, H. T. Harvey & Associates Ecological Consultants; Rachael F. Long, University of California Cooperative Extension; Karen Velas, Audubon California; William L. Rockey, University of California-Davis; Andrew P. Rayburn, River Partners; Rodd Kelsey, Audubon California
2:30 PM
 Conserving and promoting evenness: Organic farming and fire-based wildland management as case studies
William E. Snyder, Washington State University; David Crowder, Washington State University; Tobin D. Northfield, University of Wisconsin; Richard Gomulkiewicz, Washington State University
2:50 PM
 Do we need individual organisms in ecosystem models?
Lars O. Hedin, Princeton University
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
 Effects of consumer species richness and functional diversity on stream ecosystem processes
Steven Conor Keitzer, Purdue University; Reuben R. Goforth, Purdue Universtiy
3:40 PM
 Changes in the functional consequences of biodiversity loss along a latitudinal gradient
Matthew E. S. Bracken, Northeastern University; James G. Douglass, Northeastern University; Geoffrey C. Trussell, Northeastern University
4:00 PM
 Tree species richness enhances stand growth in south-east Asian subtropical secondary forests
Martin Baruffol, Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich; Pascal A. Niklaus, University of Zurich; Chi Xiulian, Peking University; Tang Zhiyao, Peking University; Bernhard Schmid, University of Zurich