COS 125 - Biodiversity III

Thursday, August 9, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
B115, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM
 A novel conceptual framework for using functional and phylogenetic diversity to identify community assembly processes along environmental gradients
Bianca E. Lopez, University of North Carolina; Kevin R. Burgio, University of Connecticut; Marcos B. Carlucci, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Kyle A. Palmquist, University of North Carolina; Andrés Parada, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Peter A. Wilfahrt, University of North Carolina; Vanessa P. Weinberger, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad
8:20 AM
 Host functional traits can explain within-species variation of the Janzen-Connell effect
Xubing Liu, Sun Yat-sen University; Minxia Liang, Sun Yat-sen University; Shixiao Yu, Sun Yat-sen University
8:40 AM
 Inference of ecological processes structuring tree communities in eastern North America using functional and phylogenetic diversity
Jessica R. Coyle, University of North Carolina; Peter Wilfahrt, University of North Carolina; Bianca E. Lopez, University of North Carolina; Kyle Palmquist, University of North Carolina; Fletcher W. Halliday, University of North Carolina; Katie Becraft, University of North Carolina; Clare Fieseler, University of North Carolina; Christopher Hakkenberg, University of North Carolina; Christopher J. Payne, University of North Carolina; Kayla Peck, University of North Carolina; Dennis Tarasi, University of North Carolina; Christine Urbanowicz, University of North Carolina; Charles Mitchell, University of North Carolina; Robert K. Peet, University of North Carolina; Allen H. Hurlbert, University of North Carolina
9:00 AM
 Components of biodiversity in a Chesapeake Bay groundfish assemblage: A high-resolution analysis of patterns and drivers
Jonathan Lefcheck, Virginia Institute of Marine Science; Andre Bucheister, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary; Solomon Chak, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary; Todd Clardy, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary; Katie May Laumann, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary; Pamela L. Reynolds, University of California; Kathryn Sobocinski, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary; Mark Stratton, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William & Mary; J. Emmett Duffy, Tennenbaum Marine Observatory Network, Smithsonian Institution
9:20 AM
 High plant diversity in Oregon tidal wetlands and multiple threats to its persistence
Christopher N. Janousek, US Environmental Protection Agency; Christina L. Folger, U.S. EPA
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Resilience of spider functional diversity to fire in South Brazilian Grasslands
Luciana R. Podgaiski, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Fernando Joner, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Sandra Lavorel, Université Joseph Fourier; Marco Moretti, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL; Sébastien Ibanez, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL; Milton Mendonça Jr., Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Valério D. Pillar, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
10:10 AM
 Tradeoffs and synergies of ecosystem services in diverse and non-diverse agroecosystems
Linda Marín, University of Mchigan; Ben Connor Berrie, University of Mchigan; Katherine K. Ennis, University of California, Santa Cruz; David J. Gonthier, University of Michigan; Hsun-Yi Hsieh, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Aaron Iverson, University of Mchigan; Jane Remfert, University of Mchigan; Bradley J. Cardinale, University of Michigan; Ivette Perfecto, University of Michigan
10:30 AM
 Historical and ecological controls on phylogenetic diversity in Californian plant communities
Brian L. Anacker, University of California, Davis; Susan P. Harrison, University of California, Davis
10:50 AM
 Plant diversity enhances the density and diversity of aboveground arthropods and the ecosystem processes they govern
Anne Ebeling, University Jena; Nico Eisenhauer, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena; Sebastian T. Meyer, Technische Universität München; Anja Vogel, Friedrich Schiller University; Wolfgang W. Weisser, Technical University of Munich