97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012)

8:00 AM

COS 43-1

Does species-specific context-dependency in mutualisms explain community response to environmental change?
Tomomi Suwa, Michigan State University and W.K. Kellogg Biological Station; Emily Grman, Michigan State University; Rachel Prunier, Michigan State University; Jen A. Lau, Michigan State University

8:20 AM

COS 43-2

Mechanism of agreggation in an ant-tended treehopper
Manuel A. Morales, Williams College; Andrew G. Zink, San Francisco State University

8:40 AM

COS 43-3

Mutualist-mediated niche expansion and differentiation in a grass-fungal endophyte symbiosis: Linking an experimental test of drought tolerance to rangewide patterns of mutualist-mediated niche effects
Michelle E. Afkhami, University of Toronto; Sharon Y. Strauss, University of California, Davis

9:00 AM

COS 43-4

Ecological effects of multi-species, ant-hempiteran mutualisms in citrus
Ho Jung Yoo, University of California, San Diego; David A. Holway, University of California, San Diego

9:20 AM

COS 43-5

Temporal dimension of the Stress Gradient Hypothesis at the intraspecific level
Shekhar R. Biswas, University of Toronto; Helene H. Wagner, University of Toronto

9:40 AM

COS 43-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 43-6

Coevolutionary diversification and network structure of a specialized pollination mutualism on oceanic islands
David H. Hembry, Kyoto University; Lesje Atkinson, University of California, Berkeley; Chang Guo, University of California, Berkeley; Erica A. Newman, University of California, Berkeley; Rosemary G. Gillespie, University of California, Berkeley

10:10 AM

COS 43-7

The role of resource mutualisms and intraspecific variation during succession
Kane R. Keller, Michigan State University

10:30 AM

COS 43-8

Spatial and temporal variation in the gut microbiome of wild, black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra).
Katherine R. Amato, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; C.J. Yeoman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Angela D. Kent, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; N. Righini, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Franck Carbonero, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Alejandro Estrada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; H. Rex Gaskins, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Rebecca M. Stumpf, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Suleyman Yildirim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Manolito Torralba, J. Craig Venter Institute; Marcus Gillis, J. Craig Venter Institute; Brenda A. Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Karen E. Nelson, J. Craig Venter Institute; Bryan A. White, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Steven R. Leigh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

10:50 AM

COS 43-9

Fickle food on a shifting plate: Variable benefits and partner control mechanisms in a crayfish-annelid cleaning symbiosis
Bryan L. Brown, Virginia Tech; Robert P. Creed Jr., Appalachian State University; James Skelton, Virginia Tech; Kaitlin J. Farrell, Appalachian State University; Michael Thomas, Appalachian State University

11:10 AM Cancelled

COS 43-10

A role for generalists in the pollination of Krameria erecta oil flowers in central Arizona?
Laura E. Hannon, University of Missouri; Deborah L. Finke, University of Missouri

COS 43 - Mutualism And Facilitation II