COS 93 - Population Dynamics And Regulation II

Wednesday, August 8, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
B117, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM
 Tree growth and death in a tropical gallery forest in Brazil: understanding the relationships among size, growth, and survivorship for understory and canopy dominant species
Eduardo van den Berg, Federal University of Lavras; Robin L. Chazdon, University of Connecticut; Bruno S. Corrêa, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais
8:20 AM
 Seeds move but trees stand still: quantifying the importance of spatial structure for plant populations
T. Trevor Caughlin, University of Florida; Jake M. Ferguson, University of Idaho; Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin, Royal Forest Department
8:40 AM
 Evaluation of the resilience of a fishery restoration success: source-sink population dynamics of walleye, Sander vitreus, in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron
Theron Cheatham II, Central Michigan University; Brent A. Murry, Central Michigan University; John J. Student, Central Michigan University
9:20 AM
 Intraspecific priority effects mediate population growth and trait change in a host-pathogen system
Christopher J. Dibble, Rice University; Volker H.W. Rudolf, Rice University
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Effect of climate driven shifts in initial population size on the phytoplankton spring bloom
Derek C. West, Yale University; David M. Post, Yale University
10:10 AM
 Disentangling bottom-up and top-down control during a critical period in the life history of an anadromous fish
Jessica Miller, Oregon State University; David J. Teel, NOAA Fisheries; Antonio Baptista, Oregon Health Sciences University; Cheryl A. Morgan, Oregon State University
10:30 AM
 The ups and downs of dormancy: the importance of accounting for prolonged dormancy in plant populations
Nathan Brouwer, University of PIttsburgh; Susan Kalisz, University of Pittsburgh
10:50 AM
 Variability in demographic rates on multiple scales: Heliconia acuminata in fragments of the Amazon
Mollie E. Brooks, University of Florida; Maria Rosa Darrigo, INPA; Emilio M. Bruna, University of Florida; Paulo Rubim, INPA; Maria Uriarte, Columbia University
11:10 AM
 Effects of an invasive plant on the population dynamics of common and rare native species explain patterns of invasions on biodiversity
Kristin I. Powell, The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center; Tiffany M. Knight, Washington University in St. Louis