COS 55
Community Pattern And Dynamics II

Wednesday, August 7, 2013: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
L100C, Minneapolis Convention Center
8:00 AM
8:40 AM
 Beaver and human activity affect Sphagnum communities in isolated wetlands in coastal Maine, USA
Amanda Little, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Glenn R. Guntenspergen, US Geological Survey; Hilary A. Neckles, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
9:00 AM
 Leaf traits and host plant-fungal endophyte associations in a tropical forest
Sunshine A. Van Bael, Tulane University; Enith Rojas, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Luis Mejia, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; Kaoru Kitajima, University of Florida; Gary Samuels, ARS-USDA; Edward Allen Herre, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
9:20 AM
 Non-stable natural edges and functional groups in gallery forests in Brazil
Evelyn F. A. Bragion, Federal University of Lavras; Eduardo van den Berg, Federal University of Lavras; Gabriela A. O. Coelho, Federal University of Lavras
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Relationships among biological soil crusts, environment, and vascular plants in Ozark sandstone glades
Jesse E. D. Miller, University of California; Ellen I. Damschen, University of Wisconsin-Madison
10:10 AM
 Twenty-five years of community phylogenetic change in tallgrass-prairie remnants
Daniel J. Larkin, Chicago Botanic Garden; Andrew L. Hipp, The Morton Arboretum; Rebecca K. Tonietto, Northwestern University & Chicago Botanic Garden; Marlin L. Bowles, The Morton Arboretum
10:30 AM
 Characterizing the functional relationship between invertebrate drift and two primary controls—flow regime and benthic density
Theodore A. Kennedy, U.S. Geological Survey; Charles B. Yackulic, US Geological Survey; Wyatt F. Cross, Montana State University; Paul E. Grams, US Geological Survey; Michael D. Yard, U.S. Geological Survey; Adam J. Copp, US Geological Survey
10:50 AM
 Cutaneous bacterial community diversity of Plethodon salamanders along an elevational gradient in Shenandoah National Park, VA
Carly R. Muletz, University of Maryland; Stephanie Yarwood, University of Maryland; Robert Fleischer, National Zoological Park; Evan H. Campbell Grant, USGS; Karen Lips, University of Maryland
11:10 AM
 Quantifying the roles of shade tolerance and successional niches in tree species coexistence
Tao Zhang, University of Florida; Jeremy W. Lichstein, University of Florida