98th ESA Annual Meeting (August 4 -- 9, 2013)

PS 78-77

Assessing forest degradation in tropical deciduous forests in Central India
Meghna Agarwala, Columbia University; Ruth S. DeFries, Columbia University

PS 78-78

Climate-growth relationships in oak and maple species: Implications for forest composition and structure in a changing climate
Megan L. Buchanan, University of Minnesota; Justin L. Hart, University of Alabama; Stacy L. Clark, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station; Scott J. Torreano, University of the South

PS 78-79

Disentangling the importance of body-size, shape and phylogenetic variation in community assembly: The case of Neotropical treefrogs communities
Vitor H. M. Prado, Universidade Estadual Paulista; Celio F. B. Haddad, Universidade Estadual Paulista; Pedro R. Peres-Neto, University of Quebec at Montreal

PS 78-80

Divergent responses to fire in South African and North American grassland communities
Kevin P. Kirkman, University of Kwazulu-Natal; Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico; Melinda D. Smith, Colorado State University; A.K. Knapp, Colorado State University; Deron E. Burkepile, Florida International University; Catherine E. Burns, San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory; Richard W.S. Fynn, University of Botswana; Nicole Hagenah, University of Kwazulu-Natal; Sally E. Koerner, Colorado State University; Katherine Matchett, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Dave Thompson, SAEON; Kevin Wilcox, Colorado State University; Peter D. Wragg, University of Minnesota

PS 78-81

Does interspecific diet overlap contribute to the spread of chronic wasting disease?
Andrew V. Coulson, University of Manitoba; James D. Roth, University of Manitoba; Ryan K. Brook, University of Saskatchewan

PS 78-82

Inverse relationship between taxonomic resolution and explanatory power of metacommunity models
Gillian K. Martin, University of Guelph; Sarah Adamowicz, University of Guelph; Karl Cottenie, University of Guelph

PS 78-83

Linking intraspecific trait variation to community assembly dynamics in newly formed ponds
Hannah K. Wright, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Christopher J. Holmes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Kimberly L. Schulz, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Stephanie Figary, SUNY-ESF; Carla E. Cáceres, University of Illinois

PS 78-84

Niche divergence and environmental filtering regulate the assembly of a Neotropical larval anuran metacommunity
Denise C. Rossa-Feres, State University of São Paulo; Mainara X. Jordani, Animal Biology Post-Graduation Program - University of State of São Paulo - UNESP; Diogo B. Provete, Universidade Federal de Goiás

PS 78-85

Protecting coffee: Exogenous and endogenous factors behind spatial patterns of biological control processes in an agroecosystem
Kevin Li, University of Michigan; Ivette Perfecto, University of Michigan; John Vandermeer, University of Michigan

PS 78-86

Recolonization and alterations of aquatic invertebrate communities from perennial and intermittent stream sites following two extreme droughts within 7 years
Rosemary A. Burk, Arkansas Tech University; James H. Kennedy, University of North Texas (UNT)

PS 78-87

Species composition, alpha and beta diversity of Amazonian stream fishes: influence of environmental and spatial variables
María AP Mayorga, Sao Paulo State University; Lilian Casatti, Sao Paulo State University; Gabriel L. Brejão, Sao Paulo State University; Fabrício B. Teresa, Goiás State University

PS 78-88

The effects of storm water runoff on soil microbial communities in an urban wetland
Patrick J. Siwula, University of Wisconsin- La Crosse; Nadia Carmosini, University of Wisconsin- La Crosse; Anita Davelos Baines, University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse

PS 78-89

The indirect effects of current velocity on algal abundance through interactions with Ceratopsyche larvae
Todd A. Wellnitz, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire; Sarina Rutter, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

PS 78-90

Trait but not species convergence during succession of sub-alpine meadows in the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China
Hui Zhang, Lanzhou University; Robert John, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research; Shurong Zhou, Fudan University

PS 78-91

Vegetation dynamics in a 2-yr old restored floodplain during drought conditions
James E. Cook, UW-Stevens Point

98th ESA Annual Meeting (August 4 -- 9, 2013)

August 03 - 09, 2013

PS 78
Latebreaking: Communities

Meeting Information

98th ESA Annual Meeting (August 4 -- 9, 2013) August 03 - 09, 2013

PS 78 Latebreaking: Communities

Meeting Information

98th ESA Annual Meeting (August 4 -- 9, 2013)

August 03 - 09, 2013

PS 78
Latebreaking: Communities