OOS 15
Phenology, Ontogeny and the Timing of Species Interactions: Building a Temporally-Explicit Framework

Tuesday, August 12, 2014: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
204, Sacramento Convention Center
Organizer:
Louie H. Yang, University of California, Davis
Co-organizer:
Volker H.W. Rudolf, Rice University
Moderator:
Nicholas L. Rasmussen, Rice University
While ecologists since before the age of Elton (1927) have recognized that species interactions are constantly changing in time, ecologists of the past half-century have generally emphasized other aspects of community complexity (such as spatial population structure and food web structure) ahead of temporal complexity. This is changing, as ecologists place greater emphasis on non-equilibrium dynamics, seasonal and ontogenetic trajectories, windows of opportunity, event-driven dynamics, phenological shifts, and stage-structured species interactions. In the broad view, we are moving towards the development of a “temporally explicit ecology” – an effort to look beyond static models of communities to understand how real species interactions are coordinated in time, and the implications of disrupting this coordination. In many ways, the reality of climate change has made understanding coordinated temporal dynamics in species interactions more urgent. Understanding the complex effects of climate change will require a deeper understanding of the temporal dimension in community dynamics – a temporally explicit ecology. This session aims to bring together ecologists that are working in diverse areas that share a temporally explicit view of ecology. These speakers represent several levels of biological organization from the individual to the landscape scale, and work with a wide range of species interactions, including predator-prey, plant-pollinator, plant-herbivore, and plant-detritus interactions. These speakers also represent a range of approaches, including long-term observational studies, mechanistic experimental studies, and the development of mathematical theory. Finally, this session includes speakers spanning the range from early career faculty to senior scientists. The speakers in this session will address several important aspects of temporally explicit ecology. The overall sequence of speakers will progress from a general, conceptual introduction to develop the concept of temporally explicit ecology with concrete examples at the level of individuals, populations and communities. This session is organized so that each talk establishes a motivation and foundation for the next. Throughout, the speakers will emphasize general themes and commonalities, and each speaker will be encouraged to integrate their work into a bigger conceptual picture.
1:30 PM
 Towards a more temporally explicit framework for community ecology?
Louie H. Yang, University of California, Davis
1:50 PM
 General patterns in the ontogeny of plant defense: A temporally explicit view of plant-herbivore interactions
Kasey E. Barton, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Julia Koricheva, University of London
2:10 PM
 The nature of species interactions shifts profoundly between time periods
Truman P. Young, University of California, Davis; Kurt J. Vaughn, Working Waterways Program, Audubon California; Kari E. Veblen, Utah State University; Corinna Riginos, Teton Science Schools; Lauren M. Porensky, USDA-ARS; Wilfred O. Odadi, The Nature Conservancy and Princeton University; Emily K. Zefferman, University of California; Stephen Fick, University of California, Davis
2:30 PM
 Long-term data provide context for interpretation of ecological interactions
David W. Inouye, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
2:50 PM
 Characteristics predicted to predispose mutualisms to phenological mismatches
Nicole E. Rafferty, University of Arizona; Paul J. CaraDonna, University of Arizona; Judith L. Bronstein, University of Arizona
3:10 PM
4:00 PM
 Understanding the role of intermediate time scales on the stability of classical food web modules
Gabriel Gellner, University of California, Davis; Kevin S. McCann, University of Guelph; Alan Hastings, University of California, Davis
4:20 PM
 Phenological mismatch with bees and unfavorable abiotic conditions reduce Claytonia lanceolata reproduction in phenology field experiments
Zachariah J. Gezon, Dartmouth College; David W. Inouye, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory; Rebecca E. Irwin, Dartmouth College
4:40 PM
 Temporal variation and coexistence: Ecological but not evolutionary coexistence of generalists and specialists in a two-season world
Elizabeth Miller, Michigan State University; Christopher, A. Klausmeier, Michigan State University