COS 128
Community Pattern And Dynamics VII

Friday, August 15, 2014: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
308, Sacramento Convention Center
8:00 AM
COS 128-1
 Spatial patterning of coral reef benthic communities at landscape scales
Clinton Edwards, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Gareth J. Williams, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Yoan Eynaud, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Arthur Gleason, Rosentiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami; Jennifer E. Smith, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Brian J. Zgliczynski, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Stuart A. Sandin, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
8:20 AM
COS 128-2
 Differentiating between niche and neutral assembly in metacommunities: When null models fall short
Lauren G. Shoemaker, University of Minnesota; C.M. Tucker, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kendi F. Davies, University of Colorado at Boulder; Brett A. Melbourne, University of Colorado at Boulder
8:40 AM
COS 128-3
 Increases in native, not exotic, species plus succession promote biotic homogenization in the sand plain plant communities of central Wisconsin
Daijiang Li, University of Florida; Donald M. Waller, University of Wisconsin
9:00 AM
COS 128-4
 Community dynamics along a disturbance gradient
Kimberly Kaufeld, University of Northern Colorado; Scott B. Franklin, University of Northern Colorado; James E. Moore, Christian Brothers University
9:20 AM
COS 128-5
 Branched networks, diversity patterns, and regional coexistence
Galen P. Holt, University of Arizona; Peter Chesson, University of Arizona
9:40 AM
COS 128-
 Break
9:50 AM
COS 128-6
 Using multi-species occupancy models to improve inference of metacommunity structure
Joseph R. Mihaljevic, University of Colorado at Boulder; Maxwell B. Joseph, University of Colorado; Pieter TJ Johnson, University of Colorado at Boulder
10:10 AM
COS 128-7
 Assessing the stochastic and deterministic factors contributing to spatial and temporal turnover in California grasslands
Loralee Larios, University of Montana; Erica N. Spotswood, UC Berkeley; James W. Bartolome, University of California at Berkeley; Peter Hopkinson, University of California at Berkeley; Katharine N. Suding, University of California at Berkeley
10:30 AM Cancelled
COS 128-8
 Scale dependence in phylogenetic and trait-based community structure of woodpeckers
Matthew J. Dufort, University of Minnesota
10:50 AM
COS 128-9
 Species abundance distributions in niche communities with trait-dependent carrying capacities
Rosalyn C. Rael, Tulane University; Annette M. Ostling, University of Michigan; Rafael D'Andrea, University of Michigan; György Barabás, University of Chicago
11:10 AM Cancelled
COS 128-10
 Individual-level functions and group-level byproducts: community context drives the scale of benefits in the toxic microalga, Prymnesium parvum
William W. Driscoll, University of Arizona; Regis Ferriere, University of Arizona
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