101st ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2016)

1:30 PM

COS 56-1

The role of diversity in real-world ecosystem functioning: Insights from investigations at the landscape scale
Jacqueline Oehri, University of Zurich; Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, University of Zurich; Pascal A. Niklaus, University of Zurich

1:50 PM

COS 56-2

Resources or enemies: Which are more important in shaping plant diversity–productivity relationships in subtropical forest?
Yuanyuan Huang, University of Zurich; Bernhard Schmid, University of Zurich; Pascal A. Niklaus, University of Zurich

2:10 PM

COS 56-3

Ecosystem functioning is driven by biodiversity and abundance at multiple trophic levels
Eric Allan, University of Bern; Markus Fischer, University of Bern; Santiago Soliveres, University of Bern

2:30 PM

COS 56-4

Weak intra-guild predation can independently promote consumer coexistence and enhance total consumer biomass
Feng-Hsun Chang, University of Michigan; Po-Ju Ke, Stanford University; Bradley J. Cardinale, University of Michigan

2:50 PM

COS 56-5

The impact of logging on density-dependent predation of dipterocarp seeds and seed predator composition in a Southeast Asian rainforest
Rajeev Pillay, University of Florida; Robert J. Fletcher Jr., University of Florida

3:10 PM

COS 56-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 56-6

Forest structure and management influence trait-based growth in northern forests across the northeastern United States
Miranda T. Curzon, University of Minnesota; Anthony W. D'Amato, University of Vermont; Jane R. Foster, University of Minnesota; Shawn Fraver, University of Maine; John B. Bradford, U.S. Geological Survey; Brian J. Palik, USDA Forest Service; Kelly E Gleason, US Geological Survey; Alessandra Bottero, University of Minnesota

4:00 PM Cancelled

COS 56-7

Spatiotemporal changes of fish functional diversity in MPAs in the Caribbean
Martha P. Rincon Diaz, COLCIENCIAS; Simon Pittman, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Ivan Arismendi, Oregon State University; Mark A. Hixon, University of Hawai‘i; Selina S. Heppell, Oregon State University

3:40 PM

COS 56-8

Can synchrony among different species' populations enhance biodiveristy?
Jurek Kolasa, McMaster University; Matthew P. Hammond, McMaster University; David A. Vasseur, Yale University; Janelle A Gravesande, McMaster University

4:20 PM

COS 56-9

What is the relative importance of genotypic diversity versus phenotypic plasticity on productivity under manipulated drought conditions?
Cynthia Chang, University of Washington-Bothell; Rebecca Kim, University of Washington; Elizabeth Nightingale, University of Washington; Meerit Said, University of Washington; Stefany Sideris, University of Washington; Erica Qiao, University of Washington; Nicholas Vradenburg, University of Washington

4:40 PM

COS 56-10

Overestimated effects of species composition in a biodiversity experiment with trees and the dominance of species with low allocation to root biomass
Marc-Olivier Martin-Guay, Université du Québec en Outaouais; Christian Messier, Université du Québec à Montréal; Alain Paquette, Université du Québec à Montréal

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COS 56 - Ecosystem Function: Biodiversity II