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

PS 38-62

Zonation of plant communities caused by hydrological stressors in headwater wetland mesocosms
Maureen K. Drinkard, Brevard College; Ferenc de Szalay, Kent State University

PS 38-63

Arthropod diversity and nutrient mineralization in green litter decomposition in a simulated hurricane experiment
Ivia Moreno, Universidad Del Turabo; Maria Fernanda Barberena-Arias, University of Turabo; Sharon A. Cantrell, Universidad del Turabo

PS 38-64

A global synthesis of reported spatial patterns in forests
Barry W. Brook, University of Tasmania; David Bowman, University of Tasmania; George L. W. Perry, University of Auckland; Mark Hovdenden, University of Tasmania; Jessie C. Buettel, University of Tasmania

PS 38-65

The role of the leaf-cutter ant (Atta cephalotes) in structuring leaf-litter arthropod communities
Rachel Wells, Hendrix College; Serena Murphy, University of Georgia; Matthew Moran, Hendrix College

PS 38-66

Plants shaping their environment: Predictability and the engineering of local environment
Carlos A. Arnillas, University of Toronto, Scarborough; Marc W. Cadotte, University of Toronto - Scarborough

PS 38-67

Rapid domination and accelerated succession in a restored sedge meadow
James E. Cook, UW-Stevens Point

PS 38-68

Burn frequencies and their impact on plant community dynamics in Anoka County, Minnesota
Alissa M. Johnson, UW-Stevens Point; James E. Cook, UW-Stevens Point; Cristina Portales, University of Minnesota

PS 38-69

Evaluation of Moran effects and species interactions on spatial synchrony and coherence in freshwater plankton communities
Thomas L. Anderson, University of Kansas; Jonathan A. Walter, University of Kansas; Lawrence W. Sheppard, University of Kansas; Todd D. Levine, Murray State Universiy; David S. White, Murray State University; Daniel Reuman, University of Kansas

PS 38-70

Using successional stages to analyze vegetation line-point intercept data from grassland assessment
Narciso Garcia Neto, Montana State University; Joao L. Garcia, Montana State University; Clayton Marlow, Montana State University

PS 38-71

Tradeoffs between maximum tree height and seed and seedling survival in a subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico
Maria Wang, Field Technician; Seth A. Rifkin, University of Puerto Rico- Rio Piedras

PS 38-72

Niche partitioning within a dominant plant species to affect ecosystem function: Plant-plant genetic distance promotes trait variance
Lara Souza, University of Oklahoma; Katharine Stuble, University of California Davis; Aruna Nandety, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Laura Bartley, University of Oklahoma

PS 38-73

Temperature influence on growth rates of four benthic diatoms and comparison with distributional patterns in microbial mats in streams in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Diane M. McKnight, University of Colorado; Rhea M. M. Esposito, University of Colorado; Eric R. Sokol, University of Colorado; Joshua P. Darling, University of Colorado; Deena Garland, University of Colorado; Lee F. Stanish, University of Colorado

PS 38-74

How does shrub encroachment alter a bee community?
Julieta Bettinelli, University of New Mexico; Diane L. Marshall, University of New Mexico

PS 38-75

Soil microbial community assembly driven by soil characteristics, climate, and cover
Kyrstin Lulow, Duke University; Aspen T. Reese, Duke University; Justin P. Wright, Duke University

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Additional Information

PS 38 - Latebreaking: Community Ecology