2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11)

COS 5 - Communities: Assembly And Neutral Theory I

Monday, August 7, 2017: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

C120-121, Oregon Convention Center

1:30 PM

COS 5-1

Species and functional beta-diversity reveal shifts in community assembly processes across a productivity gradient
Christopher P. Catano, Washington University in St. Louis; Ashley J. Knudson, Washington University in St. Louis; Marko J. Spasojevic, University of California; Jonathan A. Myers, Washington University in St. Louis

1:50 PM

COS 5-2

Community assembly of island mammal metacommunities: The role of the regional species pool
Katherine Hébert, Concordia University; Jean-Philippe Lessard, Concordia University; Virginie Millien, McGill University

2:10 PM

COS 5-3

Impact of species-neutral stage structure on macroecological patterns
Rafael D'Andrea, University of Illinois; James P. O'Dwyer, University of Illinois

2:30 PM

COS 5-4

Community trait overdispersion due to trophic interactions: Concerns for assembly process inference
Mikael Pontarp, University of Zurich

2:50 PM

COS 5-5

Novel approach for the analysis of community dynamics: Separating rapid reorganizations from gradual trends
Erica Christensen, University of Florida; S.K. Morgan Ernest, University of Florida; David J. Harris, University of Florida

3:10 PM

COS 5-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 5-6

Do existing communities slow community reorganization in response to changes in assembly processes?
Erica Christensen, University of Florida; S.K. Morgan Ernest, University of Florida

3:40 PM

COS 5-7

Complex interactions between host plant and multiple fungal guilds in a subtropical forest
Pu Jia, University of Toronto - Scarborough; Marc W. Cadotte, University of Toronto - Scarborough; Wensheng Shu, Sun Yat-sen University

4:00 PM

COS 5-8

Beta diversity patterns derived from island biogeography theory
Muyang Lu, Yale Unversity; David A. Vasseur, Yale University

4:20 PM

COS 5-9

Primary succession and community assembly in ponds created by the Mount St. Helens eruption
Angela L. Strecker, Portland State University; Meredith A. Holgerson, Portland State University; Charlie Crisafulli, US Forest Service; James Gawel, University of Washington Tacoma

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