2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11)

8:00 AM

COS 75-1

A new multiple-site measure for beta diversity
Jing Xiao, Zhejiang University; Kaihang Zhang, Zhejiang University; Wanying Zhu, Zhejiang University; Chenchao Xu, Zhejiang University; Fangjian Yu, Zhejiang University; Marc W. Cadotte, University of Toronto - Scarborough; Lei Cheng, Zhejiang University

8:20 AM

COS 75-2

Differential responses of specialist and generalist species during the aquatic and terrestrial phases in California vernal pools
Jamie M. Kneitel, California State University, Sacramento

8:40 AM

COS 75-3

A monotonically declining elevational pattern of bacterial diversity in freshwater lake sediments
Dayong Zhao, Hohai University; Jin Zeng, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, CAS; Huabing Li, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, CAS; Rui Huang, Hohai University; Jianjun Wang, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, CAS; Qinglong Wu, State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, CAS

9:00 AM

COS 75-4

Changes to the species abundance distribution, not total abundance, drive biodiversity gains in Mediterranean marine protected areas
Shane A. Blowes, Tel Aviv University; Jonathan Belmaker, Tel Aviv University; Jonathan M. Chase, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)

9:20 AM

COS 75-5

Integration of island biogeography theory and the intermediate disturbance hypothesis predict vertebrate diversity patterns in fragmented habitats
Alexandra M. Lawrence, San Francisco State University; Kerry O'Connor, San Francisco State University; Vahe Haroutounian, San Francisco State University; Andrea Swei, San Francisco State University

9:40 AM

COS 75-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 75-6

Fewer than thought: A model based on population resurveys of a rare orchid suggests aging conservation databases may overestimate current abundance
Thomas Kaye, Institute for Applied Ecology; Matt A. Bahm, Institute for Applied Ecology; Ian A. Pfingsten, Cherokee Nation Technology Solutions; Andrea S. Thorpe, National Ecological Observatory Network; Erin Gray, Institute for Applied Ecology

10:10 AM

COS 75-7

Quality is everything: Automated data collection tools to enhance the quality of NEON's 'big data' streams
Natalie Robinson, National Ecological Observatory Network; Cody Flagg, NEON; Kaelin Cawley, NEON

10:30 AM

COS 75-8

A simulation-based approach to modern coexistence theory for empirical applications: Non-spatial mechanisms
Stephen P. Ellner, Cornell University; Robin E. Snyder, Case Western Reserve University; Peter B. Adler, Utah State University; Giles Hooker, Cornell University

10:50 AM

COS 75-9

Rarity, richness, and randomness: Assessing the sampling effect of biodiversity at the local scale
Annalee M. Tutterow, Davidson College; Kevin G. Smith, Davidson College

11:10 AM

COS 75-10

Pitfalls of using diversity maximization as the goal of landscape management
Ralph Grundel, U.S. Geological Survey; Noel B. Pavlovic, U.S. Geological Survey

COS 75 - Biodiversity IV

Meeting Information

Ecological Society of America