COS 128 - Communities: Spatial Patterns And Environmental Gradients III

Thursday, August 10, 2017: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
C120-121, Oregon Convention Center
8:00 AM
 How common road salts and organic additives affect freshwater food webs: In search of safer alternatives
Matthew S. Schuler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Rick A. Relyea, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; William D. Hintz, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Devin K. Jones, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
8:20 AM
 Coexistence mechanisms collide across scales
Sarah L. Salois, Northeastern University; Tarik C. Gouhier, Northeastern University
8:40 AM Cancelled
 Can topographic gradients explain high diversity of vascular epiphytes in Andean forests?
Glenda Mendieta-Leiva, University of Marburg; Florian A. Werner, University of Oldenburg
9:00 AM
 Canopy cover effect on high elevation pollinator communities
Lindsie M. McCabe, Northern Arizona University; Neil S. Cobb, Northern Arizona University
9:20 AM
 Transient species are common: Implications for ecological inference
Allen H. Hurlbert, University of North Carolina; Sara J. Snell, University of North Carolina; Ethan P. White, University of Florida
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
 Do ecotones function as melting pots or salad bowls?
Lauren M. Porensky, USDA-ARS; Justin D. Derner, Rangeland Resources Research Unit
10:10 AM
 Understanding the distribution of landscape diversity in grazed and ungrazed California vernal pools
Julia S. Michaels, UC Davis; Valerie T. Eviner, University of California Davis; Niall F. McCarten, Institute for Ecohydrology Research
10:30 AM
 Multiple interactive drivers influence seedling demography in a temperate forest
Stephen J. Murphy, The Ohio State University; John W. Wenzel, Powdermill Nature Reserve, Carnegie Museum of Natural History; Liza S. Comita, Yale University
10:50 AM
 Predator dispersal regimes impacts prey community diversity and composition in pitcher plants
Catalina Cuellar-Gempeler, Florida State University; Casey P. terHorst, California State University, Northridge; Thomas E. Miller, Florida State University
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