COS 210 - Communities: Spatial Patterns And Environmental Gradients 7

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM EDT

  CANCELLED - Spatially structured plant-microbe interactions impact plant growth and mycorrhizal colonization at small scales
  

  Presenting Author: Kel Cook – University of New Mexico

  Coauthor: D. Lee Taylor – University of New Mexico
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM EDT

  Ants mediate soil chemical and microbial characteristics: Implications for climate change
  

  Presenting Author: Katie M. Becklin – Syracuse University

  Coauthor: Alexandra Patten – Syracuse University
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EDT

  How are changes in the distribution of dead plants influencing their future distribution? A case study in a subtropical forest at Lanjenchi, southern Taiwan.
  

  Presenting Author: Wen-Ling Shen – Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 600, Taiwan

  Coauthor: Chen-Chia Ku – Ph.D. Program of Agriculture Science, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 600, Taiwan

  Coauthor: Chieh-Yu Liao – Ph.D. Program of Agriculture Science, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 600, Taiwan

  Coauthor: Wei-Chun Chao – Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, National Chiayi University
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EDT

  Physical habitat properties shape nest selection and resource allocation in an arboreal ant community
  

  Presenting Author: Benjamin J. Adams – Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University

  Coauthor: Scott Powell – Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EDT

  No strong evidence that modularity, specialization, or nestedness are linked to seasonal climatic variability in empirical bipartite networks on a global scale
  

  Presenting Author: Chris Brimacombe – Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto

  Coauthor: Korryn Bodner – MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital

  Coauthor: Matthew Michalska-Smith – Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota

  Coauthor: Dominique Gravel – Université de Sherbrooke

  Coauthor: Marie-Josée Fortin – University of Toronto
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EDT

  Bryophytes and vascular plants show differing taxonomic and functional biodiveristy patterns along latitudinal gradients in bogs and fens
  

  Presenting Author: Elise Deschenes – Université de Montréal

  Coauthor: Elise Deschenes – Université de Montréal

  Coauthor: Monique Poulin – Université Laval