COS 185 - Biodiversity: Effects Of Global Change 4

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM EDT

  Land use exerts stronger control over plant diversity than climate or soils in a tropical savanna of India
  

  Presenting Author: Ashish N. Nerlekar – Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2258, USA

  Coauthor: Avishkar Munje – Fergusson College, Pune, Maharashtra 411004, India

  Coauthor: Pranav Mhaisalkar – Brandenburg Technical University, Cottbus 03013, Germany

  Coauthor: Ankila J. Hiremath – Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560064, India

  Coauthor: Joseph W. Veldman – Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2258, USA
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

  Evaluating the evidence of widespread maintenance of functional composition in vertebrate communities
  

  Presenting Author: Kari E. Norman, PhD – Université de Montréal

  Coauthor: Perry de Valpine – UC Berkeley

  Coauthor: Carl Boettiger, PhD – University of California Berkeley
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM EDT

  Climatic changes drive functional asymmetries in mammal-mediated seed dispersal networks of neotropical palms
  

  Presenting Author: Gabriel Munoz – Concordia University

  Coauthor: W. Daniel Kissling – University of Amsterdam

  Coauthor: Jean-Philippe Lessard, n/a – Concordia University
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

  CANCELLED - Love thy neighbor? Understanding the effect of elevated carbon dioxide and drought in the interaction between two grasses.
  

  Presenting Author: Smriti Pehim Limbu – Johns Hopkins University

  Coauthor: Meghan L. Avolio – Johns Hopkins University
• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM EDT

  No calm after the storm: Immediate effects of Cyclones Batsirai and Emnati on lemur presence and vegetation structure
  

  Presenting Author: Pamela R. Narváez-Torres, n/a – University of Calgary

  Coauthor: Jeÿnne E. Rahariniaina Mirana – University of Antananarivo

  Coauthor: Padou Cressant Razafindravelo – Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership

  Coauthor: Edward E. Louis Jr – Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

  Coauthor: Steig E. Johnson – University of Calgary
• 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

  Soil effects on plant distributions and potential migration in Eastern North America
  

  Presenting Author: Ming Ni – Université de Sherbrooke

  Coauthor: Mark Vellend – University of Sherbrooke