COS 170 - Communities: Spatial Patterns And Environmental Gradients 5

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM EDT

  CANCELLED - A simplified perspective on quantifying spatial patterning in ecology
  

  Presenting Author: Thomas J. DeWitt – Texas A&M University
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

  Life within the intertidal: Abiotic and biotic drivers of species abundance
  

  Presenting Author: Anthony A. Snead, Jr. – University of Alabama

  Coauthor: Ryan L. Earley – University of Alabama

  Coauthor: Kristy Marson – University of Alabama
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EDT

  Tree demographic and neighborhood responses to regional environmental gradients of the northwestern United States
  

  Presenting Author: Laura M. Nevins – Washington State University

  Coauthor: Robert Smith – USDA Forest Service

  Coauthor: Jenny Zambrano – Washington State University
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EDT

  Quantifying niche differentiation by soil condition in tropical forests
  

  Presenting Author: Rafael D'Andrea – Stony Brook University

  Coauthor: Mihir Umarani – Stony Brook University

  Coauthor: Dianzhuo Wang – Harvard University

  Coauthor: James O'Dwyer – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EDT

  Where are those new trees go in the wind-shaped forest in the southernmost of Taiwan?
  

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

  Coauthor: Wen-Ling Shen – Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, 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
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

  A Tale of Two Scales: Landscape-Level Heterogeneity Impacts Local Heterogeneity and Beta Diversity
  

  Presenting Author: Esben L. Kjaer – School of Natural Resource Sciences - North Dakota State University

  Coauthor: Ryan Limb – School of Natural Resource Sciences - North Dakota State University

  Coauthor: Benjamin Geaumont – Hettinger Research Extension Center - North Dakota State University

  Coauthor: Jason Harmon – School of Natural Resource Sciences - North Dakota State University

  Coauthor: Torre Hovick – School of Natural Resource Sciences - North Dakota State University

  Coauthor: Kevin Sedivec – Central Grasslands Research Extension Center - North Dakota State University