COS 82 - Biodiversity 5

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM EDT

  Diversity-biomass relationships are dependent upon location and dominant species ecotypes.
  

  Presenting Author: David J. Gibson – Southern Illinois University Carbondale

  Coauthor: David Barfnecht – School of Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

  Coauthor: Sara G. Baer, Ph.D. – Kansas Biological Survey and Center for Ecological Reserach

  Coauthor: Matthew Galliart – Department of Biological Sciences, Fort Hays State University

  Coauthor: Kori Howe – Division of Biology, Kansas State University

  Coauthor: Zhe Ren – Southern Illinois University Carbondale

  Coauthor: Jack Sytsma – Division of Biology, Kansas State University

  Coauthor: Loretta Johnson – Division of Biology, Kansas State University
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

  Do Invasive Plants Affect Diversity in Heterogeneous Grasslands? The Effect of Sericea Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) Invasion on the Tallgrass Prairie.
  

  Presenting Author: Nicholas A. McMillan – Oklahoma State University

  Coauthor: Samuel D. Fuhlendorf – Oklahoma State University

  Coauthor: Robert G. Hamilton – The Nature Conservancy
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EDT

  Long-term studies of a subtropical grassland: Grasslands change slowly
  

  Presenting Author: David M. Ward, PhD – Kent State University

  Coauthor: Kevin Kirkman, PhD – University of KwaZulu-Natal

  Coauthor: Craig Morris, n/a – Agricultural Research Council
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EDT

  Variation in bacterial traits across habitats and phylogenetic clades
  

  Presenting Author: Bahareh Sorouri – University of California, Irvine

  Coauthor: Cynthia I. Rodriguez – University of California, Irvine

  Coauthor: Brandon S. Gaut – Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine

  Coauthor: Steven D. Allison – University of California, Irvine
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EDT

  Turning observations into biodiversity data: Spatial biases in community science
  

  Presenting Author: Ellyne Geurts – University of Victoria

  Coauthor: John Reynolds – Simon Fraser University

  Coauthor: Brian Starzomski, PhD – University of Victoria
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

  Parsing patterns of sampling biases and α-diversity across Europe using corrected SDMs of >10,000 plant species
  

  Presenting Author: Abbie Gail Jones – McGill University

  Coauthor: Brian Leung – McGill University

  Coauthor: Laura Pollock – McGill University