COS 57 - Mutualism And Facilitation 3

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM EDT

  Microbial mutualists buffer hosts against negative effects of environmental variability
  

  Coauthor: Joshua Fowler – Rice University

  Coauthor: Jennifer A. Rudgers – University of New Mexico

  Coauthor: Kenneth D. Whitney – University of New Mexico

  Presenting Author: Tom E.X. Miller – Rice University
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM EDT

  The influence of legume plant traits and abiotic factors on rates of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in longleaf pine savannas
  

  Presenting Author: Alyssa L. Young, MS – University of North Carolina Greensboro

  Coauthor: Sally E. Koerner, PhD – University of North Carolina Greensboro

  Coauthor: Kimberly Komatsu – Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EDT

  Separating the effects of competition and cooperation in shared mycorrhizal networks
  

  Presenting Author: Gordon G. McNickle – Purdue University

  Coauthor: Kathryn N. Maley – Purdue University

  Coauthor: Lily G. Berry – Purdue University

  Coauthor: Yufan Zhou – University of Kansas
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EDT

  Where the bee suck, there suck the yeast; diffuse mutualisms between diverse nectar yeasts and bumble bee pollinators
  

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth Moore, PhD – North Carolina State University

  Coauthor: Caiti Heil, PhD – North Carolina State University

  Coauthor: Rob Dunn, PhD – North Carolina State University

  Coauthor: Rebecca E. Irwin – North Carolina State University
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EDT

  Models of multi-mutualist interactions and tests in an annual legume
  

  Presenting Author: Jonathan T. Bauer – Miami University

  Coauthor: Hank Stevens – Miami University

  Coauthor: Laura Fehling – Miami University