COS 38 - Mutualism And Facilitation 2

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM EDT

  Local perennial plants affect the occurrence and fitness related traits of annual grasses along an aridity gradient
  

  Presenting Author: Megan Korte – University of Groningen

  Coauthor: Antonio J. Manzaneda – Universidad de Jaén

  Coauthor: Luisa M. Martinez – Universidad de Jaén

  Coauthor: Rampal S Etienne – University of Groningen

  Coauthor: Tamatha A. Patterson – US Fish and Wildlife Service

  Coauthor: Jurre Terpstra – University of Groningen

  Coauthor: Louis van de Zande – University of Groningen

  Coauthor: Christian Smit – University of Groningen
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

  Evolution of rhizobia populations alter plant adaptation to the moisture environment
  

  Presenting Author: Kevin D. Ricks – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

  Coauthor: Katy Heath, Associate Professor – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Coauthor: Anthony Yannarell – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
• 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM EDT

  Symbiont adaptation to nitrogen-addition is mediated by hosts rather than the direct effects of nitrogen in a model nutritional symbiosis.
  

  Presenting Author: Rebecca Batstone – McMaster University

  Coauthor: Katy Heath, Associate Professor – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Coauthor: Jennifer Lau, Ph.D. – Indiana University Bloomington
• 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

  Legume response to rhizobia varies with plant life history and land use
  

  Presenting Author: Susan M. Magnoli – University of Kansas

  Coauthor: James D. Bever, PhD – The University of Kansas
• 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM EDT

  How does network structure change robustness to co-extinctions in mutualisms?
  

  Presenting Author: Connor N. Morozumi – Emory University

  Coauthor: Caleb Sowers – Kansas State University

  Coauthor: Alva Karlsson – Emory University

  Coauthor: Chris Anderson – University of Washington

  Coauthor: Berry J. Brosi, PhD – University of Washington

  Coauthor: Fernanda S. Valdovinos, PhD – University of California Davis
• 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

  The role of mutualistic interactions on determining the speed and shape of species range expansions
  

  Presenting Author: Naven Narayanan Venkatanarayanan – University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

  Coauthor: Allison Shaw – University of Minnesota - Twin Cities