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Monday, July 29th

Monday, July 29th, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm · Ascot/Riverside Hilton
Session 10: Contributed Papers: Ecological Section: Forest Ecology and Management
Presiding: Suzanne Koptur, Florida International University
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10001July 29th 1:30 pmAscot/Riverside HiltonImpacts of logging on primary forests of Siboma Village in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
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Oral PaperAmici, Autumn; James, Shelley; Ranker, Tom.logging
biodiversity
10002July 29th 1:45 pmAscot/Riverside HiltonTree responses to experimental pH and phosphorus elevation in acidic temperate hardwood forests
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Oral PaperPetersen, Sheryl; Carrino-Kyker, Sarah; DeForest, Jared; Hewins, Charlotte; Shaw, Alanna; Smemo, Kurt; Burke, David.Forest
pH
Phosphorus
productivity
10003July 29th 2:00 pmAscot/Riverside HiltonAnalyzing change in an urban New York Cityforest, species loss, invasions and methods of analysis
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Oral PaperMorgan, Eric.urban ecology
succession
Forest Inventory and Analysis
10004July 29th 2:15 pmAscot/Riverside HiltonClimate effect on vegetation structure and tree diversity along an entire elevation gradient in central Veracruz, México
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Oral PaperToledo, María; Williams Linera, Guadalupe.Elevation gradients
Communities
climate
Vegetation types
Tree diversity
10005July 29th 2:30 pmAscot/Riverside HiltonAssessing the Representativeness of the Plant Collection Effort in the Guánica Forest Reserve; Puerto Rico
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Oral PaperFigueroa, Maricelys; Chinea, Jesús.Museum data
Bias
BRAHMS
Georeferencing
ArcMap10
Monday, July 29th, 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm · Newberry/Riverside Hilton
Session 14: Contributed Papers: Ecological Section: Invasion Biology
Presiding: Amy Faivre, CEDAR CREST COLLEGE
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14001July 29th 2:00 pmNewberry/Riverside HiltonThe Effect of Treefall Gaps on the Spatial Distribution and Dispersal of Four Invasive Plants in a Mature Secondary Forest in Maryland
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Oral PaperKlinczar, Angela; Freeman, Charlotte; Angeli, Nicole; Gorchov, David.invasive plants
treefall gaps
14002July 29th 2:15 pmNewberry/Riverside HiltonThe consequences of gene diversity and nitrogen deposition for competitive success of the newly invasive grass Brachypodium sylvaticum
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Oral PaperMarchini, Gina; Cruzan, Mitchell.competition
invasive species
genetic diversity
nitrogen
grasses
14003July 29th 2:30 pmNewberry/Riverside HiltonJapanese Stiltgrass Dominance as a Reflection of Flooding in Headwater Wetlands
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Oral PaperShappell, Laura; Struwe, Lena; Ehrenfeld, Joan.ecohydrology
invasive species
wetland
seedling
biological invasion
ecology
Climate Change
Poaceae
life cycle
14004July 29th 2:45 pmNewberry/Riverside HiltonInvasive Aquatic and Riparian Weeds and Mosquitoes; Challenges, Successes, and Importance of On-going Studies
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Oral PaperBlair, Charles.invasive plants
Aquatic plant
14005July 29th 3:00 pmNewberry/Riverside HiltonClose Relatives Make Bad Neighbors in the Thistle Tribe
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Oral PaperPark, Daniel; Potter, Daniel.invasive species
Cardueae
Asteraceae
community phylogenetics
phylogeny
phylogenetic niche conservatism
climatic niche
July 29th 3:15 pmNewberry/Riverside HiltonBreak
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14007July 29th 3:45 pmNewberry/Riverside HiltonA trait-based approach to restoring southern California habitats invaded by the invasive grass Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens (Poaceae)
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Oral PaperMacKinnon, Evan D.; Pratt, R..red brome
invasive plant
San Joaquin Valley
California
14008July 29th 4:00 pmNewberry/Riverside HiltonAlien encounters of the floral kind: interpreting patterns of community assembly on the San Juan Islands
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Oral PaperMarx, Hannah; Tank, David.megaphylogenies
vascular plants
invasive plants
macroevolution
14009July 29th 4:15 pmNewberry/Riverside HiltonHybridization between Cultivated and Wild Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) as a Function of Distance from Cultivar Field Trials: Implication for Biosafety Procedures
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Oral PaperChang, Hsiaochi; Snow, Allison; Mutegi, Evans; Lewis, Emily; Miriti, Maria; Heaton, Emily.Biofuel
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
gene flow

Tuesday, July 30th

Tuesday, July 30th, 10:15 am to 12:00 pm · Marlborough B/Riverside Hilton
Session 28: Contributed Papers: Functional Trait Responses
Presiding: William Sanders, College of Arts And Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University
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28001July 30th 10:15 amMarlborough B/Riverside HiltonEarlier spring budburst in Oklahoma deciduous trees
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Oral PaperRice, Stanley.budburst
deciduous trees
phenology
global warming
28002July 30th 10:30 amMarlborough B/Riverside HiltonWind pollination promotes spatial segregation of the sexes
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Oral PaperDorken, Marcel; Van Drunen, Wendy.comparative analysis
dioecy
sexual dimorphism
stochastic simulation
wind pollination
28003July 30th 10:45 amMarlborough B/Riverside HiltonDifferences in germination response for acorns of Quercus pagoda and Q. phellos following varying flooding and cold stratification treatments
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Oral PaperHawkins, Tracy; Thornton, Rory.Quercus
red oak
greentree reservoir
seed germination
seed dormancy
willow oak
cherrybark oak
flooding
28004July 30th 11:00 amMarlborough B/Riverside HiltonSeed Ecology of Federally Threatened Pinguicula ionantha (Godfrey's Butterwort)
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Oral PaperAnnis, Jenna; O'Brien, Jennifer; Coons, Janice; Molano-Flores, Brenda; Primer, Samantha.Pinguicula
ionantha
Lentibulariaceae
carnivorous
butterwort
seed germination
seed bank
seed dormancy
gibberellic acid
fire dependent
 bog habitat
Florida Panhandle
longleaf savanna
28005July 30th 11:15 amMarlborough B/Riverside HiltonSeed Germination and Seed Bank of Scutellaria floridana
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Oral PaperO'Brien, Jennifer; Annis, Jenna; Coons, Janice; Molano-Flores, Brenda; Primer, Samantha.Lamiaceae
Federally threatened
Seed ecology
Florida Panhandle
28006July 30th 11:30 amMarlborough B/Riverside HiltonThymol mediates three-way interactions between Thymus, legumes and rhizobia
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Oral PaperMcKenna, Mary; Rodriguez-Rosas, Veronica; Diaz-Ruiz, Dawn.nitrogen fixation
secondary metabolites
species interactions
plant-microbial interactions
28007July 30th 11:45 amMarlborough B/Riverside HiltonDifferential phenological change among communities
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Oral PaperHoch, Peter; Miller-Struttmann, Nicole; Krakos, Kyra.flowering phenology
pollination
Tuesday, July 30th, 1:30 pm to 3:15 pm · Marlborough B/Riverside Hilton
Session 32: Contributed Papers: Ecological Section: Population Biology
Presiding: Tracy Hawkins, USDA - Forest Service
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32001July 30th 1:30 pmMarlborough B/Riverside HiltonMeasuring distribution change and vulnerability of rare plants in response to climate change: a case study using species of the western United States
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Oral PaperStill, Shannon M..species distribution modeling
rare plants
Climate Change Vulnerability Index
Climate Change
32002July 30th 1:45 pmMarlborough B/Riverside HiltonPhylogenetic structure of macromycete communities along an entire elevation gradient in central Veracruz, Mexico
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Oral PaperGómez Hernández, Marko; Williams Linera, Guadalupe.Phylogenetic diversity
Phylogenetic turnover
Macromycete
Communities
Altitudinal gradient
Species richness
32003July 30th 2:00 pmMarlborough B/Riverside HiltonEnvironmental stochasticity, not resource limitation, drives fecundity and recruitment in perennial bunchgrasses
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Oral PaperDrenovsky, Rebecca; Thornhill, Megan; James, Jeremy.fitness
fecundity
restoration
aridlands
nitrogen
Phosphorus
32004July 30th 2:15 pmMarlborough B/Riverside HiltonEvolutionary transitions between color monomorphism and polymorphism in the genus Protea and the role of local ecological processes
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Oral PaperCarlson, Jane; Holsinger, Kent.seed predation
evolutionary and ecological adaptation
Flower color and shape
South Africa
Protea
polymorphism
32005July 30th 2:30 pmMarlborough B/Riverside HiltonNatural selection on phenological traits across the biogeographic range of a California annual wildflower: independent effects on fitness of first flowering date and flowering synchrony
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Oral PaperHaggerty, Brian; Mazer, Susan.phenology
synchrony
biogeography
selection
adaptation
32006July 30th 2:45 pmMarlborough B/Riverside HiltonMultiscale spatial patterns of coexistence among closely related plant species
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Oral PaperHong-Wa, Cynthia.coexistence
community assembly
community structure
endemism
Noronhia
Oleaceae
phylogeny
Species richness
32007July 30th 3:00 pmMarlborough B/Riverside HiltonInvestigating diversity patterns in the Guiana Shield
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Oral PaperDiazgranados, Mauricio; Funk, Vicki.biodiversity
Guiana Shield
Species richness
species turnover
species variation

Wednesday, July 31st

Wednesday, July 31st, 9:00 am to 11:15 am · Newberry/Riverside Hilton
Session 41: Contributed Papers: Ecological Section: Plant-Animal Interactions
Presiding: Stanley Rice, SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
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41001July 31st 9:00 amNewberry/Riverside HiltonWhat Role Do White-tailed Deer Play in the Long-Distance Dispersal of Amur Honeysuckle?
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Oral PaperGuiden, Peter; Gorchov, David.invasive species
Amur honeysuckle
White-tailed deer
Dispersal
41002July 31st 9:15 amNewberry/Riverside HiltonRecent research on pondberry (Lindera melissifolia Walt. Blume) reproduction
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Oral PaperDevall, Margaret; Martins, Andreza; Abilio, Fernanda; Gonçalves de Oliveira, Plinio; Partelli Feltrin, Raquel; Scheffer, Fernanda; de Oliveira Antonelli, Priscilla; Teixeira Vilela, Daniela; Smith III, Carl G.; Tidwell, Collin; Hamel, Paul; Connor, Kristina; Leininger, Theodor; Schiff, Nathan; Wilson, A. Dan.seed dispersal
seedling herbivores
hermit thrush
swamp rabbit
seed predators
41003July 31st 9:30 amNewberry/Riverside HiltonThe effects of vegetative and floral damage on nectar alkaloid concentrations in Tree Tobacco (Nicotiana glauca)
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Oral PaperKaczorowski, Rainee; Koplovich, Avi; Wink, Michael; Katzir, Gadi; Izhaki, Ido; Markman, Shai.Nicotiana glauca
alkaloids
nectar robbing
floral nectar
damage
herbivory
GLC-MS
July 31st 9:45 amNewberry/Riverside HiltonBreak
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41005July 31st 10:15 amNewberry/Riverside HiltonEcological Genomics of plant defense in wild tomatoes
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Oral PaperHaak, David; Moyle, Leonie.plant defense
transcriptomics
ecological genomics
adaptation
41006July 31st 10:30 amNewberry/Riverside HiltonBumblebee foraging behavior and plant-pollinator network structure across an altitudinal gradient
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Oral PaperMiller-Struttmann, Nicole; Franklin, James; Galen, Candace.bumblebee host plant-use
Altitudinal gradient
foraging niche partitioning
networks
caste foraging patterns
pollen and nectar foragers
41007July 31st 10:45 amNewberry/Riverside HiltonBet-Hedging Through Heterocarpy: from a Predator Perspective
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Oral PaperKistenmacher, Michael; Gibson, Phil.heterocarpy
Bet Hedging
herbivory
Asteraceae
Noctuidae
Oviposition
41008July 31st 11:00 amNewberry/Riverside HiltonSize-number tradeoff in pollen production in response to severe defoliation in butterfly pea, Centrosema virginianum (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae)
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Oral PaperCardel Sharp, Yuria; Koptur, Suzanne.defoliation
clones
pollen
pollination
trade-off

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