COS 167 - Communities: Spatial Patterns And Environmental Gradients 8

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM PDT

  Comparing ant communities across urban-rural landscapes in Massachusetts
  

  Presenting Author: Joe Nelsen – Clark University

  Coauthor: Kaitlyn Mathis – Clark University

  Coauthor: Dale Stevens – Michigan State University

  Coauthor: Amelia Curry – Clark University
• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM PDT

  Riparian plant occurrence and cover are differentially influenced by complex stressors and temperature interactions
  

  Presenting Author: Emily C. Palmquist, Ph.D. – U.S. Geological Survey

  Coauthor: Kiona Ogle, Ph.D. – Northern Arizona University

  Coauthor: Bradley J. Butterfield, Ph.D. – Northern Arizona University

  Coauthor: Thomas G. Whitham, Ph.D. – Northern Arizona University

  Coauthor: Gerard J. Allan, Ph.D. – Northern Arizona University

  Coauthor: Patrick Shafroth, Ph.D. – U.S. Geological Survey
• 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM PDT

  Inferring absolute abundance of plant species by integrating presence-only and presence-absence occurrence data
  

  Presenting Author: Marisa Mancillas – New Mexico State University

  Coauthor: Brook Milligan – New Mexico State University
• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM PDT

  Distance matters: quantifying the spatial scale of land cover influences on biological communities
  

  Presenting Author: Maxime Fajgenblat – KU Leuven

  Coauthor: Robby Wijns – KU Leuven

  Coauthor: Renée Blanckaert – KU Leuven

  Coauthor: Pieter Lemmens – IGB Berlin, KU Leuven

  Coauthor: Thomas Neyens – KU Leuven, UHasselt

  Coauthor: Luc De Meester – IGB Berlin, KU Leuven
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM PDT

  Phylogenetic insights into facilitation & co-flowering in montane plant communities
  

  Presenting Author: Leah N. Veldhuisen – University of Arizona

  Coauthor: Katrina M. Dlugosch – University of Arizona