COS 169 - Competition 1

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM PDT

  Plasticity in resource consumption traits shape community structure and the strength of niche and neutral processes in competitive communities
  

  Presenting Author: Brendon McGuinness – McGill University

  Coauthor: Frédéric Guichard – McGill University

  Coauthor: Stephanie Weber – McGill University
• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM PDT

  Linking competition to species’ distributions: a greenhouse experiment with California annual plants
  

  Presenting Author: Kenji T. Hayashi – University of California, Los Angeles

  Coauthor: Nathan J. B. Kraft – University of California - Los Angeles
• 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM PDT

  Density-dependent and independent mechanisms jointly reduce species performance under nitrogen enrichment in a dry Mediterranean system
  

  Coauthor: David Sampson Issaka – Sde Boker research center

  Presenting Author: Or Osnat Gross – Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  Coauthor: Itunuoluwa Ayilara – Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  Coauthor: Talia Schabes – Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  Coauthor: Niv DeMalach – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI)
• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM PDT

  How does competition influence trait variation? Insights from a meta-analysis
  

  Presenting Author: Yifeng Cao – Louisiana State University

  Coauthor: Jiaqi Tan – Louisiana State University
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM PDT

  Environment and life cycle dependence of biotic resistance across the demographic niche space of an aggressive plant invader
  

  Presenting Author: Alden B. Griffith – Wellesley College

  Coauthor: Elizabeth Bouchard – Rutgers University