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Monday, July 28th

Monday, July 28th, 8:00 am to 9:45 am · Firs South/Boise Centre
Session 1: Contributed Papers: Ecological Section: Plant Reproductive Ecology
Presiding: Benjamin R Montgomery , University Of South Carolina Upstate
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1001July 28th 8:00 amFirs South/Boise CentreDemography and reproductive ecology of Euphorbia rosescens, a threatened perennial herb endemic to Florida scrub
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Oral PaperSmith, Stacy A.; Menges, Eric S.; Faivre, Amy.Demography
Reproductive ecology
perennial herb
Florida
Euphorbia
1002July 28th 8:15 amFirs South/Boise CentreSawgrass (Cladium jamaicense) fruit development, phenology and abortion in relation to sawgrass seed bank viability
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Oral PaperRICHARDS , JENNIFER H; ABREU, ANDREW; CORDOVA, JOSE R.; TAYLOR, JONATHAN.sawgrass
Cyperaceae
fruit abortion
seed bank
Everglades
1003July 28th 8:30 amFirs South/Boise CentreEvidence for reproductive interference between sexual and apomictic populations of the Easter daisy (Townsendia hookeri, Asteraceae)
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Oral PaperGarani, Alice; Whitton, Jeannette.apomixis
polyploidy
Townsendia hookeri
Asteraceae
cross pollination
reproductive interference
flow cytometry
1004July 28th 8:45 amFirs South/Boise CentreEffects of Climate Change on Plant Reproductive Success in the Indiana Spring Ephemeral Community
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Oral PaperRobertshaw, Asya; Emery, Nancy.spring ephemerals
Climate change
flowering phenology
Anemone acutiloba
plant-pollinator interaction
1005July 28th 9:00 amFirs South/Boise CentreSexual antagonism in a mixed-mating hermaphrodite plant
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Oral PaperHersh, Evan; Madjidian, Josefin; Andersson, Stefan; Strandh, Maria; Lankinen, Asa.sexually antagonistic coevolution
conflict cost
delayed stigma receptivity
mixed-mating
Pollen competition
Collinsia heterophylla
sexual conflict
1006July 28th 9:15 amFirs South/Boise CentreHidden responses to environmental variation: maternal effects reveal species niche dimensions
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Oral PaperGermain , Rachel M; Gilbert, Benjamin.Maternal effects
Ecological dynamics
Environmental variability
Mediterranean annuals
1007July 28th 9:30 amFirs South/Boise CentreLocalized, Site-specific Shifts in Flowering Time Lead to Reproductive Isolation of Two Sympatric, Interfertile Forms of Dudleya brittonii (Crassulaceae) in Northern Baja California, Mexico
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Oral PaperMulroy , Thomas Wilkinson; Mulroy, Juliana C..character displacement
Flowering time
Dudleya
pre-zygotic barrier
hybridization 
sympatric speciation
parapatric speciation
Speciation
glaucous
flowering phenology
flowering period
sympatry
parapatry
Baja California
Crassulaceae
Coastal
Lithophyte
Fog
desert transition
Monday, July 28th, 1:30 pm to 3:15 pm · Firs South/Boise Centre
Session 10: Contributed Papers: Ecological Section: Invasion Biology
Presiding: Sean Michael Hoban , National Institute For Mathematical And Biological Synthesis
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10001July 28th 1:30 pmFirs South/Boise CentreImpacts of goatgrass on functional and compositional beta-diversity in a serpentine annual grassland
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Oral PaperCase , Erica J; Harrison, SP; Cornell, HV.
10002July 28th 1:45 pmFirs South/Boise CentreEnhanced drought tolerance in the invasive bunchgrass Brachypodium sylvaticum (slender false brome)
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Oral PaperMarchini, Gina L; Maraist, Caitlin; Williamson, Michelle N.; Cruzan, Mitchell B.Brachypodium
invasive species
ecophysiology
Grass
Pacific Northwest
Drought
Adaptation
10003July 28th 2:00 pmFirs South/Boise CentreThe Role of White-tailed Deer in Long-distance Dispersal of Lonicera maackii
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Oral PaperGuiden , Peter Westley; GORCHOV , DAVID L.
10004July 28th 2:15 pmFirs South/Boise CentreEffects of the Invasive Shrub, Lonicera maackii, and a Generalist Herbivore, White-tailed Deer, on Forest Floor Plant Community Composition
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Oral PaperPeebles-Spencer , Jessica R; GORCHOV , DAVID L.Odocoileus virginianus
White-tailed Deer
Lonicera maackii
Amur Honeysuckle
NMDS
PERMANOVA
Indicator Species Analysis
Deer Exclosures
10005July 28th 2:30 pmFirs South/Boise CentreAfter Moby Dick – examining hybridization between Centaurea maculosa (Spotted Knapweed) and Centaurea jacea (Brown Knapweed) on Nantucket Island
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Oral PaperZávada , Tomáš; Kesseli, Rick.invasive species
hybridization 
Phenotypic plasticity
Centaurea maculosa
Centaurea jacea
Compositae
10006July 28th 2:45 pmFirs South/Boise CentreDissecting drivers of community assembly in a comparative phylogenetic framework
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Oral PaperMarx, Hannah; Lavergne, Sébastien ; Thuiller, Wilfried ; Tank, David C..megaphylogeny
community phylogenetics
Assembly rules
Naturalization Hypothesis
invasive plants
10007July 28th 3:00 pmFirs South/Boise Centre
Canceled
Bacillus thuringiensis transgene introgression from Brassica napus to wild mustard B. juncea
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Oral PaperCao, Di; Stewart, Neal; Zheng, Min; Guan, Zhengjun; Wei, Wei; Tang, Zhixi; Ma, Keping.gene flow
insect bioassay
introgression
ecological consequence

Tuesday, July 29th

Tuesday, July 29th, 10:15 am to 11:45 am · Clearwater/Grove
Session 24: Contributed Papers: Ecological Section: Functional Trait Responses
Presiding: STANLEY ARTHUR RICE , Southeastern Oklahoma State University
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24001July 29th 10:15 amClearwater/GroveChilling hastens spring budburst in some tree species but not others
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Oral PaperRICE , STANLEY ARTHUR; Ross, Sonya L..phenology
budburst
global warming
Liquidambar styraciflua
Platanus occidentalis
Carya illinoensis
24002July 29th 10:30 amClearwater/GroveHeat stress disruption and contrasting avoidance-tolerance strategies from thermally contrasting climates in Arabidopsis thaliana
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Oral PaperZhang, Nana; Tonsor, Stephen.abiotic stress
avoidance
tolerance
fitness
heat stress
local adaptation
24003July 29th 10:45 amClearwater/GroveUnderstanding whole-plant trait-environment associations using phylogenetically-corrected multiple response multiple regressions
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Oral PaperHOLSINGER , KENT E; Moore, Timothy E.; Mitchell, Nora.Protea
Pelargonium
Cape Floristic Region
Phylogeentic regression
trait-environment association
24004July 29th 11:00 amClearwater/GroveFunctional traits in evolutionary radiations and the origin of trait-environment associations
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Oral PaperMitchell, Nora; Moore, Timothy E.; Holsinger, Kent E..evolutionary radiation
plant ecology
trait-environment association
functional traits
biodiversity
Bayesian modeling
24005July 29th 11:15 amClearwater/GroveEstimating the tolerance of native and exotic grasses to grasshopper herbivory
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Oral PaperCulley, Theresa; Avanesyan, Alina.tolerance
plant defense
herbivory
24006July 29th 11:30 amClearwater/GroveEffects of fire on nitrogen use efficiency of deciduous and evergreen shrubs
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Oral PaperSchafer, Jennifer L.; Hohmann, Matthew G.; Hoffmann, William A..Nutrient Use Efficiency
Prescribed Fire
Longleaf Pine Savanna
Leaf lifespan
Nitrogen resorption
Tuesday, July 29th, 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm · Clearwater/Grove
Session 47: Contributed Papers: Ecological Section: Population Biology
Presiding: Sean Michael Hoban , National Institute For Mathematical And Biological Synthesis
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47001July 29th 2:00 pmClearwater/Grove
Canceled
Modeling the environmental drivers of distribution for a river ecosystem engineer, Carex nudata
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Oral PaperGoslin, Matthew.Carex
species distribution model
Maxent
riparian
river
47002July 29th 2:15 pmClearwater/GroveNiche Divergence in Tolmiea (Saxifragaceae): using Ecological Niche Modeling to develop a testable hypothesis for a diploid-autotetraploid species pair
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Oral PaperVisger, Clayton J; Germain-Aubrey, Charlotte; SOLTIS, PAMELA S.; Soltis, Douglas E..Tolmiea
Saxifragaceae
polyploidy
niche modeling
47003July 29th 2:30 pmClearwater/GroveA community phylogentics approach into determining whether generalists of specialists make better competitors
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Oral PaperElliott , Tammy Lynn; Waterway, Marcia; Davies, T. Jonathan.community
interspecific competition
specialist species
generalist species
Cyperaceae
subarctic Canada
Habitat Filtering
47004July 29th 2:45 pmClearwater/GroveVariation in population level rooting traits in Elymus elymoides and its potential ecological role
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Oral PaperFoxx, Alicia J.; Kramer, Andrea.Elymus elymoides
Population variation
Phenotypic plasticity
Root structure
47005July 29th 3:00 pmClearwater/GroveDiversity of prairie fens: relative influence of site- and landscape-level variables
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Oral PaperHackett , Rachel A; Karbowski, Hillary M; Monfils, Anna K. .biodiversity
prairie fen
wetland
landscape
vegetation
water
soil
Onagraceae
species richness
July 29th 3:15 pmClearwater/GroveBreak
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47007July 29th 3:45 pmClearwater/GroveWhen fire is welcome in Mediterranean plant communities: a phylogenetic perspective on assembly rules
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Oral PaperAlves Meira Neto , Joao Augusto; Gastauer, Markus; Maganago, Luiz; Clemente, Adelaide; Correia, Otilia.Assembly rules
Evolutionary ecology
functional ecology
47008July 29th 4:00 pmClearwater/GrovePatterns of vascular plant diversity suggest that the western North American sagebrush steppe is ecologically very stable: implications for restoration
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Oral PaperLavin , Matthew T.community phylogenetics
Artemisia
Amaranthaceae
Poaceae
Fabaceae
Brassicaceae
47009July 29th 4:15 pmClearwater/Grove
Canceled
The production of phytolith-occluded carbon in terrestrial ecosystems of China
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Oral PaperSong, Zhaoliang; Stromberg, Caroline.Phytolith
carbon sink
silicon cycle
terrestrial ecosystems
China
grassland
Forest Ecosystem
cropland

Wednesday, July 30th

Wednesday, July 30th, 1:30 pm to 2:45 pm · Cottonwoods North/Boise Centre
Session 39: Contributed Papers: Ecological Section: Forest Ecology and Management
Presiding: MARGARET S DEVALL , U.S. Forest Service
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39001July 30th 1:30 pmCottonwoods North/Boise CentreSuccessional Chronosequence of Woody Restoration in Strip Mined Land in Zanesville, Ohio
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Oral PaperCampbell, Alicia; Gilland, Keith; Keiffer, Carolyn.Chronosequence
Restoration Ecology
Strip Mining
39002July 30th 1:45 pmCottonwoods North/Boise CentreGetting ahead of the front: Evaluating impacts of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) on forest vegetation in eastern North America
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Oral PaperKilgore , Jason S; Dolan, Benjamin J.Fraxinus
emerald ash borer
long term studies
disturbance
undergraduate education
continental scale
39003July 30th 2:00 pmCottonwoods North/Boise CentreDistance-related mortality promotes species diversity in silico
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Oral PaperHammond, Sean; Brown, James H..diversity
Janzen-Connell
simulation
Individual-based model
39004July 30th 2:15 pmCottonwoods North/Boise CentreThe effect of emerald ash borer-caused canopy gaps on reproduction of an understory invasive shrub
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Oral PaperHOVEN, BRIAN M; GORCHOV , DAVID L; KNIGHT, KATHLEEN S.Lonicera maackii
invasive species
fruit production
fecundity
disturbance
forest pests
39005July 30th 2:30 pmCottonwoods North/Boise CentreSuccession in the Red Gum Research Natural Area
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Oral PaperDEVALL , MARGARET S; Rodrigues, Guilherme de Assis ; Ferreira Fernandes, Lucas Do Nascimento ; Smith, Carl G.; Hughes, Steven ; Hamel, Paul.Research Natural Area
old growth
bottomland hardwood

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