8:00 AM Pither, Jason^{*,1, 2}, Aarssen, Lonnie¹, ¹ Department of Biology, Kingston, ON, Canada² Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tucson, AZ, U.S. The environmental sampling effect confounds interpretations of the niche: Implications for basic and applied ecology.

FULL ABSTRACT

8:20 AM Hobbs, N. Thompson ^*,1, Tavener, Simon¹, Adair, Carol¹, ¹ Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA Habitat fragmentation reduces herbivore abundance by restricting access to spatial heterogeneity in resources.

FULL ABSTRACT

8:40 AM Nelson, Jennifer^*,1, Wilson, William¹, ¹ Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Effect of predator behavior on spatial scales and stability.

FULL ABSTRACT

9:00 AM Cunningham, John¹, Schamp, Brandon^*,1, Aarssen, Lonnie¹, ¹ Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Null-model analysis of morphological dispersion for size-related correlates of species competitive ability in old-field vegetation.

FULL ABSTRACT

9:20 AM Richards, Shane¹, Harder, Lawrence¹, ¹ Biological Sciences, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada A dynamic model of pollinator-plant interactions.

FULL ABSTRACT

9:40 AM Break.

9:50 AM Mathias, Andrea¹, Chesson, Peter¹, ¹ University of California, Davis, CA, USA Life history evolution of seed dormancy cycles in desert winter annuals.

FULL ABSTRACT

10:10 AM Pascual, Mercedes ^*,1, Aparicio, Juan², ¹ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan² Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto Rico Simple models for ecological systems with complex patterns.

FULL ABSTRACT

10:30 AM Jax, Kurt^*,1, Schwarz, Astrid ², ¹ UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany² University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany A novel methodology for the analysis ecological concepts: The example of ecological units.

FULL ABSTRACT

10:50 AM Dewdney, Alexander¹, ¹ University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada The logistic-J curve: A new species-abundance distribution and its supporting metastudy.

FULL ABSTRACT