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Thursday, August 10, 8:00-11:30 am
OOS 11 - The devil is in the detail: theory for empirical model systems
Ballroom C, Ballroom Level, Cook Convention Center
Organized by: ON Bjornstad (onb1@psu.edu) and P Amarasekare

This session explores how many recent advances in theoretical ecology have come through modifications of classical models to be applicable to detailed experimental or observational data.

8:00 AMBjornstad, Ottar*,1, Amarasekare, Priyanga2, 1 Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA2 University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, The devil is in the detail: theory for empirical model systems.

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8:20 AMAlonzo, Suzanne*,1, 1 Yale University, New Haven, CT, Understanding conflict and cooperation within and between the sexes in the Mediterranean wrasse, Symphodus ocellatus.

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8:40 AMMcCauley, Edward*,1, Nelson, William2, Nisbet, Roger3, 1 University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta2 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta3 University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, Developing and testing strategic models for structured populations: Daphnia as an exemplar.

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9:00 AMGrenfell, Bryan*,1, Gog, Julia2, 1 Penn State University, State College, PA2 Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom, The devil you know: when SIR models for epidemics do and don't match data.

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9:20 AMMurdoch, William*,1, Briggs, Cheryl2, 1 University of California, Santa Barbara, CA2 University of California, Berkeley, CA, Red scale and Aphytis: simple models, complex models, and experiments.

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9:40 AM, Break.

9:50 AMAmarasekare, Priyanga*,1, 1 University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Trade-offs, temporal variation and species coexistence in multi-trophic communities.

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10:10 AMBolker, Benjamin*,1, Seabloom, Eric2, 1 University of Florida, Gainseville, FL2 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Spatial patterns and spatial community dynamics in California grasslands.

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10:30 AMPurves, Drew*,1, Lichstein, Jeremy 1, Ogle, Kiona1, 2, Strigul, Nikolay1, Bohlman, Stephanie1, Pacala, Stephen1, 1 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ2 University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, Building a mechanistic theory of forest biogeography.

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10:50 AMInouye, Brian*,1, 1 Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, Measuring the efficiency of experimental designs for population dynamics: looking for optimal designs in the face of idiosyncratic behaviors.

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11:10 AMSnider, Sunny*,1, Gilliam, James1, 1 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Species interactions affect movement rates of two exotic snail species.

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