Monday, August 4, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
101 A , Midwest Airlines Center
COS 12 - Sampling and Experimental Design and Species-Area Relations
1:30 PMCOS 12-1High throughput sequencing for analysis of nematode diversity
Dorota L. Porazinska, University of Florida, Robin M. Giblin-Davis, University of Florida, Thomas O. Powers, University of Nebraska, William Farmerie, University of Florida, Natsumi Kanzaki, University of Florida, Krystalynne Morris, University of New Hampshire, Way Sung, University of New Hampshire, W. Kelley Thomas, University of New Hampshire
1:50 PMCOS 12-2Evaluating the merits of aggregate univariate methods, multiple comparison procedures (MCPs), and multivariate methods for comparing plant communities
B. Clay Jackson, North Carolina State University, Thomas R. Wentworth, North Carolina State University, H. Lee Allen, North Carolina State University, Bronson P. Bullock, North Carolina State University
2:10 PMCOS 12-3Bioacoustic versus traditional point counts of forest songbirds along an urban to rural gradient in Southeastern Michigan, USA
Jason J. Taylor, University of Michigan, Daniel G. Brown, University of Michigan
2:30 PMCOS 12-4Monitoring designs for Phase II/III of the Kissimmee River Restoration Project, Florida, USA
Stephen G. Bousquin, South Florida Water Management District
2:50 PMCOS 12-5A cautionary tale about measuring tree heights
Don C. Bragg, USDA Forest Service
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 12-6Area effects are more prominent than productivity effects for higher trophic levels
Denise A. Piechnik, The Pennsylvania State University
3:40 PMCOS 12-7Comparing three explanations for the species-area relationship: What structures diversity across multiple spatial scales?
Adam B. Smith, University of California, Berkeley
4:00 PMCOS 12-8Estimating extinctions using the species-area curve: How accurate are we really?
Matthew J. Heard, Brown University, Dov F. Sax, Brown University
4:20 PMCOS 12-9How does the pattern of sampling influence the species-area relationship for datasets spanning a wide range of scales
Daniel J. McGlinn, Oklahoma State University, Michael W. Palmer, Oklahoma State University
4:40 PMCOS 12-10Taxonomic and regional uncertainty in species-area relationships and the identification of richness hotspots
François Guilhaumon, Université Montpellier 2, Olivier Gimenez, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Kevin J. Gaston, University of Sheffield, David Mouillot, Université Montpellier 2

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