2012 LTER ASM - Animal Ecology

Population dynamics of reintroduced Gunnison’s prairie dogs in a semi-arid grassland environment

mfriggens — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:56:41 +0000

Poster Number:

342

Presenter/Primary Author:

Mike Friggens

Co-Authors:

Ana Davidson

Co-Authors:

Charles Hayes

Co-Authors:

Jon Erz

Prairie dog (Cynomys spp. ) populations have declined by 98% across their range.

Adélie Penguin Colony Size and Local Population Extinction: A Predation-Induced Tipping Point

wfraser — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:45:54 +0000

Poster Number:

328

Presenter/Primary Author:

William Fraser

Co-Authors:

Donna Patterson-Fraser

Adélie penguin research in the Palmer LTER (PALTER) region has historically focused on five island rookeries that at the inception of investigations in 1974 held 15,202 breeding pairs. During

Microclimate driven by complex terrain predicts within-season movement by a migrant songbird

sfrey1 — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:13:04 +0000

Poster Number:

315

Presenter/Primary Author:

Sarah Frey Hadley

Co-Authors:

Betts, Matthew

Current predictions about species sensitivity to climate change are primarily based on ‘bioclimatic envelope models.’ These models assume that species either shift their geographic ranges to match

Student Poster:

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The Role of Behavior in Influencing Headwater Salamander

kcecala — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:11:19 +0000

Poster Number:

307

Presenter/Primary Author:

Kristen Cecala

Co-Authors:

John Maerz

Evolutionary theory predicts that animals have evolved to move in resposne to a suite of cues that maximize animal survival and growth while minimizing risk of injury or mortality.

Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research Program: Overview of FCE III

egaiser — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:15:20 +0000

Poster Number:

283

Presenter/Primary Author:

Evelyn Gaiser

Co-Authors:

Michael G. Rugge

The Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research (FCE LTER) site is located in South Florida, where the expansive coastal Everglades wilderness interacts with an urban and agricultural

The Moorea Coral Reef LTER Site

sholbrook — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:56:05 +0000

Poster Number:

274

Presenter/Primary Author:

Sally Holbrook

Co-Authors:

Russell J. Schmitt

Co-Authors:

Robert C. Carpenter

Co-Authors:

Peter J. Edmunds

The Moorea Coral Reef (MCR) LTER site, established in 2004, explores community and ecosystem effects of pulsed perturbations and slowly changing environmental drivers on coral reefs, ecologically a

Legacy effects of an ecosystem stress experiment on a shortgrass-steppe consumer community

pstapp — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:54:42 +0000

Poster Number:

256

Presenter/Primary Author:

Paul Stapp

Co-Authors:

Mark D. Lindquist

In a classic experiment of the US IBP Grassland Biome Studies, nitrogen and water were added singly and in combination over a 5-year period (1971-1975) to replicated 1-ha plots of shortgrass steppe

The little things that run the world revisited: Invertebrates, ecosystem services and climate change

cprather — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:49:18 +0000

Poster Number:

221

Presenter/Primary Author:

Chelse Prather

Co-Authors:

Angela Laws

Co-Authors:

Shannon Pelini

The sustainability of ecosystem services depends on a firm understanding of both how organisms provide these services to humans and how these organisms will be altered with a changing climate.&nbsp

Population, Community, and Metacommunity Dynamics of Terrestrial Gastropods in the Luquillo Mountains: A Gradient Perspective

mwillig — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:45:40 +0000

Poster Number:

210

Presenter/Primary Author:

Michael Willig

Co-Authors:

Steven Presley

Co-Authors:

Christopher Bloch

Co-Authors:

Javier Alvarez

Elevational variation in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico creates strong environmental gradients that affect the abundance and distribution of species. Moreover, the geographic mappings

Spatial Configuration of Multiple Aspects of Biodiversity Along a Tropical Elevational Gradient

mwillig — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:30:01 +0000

Poster Number:

209

Presenter/Primary Author:

Michael Willig

Co-Authors:

Steven Presley

Although taxonomic biodiversity is a multidimensional concept, most research at intermediate to broad spatial scales has solely considered gradients of species richness. In contrast, we quant