Create your own conference schedule! Click here for full instructions

Program Browser

Click on the program you would like to browse.

Complete Conference Program

All Programs

Participating Societies

American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS)
American Fern Society (AFS)
American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT)
Botanical Society of America (BSA)
Conference Wide
International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT)
Society of Herbarium Curators (SHC)
Southeastern Section
Mycological Section (MSA)

Program for: Ecological Section

Events

  ·  Meetings

Symposium Presentation

  ·  Getting everyone involved: Saving the seaside alder

Presentations for Society\Section: Ecological Section

Click on the Abstract you would like to read.

SessionDate/TimeLocationTitleTypeAuthorsKeywords

Monday, June 26th

Monday, June 26th, 8:15 am to 9:45 am · Sundance 5/Omni Hotel
Session 3: Contributed Papers: Ecology Section - Community Processes and Delineation
Presiding: Naomi Fraga, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Log in to add this item to your schedule
3001June 26th 8:15 amSundance 5/Omni HotelLandscape-scale processes influence riparian plant composition along a regulated river
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperPalmquist, Emily; Ralston, Barbara; Merritt, David; Shafroth, Patrick.Riparian vegetation
Plant species composition
Grand Canyon
Plant community analysis
Landscape-scale vegetation change
3002June 26th 8:30 amSundance 5/Omni HotelAn experimental approach to understanding the role of flooding in riparian plant community composition
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperRollinson, Emily.riparian
community
greenhouse
flooding
3003June 26th 8:45 amSundance 5/Omni HotelA remote sensing approach to delineation of floristic zones within wetland communities
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperHackett, Rachel A; Heumann, Benjamin W; Monfils, Anna K.wetland
remote sensing
delineation
classification
imagery
community
3004June 26th 9:00 amSundance 5/Omni HotelThe Influence of Genome Duplication on Brassicaceae and Rosaceae Communities Across the United States.
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperGaynor, Michelle; Ng, Julienne; Laport, Robert.Community Phylogenetic
Polyploidy
3005June 26th 9:15 amSundance 5/Omni HotelPatterns of phylogenetic diversity based on alternative taxonomic sampling and tree reconstruction strategies: a case study from Florida
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperJantzen, Johanna; Whitten, Mark W.; Neubig, Kurt M.; Majure, Lucas Charles; Soltis, Douglas E.; Soltis, Pamela S..Community Phylogenetics
Phylogenetic Diversity
phylogeny
3006June 26th 9:30 amSundance 5/Omni HotelLeaf Shape, Morphometrics, and Taxonomic Boundaries Within the Arctic-Alpine Succulent Rhodiola integrifolia (Crassulaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperAgoglossakis, Kalliopi M.; Olfelt, Joel.Geometric morphometrics
leaf morphology
subspecies delimitation
species boundaries
alpine
cryptic species
relictual species
Monday, June 26th, 10:15 am to 12:00 pm · Sundance 5/Omni Hotel
Session 8: Contributed Papers: Ecology Section - Invasive Species
Presiding: CYNTHIA HUEBNER, Northern Research Station
Log in to add this item to your schedule
8001June 26th 10:15 amSundance 5/Omni HotelPhenotypic plasticity at different life history stages of the invasive spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperAkin-Fajiye, Morodoluwa.
8002June 26th 10:30 amSundance 5/Omni HotelInternational shipping ports as zones of inquiry for the release and maintenance of exotic plant species
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperMarsico, Travis; Reed, Jennifer; Cunard, Chelsea; Whitehurst, Lauren; Burgess, Kevin; Lucardi, Rima.seaport
international shipping
invasive species
8003June 26th 10:45 amSundance 5/Omni Hotel
Canceled
Mutualistic networks in the Galápagos Islands and how alien species modify their structure
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperTraveset, Anna.ecological networks
pollination
seed dispersal
alien invasives
Galápagos Islands
8004June 26th 11:00 amSundance 5/Omni HotelThe Presence of a Non-native Alters Pollinator Activity of a Native Plant Species on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperRamsey, Adam Joseph; Ballou, Steven Mike; Mandel, Jennifer R..Daucus carota
heterospecific
invasive species
pollination
Sericocarpus
wild carrot
8005June 26th 11:15 amSundance 5/Omni HotelThe Forgotten Fourth Trophic Level: Natural Enemies Influence the Success or Failure of Non-Native Invaders and Biological Control Agents
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperSchulz, Ashley; Lucardi, Rima; Marsico, Travis.biological control
enemy release
fourth trophic level
invasive species
natural enemies
8006June 26th 11:30 amSundance 5/Omni HotelExtreme climate events affect density of the invasive garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) and disrupt years of alternating abundance of first and second year plants
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperANDERSON, ROGER C; Anderson, M. Rebecca; Bauer, Jonathan T.; Loebach, Christopher; Slater, Mitchell A..invasive species
garlic mustard
extreme climate events
8007June 26th 11:45 amSundance 5/Omni HotelUsing Soil Seed Banks to Define Historic and Future Vegetation Composition of Paired Invaded and Uninvaded Forest Stands
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperHUEBNER, CYNTHIA; Nilsen, Erik; Bao, Zhe.seed bank
invaded
species composition
nonmetric multidimensional scaling
Ailanthus altissima
Robinia pseudoacacia
Monday, June 26th, 1:30 pm to 3:15 pm · Sundance 5/Omni Hotel
Session 11: Contributed Papers: Ecology Section - Population Biology
Presiding: Margaret Brown Marsden, Midwestern State University
Log in to add this item to your schedule
11001June 26th 1:30 pmSundance 5/Omni HotelThe Role of Generalist Avian Frugivores in Determining the Distribution of the Mistletoe Phoradendron leucarpum
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperFlanders, Nicholas; Walters, Eric; Randle, Christopher P.; Musselman, Lytton.mistletoe
seed dispersal
avian frugivore
species distribution
parasitic plant
11002June 26th 1:45 pmSundance 5/Omni HotelSoil chemistry patterns in an edaphic endemism hotspot: the pebble plains of the San Bernardino Mountains, California
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperBurge, Dylan; Stoughton, Thomas; Jolles, Diana.edaphic endemism
Ecology
Rare Plants
Transverse Ranges
California
San Bernardino Mountains
soil endemism
island biogeography
alpine
clay soils
frost heave
11003June 26th 2:00 pmSundance 5/Omni HotelIn the Mongolian steppe, plant community response to warming depends on precipitation, grazing and landscape location
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperRonk, Argo; Liancourt, Pierre; Petraitis, Peter; Casper, Brenda.warming
climate
grazing
precipitation
steppe
Mongolia
11004June 26th 2:15 pmSundance 5/Omni HotelAssessing the impact of human-induced environmental changes on the floristic quality of the northwestern coastal desert of Egypt
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperHalmy, Marwa Waseem A..land use change
desert
human impact
biological indicator
Floristic Quality Assessment Index (FQAI)
11005June 26th 2:30 pmSundance 5/Omni HotelThe Vascular Flora of Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Llano and Gillespie Counties, Texas, U.S.A
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperTaylor, Kim; O'Kennon, Robert.Enchanted Rock
floristics
Texas
11006June 26th 2:45 pmSundance 5/Omni HotelComing Undone: Hemiparasite effects and presence in a prairie diminish over time
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperBorowicz, Victoria A.; Walder, Morgan; Armstrong, Joseph E..hemiparasite
prairie
interactions
temporal changes
long term field experiment
11007June 26th 3:00 pmSundance 5/Omni HotelSeasonal variation, soil associations, and geographical distribution in Hexalectris orchids
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperBrown Marsden, Margaret.Hexalectris
orchid
soil associations
climate
conservation
biogeography
Monday, June 26th, 3:45 pm to 5:30 pm · Sundance 5/Omni Hotel
Session 15: Contributed Papers: Ecology Section - Functional Traits and Responses
Presiding: Dylan W Schwilk, Texas Tech University
Log in to add this item to your schedule
15001June 26th 3:45 pmSundance 5/Omni HotelA twelve-year phenological record of earlier budburst in Oklahoma deciduous trees
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperRice, Stanley.spring budburst
phenology
global climate change
15002June 26th 4:00 pmSundance 5/Omni HotelThe Effects of Pollen Source on Pollination Success in Devil's Potato, Echites umbellatus (Apocynaceae): Measuring Fruit Set, Seed Number, and Seed Quality
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperValdes, Imena; Nusrat, Maha; Villavicencio, Wendy; KOPTUR, SUZANNE.Apocynaceae
pollination
Pine Rocklands
Pollen Source
15003June 26th 4:15 pmSundance 5/Omni HotelAlternative strategies for plant defense: Stand and fight, or grow out of it
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperParrish, Judith A..herbivory
compensation
15004June 26th 4:30 pmSundance 5/Omni HotelResin duct investment across space and time in west Texas pines
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperLindberg, Erik; Ferrenberg, Scott; Schwilk, Dylan W.bark beetles
sky islands
Pinus
defense
15005June 26th 4:45 pmSundance 5/Omni HotelDoes Rapoport's rule apply to the ultramafic flora of Sabah, Borneo?
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperWhitman, Melissa; RUSSO, SABRINA E; Beaman, Reed.
15006June 26th 5:00 pmSundance 5/Omni HotelAre there grass flammability traits? Biomass drives grass fire behavior, but canopy species-specific architecture can control surface heating
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperGao, Xiulin; Schwilk, Dylan W.grass flammability
canopy architecture
15007June 26th 5:15 pmSundance 5/Omni HotelPhytoremediation: A plant-based solution for environmental problems of crude oil-contamination on soils
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperOyedeji, Ayodele Adelusi; Kayode, Joshua; Besenyei, Lynn; Fullen, Michael A..Fabaceae
crude oil
contamination
Phytoremediation
re-vegetation
Monday, June 26th, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Exhibit Hall/Omni Hotel
Session P: Contributed Posters: Conservation Biology
Log in to add this item to your schedule
PCB001June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelDon’t doubt the Delta: Collection biases may skew plant species richness measurements in Poinsett County, AR
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: Conservation BiologyReed, Jennifer; Marsico, Travis.Collection bias
Biodiversity
species richness
Arkansas Delta
county flora
PCB002June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelStatus, Habitat, and Distribution of Schoenoplectiella hallii (Cyperaceae) in Texas
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: Conservation BiologyRylander, Haley; Taylor, Kim.Cyperaceae
Schoenoplectiella hallii
Rare Plants
conservation
Texas
PCB003June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelGreenhouse germination trials with federally-listed Houghton’s goldenrod: Evaluating factors associated with population persistence
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: Conservation BiologyWeber, Justine E.; Leopold, Donald J.; Wiley, Jr., John J..seed germination
Rare Plants
PCB004June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni Hotel
Canceled
Assessing microsatellite genetic diversity in reintroduced and augmented populations of Dalea foliosa in Illinois
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: Conservation BiologyWatkins, Shelby L.; Pollack, Cathy; Morris, Ashley B..Microsatellite
population genetics
Dalea foliosa
Glades
Conservation genetics
PCB005June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelPenstemon caryi: Conservation genetics in a rare endemic species
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: Conservation BiologyWard, Alex; Stone, Benjamin; WOLFE, ANDREA D.Penstemon
endemic
AFLP
microsatellites
Monday, June 26th, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Exhibit Hall/Omni Hotel
Session P: Contributed Posters: Ecology
Log in to add this item to your schedule
PEC001June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelComparison of vegetation cover sampling methods for riparian vegetation
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologySterner, Sarah; Palmquist, Emily; Ralston, Barbara.Riparian vegetation
Line Point Intercept sampling method
Ocular plot samplng method
Landscape-scale vegetation change
Vegetation survey methods comparison
PEC002June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelPartial Update on the Desecheo Island Flora
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologyGarcía-Cancel, Juan Giberto; Swinnerton, Kirsty; Albarracín, Ricardo; Feliciano, Armando; Figuerola-Hernández, Cielo; Silander, Susan.Desecheo Island
Plant species composition
Puerto Rico
Island Flora
PEC003June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelConditional dormancy and germination cueing in heterocarpic Grindelia ciliata (Asteraceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologyGIBSON, J PHIL; Kistenmacher, Michael.Grindelia
heterocarpy
conditional dormancy
germination cueing
Asteraceae
bet-hedging
Cox Proportional Hazard Model
PEC004June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelThe Quest for Common Ground: An Evaluation of Communication Effort between the Fields of Invasion Ecology and Biocontrol Using Bibliometric Analysis
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologySchulz, Ashley; Lucardi, Rima; Marsico, Travis.biological control
interdisciplinary communication
invasion ecology
invasive species
PEC005June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelInvestigating floral diversity of western Kansas grasslands to assess pollinator productivity
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologyEngel, Ryan P.; Caudle, Keri L..Kansas grasslands
flower diversity
pollinators
PEC006June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelHerbivory preferences among ecotypes of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologyPittenger, Madison; Caudle, Keri L.; Baer, Sara G.; Johnson, Loretta C.; Maricle, Brian R..tannins
common gardens
sand bluestem
herbivory tolerance
drought tolerance
PEC007June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelImpact of Temperature on Visitation Patterns
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologySteffler, Nathaniel; Haas, Alexis; Krakos, Kyra.
PEC008June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelVascular flora and plant communities of riverscour habitats in Little River Canyon National Preserve, Cherokee and DeKalb Counties, Alabama
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologyIrick, Zach; John, Shelton; Estes, Dwayne.Plant community analysis
floristics
PEC009June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelFreshwater diatoms diversity of National Parks in Nigeria I: Okomu National Park, South-South, Nigeria
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologyAdesalu, Taofikat Abosede.Diatoms
Freshwater
Diversity
National Park
Okomu
Season
Tropical
PEC010June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelExamining niche divergence of cryptic species within the Hawaiian Coprosma foliosa Complex (Rubiaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologyDiaz, Nicolas; Cantley, Jason; Martine, Christopher.pilo
undergraduate research
Maxent
niche modeling
Rubiaceae
PEC011June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelEx situ interspecies crossing rates infer importance of geographic barriers in speciation among closely related Solanum species of the Australian Monsoon Tropics
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologyHayes, Daniel; Cantley, Jason; Martine, Christopher.undergraduate research
Solanaceae
Reproductive isolation
Isolating mechanism
dioecy
Andromonoecy
PEC012June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelApplications of Ecological Niche Modeling in North American Cirsium (“Thistle”) Species Delimitations
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologyAckerfield, Jennifer.ecological niche modeling
Cirsium
Ecological opportunity
Niche conservatism
speciation
PEC013June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelDo Pine stands act as a barrier to Spanish moss dispersion?
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologyGriffin, Brandi Missouri; Anderson, Corey Devin.Ecology
Epiphytes
Tillandsia usneoides
PEC014June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelThe effects of elevated soil phosphorus and nitrogen on the health and reproduction of African fountain grass, Pennisetum setaceum
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologyMorrison, Glen R; Questad, Erin J.Pennisetum
fountain grass
invasive species
nitrogen
phosphorus
Hawaii
California
PEC015June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelHydroponic Urban Gardening
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologyAyers, Mayla; Bashir, Anbreen.hydroponic
Ecology
Vertical
PEC016June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelThe Effects of Mix Cover Crops on Colonization of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologyRodriguez, Kayla; Hayes, Chandler; Daniell, Anthony; Twanabasu, Bishnu; Sapkota, Jhapendra.Mycorrizhal Fungi
cover crop
agriculture
Ecology
Arbuscula
colonization
crop yield
PEC017June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelMechanisms Underlying Temperate Butterfly Diversity in Anthropogenic Habitats
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologyBielecki, Coral Rose; Haynes, Kyle.Biodiversity
Productivity Hypothesis
Ontogenesis
Conservation Biology
PEC018June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelWhat have we learned from nearly a decade of invasive plant data covering the Central and Northeastern United States?
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologyKurtz, Cassandra; Hansen, Mark.invasive species
invasive plant
PEC019June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelThe Effect of the Presence of the Invasive Daucus carota on the Pollination of the Native Sericocarpus asteroides
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologyBallou, Steven Mike; Ramsey, Adam Joseph; Mandel, Jennifer R..Daucus
Seriocarpus
pollination
heterospecific
non-native
PEC020June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelDo herbivores prefer flower buds over leaves? Evaluating caterpillar preferences in evening primroses (Onagraceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologyVergara, Melissa; Skogen, Krissa; Jogesh, Tania; Kay, Kathleen.Herbivores
Onagraceae 
Hyles lineata 
caterpillars
defense
Oviposition 
PEC021June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelInvasive Aquatic eeds; Impliations for Mosquito and Vector Management Activitiers
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: EcologyBLAIR, CHARLES E.
Monday, June 26th, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Exhibit Hall/Omni Hotel
Session P: Contributed Posters: Molecular Ecology
Log in to add this item to your schedule
PME001June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelRapid evolution in a disturbed environment: evolutionary response of native grass Andropogon virginicus to heavy metals in an abandoned mine site.
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: Molecular EcologySharpe, Samantha Lipson; Johnson, Loretta C.; Bello, Nora; Galliart, Matt; Parrish, Olivia.Local adaptation
evolutionary history
PME002June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelGenome comparison of two Caulanthus varieties to identify possible loci contributing to serpentine tolerance
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: Molecular EcologyGarza, Elyssa; Hawkins, Angela; Pepper, Alan.Brassicaceae
serpentine
edaphic endemism
Caulanthus
whole genome resequencing
Monday, June 26th, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Exhibit Hall/Omni Hotel
Session P: Contributed Posters: Reproductive Processes
Log in to add this item to your schedule
PRP001June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelMasters of Their Own Reproductive Fate? Variation of Reproductive Allocation in Amaranthus spinosus
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: Reproductive ProcessesPratt, Donald B.; Espericueta, Ramiro.Breeding Systems
Monoecy
Amaranthus
Monday, June 26th, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Exhibit Hall/Omni Hotel
Session P: Contributed Posters: Symbioses: Plant, Animal, and Microbe Interactions
Log in to add this item to your schedule
PSM001June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelPreliminary investigations of the effects of herbivory on the carnivorous plant Sarracenia alata by the specialist herbivore Exyra semicrocea
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: Symbioses: Plant, Animal, and Microbe InteractionsCarmickle, Rachel; Horner, John.carnivory
herbivory
PSM002June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelCould labile carbon released following bleach-blonde syndrome contribute to Bromus tectorum die-offs?
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: Symbioses: Plant, Animal, and Microbe InteractionsJensen, Alexa; Allen, Phil; Meyer, Susan; Hansen, Neil; Harris, Cassady.Bleach-blonde syndrome
Labile carbon
PSM003June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelInduction of fungal biofilm in species known to cause Mucormycosis and its application to the antifungal activity of Amphotericin B and Thyme oil
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: Symbioses: Plant, Animal, and Microbe InteractionsAnderson, Karaleen; Hatch, Mariel; Kopp, Olga.Biofilm
Mucormycosis 
Synergism 
Zygomycetes 
PSM004June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelMultidisciplinary approaches to biodiversity conservation: Studying an island based iguana-flora relationship in the Caribbean
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: Symbioses: Plant, Animal, and Microbe InteractionsBradley, Kelly A.; Harrigan, Natasha; Clubbe, Colin; Corcoran, Marcella; Dani Sanchez, Michele; Hamilton, Martin Allen.plant-animal interactions
Iguana
Threatened species
seed dispersal
PSM005June 26th 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Omni HotelTesting the roles of vertical transmission and drought stress in the prevalence of heritable fungal endophytes in annual grass populations
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Poster: Symbioses: Plant, Animal, and Microbe InteractionsCavazos, Brittany; Miller, Tom.demography
fungal endophyte
mutualism
vertical transmission
symbiosis
lolium multiflorum
Epichloe

Tuesday, June 27th

Tuesday, June 27th, 8:30 am to 11:30 am · Fort Worth Ballroom 2/Omni Hotel
Session SY3: Symposium: Getting everyone involved: Saving the seaside alder
Presiding: Stanley Rice, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Log in to add this item to your schedule
SY3001June 27th 8:30 amFort Worth Ballroom 2/Omni HotelGetting everyone involved: Saving the seaside alder
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Symposium PresentationGibson, Phil; Rice, Stanley.
SY3002June 27th 8:45 amFort Worth Ballroom 2/Omni HotelThe fossil record of the Seaside Alder, and Alnus subgenus Clethropsis
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Symposium PresentationDUNN, MICHAEL.Alnus subgenus Clethropsis
Cenozoic
seaside alder
SY3003June 27th 9:15 amFort Worth Ballroom 2/Omni HotelHow the seaside alder survives and how it doesn’t: Shade intolerance and seedling failure
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Symposium PresentationRice, Stanley.Alnus maritima
seaside alder
relictual species
shade tolerance
June 27th 9:45 amFort Worth Ballroom 2/Omni HotelBreak
Log in to add this item to your schedule
SY3005June 27th 10:15 amFort Worth Ballroom 2/Omni HotelGenetic Diversity, Disjunct Distribution, and Recruitment in Seaside Alder
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Symposium PresentationGIBSON, J PHIL.seaside alder
Alnus maritima
seed dispersal
seed germination
Cox Proportional Hazard Model
population genetics
conservation
SY3006June 27th 10:45 amFort Worth Ballroom 2/Omni HotelThe Georgia seaside alder: conservation challenges and opportunities
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Symposium PresentationBorer, Catherine; Carver, Michelle.Alnus maritima
seaside alder
relictual species
Conservation Biology
June 27th 11:15 amFort Worth Ballroom 2/Omni HotelDiscussion
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Tuesday, June 27th, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm · Fort Worth Ballroom 5/Omni Hotel
Session 24: Contributed Papers: Symbioses: Plant, Animal, and Microbe Interactions
Presiding: Madhav P. Nepal, South Dakota State University
Log in to add this item to your schedule
24001June 27th 10:00 amFort Worth Ballroom 5/Omni HotelEffects of Prairie Restoration Management Practices on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperMartinez, Brian; Twanabasu, Bishnu; Caleb, Smith; Jhapendra, Sapkota.AMF
Mycorrhizae
Fungi
Fungus
vascular plant
arbuscular
Mycorrhiza
mycorrhizal
24002June 27th 10:15 amFort Worth Ballroom 5/Omni HotelQuantifying induced susceptibility effects in soybean-aphid interaction
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperNeupane, Surendra; Nepal, Madhav P.; Ma, Qin; Mathew, Febina; Varenhorst, Adam.Induced susceptibility effect 
Soybean-Aphid interaction
gene expression
RNA seq
qPCR
Soybean cyst nematode (SCN)
24003June 27th 10:30 amFort Worth Ballroom 5/Omni HotelHost range of an endogenous strain of Dahlia mosaic virus in members of Asteraceae
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperCaudle, Keri L.; Gillock, Eric.plant-virus coevolution
Asteraceae
pollen transmission
DMV-D10
24004June 27th 10:45 amFort Worth Ballroom 5/Omni HotelCharecterization of the nectar microbiome of Asclepias Spp
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperCaballero, Anthony O.; Kram, Karin E.; Theiss, Kathryn.Nectar Microbiome
next generation sequencing
MG-RAST
Pollinator visitation and behavior
Non-native Asclepias species 
Native Asclepias species
24005June 27th 11:00 amFort Worth Ballroom 5/Omni HotelThe effect of climate change and site on the above- and belowground bacterial endophytic communities of subalpine conifer seedlings
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperCarper, Dana; Carrell, Alyssa A.; Kueppers, Lara M.; Frank, A. Carolin.Endophytes
next generation sequencing
symbiosis
conifers
24006June 27th 11:15 amFort Worth Ballroom 5/Omni HotelShifts in community composition, but not richness, of ectomycorrhizal fungi are driven by host identity and cover soils on mine reclamation sites
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperScott, Natalie; Karst, Justin; Pec, Gregory; Landhausser, Simon.Ectomycorrhizal fungi
Plant species composition
symbiosis
Soil environment
Restoration
24007June 27th 11:30 amFort Worth Ballroom 5/Omni HotelA year in the life—a temporal examination of fungal endophyte communities in ferns
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperYounginger, Brett; Ballhorn, Daniel.Community Ecology
Endophytes
Ferns
Temporal Turnover
24008June 27th 11:45 amFort Worth Ballroom 5/Omni HotelChanges in the community structure of fungi driven by habitat filtering in the aspen parkland
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperPec, Gregory; Stotz, Gisela; Carrigy, Alec; Cahill, James.Fungi
Community Ecology
Soil environment
Aspen parkland
Tuesday, June 27th, 1:45 pm to 5:15 pm · Fort Worth Ballroom 7/Omni Hotel
Session 30: Contributed Papers: Reproductive Processes
Presiding: Carol Goodwillie, EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY; Brandi Cannon, Columbia University
Log in to add this item to your schedule
30001June 27th 1:45 pmFort Worth Ballroom 7/Omni HotelEcological and evolutionary mechanisms for among-population variation in plant mating systems
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperKARRON, JEFFREY DAVID; Mitchell, Randall; Whitehead, Michael.outcrossing rate
selfing rate
mixed mating
mating system
30002June 27th 2:00 pmFort Worth Ballroom 7/Omni HotelChanges in gene expression with floral age in stigmas of a species with transient self-incompatibility
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperGoodwillie, Carol; Burch, Jacob; Stiller, John; Brewer, Michael.self-incompatibility
transcriptomic
RNA seq
gene expression
stigma
30003June 27th 2:15 pmFort Worth Ballroom 7/Omni HotelA Quantitative Assessment of Floral Aerodynamics in the Wind Pollinated Grass Panicum virgatum (Poaceae: Panicoideae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperKlahs, Phillip; Hsu, Ming-Chen; Herrema, Austin; Clark, Lynn.Poaceae
Panicum
pollination
3D Modelling
30004June 27th 2:30 pmFort Worth Ballroom 7/Omni HotelThe pollination biology of the Hawaiian coastal vine Jacquemontia sandwicensis (Convolvulaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperShay, Kimberly; Drake, Donald.Jacquemontia sandwicensis
Hylaeus
pollination
breeding system
native species
novel interactions
30005June 27th 2:45 pmFort Worth Ballroom 7/Omni HotelPollination Ecology of Himalayan alpine ginger (Roscoea species) in Nepal Himalaya
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperPaudel, Babu; Li, Qing-Jun.Alpine ginger
coevolution
Nepal Himalayas
phenotypic selection
pollination syndrome
Roscoea
30006June 27th 3:00 pmFort Worth Ballroom 7/Omni HotelFloral size and shape evolution following the transition to gender dimorphism
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperMiller, Jill S.; Kamath, Ambika; Levin, Rachel Ann.dioecy
environmental gradients
floral evolution
Solanaceae
gender dimorphism
gynodioecy
male sterility
sexual dimorphism
Lycium
Lycium californicum
June 27th 3:15 pmFort Worth Ballroom 7/Omni HotelBreak
Log in to add this item to your schedule
30008June 27th 3:45 pmFort Worth Ballroom 7/Omni HotelGender dimorphism, polyploidy, and evolutionary affinities of Lycium australe (Solanaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperGreenberg, Kimberly; Levin, Rachel Ann; Miller, Jill S..Lycium
Solanaceae
gender dimorphism
Polyploidy
gynodioecy
dioecy
male sterility
RAD-Seq
30009June 27th 4:00 pmFort Worth Ballroom 7/Omni HotelIs dioecy an evolutionary dead end in Amaranthus?
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperPratt, Donald B.; Farmer, Todd.breeding system
dioecy
Amaranthus
30010June 27th 4:15 pmFort Worth Ballroom 7/Omni HotelPollination ecology of the endangered Hawaiian tree species Hibiscus waimeae subsp. hannerae (Malvaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperDeans, Susan; Walsh, Seana.Hibiscus waimeae subsp. hannerae
pollination
moth pollination
novel pollinators
nectar thieves
breeding system
endangered
endemic
Kauaʻi
Hawaiʻi
conservation
30011June 27th 4:30 pmFort Worth Ballroom 7/Omni HotelIs floral scent at the nexus of interactions among plants, pollinators and herbivores in the evening primroses (Onagraceae)?
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperSkogen, Krissa; Jogesh, Tania; Lewis, Emily; Gruver, Andrea; Broadhead, Geoffrey; Overson, Rick; Raguso, Robert.Onagraceae
Oenothera
Clarkia
Floral volatiles
Floral traits
plant-animal interactions
pollination
herbivory
hawkmoth
macroevolution
volatile signals
30012June 27th 4:45 pmFort Worth Ballroom 7/Omni HotelAnalysis of mating system and genetic structure in the endangered, amphicarpic plant, Lewton’s polygala (Polygala lewtonii)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperSwift, Joel; Smith, Stacy; Menges, Eric; Bassuner, Burgund; Edwards, Christine.Amphicarpy
conservation
Genetic structure
mating system
Ant Dispersal
Self-fertilization
Microsatellite
30013June 27th 5:00 pmFort Worth Ballroom 7/Omni HotelThe effects of landscape design on pollinator abundance, water use, and net carbon footprint
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperBass, Heather; Belaire, Amy; Venhaus, Heather; Barfield, Keri.pollinators
carbon footprint
water use
urban landscape
landscape design
sustainability
Tuesday, June 27th, 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm · Sundance 6/Omni Hotel
Session M27: Meeting: Ecology Section Business Meeting
Presiding: Eric Morgan, Farmingdale State College
Log in to add this item to your schedule
June 27th 5:00 pmSundance 6/Omni HotelEcology Section Business Meeting
Log in to add this item to your schedule

Wednesday, June 28th

Wednesday, June 28th, 10:15 am to 12:00 pm · Sundance 1/Omni Hotel
Session 36: Contributed Papers: Conservation Biology
Presiding: Robert Naczi, The New York Botanical Garden; LOREEN ALLPHIN, Brigham Young University
Log in to add this item to your schedule
36001June 28th 10:15 amSundance 1/Omni HotelKimberley Rainforests of Western Australia: A Focus Of Biological Diversity
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperKenneally, Kevin Francis.Monsoon rainforest
conservation
faunal assemblages
floristics
biogeography
Aboriginal culture and traditions
36002June 28th 10:30 amSundance 1/Omni HotelPlant Diversity in Mt. Malindang, Southern Philippines: From Research to Development
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperAmoroso, Victor; Rufila, Lilibeth; Coritico, Fulgent.Inventory
PLANTS
conservation
Philippines
36003June 28th 10:45 amSundance 1/Omni HotelDocumenting Floristic Change in the Northeastern U.S.A., and its Implications for Conservation
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperNaczi, Robert.conservation
Flowering plants
Landscape-scale vegetation change
Floristic change
floristics
36004June 28th 11:00 amSundance 1/Omni HotelA study of bee diversity and resources in St. Louis, MO and the socioeconomic patterns revealed
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperWilson, Adam; Krakos, Kyra.Native Asclepias species
Milkweed
Monarch
urban landscape
Missouri
bee diversity
socioeconomic
36005June 28th 11:15 amSundance 1/Omni HotelHidden Lake bluecurls Trichostema austromontanum subsp. compactum (Lamiaceae): conservation success for a diminutive annual
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperFraga, Naomi.conservation
Lamiaceae
California
monitoring
seed banking
ESA
36006June 28th 11:30 amSundance 1/Omni HotelGenetic diversity, habitat dynamics, and demography: The conservation of endangered American Chaffseed (Schwalbea americana)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperCannon, Brandi; Frangos, Samantha; Ray, Jessica.parasitic plant
conservation
prescribed fire
Genetics
herbarium
roots
36007June 28th 11:45 amSundance 1/Omni HotelThe conservation biology of Oreocarya crassipes (Boraginaceae), the Terlingua Creek Cat’s-Eye
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperCohen, Jim.Boraginaceae
Texas
Oreocarya
Heterostyly
Wednesday, June 28th, 1:30 pm to 3:15 pm · Sundance 1/Omni Hotel
Session 38: Contributed Papers: Conservation Biology
Presiding: Robert Naczi, The New York Botanical Garden; LOREEN ALLPHIN, Brigham Young University
Log in to add this item to your schedule
38001June 28th 1:30 pmSundance 1/Omni HotelGenetic Conservation of Neglected and Underutilized Leafy Vegetables in South-West Nigeria
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperOnuminya, Temitope; Ogundipe, Oluwatoyin; Osundinakin, Michael.conservation
DNA
Leafy Vegetables
Nigeria
38002June 28th 1:45 pmSundance 1/Omni HotelSystematics and conservation status of the Hells Canyon rock cress (Brassicaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperALLPHIN, LOREEN; Li, Fay-Wei; Windham, Michael D..Boechera
Brassicaceae
conservation
Systematics
microsatellites
38003June 28th 2:00 pmSundance 1/Omni HotelGenetic variation, demographic structure, and reproductive ecology of the federally endangered Astragalus bibullatus (Fabaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperMorris, Ashley B.; Trostel, Kevin; Scalf, Cassandra; Burleyson, Austin; Albrecht, Matthew.microsatellites
conservation
reintroduction
Fitness
cedar glades
38004June 28th 2:15 pmSundance 1/Omni HotelAssessing vegetation recovery after the removal of non-native herbivores on Isla Clarión
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperLawson, Dawn; Vanderplank, Sula; Falcone, Erin; Jacobsen, Jeff; Ezcurra, Exequiel.
38005June 28th 2:30 pmSundance 1/Omni HotelImpact of Phragmites autralis control on Utah Lake water quality
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperCadet, Eddy; Evensen, Arthur.Phragmites australis
trace metal
Utah Lake
water quality
38006June 28th 2:45 pmSundance 1/Omni HotelUsing herbarium records to assess shifts in phenology in alpine plants and select indicator species for climate change
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperHufft, Rebecca; DePrenger-Levin, Michelle; Levy, Richard; Islam, Melissa.phenology
Rocky Mountains
climate change
alpine
temperature
precipitation
digitized herbarium data
38007June 28th 3:00 pmSundance 1/Omni HotelValley oak seedlings show phenotypic plasticity in growth and architecture across two common gardens
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Oral PaperMacDonald, Brandon W.S.; Wright, Jessica W.; Gugger, Paul F.; Sork, Victoria L..Plasticity
Quercus
Provenance study
Common garden
climate

Copyright © 2000-2017, Botanical Society of America. All rights reserved