September 9, 16, & 23
Presley, S. J., M. R. Willig, C. P. Bloch, I. Castro-Arellano, C. L. Higgins, and B. T. Klingbeil. Integrating species abundances into analyses of metacommunity structure: terrestrial gastropods along a tropical elevational gradient. Ecology (submitted). Request file from Presley. Lead presenter - WILLIG
September 30 & October 7
Willig, M. R., S. J. Presley, and C. P. Bloch. Long-term dynamics of tropical walking sticks in response to multiple large-scale and intense disturbances. Biotropica (submitted). Request file from Presley. Lead presenter - WILLIG
October 14
Lab meeting, no reading.
October 21, November 4, & November 11
Helene Morlon, George Chuyong, Richard Condit, Stephen Hubbell, David Kenfack, Duncan Thomas, Renato Valencia and Jessica L. Green. 2008. A general framework for the distance–decay of similarity in ecological communities. Ecology Letters 11: 904–917. PDF. Lead presenter -PRESLEY
November 18
Gorresen, P.M., M.R. Willig, and R.E. Strauss. 2005. Multivariate analysis of scale dependent associations between bats and landscape. Ecological Applications 15:2126-2136. PDF. Lead presenter - KLINGBEIL
December 2
Denes Schmera, Janos Podani and Tibor Eros. 2009. Measuring the contribution of community members to functional diversity. Oikos 118:961-971. PDF. Lead presenter - FELTON
December9
Steven J. Presley, Christopher L. Higgins, and Michael R. Willig. Toward a comprehensive framework for the evaluation of metacommunity structure. Manuscript: target journals (Ecology Letters, Ecology, Oikos). Presley will provide manuscript. Lead presenter - PRESLEY
December ??
Bronwyn Price, Clive A. McAlpine, Alex S. Kutt, Stuart R. Phinn, David V. Pullar and John A. Ludwig. 2009. Continuum or discrete patch landscape models for savanna birds? Towards a pluralistic approach. Ecography (doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05670.x). PDF. Lead presenter - KLINGBEIL
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