29 Paleontology/Paleobotany I: Macroecology and Fossil Abundance

Sunday, 22 October 2006
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  DISTINGUISHING AMONG THE FOUR OPEN HYPOTHESES FOR LONG-TERM TRENDS IN ECOSPACE DIVERSIFICATION: A NULL MODEL APPROACH
  Philip Novack-Gottshall, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL
  115601 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  THE ECOLOGY OF TAXONOMIC TURNOVER: CHANGES IN THE LOCAL ABUNDANCE AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF TAXA THROUGH TIME
  Mark E. Patzkowsky, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA and Steven M. Holland, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA
  109997 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  SAMPLE, LOCALITY AND REGIONAL-LEVEL BIODIVERSITY: IMPLICATIONS OF AGGREGATING PALEONTOLOGICAL DATA AT MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES
  Katherine V. Bulinski, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  116278 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  HIERARCHICAL SAMPLING AND ADDITIVE DIVERSITY PARTITIONING ACROSS MULTIPLE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALES: AN EXAMPLE WITH UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN (CHESTERIAN) BRACHIOPODS FROM THE SOUTHERN OZARK UPLIFT, NORTH AMERICA
  Noel A. Heim, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
  115626 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  COORDINATED FAUNAL TURNOVER IN THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
  Alexander J. Bartholomew, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and Carlton E. Brett, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and Michael K. DeSantis, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and Gordon Baird, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY
  115770 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  EXAMINING THE TROPICAL BIOTIC RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AT THE ONSET OF THE LATE PALEOZOIC ICE AGE: A CASE STUDY USING CHESTERIAN BIOFACIES FROM THE ILLINOIS BASIN, USA
  James R. Bonelli, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and Mark Patzkowsky, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
  111996 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  BEYOND THE VEIL: USING MUSEUM COLLECTIONS TO EXTEND FIELD-BASED ESTIMATES OF SPECIES RARITY
  Paul G. Harnik, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  112899 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL CONTROLS ON FAUNAL TURNOVER IN THE PALEOGENE GULF COASTAL PLAIN
  Jocelyn A. Sessa, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and Timothy Bralower, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA and Linda Ivany, Syracuse University Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse, NY and Mark Patzkowsky, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
  110292 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  THE FEW, THE BRAVE, THE MARINE: TAXONOMIC STRUCTURE OF NEOGENE BENTHIC ASSOCIATIONS
  Michal Kowalewski, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, Blacksburg, VA and Daniele Scarponi, Univ of Bologna, Bologna, N/A and Susan Barbour Wood, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, Blacksburg, VA and Martin Aberhan, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, N/A and Wolfgang Kiessling, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, N/A and Franz T. Fuersich, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, N/A
  110048 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  TEN YEARS OF PICKING SHELLS: FAUNAL PATTERNS IN THE NEOGENE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA
  Susan L. Barbour Wood, Colby College, Waterville, ME and Gwen M. Daley, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
  115932 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  RECOGNIZING PATCHY PALEOCOMMUNITY GRADIENTS WITH DIFFERENT ECOLOGICAL ORDINATION TECHNIQUES (PCA AND FSPA): AN EXAMPLE FROM THE YORKTOWN FORMATION (PLIOCENE) OF VIRGINIA
  Gwen M. Daley, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC and Andrew M. Bush, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
  111261 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  EXTREME FAUNAL MAKEOVER: ECOLOGICAL AND TAXONOMIC REORGANIZATION OF TROPICAL AMERICAN SCALLOPS
  J. Travis Smith, Univ of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA and Jeremy B.C. Jackson, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
  116546 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  THE IMPORTANCE OF ABUNDANCE DATA FOR RECONSTRUCTING ANCIENT COMMUNITIES
  Jill S. Leonard-Pingel, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA and J. Travis Smith, Univ of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
  116288 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  REEVALUATING THE UTILITY OF DETRENDED CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS AND NON-METRIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING FOR ECOLOGICAL ORDINATION
  Steven M. Holland, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA and Mark Patzkowsky, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
  109802 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:15 PM
  RELATIVE ABUNDANCE DISTRIBUTIONS OVER THE PHANEROZOIC: EVIDENCE FOR ELEVATED COMPLEXITY OF POST-PALEOZOIC MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
  Peter J. Wagner, Field Museum of Nat History, Chicago, IL and Matthew A. Kosnik, James Cook University, Townsville, N/A and Scott Lidgard, Field Museum, Chicago, IL
  112988 (Technical Sessions)