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Monday, July 27th

Monday, July 27th, 1:30 pm to 4:15 pm · Salon 11/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 16: Contributed Papers: ABLS I
Presiding: Emily Holt, Utah Valley University
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16001July 27th 1:30 pmSalon 11/The Shaw Conference Centre"I Have Become Sadly Scientific": Henry David Thoreau's Lichenology
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Oral PaperBergmann, Hans.lichenology
symbiosis
Thoreau, Henry David
arts and sciences
von Humboldt
16002July 27th 1:45 pmSalon 11/The Shaw Conference CentreEvolution of specificity in the lichen-forming genus Peltigera and its cyanobacterial partner: consequences on speciation rate and geographical range
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Oral PaperMagain, Nicolas; Miadlikowska, Jolanta; Goffinet, Bernard; Sérusiaux, Emmanuël; Lutzoni, François.symbiosis
lichen
Ascomycota
Fungi
cyanobacteria
Nostoc
specificity
mutualism
16003July 27th 2:00 pmSalon 11/The Shaw Conference CentreLandscape genetics on a small scale reveals surprisingly long Peltigera gene trees
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Oral PaperLarsen, Ellen; Anstett, Daniel; O’Brien, Heath; McMullin, R. Troy; Fortin, Marie-Josée.lichen
symbiosis
biogeography
join-count test
ITS
rarefaction
16004July 27th 2:15 pmSalon 11/The Shaw Conference CentreSecondary Metabolite Trait Matrices for Lichen Community Modeling
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Oral PaperZemp, Nicholas; Holt, Emily; Nelson, Peter.
16005July 27th 2:30 pmSalon 11/The Shaw Conference CentreA test for sex differences in heat and desiccation stress responses in Bryum argenteum
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Oral PaperMoore, Jonathan David; Franke, Morgan; Kollar, Leslie; McLetchie, D. Nicholas.stress tolerance
sex differences
sex ratio
16006July 27th 2:45 pmSalon 11/The Shaw Conference CentreMeiotic sex ratios in the Mojave Desert moss Syntrichia caninervis
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Oral PaperJimenez Luna, Israel.PCR-RFLP
Meiotic sex ratios
Moss Syntrichia caninervis
16007July 27th 3:00 pmSalon 11/The Shaw Conference CentreDNA microsatellite analysis of sporophytes of the short-lived arable moss Physcomitrium pyriforme reveals a predominantly self-fertilizing mating pattern
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Oral PaperKlips, Robert A..Physcomitrium
moss
mating system
July 27th 3:15 pmSalon 11/The Shaw Conference CentreBreak
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16009July 27th 3:45 pmSalon 11/The Shaw Conference CentreDiversification across continents and within islands in a southern hemisphere liverwort clade
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Oral PaperCarter, Ben; Larraín, Juan; Shaw, Blanka; Shaw, Jonathan; von Konrat, Matt.island biogeography
Species delimitation
molecular phylogeny
Bryophyta
Gondwana
16010July 27th 4:00 pmSalon 11/The Shaw Conference CentreTaxonomy and Phylogeny of Leptolejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn
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Oral PaperShu, Lei; Zhu, Rui-Liang.Leptolejeunea
Molecular clocks
epiphyllous
ancestral states reconstruction
Monday, July 27th, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Hall D/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session P: Contributed Posters: Bryology and Lichenological Section/ABLS Posters
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PBR001July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreSyntrichia cavallii (Negri) Ochyra a new Moss species in Southwest Nigeria
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Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSAriyo, Olusesan Ayodele.Syntrichia cavallii
Southwest Nigeria
New Moss Species
PBR002July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreAn investigation of the diversity of Pluerocladula R. Grolle in North America
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Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSKrayesky, David M.; Chmielewski, Jerry G..Liverwort
taxonomy
Marchantiophyta
Pluerocladula
North America
PBR003July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreDynamic bryophyte communities in the spruce moss Boreal forest: Role of residual patches logging
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Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSCastonguay, Joëlle; Fenton, Nicole; Bergeron, Yves.
PBR004July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreDistinguishing between Cladonia magyarica and C. humilis in Manitoba
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Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSZraik, Mohanad; Piercey-Normore, Michele D..lichen
Cladonia
TLC
atranorin
fumarprotocetraric acid
morphological features
PBR005July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreA Checklist of the Liverworts and Hornworts of New Brunswick
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Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSHaughian, Sean Ryan; Bagnell, S. Bruce; Frego, Katherine A..Marchantiophyta
Anthocerotophyta
biodiversity
New Brunswick
checklist
PBR006July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentrePopulation structure and spatial variation in Diplosphaera chodatii in semi-aquatic lichen communities of Payuk Lake, Manitoba
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Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSDoering, Jennifer; Piercey-Normore, Michele D..Diplosphaera chodatii
lichens
boreal
population structure
genetic variation
lichenised algae
spatial variation
temporal variation
PBR007July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreA review of the lichen genus Usnea from São Tomé and Príncipe using morphology, molecular data and chemotaxonomy
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Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSNadel, Miko; Desjardin, Dennis.Usnea
West Africa
Sao Tome and Principe
chromatography
lichenology
Gulf of Guinea
tropical islands
Phylogenetics
PBR008July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreEcological Niche Plasticity in Nostoc sp
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Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSJoneson, Suzanne; O'Brien, Heath.lichen
Nostoc sp.
Ecological niche
PBR009July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreSpecies delimitation in the genus Pyrenodesmia
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Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSFernando, Fernandez-Mendoza; Ivan, Frolov; Jan, Vondrák; Helmut, Mayrhofer; Martin, Grube; Ester, Gaya.Teloschistaceae
Caloplaca
Phylogenetics
Species delimitation
PBR010July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreHigh levels of endemism in Galapagos Islands basidiolichens of the Dictyonema clade: An updated assessment including molecular data and taxonomic novelties
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Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSDal-Forno, Manuela; Lucking, Robert; Bungartz, Frank; Lawrey, James D..lichens
oceanic islands
fungal diversity
cyanobacteria
PBR011July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreHigh-Elevation Endemics Lichens and Climate Change: A case study in the Southern Appalachians
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Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSAllen, Jessica; Lendemer, James.Mountain Top Extinction
climate change
Niche Modeling
symbiosis
conservation
PBR012July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreAdditions to the Alberta’s lichen flora made possible by the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
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Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSHaughland, Diane L.; Thauvette, Darcie; Martel, Mireille; Bjork, Curtis R.; Goward, Trevor.Macrolichen
Calicioid lichen and Fungi
biodiversity
rare lichen
Monitoring
PBR013July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreNew Species of Thelotremoid Graphidaceae in Hawaii: Insights into Lichen Endemism on a Remote Archipelago
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Poster: Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSMedeiros, Ian; Lucking, Robert; Lumbsch, Thorsten.Graphidaceae
lichens
molecular phylogeny
Hawaii
islands
Monday, July 27th, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm · SCC Board Room/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session M29: Meeting: ABLS Executive Committee Meeting
Presiding: Jonathan Shaw,
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July 27th 7:00 pmSCC Board Room/The Shaw Conference CentreABLS Executive Committee Meeting
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Tuesday, July 28th

Tuesday, July 28th, 8:30 am to 11:30 am · Salon 8/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 38: Contributed Papers: ABLS II
Presiding: Hannah M. Prather, Portland State University
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38001July 28th 8:30 amSalon 8/The Shaw Conference CentreA canopy in the urban cloud: urbanization impacts on canopy communities across the Portland urban airshed
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Oral PaperPrather, Hannah M.; Rosenstiel, Todd N..biodiversity
forest biodiversity
38002July 28th 8:45 amSalon 8/The Shaw Conference CentreThe Impact of Bouldering on Boulder-Associated Plants and Lichens
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Oral PaperTessler, Michael; Clark, Theresa An.conservation
Community ecology
bryophytes
lichens
recreation
38003July 28th 9:00 amSalon 8/The Shaw Conference CentreGreat Air in the Great Basin? Using Elemental Accumulation Patterns in Lichens to Assess Air Quality
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Oral PaperLeavitt, Steven; St. Clair, Larry.bio-monitoring
elemental analysis
PIXE
Rhizoplaca melanophthalma
Xanthomendoza montana
38004July 28th 9:15 amSalon 8/The Shaw Conference Centre
Canceled
Reproductive system in Letharia – implications for conservation in Scandinavia
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Oral PaperTuovinen, Veera; Bergström, Linnea; Ament Velásquez, Sandra Lorena; Spribille, Toby; Vanderpool, Dan; Nascimbene, Juri; Yamamoto, Yoshikazu; Thor, Göran; Johannesson, Hanna.Heterothallism
Mating-type loci
Mating-type ratio
lichen
38005July 28th 9:30 amSalon 8/The Shaw Conference CentreForty years later: changes in lichen communities on alpine tundra at Niwot Ridge, Colorado
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Oral PaperScharnagl, Klara; Ebert-May, Diane.lichen
long-term
Community ecology
global change
alpine tundra
July 28th 9:45 amSalon 8/The Shaw Conference CentreBreak
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38007July 28th 10:15 amSalon 8/The Shaw Conference CentreMosses in a system of Scandinavian interglacial refugia
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Oral PaperHedenas, Lars.Phylogeography
Molecular divergence
Postglacial history
Haplotype
38008July 28th 10:30 amSalon 8/The Shaw Conference CentreSo close and yet so far away: the role of local and regional propagule dispersal in re-assembling bryophyte communities
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Oral PaperBarbé, Marion; Fenton, Nicole; Bergeron, Yves.Residual patches
boreal ecosystems
Community ecology
Propagule rain
Dispersal patterns
38009July 28th 10:45 amSalon 8/The Shaw Conference CentreThe effect of long periods of reduced light on recovery from desiccation in an epiphyllous bryophyte
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Oral PaperMcLetchie, D. Nicholas; Alvarenga, Lisi; Machado, Priscila.Abiotic stress
38010July 28th 11:00 amSalon 8/The Shaw Conference CentreWarming reduces stress and enhances reproductive success in an Antarctic moss
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Oral PaperShortlidge, Erin E.; Kohler, Hans; Eppley, Sarah M.; Zuniga, Gustavo; Rosenstiel, Todd N.; Casanova-Katny, Angelica.Antarctica
moss
sexual reproduction
bryophytes
climate change
Tuesday, July 28th, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm · Unspecified/Off Site
Session TE22: Banquet: ABLS Dinner
Presiding: Jonathan Shaw,
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July 28th 5:30 pmUnspecified/Off SiteABLS Dinner
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Wednesday, July 29th

Wednesday, July 29th, 1:30 pm to 4:45 pm · Salon 10/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 70: Contributed Papers: ABLS III
Presiding: Susan Will-Wolf, University Of Wisconsin-Madison
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70001July 29th 1:30 pmSalon 10/The Shaw Conference CentreVegetation response to physical and chemical environmental variables in raised bog ecosystems: case study from Latvia
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Oral PaperMezaka, Anna; Priede, Agnese; Dobkevica, Linda.raised bogs
bryophytes
lichens
vascular plants
physical variables
chemical variables
70002July 29th 1:45 pmSalon 10/The Shaw Conference CentreBiogeography of northern peatmosses (Sphagnum)
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Oral PaperShaw, Jonathan; Kyrkjeeide, Magni; Stenøien, Hans; Flatberg, Kjell Ivar; Hassel, Kristian.Sphagnum
biogeography
70003July 29th 2:00 pmSalon 10/The Shaw Conference CentreIntraspecific sex ratio variation and its predictors in mosses – the case of the wetland moss Drepanocladus lycopodioides
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Oral PaperBisang, Irene; Hedenas, Lars.Bryophyte
molecular sex marker
sex ratio
environmental factors
70004July 29th 2:15 pmSalon 10/The Shaw Conference CentreFrom the Ground Up: Evolution of Shape in the Moss Sporophyte (Bryophyta) and its Implications for Land Plant Diversification
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Oral PaperRose, Jeff; Kriebel, Ricardo; Sytsma, Kenneth J..sporophyte
Morphometrics
Morphospace
Bryophyta
alternation of generations
land plants
70005July 29th 2:30 pmSalon 10/The Shaw Conference CentreMycobiont cladogenesis triggered by photobiont speciation: A case study of the Rhizonema-Cora lichen symbiosis
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Oral PaperDal-Forno, Manuela; Lawrey, James D.; Lucking, Robert.lichens
tropical diversity
phylogenetic diversity
cyanobacteria
Basidiomycota
70006July 29th 2:45 pmSalon 10/The Shaw Conference CentreArchitecture of the Mature Spermatozoid of Porella platyphylla (Porellaceae)
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Oral PaperD'Artenay, Tamrya Dawn; Renzaglia, Karen S..spermatozoid
Porella
70007July 29th 3:00 pmSalon 10/The Shaw Conference CentrePotential impacts of the southern ozone hole in Chile on lichen communities of Nothofagus dombeyi trunks: A pilot study
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Oral PaperTrest, Marie; Will-Wolf, Susan; Keuler, Rachel; Shay, Nathaniel; Hill, Karen; Studer, Alyssa; Muench, Andy; Alexander, Zachary; Adams, Axel; Dittberner, Leah; Feehan, Martin; Lee, Hannah; Galleguillos-Katz, Nicholas; Zedler, Joy; Graham, Linda; Arancibia-Avila, Patricia.bark lichens
cyanolichens
Chile
deforestation
forest fragmentation
diversity
lichen
Nothofagus dombeyi
southern ozone hole
UV radiation
July 29th 3:15 pmSalon 10/The Shaw Conference CentreBreak
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70009July 29th 3:45 pmSalon 10/The Shaw Conference CentreA RADseq approach for resolving the amphitropical phylogeographic history of  the dung moss Tetraplodon (Bryopsida: Splachnaceae)
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Oral PaperLewis, Lily R.; Rozzi, Ricardo; Goffinet, Bernard.
70010July 29th 4:00 pmSalon 10/The Shaw Conference CentreInfluence of lichen mats on forest soils and vegetation patterns
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Oral PaperHowe, Natalie; Baumgarten, Joni; Dighton, John.Cladonia
lichen
Soil
nutrients
invasive species
allelopathy
70011July 29th 4:15 pmSalon 10/The Shaw Conference CentreDid cyanobacteria drive early thallus size increases in lichens? Evidence from the origins of Placopsis (Trapeliaceae)
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Oral PaperSchneider, Kevin; Resl, Philipp; Mayrhofer, Helmut; Spribille, Toby.phylogenetic comparative methods
macroevolution
Ostropomycetidae
symbiosis
lichen
70012July 29th 4:30 pmSalon 10/The Shaw Conference Centre
Canceled
Sri Lanka; Hotspot for the lichen family Graphidaceae
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Oral PaperWeerakoon, Gothamie; Wolseley, Patricia; Aptroot, André; Lucking, Robert; Lumbsch, Thorsten.Sri Lanka
Graphidaceae
Hotspot
lichens
Wednesday, July 29th, 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm · Salon 10/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session M48: Meeting: ABLS Business meeting
Presiding: Jonathan Shaw,
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July 29th 5:00 pmSalon 10/The Shaw Conference CentreABLS Business meeting
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