1:00 PM Carson, Walter¹, Schnitzer, Stefan², Stevens, Henry³, ^{1 2 3} Tests of the Janzen-Connell and Gap hypotheses in tropical forests in Panama: confirming the predictions of two long-standing hypotheses.

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1:30 PM Clark, David¹, Clark, Matthew², Clark, Deborah¹, Mackensen, Jens³, Veldkamp, Edzo³, ^{1 2 3} Tree growth variation across tropical rain forest landscapes and its contribution to tree species diversity.

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2:00 PM Connell, Joseph¹, ¹ Seedling regeneration over 35 years in Australian tropical and subtropical rain forests.

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2:30 PM Denslow, Julie¹, ¹ Patterns of establishment and growth in rain forest seedlings.

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3:00 PM Break.

3:15 PM Dirzo, Rodolfo¹, Mendoza, Eduardo¹, ¹ Studies on the alteration of neotropical forest understories due to mammalian defaunation: experimental approaches and a model of the possible underlying mechanisms.

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3:45 PM Gehring, Catherine^1,2, Theimer, Tad^1,2, ^{1 2} Ground-dwelling vertebrates, mycorrhizal fungi and seedling diversity in an Australian tropical rain forest.

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4:15 PM Hubbell, Stephen¹, Condit, Richard², Foster, Robin², ^{1 2} A 20 Year perspective on the assembly rules in a neotropical forest: When the rubber (theory) meets the road (observation).

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4:45 PM Webb, Campbell¹, Donoghue, Michael¹, ¹ Inferring ecological organization from the phylogenetic structure of rain forest tree communities.

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