[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Reinhart, Kurt^*,1, Tirado Fernández, Reyes², Callaway, Ragan¹, ¹ University of Montana, Missoula, MT² Estación Experimental de Zonas Aridas (CSIC), Almería, Spain. Ecosystem engineering by an invasive tree (Acer platanoides) facilitates conspecific invasion.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Pokorny, Monica^*,1, Sheley, Roger¹, Engel, Richard¹, Svejcar, Tony², ¹ Montana State University, Bozeman, MT² Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, Burns, OR. Plant functional group diversity as a mechanism for invasion resistance.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Lyons, Kelly^*,1, ¹ University of California, Davis, CA. Diversity and invasion in ex situ assembled communities.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Meiners, Scott^*,1, Cadenasso, Mary², Pickett, Steward², ¹ Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL² Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY. The relationship between diversity and exotic plants: cause or consequence of invasion?

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Chesson, Peter^*,1, Shea, Katriona², ¹ University of California, Davis, California² Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. Invasion resistance and community maturity in model systems of diffusely interacting organisms.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Gelbard, Jonathan^*,1, ¹ Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Davis, CA, 95616. Effects of landscape structure on native and exotic plant diversity in California grasslands.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] LORTIE, CHRISTOPHER^*,1, CUSHMAN, J. HALL¹, ¹ Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA. Factors controlling the relative abundance of native and exotic plant species in a dune community.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] GERHARDT, FRITZ^*,1, COLLINGE, SHARON¹, ¹ University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. Abiotic and biotic resistance to plant invasions in vernal pools.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Cushman, J. Hall^*,1, Lortie, Christopher¹, Christian, Caroline², ¹ Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, (cushman@sonoma.edu)² University of California - Davis. Species interactions in altered landscapes: herbivory and facilitation mediate plant invasion.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] BROWN, REBECCA^*,1, ¹ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Diversity and invasibility in immigration-driven southern Appalachian riparian plant communities.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] VON HOLLE, BETSY^*,1, ¹ University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. Does natural disturbance facilitate invasion by exotic species?

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] GANGULI, AMY^*,1, ENGLE, DAVID¹, FUHLENDORF, SAMUEL¹, MAYER, PAUL², ¹ Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK² US Environmental Protection Agency, Ada, OK. Conservation programs that promote invasive species.

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