[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] MORTENSEN, DAVID^*,1, NEESER, CHRISTOPHE², DILLE, JOHANNA³, ¹ The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA² Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural Developent Crop Diversification Centre, Brooks, Canada³ Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. The role of density-dependent mortality in weed patch persistence.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Pankey, Joel^*,1, Black, R. Alan¹, ¹ Washington State University, Pullman, WA. Interference as a mechanism of invasion: The effect of 3 non-native Centaurea species on resource availability in a bunchgrass community.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Reever Morghan, Kimberly^*,1, ¹ University of California, Davis, Davis, CA. Impacts of soil depth and competition with Centaurea solstitialis on Nassella pulchra.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Howe, Katherine^*,1, Ogba, Ndiya², Naeem, Shahid¹, Knops, Johannes³, Reich, Peter⁴, Tilman, David⁴, ¹ University of Washington, Seattle, WA² Benedict College, Columbia, SC³ University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE⁴ University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. Complex effects of multiple global change factors on plant invasions in experimental grassland plots.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Seabloom, E^*,1, Harpole, W², Reichman, O³, Tilman, D², ¹ National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA² University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN³ University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. Resource competition, seed-limitation, and invasion in California grasslands.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Harpole, W. Stanley^*,1, Seabloom, Eric², ¹ University of Minnesota, St.Paul, MN² National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA. Exotic dominance of CA grasslands: don't judge a grassland by its cover.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Rinella, Matthew^*,1, Sheley, Roger², ¹ Montana State University, Bozeman, MT² Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. Developing predictive systems for invasive plant infested rangeland.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] BECKSTEAD, JULIE^*,1, PARKER, INGRID¹, ¹ University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA. Invasiveness of Ammophila arenaria: Release from soil-borne pathogens?

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Batten, Kit^*,1, Scow, Kate¹, Harrison, Susan², ¹ Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, Davis, CA² Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Davis, CA. The role of plant-microbe interactions in invasion of California serpentine grasslands.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] MITCHELL, CHARLES^*,1, POWER, ALISON¹, ¹ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, cem46@cornell.edu. Escape of pathogens by introduced plant species.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Rogers, William^*,1, Siemann, Evan¹, ¹ Rice University, Houston, Texas. Escaping the "to grow or defend" dilemma of plants: an explanation for the invasive success of an exotic tree species.

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