[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] KELLER, EMILY^*,1, HARRIS, LYNEEN¹, KHAN, AJMAL², ZOU, JIPING¹, SMITH, BRUCE¹, HANSEN, LEE¹, ¹ Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah² University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan. Salicornia utahensis grows at high salt concentrations but only at high temperatures.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] RESTREPO, CARLA^*,1, POCKMAN, WILLIAM², MILNE, BRUCE², MARTENS, SCOTT³, ALLEN, ANDREW², TYLER, ANA², ¹ University of Puerto Rico-RP, San Juan, PR, Puerto Rico² University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM³ University of California-Davis, Davis, CA. Relative growth rates of three dominant semi-arid plant species: Direct and indirect effects of precipitation and potential evapotranspiration.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] THOMAS, LEIGH^*,1, WELTZIN, JAKE¹, STURDIVANT, LISA², ¹ University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN² University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Biotic and abiotic constraints on woody plant seedling establishment in semi-arid savannas.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Church, John^*,1, Criddle, Richard², Hansen, Lee², Smith, Bruce², ¹ University of California, Davis, Davis² Brigham Young University, Provo. Comparison of conifer elongation temperature response to climate adaptation.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Comas, Louise^*,1,2, Eissenstat, David¹, ¹ Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA² USDA-ARS, University Park, PA. Linking root traits to shoot traits and life history in 25 temperate forest species.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Moore, Lisa^*,1,2, Field, Christopher¹, ¹ Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford, CA² Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Using molecular tools to determine plants' sphere of influence belowground.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Awada, Tala^*,1, Wedin, David¹, Ding, Xioping¹, ¹ University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE. Great Plains grasses, shrubs and trees: above- and below-ground functional classification.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Cook, William^*,1, Holt, Robert², ¹ University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas² University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Species diversity on terrestrial "islands": Do successional landscapes follow the predictions of island biogeography theory?

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Kleier, Catherine^*,1, Lambrinos, John, ¹ Adams State College, Alamosa, CO. Spatial pattern of shrubs and grasses in a tropical alpine puna.

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