8:00 AM Diaz, Sandra^*,, Functional biodiversity and environmental filtering in different floras: a conceptual framework.

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8:25 AM Weiher, Evan^*,1, ¹ University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI Functional traits, diversity, and other components of community assembly: tools, linkages, and beyond.

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8:50 AM Suding, Katharine^*,1, Goldberg, Deborah ², Howard, Timothy³, ¹ University of California, Irvine, CA² University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI³ New York Natural Heritage Program, Albany, NY Linking species traits to competitive ability and the structure of plant communities.

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9:15 AM Leishman, Michelle^*,1, ¹ Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia Predicting invasiveness from plant traits: the role of disturbance type.

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9:40 AM Hooper, David^*,1, Dukes, Jeffrey², ¹ Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA² Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford, CA Plant traits, community assembly and ecosystem functioning.

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10:05 AM Break.

10:20 AM Harrison, Sandy^*,1, Prentice, Colin ², ¹ Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Thuringia, Germany² Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Thuringia, Germany Global patterns of plant functional diversity and palaeovegetation.

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10:45 AM Jackson, Stephen^*,1, ¹ University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY Environmental change, climate variability, and biotic interactions in the assembly of late Quaternary plant communities.

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11:10 AM Ackerly, David^*,1, Cornwell, Will¹, Schwilk, Dylan¹, ¹ Stanford Unversity, Stanford, CA Community assembly, niche conservatism and adaptive evolution in changing environments.

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