8:00 AM Malmstrom, Carolyn^*,1, ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Plant pathogens and vegetation dynamics in natural systems: central questions.

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8:20 AM Bruhn, Johann^*,1, Mihail, Jeanne¹, ¹ University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO Landscape effects of pathogens: Armillaria root pathogens and long-term forest dynamics.

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8:40 AM Westover, Kristi ^*,, Bever, James, Soil pathogens and maintenance of plant community diversity.

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9:00 AM Power, Alison^*,1, Mitchell, Charles¹, ¹ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA Host diversity and pathogen spillover in plant communities.

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9:20 AM Jarosz, Andrew^*,1, ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA Changes in host life history and population dynamics due to pathogen epidemics.

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9:40 AM Alexander, Helen^*,1, Antonovics, Janis², Thrall, Peter ³, ¹ University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas² University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia³ CSIRO, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia Spatial patterns of disease incidence in plants: metapopulations and beyond.

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10:00 AM Break.

10:15 AM Garrett, Karen^*,1, ¹ Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, kgarrett@ksu.edu Accounting for disease in communities: the fourth horseman jockeys for position in the LTER network.

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10:35 AM Clay, Keith¹, Packer, Alissa¹, ¹ Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA Pathogens vs. microbial mutualists.

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10:55 AM Roy, Bitty^*,1, Mulder, Christa², ¹ University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA² University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA Global warming and plant pathogens in natural communities.

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11:15 AM Panel Discussion: Paradigm shifts in vegetation dynamics.