8:00 AM Pascual, Mercedes ^*,1, ¹ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Introduction: From fuzzy trajectories to new patterns.

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8:15 AM Ellner, Stephen^*,1, ¹ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Understanding simple population dynamics.

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8:40 AM Coulson, Tim^*,1, ¹ University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ Nonlinear and stochastic population dynamics and selection in large mammals.

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9:05 AM King, Aaron^*,1, Henson, Shandelle², ¹ Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Knoxville, TN² Department of Mathematics, Berrien Springs, MI Which deterministic skeleton? Multiple skeletons and lattice effects in stochastic population models.

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9:30 AM Turchin, Peter^*,1, ¹ University of Connecticut, Storrs Nonlinear dynamics in a noisy world, or why deterministic skeletons should be relegated to the closet.

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9:55 AM Break.

10:10 AM Rohani, Pejman^*,1, ¹ Institute of Ecolgy, Athens, Georgia, USA Noise and nonlinearity in epidemics of childhood diseases.

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10:35 AM Keeling, Matt^*,1, ¹ Dept of Biological Sciences, Coventry, West Midlands, West Midlands Modeling stochasticity: the use of moment closure techniques.

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11:00 AM Hubbell, Stephen¹, Banavar, Jaynath², Maritan, Amos³, ¹ University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia² Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania³ International School for Advanced Studies (S.I.S.S.A.), Trieste, Italy Are ecological communities symmetric? Frequency dependence and the statistical mechanics of relative species abundance.

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