8:00 AM White, Peter^*,1, McKnight, Meghan¹, Walker, Joan², ¹ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA² US Forest Service, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA Endemism, hot spots of diversity, and ecosystems in the Southeast: the template on which climate change will act.

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8:25 AM Mohan, Jacqueline^*,1, Schlesinger, William², ¹ Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, jmohan@oeb.harvard.edu² Duke University, Durham, NC Global change and southeastern ecosystems.

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8:50 AM Shuman, Bryan^*,1, Jackson, Stephen², Webb, Thompson³, ¹ University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN² University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY³ Brown University, Providence, RI Responses to Past Global Change: Biogeographic Change in the Southeastern United States over the Past 21,000 years.

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9:15 AM Iverson, Louis^*,1, Prasad, Anantha¹, Schwartz, Mark², ¹ USDA Forest Service, Delaware, OH, USA² Department of Environmental Science and Policy, Davis, CA, USA Modeling potential suitable habitat and migration of trees in the eastern United States using forest inventory data and contrasting climate scenarios.

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9:40 AM Strand, Allan^*,1, Couillard, David¹, Niles, Kathryn¹, ¹ College of Charleston, Charleston, SC Using genetics to differentiate among models of plant movement:lessons from the beach annual Cakile edentula.

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10:05 AM Break.

10:15 AM Schauber, Eric^*,1, Kelly, Dave², Ostfeld, Richard³, Jones, Clive³, ¹ Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, Carbondale, IL² Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences, Christchurch, New Zealand, New Zealand³ Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY How will climate change affect plant-animal interactions? A look at cues and constraints.

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10:40 AM Berish, Cory^*,1, ¹ US EPA Region 4, Atlanta Southeastern Ecological Framework - a tool for managing ecosystem integrity.

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11:05 AM Michael Huston Conclusions.