1:30 PM Pavao-Zuckerman, Mitchell ^*,1, Coleman, David¹, ¹ Institute of Ecology, University of Geogia, Athens, GA, USA Soil quality indicators of ecosystem health for urban places.

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1:45 PM LaForest, Joseph^{*,1, 2}, Herms, Daniel¹, Bonello, Pierluigi², ¹ The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, United States of America² The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America Urban soil management and its effects on insect herbivory.

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2:00 PM TBA.

2:15 PM Byrne, Loren^*,1, Bruns, Mary Ann¹, Kim, Ke Chung¹, ¹ Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA The effects of lawn management on soil arthropods.

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2:30 PM Klemow, Kenneth¹, ¹ Biology Department, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA Patterns of native and alien plant species in two watersheds impacted by anthracite mining and urbanization.

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2:45 PM Break.

3:00 PM Gries, Corinna^*,1, Hope, Diane¹, Stabler, Brooke², Martin, Chris², Briggs, John², ¹ Center for Environmental Studies, Tempe, AZ, USA² Dept. of Plant Biology, Tempe, AZ, USA The manmade plant communities in a desert metropolitan area.

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3:15 PM Bowman Cutway, Heather¹, ¹ Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Invasibility and dispersal in urban wetlands.

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3:30 PM Reice, Seth¹, Geraci, Christy Jo², ¹ University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC² Clemson University, Clemson, SC Impact of development on stream community structure and decomposition rates: Streams in piedmont North Carolina.

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3:45 PM Koerner, Brenda ^*,1, Klopatek, Jeffrey ¹, ¹ Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona Soil responses to water and nitrogen additions along an urban to rural gradient.

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4:00 PM Groffman, Peter^*,1, Dorsey, Ann¹, ¹ Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, USA Hyporheic denitrification in urban streams.

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