1:45 PM TBA.

2:00 PM Hughes, R. Flint^*,1, Denslow, Julie¹, ¹ Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service, Hilo, Hawaii Invasion by the N-fixing tree, Falcataria moluccana, alters ecosystem processes in wet forests of Hawaii.

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2:15 PM TBA.

2:30 PM Fang, Wei^*,1, ¹ State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York The effects of Acer platanoides on the community and ecosystem dynamics of a natural forest.

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2:45 PM Hyatt, Laura^{1, 2}, Gurevitch, Jessica¹, ¹ SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY² Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ Exotic and native plant responses to nutrient amendments in the field.

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3:00 PM break.

3:15 PM Leonard, Norman^*,1, ¹ University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 70148 Invasive Sapium sebiferum detritus breaks down five times faster than detritus from native Acer rubrum.

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3:30 PM Bartuszevige, Anne¹, Gorchov, David¹, ¹ Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA Community and landscape features that influence the invasion of Lonicera maackii.

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3:45 PM Gurevitch, Jessica^*,1, Howard, Timothy^{1, 2}, Hyatt, Laura^{1, 3}, ¹ SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY² New York Natural Heritage Program, Albany, NY³ Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ Experimental tests of factors promoting forest invasibility.

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4:00 PM Kloeppel, Brian^*,1, Mazzarelli, Lisa¹, Swank, Wayne², Vose, James², Wentworth, Thomas ³, ¹ University of Georgia;, Otto, NC, USA² USDA Forest Service;, Otto, NC, USA³ North Carolina State University;, Raleigh, NC, USA Southern pine beetle impacts on the ecosystem dynamics of a white pine watershed.

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4:15 PM Koike, Fumito^*,1, Mikami, Koichi¹, ¹ Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Prediction of alien tree invasion to various climax vegetations in a subtropical oceanic island.

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