Poster # 9. Desrochers, Rachelle^*,1, ¹ Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Partititioning the components of diversity along ecological perturbation gradients.

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Poster # 10. Momen, B.^*,1, Anderson, P.², Sullivan, J.¹, Helms, J.³, ¹ University of Maryland, College Park, MD² USDA-Forest Service, Corvallis, OR³ University of California, Berkeley, CA Using multivariate statistics to predict mature tree performance from seedling characteristics.

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Poster # 11. Ellison, Aaron^*,1, Gotelli, Nicholas², ¹ Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA² University of Vermont, Burlington, VT Using Bayesian and frequentist statistics to develop individual trait-based models of population dynamics.

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Poster # 12. Boyce, Richard^*,1, ¹ Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY Choosing the best similarity index when performing fuzzy set ordination on abundance data.

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Poster # 13. Grow, David¹, ¹ University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Fractal modification of tree-ring chronologies for streamflow reconstructions.

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Poster # 14. Slone, Daniel^*,1, Gruner, Susan², Allen, Jon³, ¹ USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Pineville, LA² University of Florida, Gainesville, FL³ University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA Estimating time-of-death with a community model of maggot growth and development.

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Poster # 15. Endo, Masahiro^*,1, Nitta, Keiji¹, ¹ Institute for Environmental Sciences, Rokkasho, Aomori, Japan Examination on growing native wetland plants in a geo-sphere module of the Closed Geo-Hydrosphere Experiment Facility.

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Poster # 16. Davis, Michelle^*,1, Berkson, Jim¹, ¹ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA Red Porgy population status determination: Optimizing data during data-poor periods.

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Poster # 17. Ellis, Alicia^{1, 2}, Post, Eric¹, ¹ Penn State University, University Park, PA² Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Predicting population response to climate change: A non-linear modeling approach.

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Poster # 18. Park, Richard^*,1, Clough, Jonathan², ¹ Eco Modeling, Diamondhead, MS, USA² Warren Pinnacle Consulting Inc., Warren, VT, USA Modeling the fate and effects of pollutants in estuarine ecosystems with AQUATOX.

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Poster # 19. Lemasson, Bertrand^*,1, Haefner, James¹, Bowen, Mark², Frizzell, Kathy², ¹ Utah State University, Logan, Utah, U.S.A.² Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. Parameter estimation for the behavioral algorithms of a fish movement model.

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Poster # 20. Liu, Mingliang^{*,1, 2}, Tian, Hanqin^{1, 2}, Pan, Shufen^{1, 2}, Melillo, Jerry ³, Kicklighter, David³, Reilly, John⁴, ¹ Chinese Ecosystem Research Network, Beijing, 100101, China² The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045³ Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543⁴ MIT Joint Program on Science and Policy of Global Change, Cambridge, MA 02139 Daily, seasonal and interannual variations in carbon and water fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems: the Daily TEM and its applications to Chinese Ecosystems.

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Poster # 21. Li, Harbin^*,, Minkkinen, Kari , Wang, Zhengquan , Trettin, Carl, Uncertainty in scaling up carbon estimates in peat soils of Finland: Comparison among four methods.

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Poster # 22. Diez, Jeff^*,1, Pulliam, H. Ronald¹, ¹ Institute of Ecology, Athens, GA The distribution and demography of a terrestrial orchid across environmental gradients.

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Poster # 23. Vaitkus, Milda^*,1, Henebry, Geoffrey¹, Putz, Brian¹, Merchant, James¹, ¹ Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT), Lincoln, NE, USA Evaluating the use of statistical decision trees for modeling avian habitats and regional range distributions in the Great Plains.

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Poster # 24. Lord, Cynthia ^*,1, Day, Jonathan¹, ¹ University of Florida - IFAS, Vero Beach, FL, USA Modeling of arboviruses in Florida.

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Poster # 26. Batchelor, Margaret^*,1, Fowler, Norma¹, ¹ University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA Consequences of including demographic heterogeneity in population models.

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Poster # 27. McKelvey, Stephen¹, Parysow, Pablo^*,1, Mathiasen, Robert¹, ¹ Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ Modeling white fir site productivity in southwestern USA: Parameter prediction and guide curve methods.

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