Poster # 95. Hanks, Joseph^*,1, Hatch, Kent¹, ¹ Brigham Young University, Provo, UT Genetic variation vs. phenotypic plasticity in growth rates of side-blotch lizards.

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Poster # 96. Baruch, Zdravko^*,1, Nassar, Jafet³, Bubis, José², Torrealba, Karimar¹, ¹ Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela, Venezuela³ Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela, Venezuela² Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela, Venezuela Genetic, quantitative, environmental and geographical distances among populations of a dominant C4 grass from Neotropical savannas.

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Poster # 97. Jiménez-Lobato, Vania¹, Valverde, Teresa¹, ¹ Lab. Especializado de Ecología, Mexico, D.F., Mexico Population dynamics of the shrub Acacia bilimekii in a semi-desert region in Central Mexico.

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Poster # 98. Rubio, Maria^*,1, Dragoo, Jerry¹, Yates, Terry¹, ¹ University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Microsatellite DNA variation of Peromyscus maniculatus populations in New Mexico.

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Poster # 99. Davis, Andrew^*,1, Altizer, Sonia¹, Vitone, Nicholas¹, ¹ Dept. of Environmental Studies, Atlanta, GA, USA Geographic variation among monarch butterfly populations: Migratory behavior and the evolution of wing morphology.

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Poster # 100. Yee, Donald^*,1, Juliano, Steven ¹, ¹ Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, U.S.A. Does microorganism productivity influence macroinvertebrate richness in aquatic detritus-based communities?

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Poster # 101. Paradise, Chris^*,1, Harlan, Nicole¹, ¹ Davidson College, Davidson, NC, USA Relationships among habitat size, dissolved oxygen, insects, and microbes in artificial treehole communities.

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Poster # 102. Shurette, Ryan, Cline, George, Carter, Robert^*,, The effects of hardwood mid-story removal in Montane Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) stands on breeding bird communities in the Talladega National Forest, Alabama.

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Poster # 103. Gladwell, Randi^*,1, Ihue-Umire, Yenny², ¹ University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA² Universidad de San Augustin, Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru From coast to highlands: An elevation gradient survey of rodent communities in southwestern Peru.

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Poster # 104. Meyer, Eugene^*,1, ¹ Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA For camouflaged and elusive species, the concept of Detection Space. Example: midsize predators.

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Poster # 105. Mellard, Jarad^*,1, Foster, Bryan¹, ¹ University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS Effects of initial conditions and resource supply on species assemblage dyamics: A microcosm study.

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Poster # 106. Murphy, C.^*,1, Foster, B.¹, Ramspott, M.¹, Price, K.¹, Hildebrand, T.¹, Evanhoe, L.¹, ¹ University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Spatial scaling of plant species richness in grasslands: relationships to productivity, soils and management.

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Poster # 107. McCarron, James^*,1, Garrett, Karen¹, Fay, Phil¹, Dendy, Shauna¹, Alexander, Helen², Broeckelman, B¹, ¹ Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS² University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS The effect of altered rainfall patterns on leaf rust severity in Solidago canadensis.

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Poster # 108. Kraus, Johanna^*,1, ¹ University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Changes in subsidized versus intrinsic resource availability at a pond-terrestrial edge.

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Poster # 109. Scheessele, Erin ^*,1, Garcia, Tiffany¹, Blaustein, Andrew¹, ¹ Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon Indirect effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on amphibians: using mesocosm experiments to examine UV-B effects on trophic level interactions.

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Poster # 110. Wellnitz, Todd¹, Poff, LeRoy¹, ¹ Biology Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado Does heterogeneity in near-bed current mediate competition between stream herbivores?

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Poster # 111. Linder, Eric ^*,, Do nested subsets occur in naturally fragmented forests?

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Poster # 112. Rivers, James¹, Smith, Melinda ^*,2, Pontius, Jeffrey³, Gipson, Philip⁴, Althoff, Donald⁴, ¹ Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, CA, USA² National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, USA³ Department of Statistics, Manhattan, KS, USA⁴ Division of Biology, Manhattan, KS, USA Long-term dynamics of grassland bird communities with and without anthropogenic disturbance.

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Poster # 113. Koo, Kyung-Ah^*,1, Kong, Woo-Seok ², Kim, Chong-Kyu ³, ¹ University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA² KyungHee University, Seoul, Korea, Korea³ KyungHee University, Seoul, Korea, Korea Distribution of evergreen broad-leaved plants (trees and shrubs) and climatic factors in the Korean Peninsula.

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Poster # 114. Damm, Mary^*,1, Bowman, William¹, ¹ University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Alpine plant biogeography and species endemism in the Rocky Mountains.

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Poster # 115. Gavin, Daniel^*,1, Hu, Feng Sheng¹, ¹ Department of Plant Biology, Urbana, IL Climatic vs. non-climatic control of western hemlock distribution in its coastal and interior ranges.

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Poster # 116. Tomas, Andrea^*,1, Gelwick, Fran¹, Archer, Steve², ¹ Texas A & M University, College Station, TX² University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Local distributions of Bouteloua curtipendula varieties within their zone of sympatry.

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Poster # 117. Goheen, Jacob^*,1, Swihart, Robert², Robins, James³, ¹ University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM² Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN³ Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL Ecological implications of red squirrel range expansion into the central hardwoods region of the United States.

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Poster # 118. Seymour, Michael^*,1, Hooper-Bui, Linda^*,1, ¹ Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA Population estimates of red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren: Mound numbers versus food traps.

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Poster # 119. Bossart, Janice^*,1, ¹ The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ Species assembly rules and nestedness of butterfly communities in long-protected relict forests of Ghana.

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Poster # 120. Brake, Robin ^*,1, Kern, Ruth Ann¹, ¹ Biology Department, Fresno, CA, USA An investigation into Pinus sabiniana range discontinuity in the Kings, Kaweah and Tule watersheds, California, USA.

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Poster # 121. Barrett, Kyle^{*,1, 3}, Wait, D. Alexander¹, Anderson, Wendy², ¹ Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO³ Auburn University, Auburn, AL² Drury University, Springfield, MO Small island biogeography in the Gulf of California: Lizards, the subsidized island biogeography hypothesis, and the small island effect.

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Poster # 122. Houseman, Gregory^{*,1, 2}, ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI² Kellogg Biological Station, Hickory Corners, MI Can species pool size and composition explain different productivity-diversity relationships?

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Poster # 123. Emery, Sarah^*,1, Christy Bowles, Sandy J. Andelman,², Elsa E. Cleland, Karen Carney, ³, Drake, John ⁴, Gramling, Joel ⁵, Horner-Devine, M. Claire³, Smith, Melinda², Vandermast, David⁵, ¹ W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Hickory Corners, MI² National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA³ Stanford University, Stanford, CA⁴ University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN⁵ University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Relationships between plant diversity, productivity, and invasion across six North American grasslands.

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Poster # 124. Wentworth, Thomas^*,1, White, Peter², Wheeler, Brooke², Taverna, Kristin², Kuppinger, Dane², Jacobs, Lee Anne², Fridley, Jason², Peet, Robert², ¹ North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC² University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC Nested versus non-nested characterization of vegetation composition and species richness at multiple spatial scales.

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Poster # 125. Hartman, Wyatt^*,1, Sundareshwar, Pallaoor¹, Vilgalys, Rytas¹, Bruland, Gregory¹, Richardson, Curtis¹, ¹ Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Linking microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning across land use patterns.

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Poster # 126. Koslow, Jennifer^*,1, Rudgers, Jennifer¹, Clay, Keith¹, ¹ Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA Endophytic fungi alter relationships between diversity and ecosystem function.

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Poster # 127. Bernal, Rocio^*,1, Hernández, Laura¹, Valverde, Teresa¹, ¹ Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, México, D.F., México Establishment patterns in a metapopulation of the epiphyte Tillandsia recurvata in a Mexican desert shrubland.

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Poster # 128. Stephenson, Andrew¹, Mena-Ali, Jorge^*,1, Travers, Steven¹, ¹ Dept of Biology, University Park, PA, USA Effect of genotype and floral age on growth of self-pollen tubes in styles of Solanum carolinense.

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Poster # 129. Adkison, Greg^*,1, Gleeson, Scott², ¹ Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC² University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Distributions and light adaptations in a set of forest violets (Viola).

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Poster # 130. Price, Charles^*,1, Turner, Will¹, Rosenzweig, Michael¹, Enquist, Brian¹, ¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tucson, Az Constancy in community measures through time in a tropical forest.

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Poster # 131. Chapman, Carol^*,1, Jenkins, David¹, ¹ University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL Metacommunity dynamics drive rockpool community recovery after a natural disturbance.

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Poster # 132. Davidson, R. Scott^*,1, Steen, Harald², ¹ University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand² University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway Seasonal changes in density dependent population growth rate of feral house mouse populations.

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Poster # 133. Clanton, Keith^*,1, Stout, I.^*,1, ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Orlando, Florida Impact of habitat structure on cotton rat population dynamics in an abandoned agricultrural field.

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Poster # 134. Stevens, Martin Henry^*,1, Carson, Walter^*,2, ¹ Ecology Graduate Program, Oxford, OH, USA² Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Resource ratio tradeoffs exist, but fail to explain effects of nitrogen on plant species richness.

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Poster # 135. Engel, E. Cayenne^*,1, Weltzin, Jake ¹, ¹ University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN How does plant competition mediate the interactive effects of CO₂, temperature, and soil water availability?

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Poster # 136. Chiang, Jyh-Min ^*,1, Brown, Kim¹, Iverson, Louis³, Prasad, Anantha³, Chen, Jiquan ⁴, ¹ Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA³ USDA Forest Service⁴ The University of Toledo Assessing carbon stocks and productivity in current and predicted forest communities using the SHIFT and PnET-II simulation models.

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