8:00 AM Naeem, Shahid¹, Kochsiek, Amy², Knops, Johannes², Jouseau, Claire¹, Wright, Justin¹, ¹ Dept. Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology (E3B), New York, NY, USA² Dept. of Biological Science, Lincoln, NE, USA Biodiversity and invasion: Resolving a dangerous and premature paradigm.

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8:20 AM Andelman, Sandy¹, Willig, Michael², ¹ National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, USA² Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA Spatial dynamics of biodiversity in a South African savanna: A structural equation modeling approach.

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8:40 AM Parr, Cynthia^{*,1, 2}, ¹ University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA² Visualization tools for biodiversity databases.

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9:00 AM St. John, Mark¹, Wall, Diana¹, Reed, Heather², ¹ Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Fort Collins, CO, USA² Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research and Department of EEB, Boulder, CO, USA The relationship between soil mite species richness and decomposition in a tallgrass prairie: A contest among models.

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9:20 AM Jetz, Walter^{*,1, 2}, ¹ Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA² University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA The effect of climate change on the global biodiversity and distribution of birds.

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9:40 AM Break.

9:50 AM Adler, Frederick^{*,1, 2}, Feener, Donald ¹, LeBrun, Edward³, ¹ Department of Biology, Salt Lake City, UT, USA² Department of Mathematics, Salt Lake City, UT, USA³ Division of Biological Sciences, San Diego, CA, USA Maintenance of diversity in ant communities: Modeling the dominance-discovery tradeoff.

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10:10 AM Calabrese, Justin^*,1, Kirkendall, Lawrence², ¹ University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland² University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway Does neutral theory apply to species poor systems? A test using a bark beetle metacommunity.

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10:30 AM Finn, Debra^*,1, Poff, N. LeRoy¹, ¹ Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Fort Collins, CO Neutral processes in alpine stream insect communities: Evaluating evidence from the community and population levels.

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10:50 AM Houseman, Gregory^{1, 2}, ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI² Kellogg Biological Station, Hickory Corners, MI Is local diversity limited by species pools or environmental conditions? Tests across multiple productivity gradients.

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11:10 AM Kuang, Jessica, Chesson, Peter, Will apparent competition enhance the coexistence of multiple competing species in a variable environment?

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