8:00 AM Vinton, MaryAnn^*,1, Ramage, Joan¹, Schalles, John ¹, Hall, Carter¹, Sorenson, Christian¹, LaRose, Louis², ¹ Creighton University, Omaha, NE² Little Priest Tribal College, Winnebago, NE Exploring grassland conservation issues using hyperspectral imagery in landscapes of the central Missouri River valley.

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8:20 AM Frank, Douglas^*,1, ¹ Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA Top predator control of a grazing ecosystem: Wolves in Yellowstone.

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8:40 AM Yoshida, Toshi^*,1, Seabloom, Eric², ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI² National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA Forb invasions in California perennial grasslands.

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9:00 AM Fynn, Richard¹, Morris, Craig², Kirkman, Kevin¹, O'Connor, Timothy³, ¹ University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa² Agricultural Research Council, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa³ University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Determinants of composition in mesic grasslands: Evidence from long-term field and short-term competition experiments.

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9:20 AM Collins, Scott^*,1, Muldavin, Esteban¹, Munson, Seth¹, Moore, Doug¹, ¹ Department of Biology, Albuquerque, NM, USA Community dynamics and stability in semi-arid grassland vegetation.

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9:50 AM Solomeshch, Ayzik^{*,1, 2}, Barbour, Michael¹, ¹ University of California, Davis, CA, USA² Institute of Biology, Ufa Scientific Ceter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Russia Diversity of native species assemblages in California Central Valley grasslands.

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10:10 AM Kennedy, Peter^*,1, Sousa, Wayne¹, ¹ Department of Integrative Biology, Berkeley, CA, USA Is plant facilitation important in forest encroachment? Evidence from California grasslands.

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10:30 AM Lamb, Eric^*,1, Shore, Bryon¹, Cahill, James¹, ¹ University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Differential competitive abilities of juvenile and adult plants.

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10:50 AM Chaplin, Rebecca^*,1, Hovenden, Mark², ¹ Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA² University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Reproductive response to global change in a native Australian perennial grassland.

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11:10 AM Loik, Michael^*,1, ¹ University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA Ecological consequences of long-term climate change in the Great Basin Desert.

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