1:30 PM Nagy, Laura^*,1, Schumaker, Nathan¹, ¹ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR, USA Importance of movement varies in static and dynamic landscapes.

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1:50 PM Winfree, Rachael^*,1, Dushoff, Jonathan¹, Crone, Elizabeth², Schultz, Cheryl³, Budny, Robert¹, Williams, Neal¹, Kremen, Claire¹, ¹ Princeton University, Princeton, NJ² University of Montana, Missoula, MT³ Washington State University, Vancouver, WA Testing indices of habitat proximity.

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2:10 PM Cushman, Samuel^*,1, McGarigal, Kevin , Compton, Bradley², ¹ U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, MT² Department of Natural Resources Conservation, Amherst, MA, 01003 Modeling the effects of roads and land-use change on vernal-pool breeding amphibians in Massachusetts.

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2:30 PM Cadenasso, Mary¹, Pickett, Steward¹, ¹ Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY Differential plant performance on the edge: Tissue nutrients in dominant woody species across contrasting riparian-upland boundary types in the Shingwedzi River drainage, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

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2:50 PM Battin, James^*,1, Ries, Leslie¹, Fletcher, Robert ², Sisk, Thomas¹, ¹ Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ² University of Montana, Missoula, MT Mechanisms underlying edge effects on species distributions: A review.

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3:10 PM Break.

3:20 PM Fletcher, Robert^*,1, ¹ University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA Emergent spatial properties of conspecific attraction in fragmented landscapes.

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3:40 PM Gonzalez-Abraham, Charlotte ¹, Radeloff, Volker¹, Hawbaker, Todd¹, Hammer, Roger¹, Stewart, Susan², ¹ University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA² USDS, Forest Service - North Central Research Station, Evanston, Ilinois, USA Rural sprawl and forest fragmentation in northern Wisconsin.

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4:00 PM Owen, Bronwyn^{*,1, 2}, ¹ University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO² University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI Vegetation and soil interactions across forest-meadow edges in southern Sweden.

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4:20 PM Bennett, Elena^*,1, Carpenter, Stephen¹, Cardille, Jeffrey², Clayton, Murray³, ¹ Center for Limnology, Madison, WI, USA² Department of Zoology, Madison, WI, USA³ Department of Statistics, Madison, WI, USA Understanding patterns of variability in soil P concentrations in Dane County, Wisconsin.

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4:40 PM Syphard, Alexandra^{*,1, 2}, Clarke, Keith², Franklin, Janet¹, ¹ San Diego State University, San Diego, CA² University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA Simulating alternate scenarios of habitat fragmentation in southern California native shrublands using a cellular automaton urban growth model.

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