1:30 PM Gross, Louis^*,1, Carr, Eric ¹, Palmer, Mark¹, ¹ University of Tennessee - Knoxville, Knoxville, TN Models for the masses: Bringing computational resources for addressing complex ecological problems to stakeholders.

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1:50 PM Wilson, Kerrie^*,1, Westphal, Michael², Possingham, Hugh¹, Elith, Jane³, ¹ University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia² Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States³ University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Sensitivity of conservation planning to uncertainty associated with predicted species distribution data.

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2:10 PM FOX, JEREMY^*,1, HARPOLE, STAN², ¹ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON, ASCOT, UK² UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, ST. PAUL, MN, USA Analyzing the effect of biodiversity on ecosystem function: Incorporating species traits using the Price Equation.

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2:30 PM Baxter, Peter^*,1, McCarthy, Michael^{1, 2}, ¹ University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia² Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Accounting for management costs in sensitivity analyses of population models.

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2:50 PM Newbold, Steve^*,1, ¹ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA An "ideal free regression model" of species' distributions.

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3:10 PM Break.

3:20 PM Moody-Weis, Jennifer^*,1, Antonovics, Janis², Alexander, Helen¹, Pilson, Diana³, ¹ University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA² University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia³ University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska Extrapolating extinction and colonization rates of Helianthus annuus across spatial scales.

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3:40 PM Merrill, Scott^*,1, Holtzer, Thomas¹, Peairs, Frank¹, Cipra, Jan¹, ¹ Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Co, United States Modeling spatial and temporal densities of the Russian wheat aphid.

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4:00 PM Phillips, Donald^*,1, Gregg, Jillian², Newsome, Seth³, ¹ US Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, Oregon² Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon³ University of California - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California Aggregating food sources in stable isotope dietary studies: Lump it or leave it?

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4:20 PM Skarpaas, Olav^*,1, Shea, Katriona¹, ¹ The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania Seed dispersal measurement and modeling: Comparing Eulerian and Lagrangian sampling approaches.

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4:40 PM Hunter, Christine^*,1, Caswell, Hal¹, ¹ Biology Department, Woods Hole, MA, USA Simplifying construction and analysis of multi-regional population models.

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