8:00 AM: Gardner, Robert^*,1, ¹ Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, Maryland, USA, Spatial effects on predicted patterns of abundance and diversity.

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8:20 AM: Zedan, Hamdallah^*,1, ¹ Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, The 2010 biodiversity target: Implications for ecologists.

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8:40 AM: Zhenji, Li¹, Jiakuan, Chen^*,2, Yunqiu, Ruan^*,3, LUZHEN, Chen^*,4, Wen, Ye^*,5, Dongliang, Zhou^*,6, ¹ Biodiversity, Xiamen, Fujian, China^{2 3 4 5 6} , A new system for understanding the biodiversity in different nature reserves: Capacity, connectivity and quality of biodiversity.

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9:00 AM: Kumar Saha, Jayanta^*,1, Rezaul Hasan, Mohammad¹, Ahsan Bin Habib, Md.¹, Mohsin Ali, Md.¹, ¹ Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh, Biodiversity of fish and prawn in Borobila beel of Rangpur, Bangladesh.

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9:20 AM: Li, Wei^*,1, Stevens, M. Henry¹, ¹ Miami University, Oxford, OH, Effect of ecosystem size on the productivity-richness relationship.

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9:50 AM: LeRoy, Carri^{*,1, 3}, Fischer, Dylan^{2, 3}, Marks, Jane¹, ¹ Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA³ Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, USA² Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA, Global leaf litter decomposition: Plant taxonomy trumps climate.

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10:10 AM: Wilsey, Brian^*,1, Martin, Leanne¹, ¹ Iowa State University, Ames, IA, High beta richness among prairie fragments complicates predictions of plant extinction theory.

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10:30 AM: Questad, Erin^*,1, Foster, Bryan¹, Jog, Suneeti¹, Kindscher, Kelly¹, ¹ University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, Scale-dependent diversity partitioning of managed grasslands.

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10:50 AM: Baumert, Anthony^*,1, Carson, Walter¹, ¹ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, What traits predict patterns of relative abundance? A test in old-field plant communities both with and without herbivores.

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