1:30 PM: Minocha, Rakesh^*,1, Long, Stephanie¹, ¹ USDA Forest Service, Durham, NH, USA, Effects of nitrogen fertilization/deposition on the health of coniferous and broadleaf trees across northeastern U.S. in terms of foliar nutrition and nitrogen metabolism.

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1:50 PM: Wang, Lixin^*,1, Shaner, Pei-Jen ¹, Macko, Stephen¹, ¹ Department of Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, VA, USA, Foliar isotopic changes in different successional stage on community and species level.

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2:10 PM: Wimp, Gina^*,1, Finke, Deborah¹, Denno, Robert¹, ¹ University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, U.S.A., Host plant quality and vegetation architecture interact to affect arthropod community structure and diversity.

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2:30 PM: Lamb, Eric^*,1, Cahill, James¹, ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Intraspecific variation in plant competitive ability: Species trait or environmental consequence?

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2:50 PM: Foster, Bryan^*,1, Murphy, Cheryl¹, Dickson, Timothy¹, Karel, Irene¹, Collins, Cathy¹, Questad, Erin¹, ¹ University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, Development of the diversity - productivity relationship during community re-assembly is constrained by propagule availability.

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3:20 PM: Fargione, Joseph^*,1, Pennings, Steven², Clark, Christopher³, Suding, Katherine⁴, Gough, Laura⁵, Grace, James⁶, Cleland, Elsa⁴, Collins, Scott¹, Gross, Katherine⁷, ¹ University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM² University of Houston, Houston, TX³ University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN⁴ University of California, Irvine, CA⁵ University of Texas, Arlington, TX⁶ National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA⁷ Michigan State University, MI, A negative relationship between species richness and productivity response to N addition in a synthesis of N fertilization studies.

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3:40 PM: Clark, Chris ^*,1, Cleland, Elsa², Collins, Scott³, Gough, Laura ⁴, Pennings, Steve⁵, Suding, Katherine⁶, ¹ University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN² Stanford University, Stanford, CA³ University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM⁴ University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX⁵ University of Houston, Houston, TX⁶ University of California, Irvine, CA, Predicting the loss of biodiversity with nitrogen addition across North American herbaceous communities: Abiotic vs. biotic drivers.

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4:00 PM: Cardelus, Catherine^*,1, Mack, Michelle¹, ¹ University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, Host tree vs. vascular epiphyte nutrient concentrations along the Barva Transect, Costa Rica.

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4:20 PM: Lage, Melissa^*,1, Crain, Caitlin¹, Hughes, Jennifer¹, ¹ Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Providence, RI, USA, Response of ammonia oxidizing bacterial communities to nutrient enrichment in a New England salt marsh.

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4:40 PM: Suding, Katharine^{*,1, 3}, Miller, Amy², Bowman, William^{3, 4}, Bechtold, Heather^{3, 5}, ¹ University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA³ Mountain Research Station, Nederland, CO² National Park Service, Anchorage, AK⁴ Univesity of Colorado, Boulder, CO⁵ Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, Resilience following loss of dominant species: Subdominant compensation buffers alpine tundra from significant functional change.

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