8:00 AM: Lortie, Christopher^*,1, Callaway, Ragan², ¹ York University, Toronto² University of Montana, Missoula, A test of the stress-gradient hypothesis using meta-analysis.

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8:20 AM: Costantino, Robert^*,1, Desharnais, Robert², ¹ University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ² California State University, Los Angeles, CA, Scaling up habitat size clarifies deterministic dynamics through a reduction in demographic stochasticity.

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8:40 AM: Laird, Robert¹, Schamp, Brandon^*,2, ¹ University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada² Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Competitive non-transitivity and species coexistence: A lattice-based simulation.

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9:00 AM: Lechowicz, Martin^*,1, Waterway, Marcia ², Bell, Graham^{1, 3}, ¹ Department of Biology, Montreal, Qc, CANADA² Department of Plant Science, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Qc, CANADA³ Redpath Museum, Montreal, Qc, CANADA, Niche versus neutrality in forest sedges: phylogenetic evidence.

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9:50 AM: Pither, Jason^*,1, Kerkhoff, Andrew¹, Enquist, Brian¹, ¹ University of Arizona, Tucson, Tolerance-differentiation among species: a realistic and parsimonious resolution to the niche versus neutrality debate?

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10:10 AM: Dominique, Gravel^*,1, Canham, Charles^*,2, Marilou, Beaudet^*,1, Christian, Messier^*,1, ¹ Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada² Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, United States, Niche or neutrality: the continuum hypothesis.

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10:30 AM: Link-Perez, Melanie^*,1, Stevens, M. Henry¹, ¹ Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA, Neutral ecological drift, more than environmental factors, explains changes in plant community composition.

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