8:00 AM: Benton, Tim ^*,1, Plaistow, Stewart², ¹ University of Leeds, Leeds, UK² University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK, Maternal effects and population dynamics: an empirical example.

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8:20 AM: Plaistow, Stewart^*,1, Benton, Tim², ¹ University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK² University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Maternal effects propagate life-history variation across three generations.

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8:40 AM: Monzeglio, Ursula^*,1, Stoll, Peter¹, ¹ University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Effects of intraspecific competition on size variation among genetically related and non-related individuals.

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9:00 AM: Kay, Kathleen^*,1, Yang, Ji¹, Hodges, Scott¹, ¹ University of California - Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Contrasting patterns of divergence in floral characters and microsatellite loci across the range of the Sierra Nevada columbines (genus Aquilegia).

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9:20 AM: Fox, Jennifer^{*,1, 2}, ¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ithaca, NY, USA² Department of Biology, Madison, NJ, USA, Contributions of Daphnia galeata mendotae diapausing eggs of different ages to population processes.

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9:50 AM: Perron, Gabriel^*,1, Bell, Graham¹, Quessy, Sylvain², ¹ McGill University, Montreal, Qc, Canada² Universite de Montreal, St-Hyacinthe, Qc, Montreal, Population genetics of SalmonellaTyphimurium DT104: redefining a clonal model.

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10:10 AM: Vialatte, Aude^{1, 2}, Rivot, Etienne¹, Fabre, Frédéric¹, Simon, Jean-Christophe¹, Dedryver, Charles-Antoine¹, Plantegenest, Manuel¹, ¹ Agrocampus, Rennes, France² Makhteshim Agan, Paris, France, Dynamics of plant use of a pest insect in an agricultural landscape studied using isotopic and molecular analyses.

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10:30 AM: Peckarsky, Barbara^{*,1, 1}, McIntosh, Angus^{2, 2}, Kerans, Billie, Taylor, Brad, ¹ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY² Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO, Predator-induced mortality does not explain variation in mayfly abundance in open systems.

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10:50 AM: Wang, Wei^*,1, Franklin, Scott¹, Ouellette, John², ¹ The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN² Memphis Zoo, Memphis, TN, Spatial pattern of ramets in two bamboo species, Bashania fargesii and Fargesia qinlingensis.

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11:10 AM: Kembel, Steven^*,1, Cahill, James¹, ¹ University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Plant phenotypic plasticity belowground: A meta-analysis of root foraging tradeoffs.

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