8:00 AM: Jones, Laura^*,1, Ellner, Stephen¹, ¹ Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ithaca, NY, USA, Rare genotypes can have large effects on community dynamics.

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8:20 AM: Fujita, Pauline^*,1, Dwyer, Greg¹, ¹ University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Genetic variation in field populations of the gypsy moth pathogen nucleopolyhedrosis virus.

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8:40 AM: Lonsdorf, Eric^*,1, Wimp, Gina ², Shuster, Stephen¹, Whitham, Thomas¹, ¹ Biological Sciences, Flagstaff, AZ, USA² Dept. of Entomology, College Park, MD, Community genetic analysis: Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) is more accurate than canonical discriminant analysis (CDA) for analyzing communities structured by plant genetics.

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9:00 AM: Kimbrell, Tristan^*,1, Holt, Robert¹, ¹ University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Incorporating genetic canalization into a model of source-sink evolution.

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9:20 AM: Michaud, Wendy ^{*,1, 2}, Kinnison, Michael ¹, ¹ University of Maine, Orono, ME² wendy.michaud@umit.maine.edu, Orono, ME, Ecologically driven phenotypic divergence among indigenous and translocated Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) populations in Maine, USA.

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9:50 AM: Parr, Cynthia¹, ¹ University of Maryland, College Park, MD, A computational phylogenetic approach to interaction analysis.

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10:10 AM: Peacor, Scott^{*,1, 2}, Pascual, Mercedes³, Riolo, Rick³, ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI² NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab., Ann Arbor, MI³ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Phenotypic-plasticity increases species coexistence by changing the steepness of an adaptive landscape.

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10:30 AM: Price, Mary ^*,1, Mittler , John ², ¹ University of California, Riverside, CA, USA² University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA, Cachers, scavengers, and thieves: Conditions for caching-mediated coexistence of desert rodents.

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10:50 AM: Williams, Aleida^*,1, Poot, Pieter¹, Lambers, Hans¹, ¹ The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia, Shallow-soil endemics: Is their rarity related to a reduction in phenotypic plasticity?

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11:10 AM: Cahill, James^*,1, Lamb, Eric¹, Kembel, Steven¹, Keddy, Paul², ¹ University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada² Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, Competitive intensity is independent of phylogenetic relatedness among vascular plants.

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