8:00 AM: Medina, Raul^*,1, Barbosa, Pedro¹, Christman, Mary², ¹ Department of Entomology, College Park, Maryland, USA² Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, College Park, Maryland, USA, Determination of the adequate number of individuals and AFLP markers to use when studying genetic differentiation among intraspecific populations.

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8:20 AM: Mimura, Makiko^*,1, Aitken, Sally¹, ¹ Forest Sciences, and Centre for Forest Gene Conservation, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Life on Edge: Central/peripheral populations of Picea sitchensis Bong.(Carr).

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8:40 AM: Michaels, Helen^*,1, Shi, Xiujie¹, Mitchell, Randy², ¹ Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio² University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, The effects of population size and density on genetic variation and mating system in Lupinus perennis.

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9:00 AM: Bowman, Jeff^*,1, Carr, Denis², Wilson, Paul², ¹ Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada² Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Using microsatellites to measure the quality of landscapes.

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9:20 AM: Deacon, Nicholas^*,1, Cavender-Bares, Jeannine¹, ¹ University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States, Distribution of genetic diversity in a fragmented tropical live oak forest.

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9:50 AM: Chiovitti, Sandra^{*,1, 2}, Mannerla, Miia¹, Hu, Xin-Sheng³, Yeh, Francis³, Dayanandan, Daya^{1, 2}, ¹ Biology Deaprtment, Montreal, Quebec, Canada² Groupe de recherche en écologie forestière interuniversitaire, Montreal, Quebec, Canada³ Department of Renewable Resources, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Genetic structure of jack pine as revealed by nuclear microsatellite markers.

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10:10 AM: Jonathan, Silvertown^*,1, Biss, Pamela¹, Oliver, Barnett¹, Freeland, Joanna¹, ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, Environmental variability and population genetic structure in the Park Grass Experiment.

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10:30 AM: Boulet, Marylène^{*,1, 2}, Couturier, Serge³, Côté, Steeve D.^{1, 2}, Otto, Robert D.⁴, Bernatchez, Louis¹, ¹ Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada² Centre d'Études Nordiques, Québec, QC, Canada³ Ministère des Ressources naturelles, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec, Québec, QC, Canada⁴ Department of Environment and Conservation of Newfoundland & Labrador, Corner Brook, NL, Canada, Genetic connectivity between caribou herds from Eastern Canada: lessons from satellite tracking, genotyping, and demographic simulations.

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10:50 AM: Pither, Richard^{*,1, 2}, Manseau, Micheline^{1, 2}, Clark, Jeff², Ball, Mark³, Wilson, Paul³, Arsenault, Alan⁴, ¹ Parks Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada² University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada³ Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada⁴ Saskatchewan Fish & Wildlife Branch, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Relating the population genetic structure of woodland caribou to landscape connectivity.

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11:10 AM: Marks, Christian^*,1, Lechowicz, Martin¹, ¹ McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Fitness equivalence among alternative functional designs for tree seedlings.

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