8:00 AM: Strahm, Spring^*,1, Lipson, David¹, Deutschman, Doug¹, ¹ San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA, Spatial pattern and invasion before and after fire in California coastal sage scrub.

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8:20 AM: Renne, Ian¹, Tracy, Benjamin¹, ¹ University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, Urbana, Illinois, Timing and intensity of disturbance interact with disturbance history to affect grassland weed invasions.

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8:40 AM: Surrette, Sherry ^*,1, Brewer, J. Stephen¹, ¹ University of Mississippi, University, MS, U.S., Inferring relationships between native plant diversity, Japanese honeysuckle, and forest fragmentation in oak-hickory-pine forests in northern Mississippi.

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9:00 AM: Reemts, Charlotte^*,1, Murphy, Peter¹, ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, Edges in forest fragments: Are they stepping stones for invasion?

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9:20 AM: Hufbauer, Ruth^*,1, Blair, Amy¹, Brunk, Galen¹, Hanson, Brad¹, Nissen, Scott¹, Westra, Philip¹, ¹ Department of Bioagricultural Science and Pest Managment, Fort Collins, CO, USA, Trials, tribulations, and techniques for studying a candidate allelochemical of spotted knapweed.

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9:50 AM: Bertin, Cecile^*,1, Schroeder, Frank¹, Weston, Leslie¹, ¹ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, An amino acid analogue: a novel type of allelochemical produced by selected fine leaf fescue (Festuca) species.

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10:10 AM: Lee, Kelly^*,1, Martin, Lynn², Klasing, Kirk³, Wikelski, Martin¹, ¹ Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton, NJ, USA² Dept. of Psychology, Columbus, OH, USA³ Dept. of Animal Science, Davis, CA, USA, Immune defense strategies differ between invasive New World House Sparrows and their Old World ancestors.

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10:30 AM: Malmstrom, Carolyn^*,1, Hughes, Charles^{1, 2}, Stoner, Chantal^{1, 3}, Newton, Linsey¹, Brandenburg, Shawn¹, ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI² Sycamore Environmental Consultants, Inc., Sacramento, CA³ University of California, Davis, CA, Influence of virus infection on response of California native bunchgrasses to simulated grazing and competition with invasive annual grasses.

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10:50 AM: Barney, Jacob^*,1, Sparks, Jed¹, Whitlow, Thomas¹, ¹ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Is there evidence for volatile novel weapons in the invasive weed mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)?

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