8:00 AM: Wu, Shan-Huah^{1, 2}, Sheu, Jia-En¹, Lee, Pei-Fen¹, Hsieh, Chang-Fu¹, Rejmanek, Marcel², ¹ Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan² Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of Califronia at Davis, Davis, CA, USA, Environmental factors determining the invasions of four naturalized Crotalaria species (Fabaceae) in Taiwan.

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8:20 AM: Kotanen, Peter^*,1, Shykoff, Jacqui², Genton, Benjamin², ¹ University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada² Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, A North American native (Ragweed: Ambrosia artemisiifolia) escapes its enemies in France.

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8:40 AM: Cervin, Nichole^*,1, Sandquist, Darren¹, ¹ California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, USA, Effects of variable ambient light on the photosynthetic physiology, growth and reproduction of the invasive C4 grass Pennisetum setaceum in Hawaiian dry forests.

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9:00 AM: Leicht, Stacey^*,1, Silander, John¹, ¹ University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Habitat tolerances of the invasive Celastrus orbiculatus (oriental bittersweet) and native C. scandens (American bittersweet) in New England.

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9:20 AM: Gerhardt, Fritz^*,1, ¹ Ecosystem Management Project, East Charleston, Vermont, U.S.A., Exotic Plant Invasions of Forests in Northern New England, U.S.A.

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9:50 AM: McGlynn, Catherine^*,1, ¹ Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook, NY, USA, The role of identity in the interactions of invasive and native plants.

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10:10 AM: Menke, Sean^*,1, Holway, David¹, ¹ University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, Abiotic factors control invasion by ants at the community scale.

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10:30 AM: Knapp, Liza^{*,1, 2}, Fownes, James¹, Harrington, Robin¹, ¹ University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA² lknapp@nsm.umass.edu, Amherst, MA, Achieving similar ends by different means: leaf investment versus rate of return in three native and three invasive woody species.

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10:50 AM: Seidler, Tristram^*,1, Garibaldi, Lucas², Chaneton, Enrique², Godfray, Charles¹, ¹ NERC Centre for Population Biology, Ascot, Berkshire, UK² IFEVA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Impacts of and resistance to chronic invasion by exotic plants in Argentine flooding pampa.

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11:10 AM: Jongejans, Eelke¹, Sheppard, Andy², Shea, Katriona¹, ¹ The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA² CSIRO European Laboratory, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France, What controls the native population dynamics of the invasive thistle Carduus nutans?

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