8:00 AM: Martorell, Carlos^*,1, Rodríguez-Ortega, César², Peters, Edward³, ¹ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico² Secretaría del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Mexico City, Mexico³ Instituto Nacional de Ecología-Semarnat, Mexico City, Mexico, Measuring the effects of chronic anthropogenic disturbance on threatened cacti.

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8:40 AM: Tilley, Susan^{*,1, 2}, Hermanutz, Luise¹, Dixon, Peggy², Bell, Trevor¹, ¹ Memorial University of Newfoundland, St.John's, NL, Canada² Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, St.John's, NL, Canada, Agricultural Insect Pests: A threat to the conservation of rare plants?

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9:00 AM: Paltto, Heidi^*,1, Björn, Nordén¹, Frank, Götmark¹, ¹ Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden, Does habitat loss at landscape level affect local density of Red Data Book and indicator species?

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9:20 AM: Nantel, Patrick^*,1, Dénommée, Nancy², Cantin, Danielle³, ¹ Ecological Integrity Branch, Gatineau, Québec, Canada² Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve of Canada, Havre-St-Pierre, Québec, Canada³ Biologist - consultant, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, A stepwise, multi-scale, viability analysis of the disjunct population of Cirsium scariosum at Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve of Canada.

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9:50 AM: Walker, Joan^*,1, Silletti, Andrea ¹, White, David¹, ¹ USDA Forest Service - Southern Research Station, Clemson, SC, USA, Temporal and spatial variation in abundance of Allium tricoccum (Liliaceae) in the Southern Appalachians.

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10:10 AM: Gagnon, Daniel^*,1, Rock, Janet², Nantel, Patrick³, ¹ Groupe de recherche en écologie forestière interuniversitaire, Montréal, QC² Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TN³ Parks Canada, Hull, QC, Wild American ginseng populations in the southern Appalachians may be negatively affected by climate change.

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10:30 AM: Boyle, Owen^*,1, ¹ Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Milwaukee, WI, Metapopulation ecology and genetics of the Florida scrub endemic Polygonella basiramia.

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10:50 AM: Lawrence, Beth ^*,1, Kaye, Thomas^{1, 2}, ¹ Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA² Institute for Applied Ecology, Corvallis, OR, USA, Golden paintbrush (Castilleja levisecta) common garden studies: selecting seed sources and reintroduction sites to support recovery of an endangered PNW prairie species.

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11:10 AM: Newbold, Scott^*,1, MacMahon, James¹, ¹ Utah State University, Logan, UT, Distribution patterns of the desert horned lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos): the influence of biotic and abiotic factors.

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