1:30 PM: Williams, Laurel^*,, Keeton, William, Canham, Charles, Zenner, Eric, , Measurement and modeling of vertical structure and complexity of Structural Complexity Enhancement treatments in northern hardwood forests.

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1:50 PM: Purves, Drew^*,1, Pacala, Steve¹, ¹ Dept. EEB, Princeton, NJ, USA, Crown shape and competition for canopy space: a realistic model parameterized for North American tree species.

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2:10 PM: Ruiz, Jorge^*,1, Fandino, Maria², ¹ Universidad de America, Bogota, Colombia² Instiuto de Investigacíon de Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldt, Bogota, Colombia, Species richness across a >56-year chronosequence of dry tropical forest on Providencia Island, Colombia.

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2:30 PM: Tinker, Daniel^*,1, Turner, Monica², Romme, William³, ¹ University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA² University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA³ Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA, Biotic and abiotic effects on plant species richness and community composition in post-fire Yellowstone forests.

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2:50 PM: Swenson, Nathan^*,1, Enquist, Brian¹, ¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tucson, Arizona, United States, Phylogenetic patterning and spatial scaling in tropical forest plot communities.

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3:20 PM: Jones, Mirkka^*,1, Borcard, Daniel², Legendre, Pierre², Tuomisto, Hanna¹, ¹ University of Turku, Finland² Université de Montréal, Canada, Spatial structuring of a rain forest fern community at multiple scales: the role of environmental variation.

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4:00 PM: Gallardo-Cruz, José^*,1, Meave, Jorge¹, Pérez-García, Eduardo¹, ¹ Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, México, D.F., México, -diversity as influenced by slope aspect and elevation in a seasonally dry tropical forest community in southern Mexico.

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4:20 PM: Ramjohn, Ian¹, Murphy, Peter², ¹ University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA² Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, Survival and recovery of dry forests in the Caribbean - the role of forest fragments.

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4:40 PM: Barone, John¹, Thomlinson, John¹, Anglada Cordero, Pedro¹, Brokaw, Nicholas¹, Zimmerman, Jess¹, ¹ Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies, San Juan, PR, USA, Tropical forest community composition and structure along an elevational gradient in Puerto Rico.

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