8:00 AM: Asner, Gregory^*,1, Vitousek, Peter², ¹ Department of Global Ecology, Stanford, CA, USA² Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA, Airborne remote sensing of invasive species and their effects on canopy chemistry.

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8:20 AM: Leger, Elizabeth^*,1, Howe, Katherine^{1, 2}, Gurevitch, Jessica¹, Woo, Eliza¹, Hickman, Jonathan¹, Lerdau, Manuel¹, ¹ State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, United States² The Nature Conservancy of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, Nitrogen additions and natural enemies in eastern forests: native and exotic species responses to resource manipulation in two community types.

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8:40 AM: Litton, Creighton^{*,1, 2}, Sandquist, Darren¹, Cordell, Susan², ¹ California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA² USDA Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Hilo, HI, A non-native, invasive grass alters aboveground and belowground carbon cycling in Hawaiian dry forest.

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9:00 AM: Sandquist, Darren^*,1, Cordell, Susan², Litton, Creighton^{1, 2}, ¹ California State University, Fullerton, Fulleron, CA² Institute of Pacific Island Forestry, USDA Forest Service, Hilo, HI, Water and carbon use of native trees and their response to removal of non-native fountain grass in Hawaiian lowland dry forests.

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9:20 AM: Rodgers, Vikki^*,1, Finzi, Adrien¹, ¹ Boston University, Boston, MA, USA, Does Alliaria petiolata invasion alter nutrient cycling dynamics in southern New England?

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9:50 AM: Rossiter, Natalie^{*,1, 2}, Setterfield, Samantha¹, Douglas, Michael¹, Hutley, Lindsay¹, ¹ Charles Darwin University & Tropical Savannas CRC, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia² CSIRO Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Exotic grass invasion alters nitrogen dynamics in the tropical savanna of northern Australia.

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10:10 AM: Verdone, Lily^*,1, Sears, Anna ^{1, 2, 3}, Grewell, Brenda, ¹ Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA² The Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation, Santa Rosa, CA³ University of California, Davis, CA, USA, The influence of nutrient gradients on an aquatic plant invasion: effects on growth and competition of exotic Ludwigia hexapetala (Onagraceae) and its native congener.

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10:30 AM: Thorpe, Andrea^*,1, Archer, Vincent^{1, 2}, Deluca, Thomas¹, Callaway, Ragan¹, ¹ University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA² USDA Forest Service, Boise, ID, USA, Exudation of (±)-catechin by the invasive plant, Centaurea maculosa, increases phosphorus availability.

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10:50 AM: Marko, Michelle^*,1, Newman, Raymond¹, Gleason, Florence¹, ¹ University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA, Watermilfoil chemistry influences the response of a native biocontrol organism, Euhrychiopsis lecontei, to its exotic and native host plants.

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11:10 AM: Sanders , Nathan^*,1, Weltzin, Jake¹, ¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, knoxville, TN, United States, Insects mediate the interactive effects of propagule pressure and resource availability on a plant invasion.

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