1:30 PM: Kobe, Richard^*,1, Vriesendorp, Corine², ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824² Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, Tree seedling mortality as a function of conspecific adult and seedling densities and light availability in a wet tropical forest.

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1:50 PM: Ibáñez, Inés^*,1, Clark, James¹, Dietze, Michael¹, ¹ Duke University, Durham, NC, Predicting tree seedling recruitment of resident and potential immigrant species under climate change.

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2:10 PM: Griscom, Heather^*,1, Ashton, P. Mark¹, Berlyn, Graeme¹, ¹ Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT, USA, Seedling survival and growth of native tree species in pastures: implications for dry tropical forest rehabilitation in Central Panama.

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2:50 PM: Zelikova, Tamara^*,1, Sanchez, Leticia¹, ¹ University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA, Acacia collinsii: seed dispersal by ants in a disturbed tropical dry forest in Costa Rica.

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3:20 PM: Worthy, Fiona^{*,1, 2}, Hulme, Phil¹, Law, Richard², Marquiss, Mick¹, ¹ Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom² Department of Biology, York, England, United Kingdom, What factors affect levels of seed predation in Scots pine?

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3:40 PM: Schulz, Kurt^*,1, Burleyson, Travis¹, Turner, Bryan¹, Mattson, William ², Zasada, John³, ¹ Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois² USDA-Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station, Rhinelander, Wisconsin³ USDA-Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Potential effects of plant spacing and stand identity on herbivory and fruit set in Dirca palustris L.

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4:00 PM: Milleron, Tarek^*,1, ¹ Department of Forest, Range and Wildlife Sciences and The Ecology Center, Logan, UT, USA, Rodents and the relative desirabilities of tropical tree seeds: consequences for seed and seedling survival.

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4:20 PM: LaMontagne, Jalene^*,1, Boutin, Stan¹, ¹ University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Local-scale spatial variation in temporal patterns of white spruce cone production and potential effects on a seed predator population.

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4:40 PM: Bhatti, Jagtar¹, Varem-Sanders, Theirry¹, Banfield, Ed¹, ¹ Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Estimating Net Primary Productivity of Jack Pine in Relation to Stand Age and Climatic Gradient along BFTCS.

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