8:00 AM: Skarpaas, Olav^{*,1, 2}, Shea, Katriona¹, ¹ The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA² University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Dispersal measurement and modeling for invasive species: Sampling affects estimates of spatial spread.

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8:20 AM: Peskin, Nora¹, Mortensen, David^*,1, Booher, Mathew¹, Jones, Brian ², ¹ The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA² Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, The influence of habitat and disturbance on the early stages of a plant invasion.

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9:00 AM: Lach, Lori^{*,1, 2}, Suarez, Andrew², ¹ Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, Vacoas, Mauritius² University of Illinois--Urbanana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, Multiple interactions among non-native insects affect seed set of an invasive tree.

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9:20 AM: Chimera, Charles¹, Bakutis, Ane¹, Drake, Donald^*,1, ¹ University of Hawaii - Manoa, Honolulu, HI, Alien birds facilitate the invasion of alien plants in dry and mesic forests in Hawaii.

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9:50 AM: Postelli, Katherine^{*,1, 2, 3, 4}, Drake, Donald², Pratt, Thane¹, ¹ U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaii National Park, HI, 96718² Department of Botany and Graduate Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, Honolulu, HI, 96822³ Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, Honolulu, HI, 96822⁴ National Park Service, Hawaii National Park, HI, 96718-0052, Seed dispersal by Kalij pheasants (Lophura leucomelanos): Implications for Hawaiian forests.

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10:10 AM: Woo, Eliza^*,1, ¹ State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, The role of avian seed dispersal on the invasion of Juniperus bermudiana in Hawaii: Facilitation or Inhibition?

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10:50 AM: Rauschert, Emily ^*,1, Shea, Katriona¹, ¹ The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Competition and coexistence of two congeneric invasive thistles.

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11:10 AM: Jerde, Christopher ^*,1, Lewis, Mark¹, ¹ Dept. of Biological Sciences, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Stochastic modeling of non-indigenous species establishment.

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