8:00 AM: Bradley, Devon^*,1, Gilbert, Gregory², Hughes, Jennifer¹, ¹ Brown University, Providence, RI, United States² University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, The influence of pathogen diversity and resource heterogeneity on plant diversity.

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8:20 AM: Hall, Spencer ^*,1, Sivars Becker, Lena², Becker, Claes ², Duffy, Meghan ², Tessier, Alan³, Caceres, Carla¹, ¹ University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL² Kellogg Biological Station/MSU, Hickory Corners, MI³ National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, Eating yourself sick: linking host-parasite and producer-grazer interactions in a Daphnia- parasite-algal system.

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8:40 AM: Mason, Erin^*,1, Jarosz, Andrew^*,1, ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA, Consequences of a chronic rust pathogen on population dynamics of Arisaema triphyllum.

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9:00 AM: Lettini, Stacey^*,1, Sukhdeo, Michael¹, ¹ Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Anhydrobiosis: an ecological strategy to increase transmission success in gastrointestinal nematodes.

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9:20 AM: Cooper, Laura ^*,1, Murphy, John¹, Eubanks, Micky¹, ¹ Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, Effects of ant- aphid mutualisms on epidemics of plant viral diseases.

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9:50 AM: Winsor, James^*,1, Smith, Matthew ², Stephenson, Andrew², ¹ The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona² The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, The influence of herbivory on measures of male function in Cucurbita pepo ssp. texana.

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10:10 AM: English-Loeb, Greg^*,1, Norton, Andrew², ¹ Cornell University, Geneva, NY² Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Lack of trade-off between indirect defense mediated through defense mutualism and direct defense against grape powdery mildew in riverbank grape.

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10:30 AM: Otterstatter, Michael¹, Thomson, James¹, ¹ University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Influence of host density and contact rates on the transmission of pathogens in social bumble bees.

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10:50 AM: ELIAS, Pavol^*,, , Multi-scale estimation of host specificity in mistletoes.

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