8:00 AM: Jeschke, Jonathan^*,1, Strayer, David¹, ¹ Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, USA, Invasion success of vertebrates in Europe and North America.

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8:20 AM: Pauchard, Aníbal^*,1, Bustamante, Ramiro², Marticorena, Alicia¹, Jiménez, Alejandra¹, Cavieres, Lohengrin¹, ¹ Universidad de Concepción, Chile² Universidad de Chile, Chile, Non-native plants moving into protected areas: A landscape approach for south-central Chile.

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8:40 AM: Wells, Floye^*,1, Lauenroth, William^{1, 2}, ¹ CSU, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Fort Collins, CO² CSU, Department of Forest Rangeland & Watershed Stewardship, Fort Collins, CO, Exotic plants on recreational trails in the Colorado Rockies.

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9:00 AM: White, Virginia^*,1, Holt, Jodie¹, ¹ University of California, Riverside, CA, USA, Degree-day modeling of Cynara cardunculus development: predicting seedling and adult phenology.

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9:20 AM: Peltzer, Duane^*,1, Bellingham, Peter¹, ¹ Landcare Research Manaaki Whenua, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand, Quantifying impacts of invasive non-native plants using field removal experiments.

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9:50 AM: Crosier, Catherine^*,1, Stohlgren, Thomas¹, Barnett, David², Flather, Curtis³, Kartesz, John⁴, ¹ National Institute of Invasive Species Science, Fort Collins, CO² Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Fort Collins, CO³ Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO⁴ Biota of North America Program, Chapel Hill, NC, Plant species invasions: latitudinal gradients and filling in the gaps in the United States.

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10:10 AM: Duke-Sylvester, Scott^*,1, Gross, Louis¹, ¹ University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Spatial optimal control of Lygodium microphyllum : modeling and genetic algorithms.

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10:30 AM: Quinn, Lauren^*,1, Holt, Jodie¹, ¹ University of California, Riverside, CA, Plant invasion into an experimental riparian restoration project.

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10:50 AM: Maheu-Giroux, Mathieu^*,1, de Blois, Sylvie^{1, 2}, ¹ Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Plant Science Departement, Saint-Anne de Bellevue, Québec, Canada² McGill School of Environment, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Spatio-temporal dynamics of the invasive species Phragmites australis in anthropogenic wetland corridors.

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11:10 AM: Naumann, Julie ^*,1, Young, Donald¹, Anderson, John¹, ¹ Department of Biology, Richmond, VA, USA, Fluorescence remote sensing and stress detection in the invasive grass, Phragmites australis.

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