1:30 PM: Zhu, Jiao-jun¹, Li, Xiu-fen^{1, 2}, Liu, Zu-gen^{1, 2}, Gonda, Yutaka³, Matsuzaki, Takeshi³, ¹ Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Science, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China² Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China³ Faculty of Agriculture, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan, Factors influencing the damage of a montane secondary forest induced by snow/wind in northeastern China.

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1:50 PM: Graham, Catherine^*,1, Elith, Jane ², ¹ Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY² The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Testing alternative methodologies for modeling species' ecological niches and predicting geographic distributions.

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2:10 PM: Cabrera-García, Leonardo^*,1, Seutin, Gilles², ¹ McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada² Parks Canada, Hull, Quebec, Canada, Multiple scale analysis informs habitat management for the endangered Sierra Madre Sparrow.

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2:30 PM: Parachnowitsch, Amy^*,, Caruso, Christina, , Is there conflicting selection on floral traits by plant mutualists and antagonists?

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2:50 PM: Yang, Suann^*,1, Yang, Sylvia², Pascual, Francis¹, Bishop, John⁴, ¹ Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States² Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States⁴ , Role of community context in a seed dispersal mutualism.

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3:20 PM: forey, Estelle^*,1, Touzard, Blaise ¹, Lortie, Chris², Michalet, Richard¹, ¹ Université Bordeaux 1, Talence, France² York University, Toronto, Canada., The importance of plant interactions along a disturbance gradient in French coastal dunes.

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3:40 PM: Müller, Michael^*,1, Ratz, Armin¹, Wissel, Christian¹, Grimm, Volker¹, ¹ UFZ, Leipzig, Germany, Indirect evidence for self-organized criticality in forest fire.

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4:00 PM: Artzy-Randrup, Yael^*,1, Stone, Lewi², ¹ Biomathematics Unit, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv² Biomathematics Unit, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Regulating processes in open marine systems.

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4:20 PM: Atallah, Youssef^*,1, Bocker, Reinhard¹, ¹ University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, Vegetation structure and biodiversity in Mediterranean ecosystems: A comparative study from Lebanon and California.

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4:40 PM: Ali, Zulfiqar¹, Akhtar, Muhammad², Akbar Khan, Muhammad⁴, ¹ All kinds of the ecological studies of the area, Lahore, Pakistan² Critical Analysis, Lahore, Pakistan⁴ , Ecological studies of Uchalli Wetlands Complex, Pakistan with a note on their deteriorating status and conservation.

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