Poster # 1. Chernick, Melissa^*,1, Tonkyn, David¹, ¹ Clemson University, Clemson, SC, The effects of area, isolation, and age on the species richness of reservoir islands in South Carolina and Georgia.

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Poster # 2. Fan, Weihong¹, Waring, Richard², Coops, Nicholas³, Nightingale, Joanne², ¹ Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ² Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR³ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Analysis of environmental factors influencing tree species richness at the macroscale and mesoscale in eastern US.

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Poster # 3. Jobe, R.^*,1, ¹ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, Estimating landscape-scale species richness: the effects of extent and grain.

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Poster # 4. Tessel, Samantha^*,1, Engelhardt, Katia¹, ¹ University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD, Beta-diversity across a fragmented landscape.

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Poster # 5. LaJeunesse, Katherine ^*,1, Stevens, M. Henry ¹, ¹ Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA, Covariation in plant abundance and diversity estimators in an old field herbaceous plant community.

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Poster # 6. Brandner, Thomas ^*,1, ¹ Edgewood College, Madison, WI, Why we should not forget biomes when considering biodiversity.

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Poster # 7. Vogelsang, Keith^*,1, Reynolds, Heather¹, Bever, James¹, ¹ Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA, Arbuscular mycorrhizal species richness and identity influence prairie community structure under variable phosphorus conditions.

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Poster # 8. Epps, Kimberly^*,1, Comerford, Nicholas¹, ¹ University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, An index of biochemical diversity: from strategies of the living to afterlife effects.

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Poster # 9. Belote, R. Travis ^*,1, Hood, Sharon^{2, 4}, Wender, Bryan ^{3, 4}, Jones, Robert¹, Zedaker, Shepherd⁴, ¹ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA² US Forest Service, Missoula, MT, USA⁴ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksbrug, VA, USA³ US National Park Service, Oneida, TN, USA, Disturbance intensity determines the relationship between native and non-native species diversity in the southern Appalachian Mountains.

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Poster # 10. Stadler, Jutta¹, Klotz, Stefan ¹, Berges, Laurent ², Brooker, Rob³, Matesanz, Silvia⁴, Meszaros, Ilona ⁵, Schmidt, Wolfgang⁶, Brandl, Roland⁷, ¹ UFZ-Ctr. Environmental Research, Halle/Saale, Germany² Cemagref, Nogent/Vernisson, France³ CEH-Banchory, Banchory, United Kingdom⁴ C.C.M.A-C.S.I.C, Madrid, Spain⁵ Debrecen University Faculty of Natural Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary⁶ University Goettingen, Goettingen, Gemany⁷ University Marburg, Marburg, Germany, Drivers and pressures on biodiversity: importance and actual projects.

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Poster # 11. Poos, Mark^*,1, Walker, Stephen¹, Jackson, Donald , ¹ Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA, The mismeasure of function diversity (FD): the importance of choice.

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Poster # 12. Grizzle, Heath^*,1, Zak, John¹, Robertson, Traesha¹, Tissue, David¹, ¹ Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Microbial functional diversity profiles in response to simulated nitrogen deposition and variable precipitation in the Chihuahuan Desert, Big Bend National Park, TX.

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Poster # 13. Sanchez, Marisel^{*,1, 2}, Stevens, M. Henry², Lee, Jaesung², Finkel, Steven³, ¹ University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico² Miami University, Oxford, OH³ University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, The role of total population size in the emergence and dynamics of diversification along a resource gradient in a homogenous environment.

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Poster # 14. Sackett, Tara^*,1, Buddle, Chris¹, ¹ Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada, Patterns of spider diversity: the roles of randomness and dispersal ability.

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Poster # 16. Emrick , Verl ^*,, Jones, Robert , , The abundance and diversity of plant functional groups in response to a disturbance gradient at Fort Pickett, Virginia.

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Poster # 18. Elliott, Katherine^*,1, Vose, James¹, Knoepp, Jennifer¹, Clinton, Barton¹, Kloeppel, Brian², ¹ Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Otto, NC² University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Functional role of a diverse herbaceous layer in the southern Appalachians.

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Poster # 19. Kaeser, Melanie^*,1, Kirkman, L. Katherine¹, Smith, Lora¹, Golloday, Stephen¹, Liner, Anna^{1, 2}, Muenz, Tara ¹, Steen, David ¹, ¹ Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, GA² University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Biodiversity in depressional wetlands: a pilot study in cross-taxon congruence of species diversity in southwest Georgia.

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