8:00 AM

Carter, Gregory*,1, Lucas, Kelly1, Otvos, Ervin2, 1 University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS, USA2 University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS, USA, Losses of vegetative cover on Mississippi barrier islands during Hurricane Katrina.

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8:20 AM

Manninen, Outi*,1, Tolvanen, Anne2, 1 University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland2 Finnish Forest Research Institute, Muhos Research Unit, Muhos, Finland, The effects of fertilization and disturbance on understory vegetation in subarctic and boreal environments.

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8:40 AM

Queiroz, Cibele*,1, Pereira, Henrique1, Vicente, Luís 2, 1 Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal2 Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Biodiversity across a land-use gradient supports the intermediate disturbance hypothesis.

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9:00 AM

Selaya, N*,1,2, Anten, N2, 1 Utrecht University, The Netherlands2 Programa Manejo de Bosques de la Amazonía Boliviana, Riberalta, Bolivia, Interspecific differences in light interception and use of plants the first years of secondary succession in tropical forest.

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9:20 AM

Aveni-Deforge, Kyle*,1, Wethey, David1, 1 University of South Carolina, Columbia, Columbia, SC, Wave forces and the mechanics of resistance to disturbance in mussel beds.

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9:40 AM

, Break.

9:50 AM

Snow, Allison*,1, Smith, William1, 1 Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, Ecophysiology of a barrier island plant species, Amaranthus pumilus, and its response to storm overwash.

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10:10 AM

Riffell, Sam*,1, Gutzwilller, Kevin2, 1 Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS2 Baylor University, Waco, TX, Human intrusion and the abundance of a mammalian nest predator: multi-year experimental evidence.

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10:30 AM

Seavy, Nathaniel*,1, 2, Alexander, John1, 1 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL2 Klamath Bird Observatory, Ashland, OR, Do bird-habitat models accurately predict effects of large-scale disturbance?

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10:50 AM

Kashian, Donna*,1, Clements, William1, 1 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA, The cost of tolerance: sensitivity of a metal tolerant community to novel stressors.

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11:10 AM

Pathikonda, Sharmila*,1, Ackleh, Azmy1, Mopper, Susan1, 1 University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, USA, Modeling responses of wetland plant populations to salinity stress.

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