8:00 AM

Sanders, Nathan*,1, Dunn, Robert*,2, Lessard, Jean-Philippe1, 2, Fitzpatrick, Matthew1, 1 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN2 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Species-Energy Theory and the assembly of ant communities across spatial grains.

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8:20 AM

Higgins, Christopher*,1, 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Stephenville, Texas, USA, Modeling stream-fish assemblages with niche apportionment models: patterns, processes, and scale dependence.

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9:00 AM

Verschuyl, Jake*,1, McWethy, Dave1, Hansen, Andrew1, 1 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, Biodiversity potential in the Pacific and Inland Northwest: Phase II; applications to industry planning areas.

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9:20 AM

Latimer, Andrew*,1, Silander, John*,1, Rebelo, Anthony2, 1 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT2 South African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Diversity and distribution limits in South African plants: a case study on proteas.

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9:40 AM

, Break.

9:50 AM

Griffin, Nicholas*,1, Ostman, Orjan1, 4, Strasburg, Jared2, Brisson, Jennifer3, Tempeton, Alan1, Knight, Tiffany1, Chase, Jon1, 1 Washington University, St. Louis, MO4 Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala, Sweden2 Indiana University, Bloomington, Bloomington, IN3 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Effects of habitat area and predators on arthropod communities.

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10:10 AM

Grace, James*,1, Anderson, Michael1, Smith, Melinda2, Seabloom, Eric3, Andelman, Sandy4, Weiher, Evan5, Sankaran, Mahesh6, Harpole, Stanley7, 1 USGS, Lafayette, LA2 Yale University, New Haven, CT3 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR4 NCEAS, Santa Barbara, CA5 University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI6 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO7 University of California, Irvine, CA, Environmental effects dominate direct interactions between plant productivity and diversity.

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10:30 AM

Franklin, Janet*,1, 1 San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, Mapping species distributions: spatial inference from environmental data.

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