1:30 PM

Gomes, Inês D*,1, Pereira, Henrique M1, 2, Vicente, Luís2, 1 Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal2 Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, The species-area relationship for vascular plants in three habitats in northern Portugal.

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1:50 PM

Wardwell, Donald*,1, Allen, Craig2, Peterson, Garry 3, Tyre, Andrew4, 1 Nebraska Fish and Wildlife Cooperative Research Unit, Lincoln, NE2 USGS - Nebraska Fish and Wildlife Cooperative Research Unit, Lincoln, NE3 McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada4 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, A test of the cross-scale resilience model: functional richness in Mediterranean-climate ecosystems.

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2:10 PM

Scheiner, Samuel *,1, Willig, Michael2, 1 National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA2 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Do ecologists have GUTs: a search for unified theories in community ecology.

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2:30 PM

Jarnevich, Catherine1, Stohlgren, Thomas1, Flather, Curtis2, 1 USGS Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, CO2 USDA Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO, Theory versus prediction- a new look at species-area relationships.

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2:50 PM

Chen, Anping*,1, 1 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, The artificial mid-domain effect: can species range overlap counts represent species richness?

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3:10 PM

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3:40 PM

Gilman, Alex*,1, Rundel, Philip 1, Colwell, Robert2, 1 University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA2 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Species richness and distribution patterns of understory Rubiaceae across a montane elevational gradient in Costa Rica.

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4:00 PM

Rosson, James*,1, 1 USDA Forest Service, So. Res. Station, Knoxville, TN, Characteristics of understory tree species richness on pine plantations in the Midsouth, USA.

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4:20 PM

Siegrist, Jack*,1, Keddy, Paul1, 1 Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, USA, The relative importance of environmental heterogeneity in species-area relationships.

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4:40 PM

Cao, Yong1, Hawkins, Charles1, Larsen, David2, Van Sickle, John2, 1 Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA2 Western Ecology Devision, US-EPA NHEERL, Corvallis, OR, USA, Estimating relative differences in species richness among assemblages: a comparison of three methods.

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