8:00 AM

Reinhart, Kurt*,1, Clay, Keith 1, 1 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Testing the Janzen-Connell hypothesis in a temperate forest.

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8:20 AM

Yang, Suann*,1, Yang, Sylvia2, 1 Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA2 University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, Community context and early population dynamics of an animal-dispersed plant at Mount St. Helens.

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8:40 AM

Griffith, Alden*,1, Loik, Michael1, 1 Environmental Studies Department, Santa Cruz, CA, Impacts of snow depth and microhabitat on the growth and demography of Bromus tectorum.

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9:00 AM

Smith, Tim2, Ely, Joseph*,1, 2 Missouri Department of Conservation, Jeffereson, MO, USA1 Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO, USA, Demographic and ecological analysis of Geocarpon minimum (Caryophyllaceae): a federally threatened species in southwest Missouri.

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9:20 AM

Clark, David*,1, 2, Clark, Deborah 1, 2, 1 La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Heredia, COSTA RICA2 Department of Biology, St. Louis, MO, USA, Relative demographic performance of a dominant tropical rain forest tree: no smoking gun?

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9:40 AM

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9:50 AM

Angert, Amy*,1, Barron-Gafford, Greg, Pearson, Catherine, Huxman, Travis, Venable, David, 1 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Functional trait variation and differential responsiveness to precipitation in a guild of Sonoran Desert winter annuals.

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10:10 AM

Spindler, Lori*,1, Casper, Brenda1, 1 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, What do survivorship curves tell us about senescence in plants?

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10:30 AM

Knight, Tiffany*,1, 1 Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, Comparisons of seed predation and demography among rare and common Lupinus species.

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10:50 AM

Metcalf, Jessica*,3, Rees, Mark1, Sheppard, Andy2, 3 Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany1 University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK2 CSIRO European Laboratory, Montpellier, France, Spatial vs temporal variation in survival and growth in Carduus nutans.

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