8:00 AM

Espeland, Erin*,1, 1 Ecology Graduate Group, Davis, CA, Competitive symmetry, asymmetry, facilitation, and evolutionary outcomes in an annual plant.

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8:20 AM

Mueller, Rebecca*,, Scudder, Crescent, Gehring, Catherine, , Understory response to nurse plant mortality following severe drought.

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8:40 AM

Cavieres, Lohengrin*,1, 2, Molina-Montenegro, Marco1, 2, 1 Universidad de Concepcion, Concepcion, Chile2 Instituto de Ecologia y Biodiversidad, Santiago, Chile, Can facilitation change the altitudinal distribution of plant species?

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9:00 AM

Freestone, Amy*,1, 1 Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, Facilitation influences local abundance and regional distribution of a rare plant in a harsh environment.

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9:20 AM

Haines, Bruce*,1, Peterson, Chris1, 1 University of Georgia, Athens, GA, The nucleation model does not apply to early postagricultural succession in five Costa Rican premontane pasture sites.

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9:40 AM

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9:50 AM

Hanna, Alyssa*,1, McGraw, James1, 1 West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, The potential role of allelochemical compounds in altering of interspecific and intraspecific competitive effects in Ailanthus altissima and Robinia pseudoacacia.

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10:10 AM

Cipollini, Don*,1, Dorning, Monica1, 1 Wright State University, Dayton, OH, Allelopathy in the invasive shrub, Lonicera maackii.

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10:30 AM

John, Libby1, Hodgson, Jenny1, 2, Hartley, Sue1, Hutchings, Mike*,1, 1 University of Sussex, Brighton, UK2 University of York, York, UK, The genetic identity of competitors determines root system architecture in Arabidopsis thaliana.

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10:50 AM

Eilts, J. Alex*,1, Huxman, Travis1, 1 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Disproportionate effects of rare versus abundant exotic plant species on native plant performance in a desert grassland.

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