8:00 AM

Dunphy, Brian1, Van Bloem, Skip*,2, Murphy, Peter1, Lugo, Ariel3, 1 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI2 University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR3 USDA Forest Service International Institute for Tropical Forestry, Rio Piedras, PR, Rates and patterns of tree growth in a Caribbean subtropical dry forest over an 18-year period.

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8:20 AM

Gonzalez, Patrick*,1, Marques, Alessandro2, 1 The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA2 Instituto de Estudos Sócio-Ambientais do Sul da Bahia, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil, Partial recovery of Mata Atlântica (Atlantic Forest) in Sul da Bahia, Brazil.

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8:40 AM

Metz, Margaret*,1, 1 University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Seedling dynamics in a lowland rainforest: results from Yasuní National Park, Ecuador.

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9:20 AM

Benner, Jon*,1, Vitousek, Peter1, 1 Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Phosphorus fertilization stimulates bloom in nitrogen-fixing epiphytes in a Hawaiian montane rainforest.

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9:40 AM

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9:50 AM

Muñiz-Castro, Miguel Angel1, Williams-Linera, Guadalupe*,1, 1 Instituto de Ecologia, A.C., Xalapa, Mexico, Changes in vegetation structure and relative abundance of tree functional groups along a chronosequence of abandoned pastures in a Mexican cloud forest landscape.

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10:30 AM

Urrego, Dunia*,1, Bush, Mark1, Silman, Miles2, 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Melbourne, FL, USA2 Department of Biology, Winston-Salem, NC, USA, Ecological rates of change in a biodiversity hotspot during the Late Quaternary.

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11:10 AM

Silman, Miles*,1, Salinas, Norma2, Farfan, William2, Garcia, Karina2, Bush, Mark3, Bradford, Jason4, 1 Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA2 Universidad Nacional San Antonio del Abad, Cusco, Cusco, Peru3 Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, USA4 University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA, Tree community composition and diversity from Amazonian lowlands to Andean treeline.

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