1:30 PM

Lambert, Amy *,1, 1 University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Is the island marble butterfly a good candidate for restoration?

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1:50 PM

Molano-Flores, Brenda*,1, 1 Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL, Reconstructed or native prairies: does it make a difference for plant-insect herbivore interactions?

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2:10 PM

Alba Lynn, Christina*,1, Detling, James1, 1 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Prairie dogs and harvester ants as disturbance agents on the shortgrass steppe: implications for habitat heterogeneity.

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2:30 PM

Kardol, Paul*,1, Bezemer, T1, 2, van der Putten, Wim1, 1 Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Heteren, the Netherlands2 Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands, Microbe-mediated plant-soil feedback in pioneer stages of secondary succession causes long-lasting historical contingency effects in plant community composition.

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2:50 PM

Henry, Hugh*,1, 1 University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Soil freeze thaw cycles: the implications of warmer winters and precipitation changes.

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3:10 PM

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3:40 PM

Myklebust, May*,1, Ryel, Ronald1, 1 Utah State University, Logan, UT, A process-based model of soil carbon dioxide efflux in a semi-arid grass, Bromus tectorum.

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4:00 PM

Ignace, Danielle*,1, Huxman, Travis1, Weltzin, Jake2, Williams, David3, 1 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA2 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA3 University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA, Leaf photosynthetic responses of native and non-native C4 grasses to precipitation pulses in a desert grassland.

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4:20 PM

Abraham, Joel*,1, Corbin, Jeffery1, D'Antonio, Carla2, 1 University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA2 University of California, Santa Barbara, Goleta, CA, Native perennial bunchgrass resistance to invasion by Foeniculum vulgare (fennel) in a California coastal grassland.

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