8:00 AM

Miller, Christopher1, Holm, Jennifer2, Cropper, Wendell2, 1 Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, FL2 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Population dynamics of the morete palm (Mauritia flexuosa) in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

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8:20 AM

Wu, Xiaowen*,1, Liao, Chengzhang*,2, Li, Bo*,2, Chen, Jiakuan*,2, Luo, Yiqi*,1, 2, 1 University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA2 Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Ecosystem carbon and nitrogen dynamics as affected by biological invasion: a modeling assessment.

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8:40 AM

Russell, Ann*,1, Parton, William2, Raich, James1, Ojima, Dennis2, 1 Iowa State University, Ames, IA2 Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, Modeling complex effects of species on ecosystem processes in experimental plantations in the lowland tropics.

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9:00 AM

Cuddington, Kim*,1, Wilson, Will2, Hastings, Alan3, 1 Ohio University, Athens, OH2 Duke University, Durham, NC3 University of California - Davis, Davis, CA, Ecosystem engineers: runaway growth and multiple basins of attraction.

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9:20 AM

Schlueter, Maja*,1, 2, Pahl-Wostl, Claudia3, 1 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ2 UFZ- Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Leipzig, Germany3 University of Osnabrueck, Osnabrueck, Germany, Exploring resilience of a social-ecological system in a semi-arid river basin.

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9:40 AM

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9:50 AM

Gavinhos, Catarina2, Pereira, Henrique1, 2 Escola Superior Agrária do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal1 Instituto Superior Técnico da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Using source-sink models to test the influence of habitat amount vs. habitat arrangement.

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10:10 AM

Wagenius, Stuart*,1, Shaw, Ruth2, Geyer, Charles2, 1 Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL2 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, Joint analysis of survival and reproduction over 10 years in perennial Echinacea plants from seven populations.

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10:30 AM

Schmidt, John Paul*,1, 1 University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Demography and management of a sandhill endemic species Ceratiola ericoides: using hierarchical Bayesian models for characterizing growth, survival, and fecundity in a short-term data set.

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10:50 AM

Reed, Aaron*,1, Slade, Norman1, 1 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, Is complex model structure necessary in demographic models?

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11:10 AM

Cropper, Wendell*,1, Loudermilk, Louise1, 1 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Seedling density-dependence and fire in a longleaf pine matrix population model.

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