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Monday, July 28th

Monday, July 28th, 8:00 am to 9:45 am · Council Chambers/SUB
Session 2: Contributed Papers: Invasive and Introduced Species I
Presiding: Cynthia Huebner, Northern Research Station
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2001July 28th 8:00 amCouncil Chambers/SUBPlant invasion in systems characterized by discrete distrubance: alternative hypotheses
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Oral PaperGorchov, David L..Invasive Species
treefall gap
establishment
Rubus phoenicolasius
Lonicera maackii
alliaria petiolata
Acer platanoides
discrete disturbance
biological invasion
2002July 28th 8:15 amCouncil Chambers/SUBA Comparison of the Competitive Ability of Ailanthus altissima (Miller) Swingle (Tree of Heaven) and Acer rubrum L. (Red Maple) Under Different Growing Conditions
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Oral PaperHuebner, Cynthia.Ailanthus altissima
competitive ability
2003July 28th 8:30 amCouncil Chambers/SUBImpacts of introduced rats on plant recruitment at Palmyra Atoll
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Oral PaperWegmann, Alexander, S.; Drake, Donald R..plant reproductive ecology
Terminalia catappa
Rattus rattus
Land crab
seed predation
dispersal
seedling recruitment
2004July 28th 8:45 amCouncil Chambers/SUBCompetition and inbreeding depression: invasive purple loosestrife alters inbreeding depression in Mimulus ringens
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Oral PaperGriffin, Nicholas; Templeton, Alan; Knight, Tiffany.inbreeding depression
inbreeding
competition
mating system
Monday, July 28th, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm · Council Chambers/SUB
Session 11: Contributed Papers: Invasive and Introduced Species II
Presiding: Brenda J. Grewell, USDA-ARS Exotic & Invasive Weeds Research
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11001July 28th 10:00 amCouncil Chambers/SUBThe impact of Spotted Knapweed (C. maculosa) on the grassland community of Lac du Bois Provincial Park
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Oral PaperMay, Laura; Baldwin, Lyn.Centaurea maculosa
grasslands
Phytotoxin
allelopathy
Modified Whittaker Plot
11002July 28th 10:15 amCouncil Chambers/SUBClonal spread of invasive Ludwigia species in freshwater wetlands of California
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Oral PaperOkada, Miki; Grewell, Brenda J.; Jasieniuk, Marie.Ludwigia
invasive
aquatic
clonal
AFLP
11003July 28th 10:30 amCouncil Chambers/SUBEcological divergence of wild tomatoes driven by the Andean uplift and the subsequent climate changes
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Oral PaperNakazato, Takuya; Sepulchre, Pierre; Moyle, Leonie C..tomato
adaptation
ecological speciation
Andes
paleoclimate
11004July 28th 10:45 amCouncil Chambers/SUB
Canceled
Cytologic and morphometric analyses clarify Ludwigia species invading aquatic ecosystems in Pacific western states, USA
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Oral PaperGrewell, Brenda J.; Canington, Deborah; Futrell, Caryn J..Ludwigia
Invasive plants
weeds
Aquatic plants
wetlands
biological invasion
Monday, July 28th, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm · Council Chambers/SUB
Session 21: Contributed Papers: Reproductive Biology
Presiding: Suzanne Koptur, Florida International University
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21001July 28th 1:30 pmCouncil Chambers/SUBReproductive Implications of Floral Herbivory in the butterfly pea, Centrosema virginianum (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae)
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Oral PaperCardel-Sharp, Yuria; Koptur, Suzanne.pollination
herbivory
plant-animal interaction
Plant-insect
floral display
fruit set
Florivory
21002July 28th 1:45 pmCouncil Chambers/SUBFlorivory and pollination of Anaxagorea crassipetala, a neotropical species of Annonaceae
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Oral PaperArmstrong, Joseph E.; Collier, Glen E..Florivory
pollination
Annonaceae
neotropical
beetle
21003July 28th 2:00 pmCouncil Chambers/SUB
Canceled
Comparative analysis of the reproductive ecology of two myco-heterotrophic genera in the Monotropoideae (Ericaceae)
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Oral PaperKlooster, Matthew R.; Culley, Theresa M..myco-heterotrophy
reproductive ecology
Ericaceae
Monotropa
Monotropsis
pollination
breeding system
21005July 28th 2:30 pmCouncil Chambers/SUBEvolution of weediness in the Chamaesyce clade of Euphorbia s.l. (Euphorbiaceae) – biogeography, shift to early onset of reproductive growth, and opportunistic life-history strategies
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Oral PaperYang, Ya; Berry, Paul E..Chamaesyce
weediness
character evolution
Biogeography
21006July 28th 2:45 pmCouncil Chambers/SUBFloral transmission of bacterial wilt disease in Cucurbita texana
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Oral PaperWinsor, James; Sasuclark, Miruna A; Stephenson, Andrew G..bacterial wilt disease
Erwinia
Cucurbitaceae
floral transmission
beetle
21004July 28th 3:00 pmCouncil Chambers/SUBSelection by climate and pollinators on mating-system-associated traits
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Oral PaperElle, Elizabeth.pollination
evolution of selfing
mating-system evolution
plant growth and development
abiotic selection
Monday, July 28th, 3:45 pm to 5:30 pm · Council Chambers/SUB
Session 28: Contributed Papers: Vegetation Ecology
Presiding: Kyle Dexter, Duke University
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28001July 28th 3:45 pmCouncil Chambers/SUBTree plots, DNA barcoding, and tropical ecologists' contribution to species discovery
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Oral PaperDexter, Kyle; Terborgh, John; Cunningham, Cliff.DNA Barcoding
tropical trees
Species Discovery
Amazon Rainforest
Inga (Mimosoideae: Fabaceae)
28002July 28th 4:00 pmCouncil Chambers/SUBPlant and soil relationships in Manitoba tallgrass prairie
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Oral PaperFaber, Sandi.Tallgrass prairie
community structure
species diversity
feedback
plant-microbe interaction
soil microorganisms
28003July 28th 4:15 pmCouncil Chambers/SUBThe hypothesis of diminishing returns: evidence from the scaling of specific leaf area
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Oral PaperNiklas, Karl J.; Cobb, Edward D..allometry
leaf traits
28004July 28th 4:30 pmCouncil Chambers/SUBFloral reflectance patterns and thermoregulation in European populations of Plantago lanceolata: A test of adaptive phenotypic plasticity
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Oral PaperLacey, Elizabeth; Lovin, Mary Beth; Richter, Scott J.; Herington, Dean A..floral evolution
thermoregulation
phenotypic plasticity
Spectral reflectance
ecophysiology
geographic variation
thermal acclimation
28005July 28th 4:45 pmCouncil Chambers/SUBAllelopathy in Castelnavia (Podostemaceae)
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Oral PaperPhilbrick, Paula; Philbrick, C. Thomas.plant community
species interaction
angiosperm
28006July 28th 5:00 pmCouncil Chambers/SUBRevisiting the paleoclimate of southwestern British Columbia: New tools, new interpretations
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Oral PaperGoring, Simon J; Mathewes, Rolf W.paleoclimate
paleoecology
Holocene
climate change
28007July 28th 5:15 pmCouncil Chambers/SUBGenome size is a strong predictor of cell size and stomatal density in angiosperms
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Oral PaperBeaulieu, JM; Leitch, Ilia J.; Patel, S; Pendharkar, A; Knight, CA.genome size
cell size
stomata
stomatal density
independent contrasts

Tuesday, July 29th

Tuesday, July 29th, 8:00 am to 9:45 am · 212/SUB
Session 30: Contributed Papers: Biological and Genetic Diversity
Presiding: Elizabeth Elle, Simon Fraser University
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30001July 29th 8:00 am212/SUBVariation among populations of Ipomoea pes-caprae (Convolvulaceae) growing around the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean
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Oral PaperDevall, Margaret; Thien, Leonard.common garden study
strand vegetation
30002July 29th 8:15 am212/SUBLeaf and stem trait variation of a widespread tropical dry forest species along a post-disturbance successional gradient
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Oral PaperBhaskar, Radika; Dawson, Todd; Balvanera, Patricia.legume
specific leaf area
plasticity
30003July 29th 8:30 am212/SUBAssessing the efficacy of buffer strips in sustaining floristic diversity in interior forests
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Oral PaperPetersen, Christine; Black, Scott; Baldwin, Lyn; Bradfield, Gary, E.; Karakatsoulis, John.Species Richness
small streams
riparian zones
PLANTS
forestry practises
30004July 29th 8:45 am212/SUBDiversity and Forest Structure of lowland tropical rain forests in the insular Pacific
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Oral PaperKeppel, Gunnar; Possingham, Hugh P.; Buckley, Yvonne M..rainforest
latitudinal gradient
species diversity
South Pacific
forest structure
oceanic islands
Biogeography
30006July 29th 9:15 am212/SUBPelargonium community assembly in South Africa: The influence of phylogeny, morphology, and climate
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Oral PaperPrunier, Rachel; Holsinger, Kent E.; Jones, Cynthia S.; Schlichting, Carl.Pelargonium
community assembly
phylogenetics
spatial patterns
30005July 29th 9:30 am212/SUBDeterminants of broad-scale plant species richness across Madagascar
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Oral PaperHong-Wa, Cynthia; Distler, Trisha; Schatz, George E.; Lowry, Porter P. II; Jimenez, Ivan.Madagascar
Plant species richness
Spatial heterogeneity
Anthropogenic extinction
Geometric constraints
Species-energy
Tuesday, July 29th, 10:00 am to 11:30 am · 212/SUB
Session 39: Contributed Papers: Disturbance and Pollution
Presiding: Margaret Devall, U.S. Forest Service, Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research
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39001July 29th 10:00 am212/SUBPlant functional group response to livestock grazing in depressional wetlands
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Oral PaperJones, W. Marc; Fraser, Lauchlan H.; Curtis, P. Jeff.grazing
plant functional groups
Wetland
hierarchical models
39002July 29th 10:15 am212/SUBEvaluating the Influence of Cattle Grazing on a Coastal Prairie in Central California
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Oral PaperSkaer, M. J.; Graydon, D. J.; Cushman, J. H..biological invasion
community-level effects
grazing
grasslands
39003July 29th 10:30 am212/SUBSoil fungal dynamics in a loblolly pine forest exposed to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide over a seven year period: interactions with soil N fertility
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Oral PaperPritchard, Seth; McCormack, M. Luke; Strand, Allan; Davis, Micheal; Breland, Sabrie; Oren, Ram.Elevated CO2
mycorrhizal fungi
rhizomorph
nitrogen limitation
nitrogen and carbon metabolism
39004July 29th 10:45 am212/SUBChanges in vegetation patterns on Vancouver Island and Saltspring Island (British Columbia, Canada) since European settlement
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Oral PaperBjorkman, Anne; Vellend, Mark.historical ecology
presettlement vegetation
Vancouver Island
39005July 29th 11:00 am212/SUB
Canceled
Cryptic mimicry functions as an effective plant defense strategy for herbivore avoidance in the myco-heterotroph, Monotropsis odorata (Ericaceae)
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Oral PaperKlooster, Matthew R.; Culley, Theresa M..cryptic mimicry
Monotropsis odorata
Ericaceae
herbivory
plant defense
myco-heterotrophy
Tuesday, July 29th, 1:00 pm to 3:15 pm · 214/SUB
Session 44: Contributed Papers: Phenology
Presiding: Laura Galloway, University of Virginia
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44001July 29th 1:30 pm214/SUBEvolution of a circular trait: Phenology in Banksia (Proteaceae)
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Oral PaperCowan, Peter D; Bolmgren, Kjell; Mast, Austin.evolution
phenology
circular statistics
trade-offs
banksia
phylogenetic independent contrasts
Proteaceae
44002July 29th 1:45 pm214/SUBSeasonal patterns of tannin production in post oaks (Fagaceae: Quercus stellata) in wet vs. dry years
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Oral PaperRice, Stanley A.; Corbett, Erica A.; Moore, Sara A..Quercus stellata
tannins
plant-herbivore interactions
water potential
44003July 29th 2:00 pm214/SUBQuantification of plant phenology
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Oral PaperBiernacki, Maciej.phenology
heat accumulation
plant development
mathematical model
leaf area
root area
timing of plant phenology
heat zones
standardized plant growth
44004July 29th 2:15 pm214/SUBResource storage and prolonged dormancy: Is it better to stay belowground?
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Oral PaperGremer, Jennifer R..Prolonged dormancy
resource allocation
Astragalus
life-history
44005July 29th 2:30 pm214/SUBMaternal effects influence life history evolution: Cross-generation associations between flowering phenology and timing of germination
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Oral PaperGalloway, Laura; Burgess, Kevin.Transgenerational effects
Seasonal Effects
Life history evolution
ecological genetics
Germination
flowering time
early flowering
indirect genetic effects
Artificial Selection
phenotypic manipulation
campanula
44006July 29th 2:45 pm214/SUBBelowground bud morphology, production, and dynamics of a C3 and a C4 perennial grass.
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Oral PaperOtt, Jacqueline P; Hartnett, David C..bud bank
C3 and C4 grasses
shoot development
plant architecture
bud morphology
demography
Tuesday, July 29th, 3:45 pm to 5:15 pm · 212/SUB
Session 51: Contributed Papers: Seed and Seedling Biology
Presiding: Bruce K. Kirchoff, University of North Carolina Greensboro
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51001July 29th 3:45 pm212/SUBFinding New Characters: An Exploration of Seed Coat Patterns in Lupines
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Oral PaperKirchoff, Bruce K.; Simms, Ellen; Remington, David L..Lupinus
characters
Seeds
seed coat
cognitive psychology
Fabaceae
methodology
Gestalts
51002July 29th 4:00 pm212/SUBSeed source specificity is not tightly associated with plant performance in a 3-year urban common garden experiment
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Oral PaperHandel, Steven; Clemants, Steven; Toth, Edward; Parag, Hadas; Chambers, Timothy.urban ecology
common garden
disturbance
Asclepias syriaca
Eupatorium rugosum
Euthamia graminifolia
Panicum virgatum
Solidago canadensis
51003July 29th 4:15 pm212/SUBInfluence of Associated Species, Soil and Seed Biology on Disjunct Distribution of Physaria ludoviciana (silvery bladderpod; Brassicaceae)
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Oral PaperJernegan, Marissa; Coons, Janice; Rolfsmeier, Steven.Brassicaceae
Reproductive biology
Lesquerella ludoviciana
51004July 29th 4:30 pm212/SUBCrossing the border – rain operated capsule-opening from African and American desert species and plants from alpine New Zealand
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Oral PaperPufal, Gesine; Garnock-Jones, Philip.hygrochasy
Veronica
Colobanthus
alpine New Zealand
rain dispersal
51005July 29th 4:45 pm212/SUBPersistence of woody reseeders and resprouters (Hypericum spp.) along fire-frequented ecoclines of the northern Florida gulf coast
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Oral PaperCrandall, Raelene; Platt, William.reseeder
resprouter
habitat associations
ecoclines
fire

Wednesday, July 30th

Wednesday, July 30th, 10:00 am to 11:45 am · 215/SUB
Session 58: Contributed Papers: Rare Species and Disjunct Populations
Presiding: Brett A. McMillan, Old Dominion University
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58001July 30th 10:00 am215/SUBRelict cloud forests with disjunct populations of Guatemalan-Mexican sugar maple (Acer saccharum subsp. skutchii) in relation to environmental and disturbance gradients
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Oral PaperVargas-Rodriguez, Yalma; Platt, William; Vazquez-Garcia, J. Antonio.species density
species decline
ancient flora
vegetation structure
Neogene vegetation
soil nutrients
58002July 30th 10:15 am215/SUBHabitat Specificity, Life Histories, and Physiology of Rare and Common Dudleya taxa of the Santa Monica Mountains, USA
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Oral PaperDorsey, Ann.Dudleya
rare plants
life history

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