Abstracts received so far:

1. ADAMS, CHRISTOPHER A.*, JERRY M. BASKIN, AND CAROL C. BASKIN. - Vegetative and floral morphology, flowering phenology, and life cycle type of Grindelia lanceloata (Asteraceae) from cedar glades in middle Tennessee and northern Alabama: A common garden study.
2. ALLPHIN, LOREEN*, AMY HUNT, AND VAL J. ANDERSON. - Genetic variability and loss of reproductive capacity in isolated populations of Utah juniper.
3. ANDERSON, ROGER C.*, NELSON DEBRA, AND MARCIA A. RICKEY. - Response of prairie forbs to whitetailed deer browsing.
4. ANTLFINGER, ANN E.* AND DIANA BRADSHAW. - Seed germination and seedling establishment of Spiranthes cernua (Orchidaceae) in a native and a reestablished prairie. [Poster]
5. ANTONSEN, HILDE, ROGER C. ANDERSON*, AND STEVEN A. JULIANO. - Reanalyzing data on effects of nutrients on Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem) with high and low AM colonization. [Poster]
6. ARII, KEN AND MARTIN J. LECHOWICZ.* - The sapling ecology of beech-maple codominance in an old-growth forest.
7. BADARAU, ALEXANDRU - SABIN*, MIHAI CONSTANTINESCU, STEFAN DEZSI, AND FLORIN PENDEA. - Biogeography and degradation of the grasslands dominated by Stipa sect. Stipa species in the Transylvanian forest - steppe. Consequences upon the evolution of the regional landscape.
8. BELL, JOHN M.*, JEFFERY D. KARRON, AND RANDALL J. MITCHELL. - The effect of interspecific competition for pollinator service on pollen dispersal and mating patterns in Mimulus ringens. [Poster]
9. BELL, TIMOTHY J.* AND MARLIN BOWLES. - Elasticity analysis of Pitcher’s thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) and Mead’s milkweed (Asclepias meadii) restorations.
10. BROCK, MARCUS T. - The threat of genetic assimilation to the integrity of a native plant species, Taraxacum ceratophorum (Asteraceae).
11. BYERLEY, M. BROOKE* AND SHANNA CARNEY. - Developmental instability and floral formula deviation in Phlox. [Poster]
12. BYERS, DIANE L.* AND AARON WARSAW. - The fragmentation of prairies environments and the consequences for a gynodioecous species, Lobelia spicata.
13. CARMICHAEL, JEFFREY S.*, KATY W. EULISS, AND GEORGANN F. COLLINS. - The effects of selenium accumulation in canola (Brassica napus).
14. CARRINO, SARAH R.* AND NANCY L. SMITH-HUERTA. - Effects of nutrient supplementation on components of reproduction in the wildflower Clarkia unguiculata (Onagraceae). [Poster]
15. CATHERALL, JENNIFER M* AND HUGUES B MASSICOTTE. - Ectomycorrhizal associations of Larix laricina (tamarack) and Betula glandulosa (scrub birch) growing in wetland ecosystems in central British Columbia. [Poster]
16. CID, CARMEN R. - Effect of soil seed bank response to flooding on seasonal and spatial variation in vegetation structure of Connecticut's urban inland wetlands. [Poster]
17. CLAERBOUT, ANN E.*, JANICE M. COONS, HENRY R. OWEN, AND BRENT L. TODD. - Floral Biology of Lesquerella ludoviciana, an Endangered Plant in Illinois.
18. DECH, JEFFERY P.* AND M. ANWAR MAUN. - Zonation in plant communities along a burial gradient in an ecotone between coastal dunes and oak savanna.
19. DECH, JEFFERY P.* AND PETER NOSKO. - Phenotypic plasticity in Lythrum salicaria L. along a competition gradient in central Ontario wetlands. [Poster]
20. DELESALLE, VERONIQUE A* AND SUSAN J MAZER. - Comparing pollen:ovule ratios of early versus late flowers in Clarkia species with contrasting mating system. [Poster]
21. EKECHUKWU, KENNETH O* AND TARUN K MAL. - Assessment of Plant Biodiversity at Cleveland Metroparks: Preliminary Analysis.
22. EMRY, D. JASON. - Seedling establishment of Helianthus petiolaris: integrating the effects of landscape position and local disturbance.
23. FAIVRE, AMY E. - Reproductive biology of seven understory Psychotria species on Barro Colorado Island, Panama.
24. FEIST, MARY ANN*, BRENDA MOLANO-FLORES, JASON A. KOONTZ, AND CHRISTOPHER WHELAN. - Seed germination, host preference, and genetic diversity of the hemiparisitic plant Agalinis auriculata (Scrophulariaceae), an Illinois threatened species. [Poster]
25. GANGER, MIKE T. - Reproductive success and genet development in a clonal herb: the case for context.
26. GIBSON, J. PHIL* AND E. CAYENNE ENGEL. - Pericarp characteristics and the expression of heterocarpy in Grindelia ciliata (Asteraceae).
27. GRACEFFA, L., J. GUEVIN, H. HOPE, AND M. SCHLESSMAN.* - Flowering time, competition, and fecundity of gibberellin-deficient rapid-cycling brassica. [Poster]
28. GROSS, MICHAEL F. - Vegetation characteristics of a New Jersey Pinelands community containing high terrestrial gastropod density and exotic gastropod species. [Poster]
29. HANNAN, GARY L. - Environmentally induced changes in clonal structure and flowering frequency in Iris lacustris (Iridaceae). [Poster]
30. HAWKINS, TRACY S.*, CAROL C. BASKIN, AND JERRY M. BASKIN. - Dormancy breaking requirements in seeds of two eastern- and one western-North American species of Angelica (Apiaceae).
31. HENKEL, SARAH K.* AND STEVEN MURRAY. - Morphological variation and patterns of reproduction and recruitment in lower intertidal populations of the kelp Egregia menziesii (Turner) Areschoug.
32. HOLMQUIST, KARSTEN G.A.*, JEFFREY D. KARRON, AND RANDALL J. MITCHELL. - The effect of variation in floral morphology on pollen and gene dispersal in Mimulus ringens. [Poster]
33. HOOTON, NATALIE* AND CINDY BENNINGTON. - Floral gender and reproductive success in Passiflora incarnata. [Poster]
34. JOG, SUNEETI. - Vascular Plant Flora of Highland Heights Community Park: A Floristic Survey and Trend Analysis of a Subarban Wetland. [Poster]
35. KAY, ELMA E.* AND PETER BERNHARDT. - Evolution of vertebrate pollination in Passiflora sp. of the Greater Antilles. [Poster]
36. KELLY, MARTIN G. - Comparing non-parametric and parametric methods of analysis for natural selection. [Poster]
37. KERSHANSKAYA, OLGA* AND HAMLYN JONES. - Natural and agro-ecosystems management and global climate change in Central Asia.
38. KOPTUR, SUZANNE*, JAMES R. SNYDER, MICHAEL S. ROSS, CHRIS K. BORG, AND HONG LIU. - Selective grazing by Key Deer after fire changes plant morphology, reproduction, and species composition in pine rockland understory.
39. LANDIS, FRANK*, THOMAS GIVNISH, AND ANDREA GARGAS. - Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and understory plant diversity along light gradients in Wisconsin oak savannas.
40. LIU, HONG*, STEVE G. PLATT, AND CHRIS K. BORG. - Seed dispersal by the eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina ) in subtropical pine rockland of the Lower Florida Keys.
41. LU, BIN, YOSHITAKA TAKAHASHI, AND SHUANG-QUAN HUANG.* - A preliminary study of reproductive biology of Dovetree (Davidia involucrata). [Poster]
42. MAHAN, LEAH M. - Environmental factors affecting the survival of the spikeweed Centromadia fitchii (Asteraceae) in the Northern Sacramento Valley of California.
43. MANNOURIS, COSTAS* AND DIANE L. BYERS. - The impact of fragmentation on the competitive ability of a native prairie plant species, Chamaecrista fasiculata.
44. MCCANN, KELLY* AND JOANNE M. DANNENHOFFER. - The reproductive biology of Hill's thistle, Cirsium hillii. [Poster]
45. METTLER, PAIGE A.* AND MARIAN SMITH. - An assessment of the ecological requirements of Schoenoplectus hallii (Hall's bulrush),Cyperaceae.
46. MOLANO-FLORES, BRENDA. - The impact of insect flower/fruit herbivory in Eryngium yuccifolium (Apiaceae) native and restored populations.
47. MOODY-WEIS, JENNIFER* AND MARY JAMIESON. - Experimental Removal of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) in Kansas. [Poster]
48. MURREN, COURTNEY J.* AND CARL D. SCHLICHTING. - Evolutionary ecology of gender determination and its influences on population sex ratio.
49. NIESENBAUM, RICHARD A.* AND EMILY KLUGER. - Variation in rates of herbivory in Lindera benzoin: the role of light, chemistry, and other factors.
50. NIKLAS, KARL J.* AND BRIAN J. ENQUIST. - Predicting reproductive biomass based on seed plant vegetative biomass partitioning patterns.
51. OTFINOWSKI, R.* AND M.A. MAUN. - Gradients, patches, and microhabitats: sand dune heterogeneity according to Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri), an endangered species of the Great Lakes.
52. PAI, ASWINI* AND BRIAN C. MCCARTHY. - Edaphic factors influencing rhizome biomass of Acorus calamus L. in southeastern Ohio.
53. PENDLEY, GRETCHEN KLIEM. - The pollination ecology of Opuntia cf. macrocentra (Cactaceae) in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas. [Poster]
54. RASCH, AARON*, H.S. ARATHI, AND JOHN KELLY. - Autogamy and floral longevity in Mimulus guttatus. [Poster]
55. REIFEL, KRISTEN M.*, BRANDON K. SWAN, JAMES M. WATTS, AND STUART H. HURLBERT. - Influence of freshwater inflows on plankton populations in a saline lake, the Salton Sea, California. [Poster]
56. RICE, STANLEY A.*, ERICA A. CORBETT, AND DIANA L. BANNISTER. - Between-year variation of herbivore defense in post oak Quercus stellata.
57. RICHARDSON, CHARLES RODGERS*, MIKE BOWLIN, AND D. NICHOLAS MC LETCHIE. - Differences in early life-history traits of two propagule types in the liverwort Marchantia inflexa.
58. RICKEY, MARCIA* AND ROGER ANDERSON. - Characterization of three Phragmites australis sites and populations through soil analysis and photosynthesis measurements. [Poster]
59. ROBERTSON, SUSAN J.* AND HUGUES B. MASSICOTTE. - Ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with naturally regenerating black spruce (Picea mariana) seedlings in wetland and upland forests in central British Columbia.
60. ROONEY, TOM*, SHANNON WIEGMANN, AND DON WALLER. - Fifty years of extinction, colonization, and turnover in northern hardwood herb communities.
61. SAUER, S L*, R C ANDERSON, R SWIGART, J FRALISH, AND A CARVER. - Modifying Distance Methods to Estimate Historical Tree Density from General Land Office Survey Records.
62. SCRIBAILO, ROBIN W. - Ecology of the globally rare charophyte Chara brittonii T. F. Allen ex Robinson.
63. SCRIBAILO, ROBIN W.* AND MITCHELL S. ALIX. - New and noteworthy aquatic plant species records from Indiana.
64. SMITH, JAPHIA* AND ROGER C. ANDERSON. - Using vital attributes modeling to predict long-term woodland vegetation responses to a variety of burning regimes. [Poster]
65. SMITH, MARIAN* AND PAIGE METTLER. - The response of photosynthesis, stomatal conductance and transpiration to light and relative humidity in Schoenoplectus hallii, a threatened wetland species.
66. STANFORD, ALICE M.*, LOI'Y MUSTAFA, CHRISTA RICHARDSON, AND SONJA SAUNDERS. - Low genetic diversity in a rare Virgin Islands' endemic, Solanum conocarpum (Solanaceae).
67. STEVEN, JANET* AND DON WALLER. - Resource allocation to sex function in wind- and insect-pollinated species of Thalictrum (Ranunculaceae).
68. STUDLAR, SUSAN MOYLE. - Moss harvest in West Virginia: target species and incidental take.
69. SUDLER, K. NICOLE. - The effect of competition and physiological integration on fitness-related traits in Viola blanda.
70. VASSEUR, LIETTE. - Population flexibility and low allozymic variation in the two disjunct populations of Hydrocotyle umbellata in Canada.
71. WALCK, JEFFREY L.* AND SITI N. HIDAYATI. - The influence of light during dormancy release on germination of Schoenolirion croceum (Hyacinthaceae) seeds.