Abstracts received so far:
ADAMS, CHRISTOPHER A.*, JERRY M. BASKIN, AND CAROL C. BASKIN. - Comparative seed dormancy in three Aristolochia species: A test of two hypotheses on changes in ecological requirements in plant lineages.
ANDERSON, GREGORY J.* AND JAMES D. HILL. - Many To Flower, Few To Fruit: The Reproductive Biology of Hamamelis virginiana (Hamamelidaceae).
ARMSTRONG, JOSEPH E. - Competition among floral brooding insects and reproductive success in Anaxagorea crassipetala (Annonaceae).
ASHLEY, NATALIE* AND GARY K. GREER. - Effects of above-ground injury on the ability of Ailanthus altissima to effect neighbors via soil properties.
BAACK, ERIC J. - Barriers to reproductive success of tetraploid snow buttercups (Ranunculus adoneus ) due to interference from diploid plants.
BAGGS, JOANNE E.* AND JOYCE MASCHINSKI. - Detecting morphological and growth rate differences of a confusing Purshia complex using a common garden study.
BASKIN, CAROL C.*, OLLE ZACKRISSON, AND JERRY M. BASKIN. - Role of warm plus cold stratification in promoting germination of seeds with stony endocarps: Empetrum hermaphroditum .
BEACH, SHANNON E.*, JANICE M. COONS, HENRY R. OWEN, BRENT L. TODD, AND MARY ANN L. SMITH. - Comparison of seed production and germination in three distinct colonies of Lesquerella ludoviciana . [Poster]
BELL, TIMOTHY J.*, MARLIN BOWLES, JENNY MCBRIDE, KARYI HAVENS, AND PATI VITT. - Viability Analysis of a Restored Illinois Population of the Federal Threatened Pitcher's Thistle (Cirsium pitcheri ).
BHASKAR, RADIKA* AND DAVID ACKERLY. - Responses of hydraulic traits to light and water availability in a California chaparral shrub.
BINGHAM, ROBIN A.* AND NANCY D. COHEN. - Flowering, reproduction, and kleptoparasitism in an extreme southern disjunct population of Drosera rotundifolia . [Poster]
BLOOM, THOMAS C., JERRY M. BASKIN*, AND CAROL C. BASKIN. - Ecological life history of the facultative biennial Arabis laevigata var. laevigata (Brassicaceae).
CALLAHAN, PRISCILLA H.*, BRUCE HOAGLAND, AND PHILLIP T. CRAWFORD. - The effects of mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa ) encroachment on species diversity and composition of a mixed grass prairie. [Poster]
CARDON, ZOE G*, LOUISE A LEWIS, AND DEBORAH TYSER. - Evolutionary physiology of photosynthesis in desert-dwelling green algae.
CARRERO, GLORYVEE* AND DUANE KOLTERMAN. - Population ecology of the endangered Buxus vahlii Baillon (Buxaceae). [Poster]
CHOESIN, DEVI N.*, SRI AMNAH S., AND H. TAUFIKURAHMAN. - Ecological aspects of Vaccinium varingiaefolium growing in a stressed volcanic environment.
COLOSI, JOSEPH C*, JAMES J REILLY, AND WILLIAM S CURRAN. - The spread of herbicide resistance in Chenopodiaum album .
COOPER, CLIFTON E.*, SEAN C. THOMAS, AND WILLIAM E. WINNER. - Gas exchange behavior of old-growth conifer foliage in the Pacific Northwest. [Poster]
CULLEY, THERESA M. - Genetic effects of forest fragmentation in woodlot populations of an understory herb, Viola pubescens (Violaceae).
DAVIES, STUART J., SHAWN K.Y. LUM*, RAYMUND CHAN, AND LUAN KENG WANG. - Evolution of myrmecophytism in west Malesian species of Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae).
DEVALL, MARGARET*, NATHAN SCHIFF, AND DOUGLAS BOYETTE. - Ecology and reproductive biology of pondberry (Lindera melissifolia [Walt.] Blume, Lauraceae), an endangered species.
DOLAN, REBECCA W.*, ERIC S. MENGES, AND REBECCA YAHR. - Genetic variation in Nolina brittoniana, an endemic of the central ridges of Florida.
ECCLES, CHRIS* AND DARREN R. SANDQUIST. - Temperature acclimation of photosynthesis in four populations of the desert shrub Encelia farinosa . [Poster]
ENDRESS, BRYAN A. AND DAVID L. GORCHOV.* - Effects of leaf harvesting and browsing on the demography of Chamaedorea radicalis Mart. (Arecaceae) palms in the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve.
ENZ, JOHN. - Nectar robbers and non-nectar robbers: Their visitation rates and their effects on seed set in Virginia Bluebells, Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers.
EULISS, KATY W.* AND JEFFREY S. CARMICHAEL. - The effects of selenium accumulation in canola (Brassica napus).
FEILD, TAYLOR* AND N. MICHELE HOLBROOK. - Functional physiology of Amborella and 'ITA' plants.
FRAZIER, CHRISTOPHER K.* AND TIMOTHY K. LOWREY. - Pollination and reproductive ecology of three lowland tropical pitcher plants (Nepenthes ).
GEIGER, JOHN H. - Pollination and reproduction of Ruellia succulenta Small in pine rockland fragments.
HANNAN, GARY L. - Size-related changes in biomass allocation to male and female function in a wind-pollinated annual plant.
HAWKINS, TRACY S.*, JERRY M. BASKIN, AND CAROL C. BASKIN. - Ecological life cycle and phenology of biomass allocation in Cryptotaenia canadensis .
HUEBNER, CYNTHIA D. - Distribution of invasive plant species in eastern oak-hickory forests of West Virginia.
JOHNSON, MONICA L.*, DAVID A. TAIT, AND LOREEN ALLPHIN. - Ecological and genetic diversity in Draba burkei sp. nov. (Brassicaceae), a critically imperilled taxon. [Poster]
KACZOROWSKI, RAINEE* AND TIM HOLTSFORD. - Are nectar traits associated with pollination syndrome in wild tobaccos (Nicotiana , Solanaceae)?
KOPTUR, SUZANNE. - The floral biology and breeding system of Jacquemontia curtissii, an endemic morning glory of south Florida pine rocklands.
KORPELAINEN, HELENA. - A genetic method to resolve gender before sexual maturity complements investigations on sex ratios in dioecious Rumex acetosa .
LADOUX, TASHA* AND ELIZABETH A. FRIAR. - Self-Incompatibility in Ipomopsis tenuifolia (Polemoniaceae).
LARKIN, LEAH L.*, JOHN L. NEFF, AND BERYL B. SIMPSON. - Evolution of floral specificity in a group of andrenid bees.
LARSON, KATHERINE C. - Lack of pollinators limits fruit set in the exotic Lonicera japonica .
LEVERICH, W. J.*, JESúS M. DESANTIAGO, AND PHUONG JULIE NGUYEN. - Inequality in individual plant reproductive performance. [Poster]
LINDER, C. RANDAL*, BRIAN VANDEN HEUVEL, AND ROBERT B. JACKSON. - Making the connection: using DNA fingerprinting to link above- and below-ground plant parts in ecological studies.
MEEKER, RALPH B.* AND KATHERINE C. LARSON. - Fragmentation in a Southern Oak-Hickory Forest: Impacts on Species Richness and Invasibility.
MILLER, JILL S. - Floral morphometrics and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in Lycium (Solanaceae).
MILLER, JILL S.* AND PAMELA K. DIGGLE. - Evolutionary Diversification of Plastic Sex Expression in Andromonoecious Solanum section Lasiocarpa .
MOREHOUSE, SARAH AND STEVEN B. CARROLL.* - Effect on pollinator behavior of a flower-color polymorphism in Viola pedata.
MORRIS, ASHLEY B. - Assessing the potential for genetic resistance to beech bark disease in Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. (Fagaceae). [Poster]
MORRIS, LORNA L.* AND JEFFREY L. WALCK. - Growth and reproduction of the nonnative Ligustrum sinense and native Forestiera ligustrina (Oleaceae): implications for invasibility of exotic shrubs.
MORROW, PATRICE A. AND JOEL P. OLFELT.* - Defoliation elicits long term disappearance of clones.
NIKLAS, KARL J.* AND BRIAN J. ENQUIST. - An axiomatic tree biomass allocation pattern: derivation and verification.
NORTH, GRETCHEN B.*, PIERRE MARTRE, EDWARD G. BOBICH, AND PARK S. NOBEL. - Roots and rocks: how soil rockiness affects shoot and root growth, root distribution, and other root properties for two desert species, Agave deserti (Agavaceae) and Pleuraphis rigida (Poaceae). [Poster]
PETERSEN, RAYMOND L.*, ANDREA FAUST, JACQUELINE NAGAWA, CHANDI THOMAS, AND ANNICK VILMENAY. - Foreign mosquito survivorship in the pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea - the role of the pitcher-plant midge Metriocnemus knabi .
PIGLIUCCI, MASSIMO* AND JOHANNA SCHMITT. - Phenotypic plasticity to foliar and neutral shade in gibberellin mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana.
QUINN, JAMES A.* AND SCOTT J. MEINERS. - Sex ratios, growth rates, and survivorship of red cedar (Juniperus virginiana ) on the New Jersey Piedmont from 1963-2000.
RICE, STANLEY A.*, ERICA CORBETT, DIANA L. BANNISTER, JENNIFER MARBLE, IAN B. MANESS, AND JONATHAN V. EDELSON. - Seasonal changes in herbivore defense in oak leaves: results from bioassays.
RICHARDS, J.H.*, Q.J. STOBER, R.D. JONES, AND S.L. RATHBUN. - A quantitative analysis of wetland plant communities in south Florida Everglades.
RICHARDSON, CHARLES R.*, D. NICHOLAS MC LETCHIE, AND PHILIP H. CROWLEY. - Life-history tradeoffs and genotypic variation in the dioecious liverwort Marchantia inflexa .
SAMSON, N.P. AND P. DAYANANDAN.* - Photosynthetic pathways and ecology of Indian grasses.
SHANER, MARIEKEN G.M.* AND DIANE L. MARSHALL. - Under how wide a set of conditions will nonrandom mating occur in Raphanus sativus ?
SKAGGS, DALE*, HEATHER SWEET, AND JOHANNE BRUNET. - The impact of plant architecture on selfing rate in Aquilegia coerulea (Ranunculaceae).
SMITH-HUERTA, NANCY L.* AND M. BARBARA NEMETH. - Pollen grain deposition, pollen competition, and progeny vigor in a natural population of Clarkia unguiculata (Onagraceae). [Poster]
ST. OMER, LUCY. - Parasitic choice of host individuals in a seemingly homogeneous environment.
STOVER, DANIEL B.* AND KEITH GARBUTT. - Fitness of clonal genotypes of Juncus effusus L. in differing nutrient regimes. [Poster]
SUDLER, K. NICOLE. - Phenotypic selection on sexual reproduction vs. clonal expansion in five populations of Viola blanda .
TIDWELL, LEITH* AND MARK BRUNSON. - Community-based management of invasive plants: applying social research and education to an ecological problem. [Poster]
TODD, BRENT L.*, HENRY R. OWEN, JANICE M. COONS, AND CHRISTINA J. HEISLER. - Seed germination and seedling development of Stylisma pickeringii (Patterson bindweed), an Illinois-endangered sand prairie species.
TYLER, ANNA P.* AND DIANE L. MARSHALL. - Effects of elevated CO2 on male fitness in wild radish, Raphanus saitvus .
VOLIS, S.*, S. MENDLINGER, AND D. WARD. - Tests for adaptive RAPD and allozyme variation in population genetic structure of wild barley, Hordeum spontaneum Koch. [Poster]
WALCK, JEFFREY L.* AND SITI N. HIDAYATI. - Seed germination ecology of North American Heuchera species (Saxifragaceae): the eastern H. parviflora and western H. cylindrica .
WALKER, JASON C.* AND KATHERINE C. LARSON. - Morphological plasticity in two types of Lonicera in response to light availability.
WEEKLEY, CARL W.* AND ERIC S. MENGES. - Fire and Florida scrub: responses of 13 endemics and postburn community shifts.
WEINIG, CYNTHIA* AND JOHANNA SCHMITT. - Antagonistic selection in complex environments: adaptive plasticity to UV vs. competition. [Poster]
WIGGAM-HARPER, SHELLY D.* AND CAROLYN J. FERGUSON. - Pollination biology of Phlox divaricata L. (Polemoniaceae): visitation, pollen threshold, and mating system in a Central Plains population. [Poster]
YARNES, CHRISTOPHER T* AND WILLIAM J BOECKLEN. - Foliar chemistry variation in Quercus gambelii Nutt.: bottom-up cascade within a trophic system. [Poster]