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  8:30 - 8:40 am

Opening Remarks - Dr. Tom Olszeweski, Texas A&M University

 
  8:40 - 9:30 am


"Metacommunity Perspectives on Food Web and Evolutionary Dynamics"
Dr. Robert Holt

 
  9:30 - 10:20 am


"Dispersal, Invasion, and Community Structure"
Dr. Martha Hoopes

 
  10:20 - 10:40 am


Coffee Break

  
  10:40 - 11:30 pm


"The Spatial Insurance Hypothesis: How Dispersal Mediates the Relationship Between Diversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Metacommunities"
Dr. Andrew Gonzalez

 
  11:30 - 12:20 pm


"Biological Invasions in Patchy Landscapes"
Dr. Jonathan Levine

 
  12:20 - 2:00 pm


Lunch Break

  
  2:00 - 2:50 pm

"Transition Matrix Models for Metacommunities of Ground- Foraging Ants and Treehole Mosquitoes"
Dr. Nicholas Gotteli

 
  2:50 - 3:40 pm


"A Long-Term Perspective on an Ancient Marine Biotic Invasion"
Dr. Steven Holland

 
  3:40 - 4:00 pm
Coffee Break

  
  4:00 - 4:50 pm


"The Evolutionary Ecology of Metacommunities"
Dr. Mathew Leibold

  
  4:50 - 5:30 pm
Discussion Panel 		 
       
  7:00 pm
BBQ Dinner - Open to Participants 		 
       
  8:00 - 8:50 am Students Upload Presentations  
  9:00 - 9:30 am Coffee and Refreshments  
  9:30 - 10:50 am Oral Student Session I & II  
  11:00 - 12:20 pm Oral Student Session III & IV  
  12:20 - 1:30 pm Lunch (Provided for participants)  
  1:30 - 2:50 pm Student Poster Session  
  3:00 - 4:20 pm Oral Student Session V & VI  
  4:30 pm Keynote Address  
  4:50 pm Awards