8:00 AM Erbilgin, Nadir¹, Raffa, Kenneth¹, ¹ . Temporal and spatial interactions among root and stem insects, fungi, and predators in declining forests..

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8:15 AM Brockway, Dale¹, Lewis, Clifford¹, ¹ . Influence of deer, cattle grazing and timber harvest on plant species diversity in a longleaf pine bluestem ecosystem..

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8:30 AM Rumbaitis-del Rio, Cristina¹, Wessman, Carol¹, ¹ . Impact of compound disturbances on N-cycling and forest reorganization in a wind-disturbed and logged forest..

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8:45 AM ZIEGLER, SUSY¹, ¹ . Disturbance regimes of old-growth and second-growth hemlock-hardwood forests in Adirondack Park..

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9:00 AM Schulte, Lisa¹, Guntenspergen, Glenn², Mladenoff, David¹, ^{1 2} . Pre- and post-disturbance conditions in an old-growth forest: catastrophic wind in Wisconsin's hemlock-hardwoods..

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9:15 AM NAUERTZ*, ELIZABETH¹, ZASADA, JOHN¹, CROW, THOMAS¹, BUCKLEY, DAVID², ^{1 2} . Temperature dynamics associated with pits and mounds in managed and unmanaged hardwood forests of northern Michigan, USA..

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9:30 AM Batista, William¹, Platt, William², ^{1 2} . Tree-population responses to hurricane disturbance in an old-growth Southern Mixed Hardwood Forest..

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9:45 AM Ostertag, Rebecca^1,2, Silver, Whendee ^1,2, Lugo, Ariel², ^{1 2} . Predicting susceptibility to damage following hurricanes in a subtropical moist forest..

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10:15 AM Warren, Matthew¹, Zimmerman, Jess¹, Zou, Xiaoming¹, Lodge, D.², Walker, Lawrence³, ^{1 2 3} . Resilience of litterfall production after a hurricane in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico..

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10:30 AM Van Bloem, Skip¹ , Murphy, Peter¹ , Lugo, Ariel², ^{1 2} . Hurricane disturbance as an explanation for the unique structure of West Indian dry forest..

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10:45 AM Webster, Christopher¹, Lorimer, Craig¹, ¹ . Comparative productivity and composition of canopy gaps in uneven-aged northern hemlock-hardwood forests ..

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11:00 AM Parker, Geoffrey ¹, Brokaw, Nicholas², ^{1 2} . The gap size distribution: a descriptive instrument for vegetation disturbance ecology..

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11:15 AM WHIGHAM, DENNIS¹, O'NEILL, JOHN¹, ¹ . Responses to slow versus cataclysmic tree death - growth of neighbors and seedling establishment..

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11:30 AM NELSON, CARA¹, HALPERN, CHARLES¹, ¹ . Vegetation responses along edge-to-interior gradients within green-tree retention patches in Douglas-fir forests..

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