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PARENT SESSION
Oral Session #27: Fire Ecology.
Presiding: C. Allen
Tuesday, August 6. 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM. Graham Meeting Room, TCC.

[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Hermann, Sharon*,1, 1 Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. Effect of month of burn on plant flowering and butterfly abundance in the Southeast U.S.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Wirtz, William*,1, Lanan, Michele1, Calinsky, Megan2, 1 Pomona College, Claremont, CA2 Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA. Effects of postfire habitat change on California gnatcatcher territory size and reproductive success.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Kaufman, Glennis*,1, Kaufman, Donald1, McMillan, Brock2, Matlack, Raymond3, Rehmeier, Ryan1, Reed, Aaron1, 1 Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS2 University of Minnesota-Mankato, Mankato, MN3 College of Wooster, Wooster, OH. Effects of season of fire on responses by small mammals to post-fire conditions.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Obrist, Daniel*,1,2, Arnone III, John1,2, 1 Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV2 University of Nevada, Reno, NV. Effects of wildfire-induced changes in plant community composition on ecosystem CO2 and water vapor fluxes in the Great Basin.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Prater, Margaret*,1, Obrist, Daniel2, Arnone, John2, DeLucia, Evan1, 1 Department of Plant Biology, Urbana, IL2 Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Reno, NV. Post-fire effects on ecosystem gas exchange patterns in northern Great Basin communities.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Sims, Daniel*,1, Schmidts, Miriam1, Gamon, John1, 1 California State University, Los Angeles, CA. Stand age and seasonal effects on chaparral ecosystem carbon flux.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Cobo, María del Carmen*,1, Carreira, José Antonio1, 1 University of Jaén, Jaén, Andalucía. Long-term effects of fire-disturbance regime (frequency and lag-time) on soil nutrient capital and availability in semi-arid shrublands.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Alford, Eddie*,1, Brock, John2, 1 U.S. Forest Service, Phoenix, Arizona2 Arizona State University East, Mesa, Arizona. The effects of fire in Sonoran plant communities.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Esque, Todd*,1,2, Tracy, C. Richard2, 1 USGS, Las Vegas Field Station, Las Vegas, NV2 University of Nevada, Biological Resources Research Center, Reno, NV. Seed bank variation in Mojave desertscrub relative to wildfire, granivores and invasive species.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Fotheringham, CJ*,1, Nakamura, Robert2, Rundel, Philip1, Keeley, Jon3, 1 University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA2 California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA3 U.S. Geological Survey, Three Rivers, CA. Spatial and temporal components of desert annual seed germination.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] MENGES, ERIC*,1, SATTERTHWAITE, WILLIAM2, MCCONNELL, KELLY3, QUINTANA-ASCENCIO, PEDRO1, 1 Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, FL2 University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA3 NatureServe, Arlington, VA. Fire effects on scrub buckwheat individuals, seedling recruitment, and population viability.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] Thomas, Paul*,1, Auld, Tony2, Morris, Edward1, 1 University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.2 New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.. Fire related germination cues override high and low temperature dormancy.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] BOND, W J1, UYS, R G*,1, EVERSON, T M2, 1 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA2 UNIVERSITY OF NATAL, PIETERMARITZBURG, SOUTH AFRICA. Fire and floral diversity of southern African grasslands.

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[UNKNOWN: PRESTIME] BIGGS, HARRY*,1, POTGIETER, ANDRE1, 1 South African National Parks, Skukuza, 1350, South Africa. Changes in perceptions and policies regarding fire over 50 years in the Kruger National Park.

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