Poster # 57. Pedersen, Brian^*,1, Howard, Jessica², Wallis, Angela¹, Pears, Sarah¹, ¹ Environmental Studies Department, Carlisle, Pennsylvania² Environmental Studies Program, Hamilton, New York Influence of canopy gaps, vines, and cambial damage by deer on understory tree growth rates.

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Poster # 58. Whelan, Kevin^*,1, Smith, Thomas¹, Leth, Ives², ¹ United States Geological Survey - Biological Resources Division, Miami, Fla² International Agricultural College Larenstien, Velps, The Netherlands Lightning gap characteristics in the mangroves of south Florida.

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Poster # 59. Van Bloem, Skip^*,1, Murphy, Peter¹, Lugo, Ariel², ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI² International Institute of Tropical Forestry, Rio Piedras, PR Post-hurricane sprouting on undamaged tree stems.

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Poster # 60. LAI, YUNG CHIH^*,1, KAM, YEONG CHOY¹, ¹ National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan Earthquake effects on the population dynamics of a riparian frog in Taiwan.

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Poster # 61. CHARRON, ISABELLE^*,1, JOHNSON, EDWARD¹, ¹ University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada The influence of floods and fires on riparian forests.

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Poster # 62. O'CONNELL, SEAN^*,1, Lehman, R. Michael², Watwood, Mary³, Colwell, Frederick², ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Cullowhee, NC² Geomicrobiology Group, Idaho Falls, ID³ Department of Biology, Pocatello, ID Impacts of chemical disturbance on the diversity of subsurface microbial communities.

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Poster # 63. ROBSON, DIANA^*,1, KNIGHT, J. DIANE¹, FARRELL, RICHARD¹, GERMIDA, JAMES¹, ¹ University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada Natural revegetation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soil in the Prairie ecozone.

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Poster # 64. McGonigle, Terence^*,1, Cook, Lawrence^1,2, ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Pocatello, Idaho² Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho Sagebrush recruitment on soil caps for buried waste.

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