1:30 PM Peng, Changhui^{*,1, 2}, Zhou, Xiaolu², Dang, Qinglai², Chen, Jiaxin², ¹ Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Rapid City, SD, USA² Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Quantifying carbon sequestration of the Lake Abitibi Model Forest in Ontario.

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1:45 PM Tian, Hanqin^{*,1, 3}, Melillo, Jerry², Liu, Jiyuan³, Kicklighter, David², Pan, Shufen^{1, 3}, Yu, Fangfang^{1, 3}, Liu, Mingliang^{1, 3}, ¹ The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045³ Institute of Geographic Science and Natural Resource Research, Beijing, 100101, China² The Ecosystem Center, Woods Hole, MA 02543 The carbon cycle of terrestrial ecosystems in tropical and temperate Asia.

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2:00 PM Larocque, Guy¹, Boutin, Robert¹, Paré, David¹, Robitaille, Gilles¹, Lacerte, Valérie¹, ¹ Natural Resources Canada, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada Modelling the soil carbon and nitrogen cycles in three eastern Canadian forest types.

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2:15 PM Albani, Marco^*,1, Moorcroft, Paul¹, ¹ Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Modeling the relative importance of land use history and CO₂ fertilization in forest carbon dynamics of the eastern U.S.

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2:30 PM Zhuang, Qianlai¹, Melillo, Jerry¹, Kicklighter, David¹, Prinn, Ronald², Steudler, Paul¹, McGuire, David³, Felzer, Benjamin¹, Hu, Shaomin¹, ¹ The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA² Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA³ University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK Modeling methane consumption and emission between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere.

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2:45 PM Canham, Charles^*,1, Bigelow, Seth^{1, 2}, ¹ Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY² U.S. Forest Service - Sierra Nevada Research Center, Davis, CA Neighborhood dynamics of nutrient redistribution via litterfall: Implications for population dynamics and ecosystem processes.

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3:00 PM Break.

3:15 PM Scott-Denton, Laura^*,1, Schliemann, Sarah¹, Backlund, Brant¹, Monson, Russell¹, ¹ University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Tree girdling and soil carbon cycling at the Niwot Ridge Ameriflux Site, Colorado.

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3:30 PM Clark, Deborah^*,1, Clark, David¹, Oberbauer, Steven², ¹ University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA² Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA Interannual variation in tropical rain forest carbon cycling: a long-term, intensive study (La Selva, Costa Rica).

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3:45 PM McCarthy, Heather^*,1, Millar, Bonnie¹, Oren, Ram¹, ¹ Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Drought sensitivity of growth in a pine forest under CO₂ enrichment and differing nutrient supplies.

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4:00 PM Houlton, Benjamin^*,1, Sigman, Daniel¹, Hedin, Lars¹, ¹ Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Stable isotope constraints on internal nitrogen cycles, input-output balances and N fertility of forests.

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4:15 PM Frey, Serita^*,1, Knorr, Melissa¹, ¹ University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH Nitrogen Enrichment Effects on the Litter Decomposer Community.

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4:30 PM Saunders, Thomas^*,1, McClain, Michael¹, ¹ Department of Environmental Studies, Miami, FL, USA Nitrogen dynamics in surface and subsurface waters of a montane forest, headwaters of the Amazon, Peru.

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4:45 PM Metzger, Kristine^*,1, Turner, Monica¹, Romme, William², ¹ University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI² Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Foliar nitrogen in early postfire vegetation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

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