Poster # 63. Hochstrasser, Tamara¹, Peters, Debra¹, Fehmi, Jeffrey^*,2, ¹ USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, NM, USA² US Army ERDC-CERL, Champaign, IL, USA Sustainable management of arid lands: Recovery time and threshold dynamics in desert grasslands and shrublands.

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Poster # 64. Johansen, Mathew^{*,1, 2}, Breshears, David³, Whicker, Jeffrey³, Pinder, John², ¹ Department of Energy, Los Alamos Area Organization, Los Alamos, NM² Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO³ Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM Comparative measurements of wind and water erosion in semiarid grassland, shrubland, and forest ecosystems.

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Poster # 65. Gagnon, Paul^*,1, Platt, William¹, ¹ Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA Clonal demography and multiple disturbances in Louisiana cane stands.

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Poster # 66. Stafford, Nathaniel^*,1, Bell, Susan¹, ¹ University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA Biological correlates of hydrodynamic regime in a seagrass landscape.

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Poster # 67. Maloney, Kelly^*,1, Feminella, Jack¹, Mulholland, Patrick², Mitchell, Richard¹, Olsen, Lisa², ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn, AL² Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN The legacy of landscape disturbance on small southeastern coastal plains streams.

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Poster # 68. Cavalcanti, Guadalupe^*,1, Lockaby, Graeme¹, ¹ School of Forestry and Wildlife Science, Auburn, Alabama, USA Sedimentation influences on fine root dynamics and vegetation composition and structure in riparian forests.

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Poster # 69. Duncan, Lisa^*,1, Dilustro, John¹, Collins, Beverly¹, ¹ Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC Avian response to forest management and military training at Fort Benning, Georgia.

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Poster # 70. Smith, Frederick¹, Lentile, Leigh¹, Shepperd, Wayne², ¹ Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO² USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ft. Collins, CO Direct Fire Effects following the Jasper Fire, Black Hills National Forest, SD.

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Poster # 71. Geiger, Erika^*,1, McPherson, Guy¹, ¹ University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA Changes in structure in semi-desert grasslands following restoration of fire.

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Poster # 72. Wojcik, Nathan ¹, Sanford, Robert^*,1, McGinnis, Thomas², Keeley, Jon², Brooks, Matt³, Belnap, Jayne⁴, ¹ University of Denver, Denver, CO² U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Discipline, Western Ecological Research Center, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, Three Rivers, CA³ U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Discipline, Western Ecological Research Center, Las Vegas Field Station, Las Vegas, NV⁴ U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Discipline, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Moab, UT Effects of fire on soil nutrients following cheatgrass invasion of Sierra Nevada yellow pine forests.

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Poster # 73. Huffman, Jean^*,1, Platt, William¹, Grissino Mayer, Henri², Boyce, Carla³, ¹ Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA² University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN³ Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve, Eastpoint, FL Fire history of a Florida barrier island slash pine savanna.

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Poster # 74. Hamman, Sarah ^*,1, Burke, Ingrid ¹, ¹ Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO Prescribed fire effects on the soil biogeochemistry of mixed-conifer forests in Sequoia National Park, California.

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Poster # 75. Carrington, Mary ^*,1, ¹ Governors State University, University Park, IL Aboveground vs. belowground competition for seedlings in post fire rosemary scrub, Florida.

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Poster # 76. Riccardi, Cynthia ^*,, McCarthy, Brian , Landscape quantification of fuel loads in central Appalachian mixed-oak forests.

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Poster # 77. Passmore, Heather^*,1, Platt, William¹, ¹ Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA Disturbance interactions: Effects of canopy removal and fine fuels on fire characteristics and vegetation response.

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Poster # 78. Lynch, Jason^*,1, Hu, Feng Sheng¹, ¹ University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois Does vegetation mediate the fire-climate relationships in boreal regions?

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Poster # 79. Rebbeck, Joanne^*,1, Long, Robert¹, Yaussy, Daniel¹, ¹ USDA Forest Service, Delaware, OH, USA Topkill and mortality of maple saplings following a prescribed fire in the Ohio Hills.

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Poster # 80. Derr, Katharyn^*,, Matzner, Steven, Effects of fire intensity on understory vegetation diversity in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

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Poster # 81. Allen, Elizabeth^*,1, Nowak, Robert¹, ¹ University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada The immediate effect of fire on the soil seed bank of pinyon-juniper woodlands.

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Poster # 82. Michaletz, Sean^*,1, Johnson, Edward¹, ¹ University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA Tree mortality following surface fire: A heat transfer model for predicting vegetative bud necrosis.

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Poster # 83. Crawford, Christopher^*,1, Dilustro, John¹, Collins, Beverly¹, Duncan, Lisa¹, ¹ University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab, Aiken, SC, USA Soil response to prescribed fire in mixed pine-hardwood forests at Ft. Benning, Georgia.

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Poster # 84. McQuattie, Carolyn^*,1, Rebbeck, Joanne ¹, ¹ USDA Forest Service, Delaware, OH, USA Mycorrhizal colonization of maple and oak seedling roots exposed to prescribed fire and/or overstory thinning.

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Poster # 85. Kennard, Deborah^*,1, Outcalt, Kenneth², Lockaby, Graeme³, Governo, Robin³, ¹ USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Auburn, AL² USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens, GA³ Auburn University, Auburn, AL Spatial patterns of fuel loads, fire intensity, and microbial biomass in a longleaf pine forest.

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Poster # 86. Gowe, Amy^*,1, Brewer, Steve¹, ¹ University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi The evolution of fire-stimulated flowering in the genus Pityopsis (Asteraceae).

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Poster # 87. Billock, Arlene¹, Grace, James², ¹ Johnson Controls World Service, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA² USGS, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Baccharis halimifolia: Seed germination response after exposure to heat, smoke, and charred wood extract.

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Poster # 88. Natali, Susan^*,1, Landis, Matt², Gurevitch, Jessica¹, Fox, Gordon ³, ¹ SUNY, Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, US² Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, US³ University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, US Age and growth of pitch pines ( Pinus rigida) in the context of frequent disturbance.

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Poster # 90. Lloyd, Andrea^*,1, Wilson, Alexis¹, Fastie, Christopher¹, ¹ Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT Population dynamics of black spruce at its northern limit in Alaska.

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