Poster # 1. Mallison, Shannon^*,1, Miller, Jerry², Lechler, Paul³, ¹ 289 Jennings Dr., Franklin, NC² Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Cullowhee, North Carolina³ Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Reno, Nevada Assessment of variations in heavy metal accumulation by Quercus alba: a dendrochemical-lead isotopic approach.

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Poster # 2. Parry Hecht, Brooke¹, Vogt, Kristiina², ¹ Yale University, New Haven, CT² University of Washington, Seattle, Washington The edge paradox: Investigating the impacts of multiple and novel disturbances on forest ecosystem thresholds.

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Poster # 4. Royo, Alejandro^{*,1, 2}, Carson, Walter¹, ¹ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA² USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Warren, Pennsylvania, USA Establishing the tree regeneration template: The role of the understory layer and herbivory on seedling dynamics.

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Poster # 5. Hosaka, Naomi^{*,1, 3}, Stuefer, Josef², Whigham, Dennis¹, Kachi, Naoki³, ¹ Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland³ Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan² University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Ramet dynamics of the clonal understory tree, Asimina triloba.

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Poster # 6. Fulton, Mark^*,1, Harcombe, Paul², ¹ Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota, USA² Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA Concisely characterizing forest dynamics with change vectors.

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Poster # 7. Smith, Japhia^*,1, Anderson, Roger¹, ¹ Illinois State University, Normal, IL Historical change and future predictions of vegetation structure in a central Illinois woodland.

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Poster # 8. Beard, Karen^*,1, Vogt, Kristiina, Vogt, Daniel², Scatena, Frederick³, Covich, Alan⁴, Sigurdardottir, Ragnhildur⁵, Siccama, Thomas⁵, Crowl, Todd¹, ¹ Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA² University of Washington, Seattle, WA³ University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA⁴ Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO⁵ Yale University, New Haven, CT Structural, functional characteristics and resilience of forest ecosystems.

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Poster # 9. Bolton, Gary^{*,1, 2}, ¹ The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ² University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY Age/size structures of subtropical montane tree species influenced by differing resource harvest practices in Nepal.

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Poster # 10. Wolosin, Michael^*,1, Clark, James¹, LaDeau, Shannon¹, Dietze, Michael¹, ¹ Duke University, Durham, NC Canopy area, growth, and fecundity in a mixed-hardwood forest.

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Poster # 11. Weishampel, John^*,1, Parker, Geoffrey², ¹ Department of Biology, Orlando, FL, USA² Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA Characterizing successional volumetric patterns of canopy architecture.

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Poster # 12. McEwan, Ryan ^*,1, Muller, Robert², McCarthy, Brian¹, ¹ Department of Environmental and Plant Biology, Athens, OH, USA² Santa Barbara Botanical Garden, Santa Barbara, CA, USA Vegetation-environment relationships among four canopy-layers in an old-growth mixed mesophytic forest.

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Poster # 13. Pecot, Stephen^*,1, Mitchell, Robert¹, Palik, Brian², Jones, Robert³, Mou, Paul⁴, ¹ Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, GA, USA² USDA Forest Service, Grand Rapids, MN, USA³ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA⁴ University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC, USA Overstory retention in longleaf pine forests: resource effects and regeneration responses.

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Poster # 14. Larrimer, Audrey^*,1, McCarthy, Brian¹, ¹ Ohio University, Athens, Ohio Biological diversity associated with bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata) clones in a mixed-oak landscape.

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Poster # 15. Bragg, Don^*,1, Heitzman, Eric², Guldin, James³, ¹ USDA Forest Service, Monticello, AR, USA² University of Arkansas-Monticello, Monticello, AR, USA³ USDA Forest Service, Hot Springs, AR, USA Age class distribution of a virgin shortleaf pine stand.

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Poster # 16. McCarthy, Brian^*,1, Keiffer, Carolyn², Rogstad, Steven³, ¹ Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA² Miami University - Middletown, Middletown, OH, USA³ University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA Composition, structure, and diversity of a chestnut-dominated hardwood forest in southwestern Wisconsin, USA.

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Poster # 17. McCament, Corinne^*,1, McCarthy, Brian¹, ¹ Ohio University, Athens, Ohio Survival and growth of American chestnut (Castanea dentata) seedlings under various silvicultural regimes in a mixed oak forest ecosystem.

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Poster # 18. Collins, Beverly^*,1, Battaglia, Loretta², ¹ Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC² Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL Making it big in bottomlands: regeneration strategies of intermediate species.

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Poster # 19. Williams, Kimberlyn^*,1, Williams, Bob², Westrick, Lawrence¹, ¹ California State University-San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA² Shasta County Cattlemen's Association, Redding, CA Interactions between oak regeneration and Rubus discolor, an invasive blackberry, in Northern California.

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Poster # 20. Madden, Kathryn^*,1, Sharitz, Rebecca¹, Harper, Steven¹, Imm, Donald², Collins, Beverly¹, ¹ Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC, US² USDA-FS Savannah River, New Ellenton, SC, US Tree composition and soil characteristics of Fall Line sandhill communities.

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Poster # 21. Mates-Muchin, Jonathan¹, Lewis, James^*,1, Turner, Greg¹, Richards, Jeannine¹, Schuster, William², ¹ Fordham University, Armonk, NY² Black Rock Forest Consortium, Cornwall, NY Variation in growth rate and above and below-ground nitrogen of a hemlock-hardwood forest with the loss of a dominant tree species.

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Poster # 22. Neatrour, Matthew^{*,1, 2}, Jones, Robert¹, Golladay, Stephen², ¹ Department of Biology, Blacksburg, VA² Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, GA Nutrient and fine root heterogeneity in forested wetlands with contrasting hydrologic regimes.

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Poster # 23. McCarthy, Sarah^*,1, Kobe, Richard¹, ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Survivorship and growth of tropical tree seedlings to fungal pathogens extracted from soil cultured under conspecific adults.

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Poster # 24. Rains, Kai^{*,1, 2}, Bledsoe, Caroline ², ¹ University of South Florida, Tampa, FL² University of California, Davis, CA Acquisition of nitrogen from decomposing plant residues by ectomycorrhizal bishop pine (Pinus muricata) and ericoid mycorrhizal evergreen huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum).

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Poster # 25. Lee, Eun Ju^*,1, Kim, In Sung¹, Cho, Yong-Joo¹, ¹ ejlee@plaza.snu.ac.kr, Seoul, Seoul, S. Korea Macronutrient input by pollen in two pine stands in south-east Korea.

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Poster # 26. Schupp, Eugene^*,1, Sharitz, Rebecca², ¹ Forest, Range, and Wildlife Sciences, Logan, UT² Savannah River Ecology Lab, Aiken, SC Effects of burial, litter, and canopy openess on Aesculus pavia seedling emergence.

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Poster # 27. Kim, Rae-Hyun^*,1, Son, Yowhan¹, Lim, Jong-Hwan², ¹ Korea University, Seoul, Korea² Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul, Korea Mass and nutrient content of coarse woody debris in a deciduous forest of central Korea.

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Poster # 28. Eaton, James^*,1, Lawrence, Deborah¹, ¹ University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Woody detritus in a shifting agricultural ecosystem.

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Poster # 29. Iyer, Meera^*,1, Kobe, Richard¹, Walters, Michael¹, ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Carbon allocation in roots: to forage or for storage?

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Poster # 30. Belote, Travis ^*,1, Weltzin, Jake ¹, ¹ University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA Forest understory community responses to elevated CO₂.

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Poster # 31. Barry, Matthew^*,1, Klopatek, Jeffrey¹, ¹ Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona Carbon and nitrogen pools in old- and second-growth Pacific Northwest coniferous forests.

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Poster # 32. Bigelow, Seth^{*,1, 2}, Canham, Charles¹, ¹ Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY² USDA-FS Sierra Nevada Research Center, Davis, CA Tree-soil relationships in a northern hardwood forest are reinforced by seedling survival patterns.

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Poster # 34. Coleman, Mark¹, ¹ USDA Forest Service, New Ellenton, SC Total belowground carbon allocation measured with both CO₂ efflux and fine-root production.

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Poster # 35. Clinton, Barton¹, Horton, Jonathan², Nilsen, Erik^{2, 3}, Walker, John², Beier, Colin⁴, ¹ USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Otto, NC, USA² Department of Biology, Blacksburg, VA, USA³ Botany Department, Honolulu, HI, USA⁴ Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK, USA The influence of ericaceous shrubs on forest floor and soil properties in the southern Appalachians.

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Poster # 37. Elliott, Katherine^*,1, Knoepp, Jennifer¹, ¹ Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Otto, NC, USA Effects of regeneration harvest methods of floral diversity and soil properties.

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Poster # 38. Kern, Ruth Ann ^*,1, Lopez, Ryan P.¹, ¹ California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA Fire intensity and shrub cover effects on microclimate and tree regeneration in Sierra Nevada Forests.

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Poster # 39. Holzmueller, Eric ^*,1, Jose, Shibu², Jenkins, Michael³, ¹ University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States² University of Florida, Milton, FL, United States³ Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TN, United States Survival and health of dogwood (Cornus florida L.) in response to burning.

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Poster # 40. Adams, Henry^*,1, Kolb, Thomas¹, ¹ School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ Using radial growth and foliar ¹³C as measures of drought sensitivity in trees at ecotone forest communities in northern Arizona.

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Poster # 41. Ruiz-Bernard, Ivelisse¹, Lugo, Ariel², ¹ University Of Puerto Rico, iveruiz@yahoo.com, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA² Int. Inst. of Tropical Forestry / USDA Forest Service, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA Restoration of biodiversity in degraded agricultural lands of the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico.

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Poster # 42. Maher, Eliza ^*,1, Germino, Matthew¹, ¹ Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, USA Variation in sky exposure and establishment of conifer seedlings at the alpine-treeline ecotone across three ranges in the Rocky Mountains.

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Poster # 43. Martin, Jennifer¹, Gower, Stith¹, Plaut, Jennifer ², ¹ University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin² Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Measuring and modeling interspecies competition of tree species in logged boreal mixed forests.

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Poster # 44. Choczynska, Joanna^*,1, Johnson, Edward¹, ¹ University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Settlement and commercial forestry landscapes in the boreal forest of Northern Ontario.

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Poster # 45. Ibáñez, Inés^*,1, Clark, James¹, LaDeau, Shannon¹, ¹ Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Climate variability and tree species recruitment, implications on species coexistence.

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Poster # 46. Chappelka, Art^*,, Somers, Greg¹, Neufeld, Howard², ¹ School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn, Alabama, USA² Department of Biology, Boone, North Carolina, USA Tropospheric ozone impacts on large, mature trees in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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Poster # 47. Bowers, Rachel^*,1, Wyckoff, Peter^*,1, ¹ University of Minnesota, Morris, MN Climate sensitivity of Quercus macrocarpa along the prairie-forest border in west-central Minnesota.

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Poster # 48. LaDeau, Shannon^*,1, Clark, James¹, ¹ Program in Ecology, Durham, NC Maternal and paternal fecundity of trees growing in an elevated CO₂ atmosphere.

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Poster # 49. Hanan, Niall¹, Sankaran, Mahesh¹, ¹ Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA Structure and function in African Savannas: a continental scale analysis of patterns.

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Poster # 50. Kirwan, Matthew^*,1, ¹ Duke University, Durham, NC, mlk13@duke.edu Dynamics of a Chesapeake estuarine forest and its response to rising sea level.

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