8:00 AM Parks, Sean^*,1, North, Malcolm¹, Innes, Jim¹, Oakley, Brian², ¹ Sierra Nevada Research Center, Davis, CA² College of Forest Resources, Seattle, WA Changes in forest structure, spatial pattern and composition from prescribed fire and thinning in Sierra mixed conifer.

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8:20 AM Zald, Harold^*,1, Gray, Andrew¹, ¹ Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, Oregon, USA Tree regeneration strategies in response to burning and thinning restoration treatments in Sierran mixed-conifer forest.

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8:40 AM Erickson, Heather^*,1, ¹ Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Near term response of surface soil nitrogen cycling and pools to forest clearing and burning.

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9:00 AM Innes, James^*,, North, Malcolm, Effect of silvicultural treatments and perscribed fire on coarse woody debris dynamics in a sierran old-growth mixed-conifer forest.

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9:20 AM MA, S.^*,1, CONCILIO, A.¹, CHEN, J.¹, NORTH, M.², ¹ University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA² University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA Disturbance effects on spatial variability of soil respiration vary with summer water conditions in an old-growth mixed-conifer forest.

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9:50 AM Concilio, Amy^*,1, Ma, Siyan¹, Li, Qinglin¹, LeMoine, James¹, Chen, Jiquan¹, North, Malcolm ², Moorhead, Daryl¹, Jenson, Randy³, ¹ University of Toledo, Toledo, OH² University of California, Davis, CA³ Missouri Department of Conservation, Ellington, MO Soil respiration response to experimental disturbance in mixed conifer and hardwood forests.

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10:10 AM Hurteau, Matthew^*,1, Zald, Harold^*,2, North, Malcolm^*,3, ¹ University of California, Davis, Davis, CA² U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Corvalis, OR³ U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Davis, CA Species specific growth patterns and El Nino reconstruction using tree-rings in the southern Sierra Nevada.

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10:30 AM RAMBO, THOMAS^*,1, ¹ University of California, Davis, CA, USA Conservation ecology of an arboreal forage lichen in the Teakettle red fir/mixed-conifer ecotone.

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10:50 AM Meyer, Marc^{*,1, 2}, North, Malcolm^{1, 3}, Kelt, Douglas², ¹ Sierra Nevada Research Center, Davis, CA, USA² Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, Davis, CA, USA³ Department of Environmental Horticulture, Davis, CA, USA Forests, fungi, and small mammals: The impact of fire and thinning on truffle production and consumption.

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