8:00 AM Christian, Caroline^{*,1, 2}, Doak, Dan¹, Pollock, Jacob¹, Hujik, Peter², ¹ University of California, Santa Cruz, CA² The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, CA Grazing and fire as tools for managing invaded grasslands in California.

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8:20 AM Cobb, Neil^*,1, Breshears, David², Rich, Paul ², Price, Kevin ³, Floyd-Hanna, Lisa ⁴, Romme, William ⁵, Belnap, Jayne ⁶, Anderson, Jesse ¹, Balice, Randy², Allen, Craig⁷, ¹ Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA² University of California-Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA³ University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA⁴ Prescott College, Prescott, AZ, USA⁵ Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA⁶ United States Geological Survey, Moab, UT, USA⁷ U.S. Geological Survey, Los Alamos, NM Rapid regional ecosystem reset: A first look at impacts of global change type drought.

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8:40 AM TBA.

9:00 AM Hanson, Jacob^*,1, Lorimer, Craig¹, ¹ University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA The not-so-catastrophic disturbance: Effects of moderate windstorms on forest structure and light availability.

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9:20 AM Gavazzi, Michael^*,1, McNulty, Steven¹, Boggs, Johnny ¹, Strickland, Sara¹, Chojnacky, David², Moore Myers, Jennifer¹, ¹ USDA Forest Service, Raleigh, NC, USA² USDA Forest Service, Washington DC, USA Down deadwood buildup and carbon redistribution in a pond pine woodland following hurricane Isabel.

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9:40 AM Break.

9:50 AM Gagnon, Paul^*,1, Platt, William¹, ¹ Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, U.S.A. Bamboo demography and wind disturbance in an alluvial forest.

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10:10 AM McCarthy, Heather^*,1, Oren, Ram¹, Johnsen, Kurt ², Kim, Hyun-Seok¹, ¹ Duke University, Durham, NC, USA² USDA Forest Service, RTP, NC, USA Ice storm impacts on carbon cycling in pine forests under elevated CO₂, nutrients and thinning.

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10:30 AM Schaberg, Paul^*,1, Hennon, Paul², D'Amore, David², Hawley, Gary ³, Borer, Catherine ³, ¹ USDA Forest Service, Burlington, VT, USA² USDA Forest Service, Juneau, AK, USA³ The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA Is freezing injury a contributor to yellow-cedar decline?

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10:50 AM Hawley, Gary^*,1, Schaberg, Paul², Eagar, Christopher³, Borer, Cathy¹, ¹ The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA² USDA Forest Service, Burlington, Vermont, USA³ USDA Forest Service, Durham, New Hampshire, USA Calcium addition to watershed at Hubbard Brook LTER reduces red spruce winter injury.

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