8:00 AM Zhu, Zhiliang^*,1, Vogelmann, James², Rollins, Matthew³, ¹ U.S. Geological Survey, Sioux Falls, SD, USA² SAIC/EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD, USA³ USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT, USA National vegetation mapping for fire management and other environmental applications.

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8:20 AM THORSSON, JOHANN^*,1, ARCHER, STEVE², ARADOTTIR, ASA³, WU, BEN¹, ARNALDS, OlAFUR⁴, ¹ Texas A&M University, College Station, TX² University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ³ Soil Conservation Service, Reykjavik, Iceland⁴ Agricultural Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland Land degradation in Iceland: Rates, patterns and processes.

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8:40 AM Orenstein, Daniel^*,1, Hamburg, Steven¹, ¹ Brown University, Providence, RI Fifty years of change in Israel: Tracking loss of open space and its ecological implications.

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9:00 AM McKerrow, Alexa^*,1, Wentworth, Thomas¹, ¹ North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA Distribution and conservation status of natural land cover types in North Carolina.

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9:20 AM Feinstein, Larry¹, Lauchlan, Fraser^*,1, ¹ Department of Biology, Akron, Ohio, USA Landscape indicators of plant invasion in 1,215 wetlands in Ohio, USA.

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9:50 AM Dobrowski, Solomon^*,1, Greenberg, Jonathan¹, Ramirez, Carlos¹, Ustin, Susan¹, ¹ Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing, Davis, CA, USA Incorporating autecological information in image-based vegetation mapping.

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10:10 AM Townsend, Philip^*,1, Kingdon, Clayton¹, Seagle, Steven¹, Chastain, Robert², Sturtevant, Brian³, Foster, Jane¹, ¹ University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD, USA² USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Columbia, MO, USA³ USFS North Central Forest Experiment Station, Rhinelander, WI, USA Derivation of remote sensing indicators of forest status for ecological studies.

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10:30 AM Xiao, Jingfeng^*,1, Moody, Aaron¹, ¹ Department of Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA An approach to examine woody plant proliferation using satellite imagery and ancillary data.

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10:50 AM Bohlman, Stephanie¹, ¹ Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama Landscape patterns and environmental determinants of deciduousness in tropical forests in Panama.

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11:10 AM Laurent, Edward^*,1, Shi, Haijin¹, LeBouton, Joseph², Walters, Michael², Liu, Jianguo¹, ¹ Dept. of Fisheries & Wildlife, East Lansing, MI, USA² Dept. of Forestry, East Lansing, MI, USA Using the spatial and spectral precision of satellite imagery to predict wildlife occurrence patterns.

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