1:30 PM Burke, Ingrid^{1, 2, 3}, Jia, Jiong , Bennett, Chris¹, Hall, Sonia^{1, 2}, Adair, E. Carol^{1, 2}, Hamman, Sarah^{1, 2}, Sommerville, Gericke^{1, 2}, Kaufmann, Merrill³, ¹ Dept of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, Fort Collins, CO, USA² Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Fort Collins, CO, USA³ USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO, USA Consequences of fire for regional carbon storage: Site, landscape, and regional assessments.

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1:50 PM Drake, Sara^*,1, Dilustro, John², Collins, Beverly², Sharitz, Rebecca^{1, 2}, ¹ University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA² Savanna River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina, USA Groundcover carbon and nitrogen cycling in a frequently burned mixed pine forest.

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2:10 PM Asbjornsen, Heidi ¹, Gallardo-Hernandez, Claudia², Velasquez-Rosas, Noe³, Soriano-Garcia, Rafael⁴, ¹ Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA² Herbario XAL, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico³ Instituto de Ecologia, Mexico City, Mexio, Mexico⁴ World Wildlife Fund, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico Changes in biomass and species composition following fire in tropical montane cloud forests; Oaxaca, Mexico.

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2:30 PM Litvak, Marcy^*,1, Goulden, Michael², ¹ Seciton of Integrative Biology, Austin, TX, USA² Department of Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, USA Exploration of links between ecosystem structure and function along a boreal forest chronosequence.

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2:50 PM Chapin, F.^*,1, DeWilde, La'ona¹, Trainor, Sarah¹, Calef, Monika¹, McGuire, Anthony¹, Rupp, T.¹, Lovecraft, Amy¹, ¹ University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA Vulnerability and resilience: Interactions of social and ecological variables governing the Alaskan fire regime.

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3:10 PM Break.

3:20 PM Schuur, Edward¹, Randerson, James², Mack, Michelle¹, Trumbore, Susan², ¹ University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA² University of California, Irvine, CA, USA The age and amount of carbon respired following fire in Alaskan boreal black spruce forests.

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3:40 PM Wilson, John^*,1, Kauffman, J.², ¹ Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, wilsonj5@onid.orst.edu² Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service, PSW Research Station, Honolulu, Hawaii Structural and community development following severe wildfire in a montane forest.

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4:00 PM DeLuca, Thomas^*,1, Sala, Anna¹, ¹ The University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA Fire intervals and nitrogen dynamics in ponderosa pine forests.

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4:20 PM Rychener, Tyler^*,1, Stromberg, Juliet¹, Dixon, Mark¹, ¹ Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ The response of a southwest riparian forest to fire: Interaction between landscape pattern and fire intensity.

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4:40 PM Ferrenberg, Scott^*,1, ¹ U.S. Geologic Survey, Three Rivers, CA, USA Responses of arthropod diversity and abundance to early and late-season prescribed fires in a mixed-conifer forest.

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