Poster # 48. Vadeboncoeur, Matthew^*,1, ¹ Brown University, Providence, RI A landscape-based GIS model to prioritize land in the conservation of a rare species.

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Poster # 49. HALAJ, JURAJ¹, MAYRHOFER, MARIA^*,2, MANUWAL, DAVID^*,2, ¹ Cascadien, Inc., Corvallis, OR² University of Washington, Seattle, WA Effects of green-tree retention on the availability of arthropod prey to bark-gleaning birds: Assessment from a large-scale field experiment.

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Poster # 50. Brown, Tracey ^*,1, Montagne, Jean Pierre², Alberts, Allison², ¹ California State University, San Marcos, San Marcos, CA, USA² Applied Conservation, San Diego, CA, USA Ecological responses by San Diego coast horned lizards Phrynosoma coronatum blainvillei to habitat restoration efforts.

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Poster # 51. Rowland, Mary^*,1, Wisdom, Michael¹, Suring, Lowell², Meinke, Cara³, ¹ U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, La Grande, OR, USA² U.S. Forest Service, Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology Unit, Boise, ID, USA³ U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Discipline, Boise, ID, USA Greater sage-grouse: An effective umbrella species?

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Poster # 52. Cooper, Leigh^*,1, VanNingen, AmberBeth¹, Shea, Kathleen¹, ¹ St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, USA Early tree growth patterns in a conifer restoration.

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Poster # 53. Symstad, Amy^*,1, Licht, Dan², ¹ U.S. Geological Survey, Keystone, SD, USA² National Park Service, Keystone, SD, USA Initial steps in developing a long-term vegetation monitoring plan for northern Great Plains national parks.

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Poster # 54. Pellant, Mike ¹, Pyke, Dave², Shaw, Nancy ³, Nowak, Bob⁴, McIver, Jim⁴, ¹ Bureau of Land Management, Boise, ID² USGS, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis, OR³ USFS, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Boise, ID⁴ University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV Linking science and management to accomplish restoration in the Great Basin Desert.

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Poster # 55. Busso, Carlos ^{*,1, 2}, Perryman, Barry¹, Glimp, Hudson¹, ¹ University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA² Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Resource allocation and seed production-growth parameters relationships in four native perennial grasses of Nevada.

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Poster # 56. Perry, Laura^*,1, Paschke, Mark², Vivanco, Jorge¹, ¹ Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Fort Collins, CO, USA² Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, Fort Collins, CO, USA Identification of North American plants that are relatively insensitive to the Centaurea maculosa allelochemical (-)-catechin.

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Poster # 57. Pavlik, Bruce¹, Leger, Elizabeth^*,2, ¹ Mills College, Oakland, CA² University of California, Davis, CA Responses of vernal pool margin and grassland species to mowing and phytomass removal.

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Poster # 58. Priest, Anne^*,1, Epstein, Howard¹, ¹ University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia Effect of management techniques and plant-available nitrogen on the restoration of native grasses in Virginia.

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Poster # 59. Eckberg, James¹, Bockman, Elizabeth¹, Kittelson, Pamela¹, ¹ Gustavus Adolphus College, St Peter, MN Effects of nitrate additions on Melilotus officinalis.

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Poster # 60. Brudvig, Lars^*,1, Asbjornsen, Heidi¹, ¹ Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA Ecological restoration of tall grass oak savanna establishes mosaics of trees and herbaceous vegetation.

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Poster # 61. Karnitz, Holly^*,1, Asbjornsen, Heidi¹, ¹ Iowa State University, Ames, IA Dendroecology of a degraded tallgrass oak savanna in central Iowa, USA.

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Poster # 62. BUISSON, Elise¹, CORCKET, Emmanuel², DUTOIT, Thierry³, ANDERSON, Sean⁴, HOLL, Karen⁵, ¹ IMEP- Mediterranean Institute of Ecology and Paleoecology, Marseille, France² UMR INRA BIOECO, BIOdiversité, Gènes, ECOsystèmes, Talence, France³ Université d’Avignon, Avignon, France⁴ Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford, CA, USA⁵ Department of Environmental Studies, Santa Cruz, CA Restoring old fields by seeding and transplanting keystone species in the grasslands of California central coast.

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Poster # 63. Rudd, Nathan^*,1, Pickering, Debbie¹, Salzer, Daniel¹, ¹ The Nature Conservancy, Portland, OR Fire, seeding and shading: Testing restoration strategies for a coastal prairie in Oregon.

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Poster # 64. Kirkman, L. Katherine^*,1, Coffey, Kim ¹, Jack, Steven¹, ¹ Jospeh W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, GA, USA Using adaptive management techniques to reintroduce fire into hardwood-invaded depressions within longleaf pine savannas.

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Poster # 65. Coffey, Kim ^*,1, Kirkman, L. Katherine¹, Jack, Steven¹, Gagnon, Jennifer¹, ¹ Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, GA, USA Effects of fire versus herbicide on ground cover in longleaf pine savannas.

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Poster # 66. Hampton, Haydee ¹, Prather, John¹, Xu, Yaguang¹, Aumack, Ethan ¹, Dickson, Brett^{1, 2}, Sisk, Thomas¹, ¹ Environmental Sciences, Flagstaff, AZ, USA² Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, Ft. Collins, CO, USA Collaborative tools for landscape-level planning of forest management.

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Poster # 67. Richards, William ^*,1, LaBarge, Amy¹, Boeckstiegel, Lee¹, Nickelson, Sally¹, Borsting, Melissa¹, ¹ Seattle Public Utilities, North Bend, WA Forest restoration: Thinning in temperate second-growth forests to accelerate the development of late-successional characteristics.

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Poster # 68. Joesting, Heather^*,1, Brown, Kim¹, ¹ Ohio University, Athens, Ohio Thinning promotes the performance of American chestnut seedlings in southeastern Ohio forests.

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Poster # 69. Sánchez Meador, Andrew, Parysow, Pablo^*,, Moore, Margaret, Reconstructing ponderosa pine spatial reference conditions in northern Arizona using permanent plots.

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Poster # 70. Lyon, David^*,1, Rhoades, Chuck², ¹ University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY² US Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO Persistent effects of eastern redcedar on glade soil properties and plant community composition.

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Poster # 71. Hagenauer, Laura^*,1, Camann, Michael², Lamoncha, Karen², Mazurek, MJ³, Zielinski, William³, ¹ Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA² Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA³ USDA Forest Service, Arcata, CA Legacy old growth redwood trees in commercial forests enhance soil and litter microarthropod abundance and diversity.

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Poster # 72. Haase, Erin^*,1, Nyberg, Dennis¹, ¹ University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA Reverse fertilization reduces soil nitrate, does not affect species composition in tallgrass prairie.

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Poster # 73. Guadarrama, Patricia^*,1, Alvarez-Sánchez, Javier^*,1, Sánchez-Gallén, Irene^*,1, Nuñez, Oswaldo^*,1, ¹ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, D.F., Mexico Restoration of a tropical rain forest in Mexico: The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

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Poster # 74. Bell-Surrette, Sherry ^*,1, Brewer, J. Stephen¹, ¹ University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS An investigation of environmental conditions favoring plant species diversity in upland forests of northern Mississippi.

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Poster # 75. Kim, Kee Dae¹, Lee, Eun Ju², Ewing, Kern³, ¹ University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA² Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea³ University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA The ecological status and potential restoration techniques in waste landfills in the Seoul metropolitan area.

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Poster # 76. Frey, Mark^*,1, Perlmutter, Mike², ¹ The Presido Trust, San Francisco, CA² National Park Service, San Francisco, CA Evaluating site conditions for restoration success after landfill removal.

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Poster # 77. Forman, Amy^*,1, ¹ S.M. Stoller Corporation, Idaho Falls, ID, USA Using native vegetation for water extraction on landfill covers.

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Poster # 78. Artman, Vanessa¹, Dudle, Dana^*,1, ¹ DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, United States Patterns and processes of recovery in and around an Indiana limestone quarry.

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Poster # 79. Aney, Warren^*,1, ¹ Resources Northwest, Kirkland, WA Retaining a Lewis and Clark landscape: Ecosystems based management on a small exurban wildland.

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Poster # 80. Mulroy, Thomas^*,1, Mulroy, Juliana², ¹ Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Santa Barbara, CA, USA² Denison University, Granville, Ohio, USA Biological diversity and revegetation where human disturbances or inhabited landscapes meet wildlands.

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Poster # 81. González-Abraham, Antalia^*,1, Calmé, Sophie¹, Schmook, Birgit ¹, ¹ El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico Do forest activities and wildlife conservation match? The example of the rural community of Caobas.

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Poster # 82. Porter, Ellen^*,1, ¹ National Park Service Air Resources Division, Denver, CO Science and the National Park Service: Integrating air quality management into the inventory and monitoring program.

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Poster # 83. Tierney, Geraldine^*,1, Faber-Langendoen, Don¹, Shriver, Greg², Gibbs, James¹, ¹ SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse, NY² National Park Service, Woodstock, VT Protecting ecological resources in the National Parks: Developing indicators of ecological integrity.

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Poster # 84. Wolfe, Amy^*,1, Dale, Virginia¹, Peacock, Aaron², Arthur, Taryn¹, ¹ Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA² University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA Putting ecological indicators into practice: Providing resource managers with technically sound, practically useful indicators.

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Poster # 85. Hinkle, Charles^*,1, Schmalzer, Paul¹, ¹ Dynamac Corporation, Kennedy Space Ctr., FL, USA Environmentally endangered lands acquisition and conservation program in Brevard County, Florida.

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Poster # 86. Hale, Brack^*,1, Adams, Michael ², ¹ Duke University, Durham, NC, USA² University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA Floodplain forest conservation along the Lower Wisconsin and Middle Elbe Rivers.

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Poster # 87. Hassett, Brooke^*,1, Palmer, Margaret¹, ¹ University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA Evaluating stream restoration: Analysis of a database for the lower Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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Poster # 88. Jenkins, N^*,1, Stewart, E², Yeakley, J¹, ¹ Environmental Science & Resources, Portland, Oregon, USA² Metro, Portland, Oregon, USA Effects of managed flooding on an invasive plant species in shoreline vegetation communities in a Pacific Northwest wildlife preserve.

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Poster # 89. Burke, Michelle ^*,1, Berkley, Brett¹, Crane, Teresa¹, Goldfarb, Lisa ¹, Alvarez, Melissa ², ¹ MATRIX Enviromental & Geotechnical Services, East Hanover² US Army Corps of Engineers, New York Spring Creek Ecosystem Restoration: The Relamation of an urban salt marsh.

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Poster # 90. Adams, Wendy^*,1, Cauzillo, Meghan¹, Chiang, Kathleen¹, Deuling, Sara¹, Tislerics, Atilla¹, ¹ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Investigating river restoration feasibility for Argo Pond on the Huron River, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Poster # 91. Johnston, John^*,, Parmar, Rajbir, Wolfe, Kurt, Kinder, Paul, Newland, Jennifer, DeMoss, Tom, Kemlage, Don, Decision tool for riparian ecosystem management in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands.

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Poster # 93. Holl, Karen^*,1, Crone, Elizabeth², ¹ Environmental Studies Dept., Santa Cruz² Wildlife Biology Program, Missoula Local vs. landscape factors affecting restoration of riparian understory plants.

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Poster # 94. MABRY, CATHERINE¹, ¹ Iowa State University, Ames, IA A case of self-design in wetland creation.

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Poster # 95. Owen, Dianne^*,1, Volin, John¹, Jacobs, Alyssa ¹, ¹ Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL Spatial and temporal water quality patterns within the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation.

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Poster # 96. Schile, Lisa^*,1, Parker, V. Thomas¹, Vasey, Mike¹, Benner, Diana¹, Langston, Amy¹, Wainer, Laura², Callaway, John², ¹ San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA² University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA Comparative vegetation development in different aged brackish tidal wetlands along the lower Napa River, San Francisco Estuary, California.

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Poster # 97. Sutton-Grier, Ariana ¹, Bruland, Gregory¹, Richardson, Curtis¹, ¹ Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708 Pre-restoration characterization of spatial soil variability in a Piedmont floodplain riparian wetland in North Carolina.

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