8:00 AM: , INTRODUCTION: E. A. JOHNSON.

8:05 AM: Thonicke, Kirsten¹, Prentice, I. Colin², ¹ School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom² QUEST,University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, United Kingdom, Predictions of climate and vegetation change in the boreal region.

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8:30 AM: Kurz, Werner¹, Stinson, Graham^*,1, ¹ Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, BC, Canada, How will climate change affect boreal forest carbon dynamics?

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8:55 AM: Payette, Serge ^*,1, ¹ Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada, The northern boreal forest in a changing climate.

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9:20 AM: Macias, Marc^*,1, Johnson, Edward², ¹ University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland² University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, Patterns of wildfires in the North American boreal forest as related to climate.

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9:45 AM: , BREAK.

10:05 AM: Dillon, Peter ^*,1, Watmough, Shaun¹, Molot, Lewis², Eimers, M.¹, Futter, Martyn¹, ¹ Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada² York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Long-term changes in boreal lake and stream chemistry: Interaction of climate and other stressors.

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10:30 AM: Post, Eric^*,1, ¹ Penn State University, University Park, PA, Effects of climate change on life history traits of large mammals in the boreal region.

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10:55 AM: Granström, Anders ^*,1, Niklasson, Mats², ¹ Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden² Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden, Human impacts in the boreal forest.

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11:20 AM: , CONCLUSIONS: K. E. RUCKSTUHL.