1:30 PM: Fulton, Mark^*,1, Harcombe, Paul², ¹ Bemidji State University, Bemidji, Minnesota² Rice University, Houston, Texas, It matters how you slice it: space and time axes in the analysis of forest stand dynamics.

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1:50 PM: Fowler, Norma^*,1, Batchelor, Margaret¹, ¹ University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA, Understanding the juniper juggernaut: patterns and mechanisms of shrub encroachment in central Texas.

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2:10 PM: Collins, Scott^*,1, Calabrese, Laura¹, Smith, Melinda², Fay, Phil³, ¹ University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA² Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA³ University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN, USA, Climate drivers and rate of change in mesic and arid grasslands.

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2:30 PM: Rooney, Thomas^*,1, Rogers, David¹, Hawbaker, Todd², Radeloff, Volker², Waller, Donald¹, ¹ Department of Botany, Madison, WI, USA² Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Madison, WI, USA, Local versus landscape predictors of invasive plant colonization and abundance in midwestern forests.

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2:50 PM: Rogers, David^*,, Rooney, Thomas, Waller, Donald, , Predictability and change over fifty years in southern Wisconsin forests.

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3:20 PM: Meiners, Scott^*,1, ¹ Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, Temporal and spatial aspects of predictability within a 47 year record of plant succession.

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3:40 PM: Snyder, John^*,1, ¹ National Park Service, International Falls, Minnesota, USA, Predicting forest dynamics: Moving from stand to landscape simulation models.

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4:00 PM: Woods, Kerry¹, ¹ Bennington College, Bennington, VT, USA, Old-growth forests are rarely equilibrial, but they are sometimes predictable.

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4:20 PM: Little, Amanda^{*,1, 2}, ¹ University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI² US Geological Survey Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD, The influence of multiple levels of organization upon predictability in beaver-impacted wetland plant communities.

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