8:00 AM: Schulte, Lisa^*,1, Mitchell, Robert², Hunter, Malcolm ³, Franklin, Jerry ⁴, McIntyre, Kevin², Palik, Brian⁵, ¹ Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Ames, IA, USA² Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center at Ichauway, Newton, GA, USA³ Department of Wildlife Ecology, Orono, ME, USA⁴ College of Forest Resources, Seattle, WA, USA⁵ USDA Forest Service North Central Research Station, Grand Rapids, MN, USA, Theories, tests, applications: How do we get from here to there?

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8:25 AM: Debinski, Diane^*,1, Su, Jeff², ¹ Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA² Gould league, Melbourne, Australia, Beyond species richness: Community similarity for coarse-filter conservation.

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8:50 AM: Carey, Andrew^*,1, ¹ Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Olympia, WA, USA, Strategies for the matrix: Experimental tests in the Pacific Northwest.

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9:15 AM: Schmiegelow, Fiona^*,1, Cumming, Steven², ¹ University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada² Boreal Ecosystems Research, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Conservation in dynamic landscapes: Perspectives from Canadian boreal forests.

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9:50 AM: Ferraz, Gonçalo^*,1, ¹ Projeto Dinâmica Biológica de Fragmentos Florestais, Manaus, AM, Brasil, Bird species loss in Amazon forest fragments: Implications for conservation practice.

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10:15 AM: Groves, Craig ^*,1, Vickery, Barbara ¹, ¹ Wildlife Conservation Society, Bozeman, MT, Utility of conservation theory: A practitioner perspective.

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10:40 AM: Franklin, Jerry¹, ¹ University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Next steps: An overview of the past and proposals regarding the future in application of theory to forest conservation.

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11:05 AM: , DISCUSSION.