Poster # 40. Fenton, Nicole^*,1, Bergeron, Yves ¹, ¹ Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada, Bryophytes as indicators of paludification after partial harvest in the eastern boreal forest.

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Poster # 41. Swarbrick, Vanessa^{*,1, 2}, Vetter, Mary ¹, ¹ Luther College, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada² Spencer Environmental Management Services Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Assessing climate-related vegetation change through aerial photography – a study of the southern boreal forest.

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Poster # 42. Boudreault, Catherine^{*,1, 2}, Bergeron, Yves^{1, 2}, Coxson, Darwyn³, Stevenson, Suzan⁴, ¹ Groupe de recherche en écologie forestière interuniversitaire, Montréal, Québec, Canada² Chaire industrielle CRSNG-UQAT-UQAM en aménagement forestier durable, Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada³ University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada⁴ Silvifauna Research, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, Can partial-cuts recreate adequate microclimatic conditions for epiphytic lichen growth in boreal forests of eastern Canada?

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Poster # 43. D'Amato, Anthony^{*,1, 2}, Orwig, David^*,1, ¹ Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA, USA² University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA, The structure, composition, and dynamics of old-growth forests in the Berkshire Hills and Taconic Mountains, western Massachusetts.

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Poster # 44. Gómez-Aparicio, Lorena^{*,1, 2}, Gómez, Jose María¹, Zamora, Regino¹, ¹ University of Granada, Granada, Spain² Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, USA, Spatial patterns of seedling establishment at multiple scales: Do seedlings respond to all levels of patchiness?

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Poster # 45. Rüger, Nadja^*,1, Gutiérrez, Álvaro², Kissling, W. Daniel¹, Armesto, Juan^{2, 3}, Huth, Andreas¹, ¹ UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, D-04301 Leipzig, Germany² CMEB. Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Santiago, Chile³ Centre for Advanced Studies in Ecology & Biodiversity, Santiago CP 6513677, Chile, Sustainable management of Chilean temperate evergreen rainforest: A simulation experiment.

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Poster # 46. Li, Qinglin^*,1, Moorhead, Daryl¹, Chen, Jiquan¹, DeForest, Jared¹, Johnason, Mark², ¹ The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA² The Missouri Department of Conservation RR2 Box198, Ellington, MO, USA, Effects of forest management on mixed leaf litter decomposition in MOFEP.

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Poster # 47. ABE, Shin^*,1, FUKAZAWA, Shinsaku², TANOUCHI, Hiroyuki³, UTSUGI, Hajime¹, ¹ Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), Sapporo, Japan² Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Tokyo, Japan³ Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), Tsukuba, Japan, Structure of regenerated plants in a selective cutting mixed forest in northern Japan.

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Poster # 48. Acker, Marty¹, Arthur, Mary¹, ¹ Universityof Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Mass and nutrient dynamics of coarse and fine woody debris in a chronosequence of northern hardwood forest stands.

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Poster # 49. Arthur, Mary¹, ¹ University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Stand dynamics in a subalpine Englemann spruce − subalpine fir forest in north central Colorado: Changes over 17 years.

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Poster # 50. Berger, Michelle^*,1, Parker, Geoffrey¹, ¹ Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA, Patterns of fine litterfall from a long-term survey in an eastern deciduous forest.

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Poster # 51. Blanco, Juan¹, Imbert, J.¹, Castillo, Federico¹, Zavala, Miguel², ¹ Universidad Publica de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain² Universidad de Alcala, Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain, Importance of site-specific characteristic regarding thinning effects on nutrient cycling in two contrasting Pinus sylvestris L. forests in the Pyrenees (Northern Spain).

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Poster # 52. Bohn, Kimberly^*,1, Yanai, Ruth², Nyland, Ralph², ¹ kkbohn@att.net, Syracuse, NY² SUNY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, Spatial distribution of trees in northern hardwoods after selection system silviculture and diameter-limit cutting.

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Poster # 53. Ruscoe, Wendy^*,1, Elkinton, Joseph ², Choquenot, David¹, Allen, Robert¹, ¹ Landcare Research, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand² Department of Entomolgy, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, Predation of beech seed by mice: effects of numerical and functional responses.

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Poster # 54. Brese, Daniel^*,1, Woods, Kerry¹, ¹ Bennington College, Bennington, VT, USA, Tip-up mounds in large gaps play an important role in old-growth forest dynamics.

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Poster # 55. Brown, Susan^*,1, Burton, Andrew¹, Piket, Angela¹, Pregtizer, Kurt¹, ¹ Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, A field comparison of two dynamic chamber instruments for measuring forest soil respiration.

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Poster # 56. Brown, Carissa¹, Boutin, Celine², ¹ Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Biology, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada² National Wildlife Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, The effect of historical land use on vegetation in woodlots of Eastern Ontario, Canada.

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Poster # 57. Burton, Andrew^*,1, Culclasure, John, ¹ Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, Root respiration and biomass in the forest floor and surface mineral soil of northern hardwood forests receiving chronic N additions.

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Poster # 58. Busing, Richard¹, Solomon, Allen², ¹ U.S. Geological Survey, Corvallis, OR² U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR, Simulating effects of fire on forest composition and structure in the Pacific Northwest.

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Poster # 59. Cage, Leonard¹, Shumway, Durland^*,1, Lewis, Mark^*,1, ¹ Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland, Structural changes in an old growth eastern hemlock-northern hardwood stand in south-central Pennsylvania following invasion by the hemlock woolly adelgid.

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Poster # 60. Caldeira, Maria ^*,1, Lecomte, Xavier¹, Nogueira, Carla¹, Moreira, Andreia¹, Bugalho, Miguel², Pereira, Joao¹, ¹ Dept of Forestry, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisbon, Portugal² Center for Applied Ecology, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisbon, Portugal, Canopy and herbaceous cover effect on survival and growth of cork and holm oak.

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Poster # 61. Chang Yang, Chia-Hao¹, Lu, Chia-Ling¹, Hsieh, Chang-Fu¹, ¹ National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, The seed rain and seedling establishment in the Fushan subtropical rain forest, Taiwan.

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Poster # 62. Christenson, Lynn^{1, 2}, Groffman, Peter¹, Mitchell, Myron², ¹ Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, USA² SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, USA, Snow, soil freezing and moose influence nitrogen and forest dynamics in a northern hardwood forest.

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Poster # 63. Chun, Young-Moon^*,1, Choi, Young D.¹, ¹ Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN 46323, USA, Vegetation dynamics in the pannes of Lake Michigan sand dunes.

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Poster # 64. Claveau, Yves^*,1, Comeau, Philip², Messier, Christian¹, ¹ GREF interuniversitaire, Montréal, Québec, Canada² Department of Renewable Resources, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Early above- and below-ground responses of sub-boreal conifer seedlings to various levels of canopy removal.

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Poster # 65. Domke, Grant^*,1, Caspersen, John¹, Jones, Trevor¹, ¹ University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Rates and patterns of gap closure in a managed northern hardwood forest.

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Poster # 66. Doucet, Jean^*,1, ¹ TransEnergie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, A case of white-tailed deer controlling the woody vegetation in a powerline right-of-way located in a winter yard.

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Poster # 68. Evans, Celia^*,1, Mihuc, Janet¹, Allen, James¹, Twery, Mark², ¹ Paul Smith's College, Paul Smiths, NY, USA² USDA Forest Service, Burlington, VT, Salamander and forest floor invertebrate abundances in response to a range of harvesting intensities in a northern hardwood forest.

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Poster # 69. Figueiredo, Nivaldo^*,1, Vieira, Ima^*,2, ¹ Universidade Federal do Maranhão-UFMA, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil² Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi-MPEG, Belém, Pará, Brazil, The survival of species with different life strategies and their influence on the regeneration of a small fragment of tropical forest in northeastern Brazil.

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Poster # 70. Gagné, Caroline^{1, 2}, Drapeau, Pierre^{1, 2}, Imbeau, Louis^{1, 2}, ¹ Groupe de recherche en écologie forestière interuniversitaire, Montréal, Québec, Canada² Chaire industrielle CRSNG UQAT-UQAM en aménagement forestier durable, Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada, Effects of spatial configuration of habitat patches on the abundance of cavity nesting birds in boreal forest of Quebec, Canada.

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Poster # 71. Gaudence, DJEGO, Brice, SINSIN, , Effect of exotic plant species on their undergrowth phytocenose species diversity.

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Poster # 72. Goldsmith, Gregory^*,1, Comita, Liza², Morefield, Leslie³, Hubbell, Stephen^{2, 4}, ¹ Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME² University of Georgia, Athens, GA³ Appalachian State University, Boone, NC⁴ Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama, Impacts of long-term research on seedling dynamics in a permanent sample plot on Barro Colorado Island, Panama.

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Poster # 73. Goolsby, Darroc^{1, 2}, Boring, Lindsay^{1, 2}, Wimberly, Michael², ¹ Joseph W. Jones Ecologic Research Center, Newton, GA² University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Land use legacies and upland forest overstory structural change in southwest Georgia.

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Poster # 74. Smith, Kenneth¹, Livings, Jennifer^*,1, Hane, Elizabeth¹, ¹ Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA, Effects of disturbance on the herbaceous layer in a northern hardwood forest: Differences in vegetation along trails and unpaved roads.

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Poster # 75. Hao, Zhanqing¹, Ye, Ji¹, He, Fangliang², ¹ Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China, Sehnyang² Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Canada T6G 2H1, Edmonton, Spatial patterns of tree species in a broad-leaved Korean pine mixed forest in Changbai Mountain, China.

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Poster # 76. McLaren, Brian¹, Hermanutz, Luise^*,2, Gosse, John³, Kasimos, Costa², Collet, Ben¹, ¹ Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada² Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada³ Terra Nova National Park, Glovertown, NL, Canada, Do plants respond equally to browsing by overabundant moose?

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Poster # 77. Hill, Steven^*,1, Mallik, Azim², Chen, Han², ¹ University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada² Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, Response of understorey vegetation to gaps in Populus tremuloides dominated forests in northeastern Ontario, Canada.

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Poster # 78. Hughes, Josie^*,1, Fall, Andrew², Shore, Terry³, Riel, Bill³, Eng, Marvin⁴, Hall, Peter⁴, ¹ Research Consultant, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada² Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada³ Canadian Forest Service, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada⁴ British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Understanding landscape pattern and mountain pine beetle management in British Columbia.

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Poster # 79. Huttunen, Liisa ^*,1, Niemelä, Pekka ¹, Peltola, Heli ¹, Rousi, Matti ², Kellomäki, Seppo ¹, ¹ University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forestry, Joesuu, Finland² Finnish Forest Research Institute, Punkaharju research station, Punkaharju, Finland, Compensatory growth of defoliated silver birch seedlings under changing climate and varying nitrogen availability.

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Poster # 80. Koehler, Peter¹, Huth, Andreas^*,, ¹ Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, Impacts of logging in tropical rain forests with disturbed recruitment: A simulation study.

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Poster # 81. Jia, Gensuo^*,1, Burke, Ingrid¹, Kaufmann, Merrill², ¹ Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA² USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA, Assessing the spatial patterns of forest fuel using spectral unmixing of vegetation components in the Front Range of Colorado.

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Poster # 82. Jimenez-Castillo, Mylthon¹, Lusk, Chris¹, ¹ Laboratorio de Ecologia Forestal, Departamento Botanica, Universidad de Concepcion., Concepción, Chile, Altitudinal distribution patterns of lianas: Relationships with their vascular anatomy and freeze embolism.

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Poster # 83. Kayama, Masazumi^*,1, Sasa, Kaichiro², Kitao, Mitsutoshi¹, Tobita, Hiroyuki¹, Maruyama, Yutaka¹, Koike, Takayoshi², ¹ Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan² Hokkaido University Forests, FSC, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Growth characteristics of seedlings of three spruce species raised on serpentine soil in northern Japan.

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Poster # 84. Kellner, James¹, Thomas, Robert^*,1, Peart, David¹, Clark, Matthew^*,2, Clark, David^{3, 4}, ¹ Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire² University of California, Santa Barbara³ University of Missouri -, St. Louis⁴ La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo de, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, A new remote sensing method for tropical tree mapping and monitoring at larger spatial scales.

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Poster # 85. Kern, Ruth Ann^*,1, Bono, Lori^*,1, ¹ California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA, The effects of thinning and prescribed fire on seed production of Sierran conifers.

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Poster # 86. Kunstler, Georges^*,1, Coomes, David², CANHAM, CHARLES ³, ¹ Cemagref – U.R. DFCF, Ecologie Appliquée des Milieux Boisés, 24, av. des Landais, Aubière, 63172, France² Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB3 2EA, UK³ Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Box AB, Millbrook, New York, USA, Angiosperm trees outgrow conifer on fertile and infertile soils in New Zealand.

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Poster # 87. Lake, Jeffrey^*,1, Hubbell, Stephen¹, ¹ University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, Limiting similarity in a temperate forest tree community.

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Poster # 88. Lee, Mi-Sun^*,1, Koizumi, Hiroshi¹, ¹ Gifu University, Gifu, Japan, Evaluation of empirical regression models for predicting interannual variation in soil respiration in a cool-temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest in Japan.

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Poster # 89. LENIERE, Alexandre^*,1, HOULE, Gilles¹, ¹ Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, Response of understorey plant diversity to reduced forest structural heterogeneity.

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Poster # 90. Long, Robert¹, Apsley, David², Rebbeck, Joanne¹, ¹ USDA Forest Service, Delaware, OH² Ohio State University Extension, Piketon, OH, Oak and maple stump sprout dynamics in response to thinning and burning treatments in southern Ohio.

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Poster # 91. Lopez-Toledo, Leonel ^*,1, Martinez-Ramos, Miguel ¹, Burslem, David², ¹ Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas - UNAM, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico² University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, Distribution, abundance and demography of Guaiacum sanctum in managed and conserved areas of Mexico.

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Poster # 92. Lux, Heidi^*,1, Orwig, David¹, Jefts, Sultana¹, Foster, David¹, ¹ Harvard University, Petersham, MA, USA, Changes in ecosystem response associated with hemlock woolly adelgid infestation and preemptive logging in southern New England.

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Poster # 93. Marx, Laura^*,1, Walters, Michael¹, ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, The eastern hemlock-yellow birch association: Similar seedling requirements lead to tangled trees.

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Poster # 94. McCarthy, Brian¹, ¹ Ohio University, Athens, OH, An experimental study of anthropogenic disturbance and hardwood forest regeneration.

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Poster # 95. McCain, Christina^{*,1, 2}, ¹ University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL² Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project - INPA, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Direct and indirect effects of mutualists and antagonists on plant reproductive success in Rapatea ulei: SEM and complex natural systems.

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Poster # 96. Bogich, Tiffany^*,1, Shea, Katriona¹, Liebhold, Andrew ², ¹ The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA² USDA Forest Service, Morgantown, WV, Optimization of the monitoring and management of the North American Gypsy Moth.

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Poster # 97. Coonley, Angela ^*,1, Pallardy, Stephen¹, ¹ Department of Forestry, Columbia, MO, USA, Long-term successional trends in an oak-dominated forest in central Missouri.

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Poster # 98. Papaik, Michael^*,, Canham, Charles, , Canopy tree competition along environmental gradients in southern New England forests.

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Poster # 99. Kotroczó, Zsolt¹, Krakomperger, Zsolt¹, Papp, Maria^*,2, Bowden, Rishard D.³, Tóth, Janos¹, ¹ University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary² University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary³ Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, Thirty-one years of change in vegetation composition of a Central European oak forest at the Sikfokut ILTER.

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Poster # 100. Paquette, Alain¹, Bouchard, André¹, Cogliastro, Alain¹, ¹ Institut de recherche en biologie végétale;, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Enrichment of degraded early-successional forests : analysis of a six year experiment in north-eastern North America.

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Poster # 101. Patten, Ruth^*,1, Wyckoff, Peter¹, ¹ University of Minnesota-Morris, Morris, MN, USA, Growth and abundance of buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) and bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) saplings in a west central Minnesota forest as a function of light availability and soil moisture.

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Poster # 102. Santana, Mirna^*,, Lao, Suzanne², ² Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Effect of four year teak (Tectona grandis) plantation on understory species composition.

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Poster # 103. Stanton, Sharon^*,1, ¹ Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA, The role of a dwarf parasite in forested landscapes.

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Poster # 104. Suyama, Yoshihisa^*,1, Maruyama, Kaoru¹, Tomita, Mizuki², Takahashi, Makoto³, Seiwa, Kenji¹, ¹ Tohoku University, Naruko, Japan² Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan³ Forest Tree Breeding Center, Hitachi, Japan, Population dynamics of seedlings of Fagus crenata revealed by parentage analysis with microsatellite DNA.

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Poster # 105. Takahashi, Koichi^*,1, Rustandi, Agus¹, ¹ Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan, Responses of crown development to canopy openings by saplings of eight tropical submontane forest tree species in Indonesia: comparison with cool temperate trees.

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Poster # 67. Lefrançois, Marie-Lou^*,1, Beaudet, Marilou¹, Messier, Christian¹, ¹ Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Variation in tree allometry and crown openness of sugar maple, yellow birch and eastern hemlock along a potential evapotranspiration deficit gradient.

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Poster # 106. Tessier, Jack^*,1, ¹ Biology Department, New Britain, CT, 06053, Phenological patterns among understory plant species of northwestern Connecticut.

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Poster # 107. Thomas, Miranda¹, Sanford, Robert¹, ¹ University of Denver, Denver, CO, Lower Treeline in the Foothills of the Colorado Front Range.

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Poster # 108. Crone, Elizabeth, Torres, Glendaly ^*,, , Cost of Flowering, Fruiting and Seeding as Possible Cause of Mast Seeding in Astragalus scaphoides.

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Poster # 109. Trigo, Nuri¹, ¹ Departamento el Hombre y su Ambiente, México, D.F., México, Growth of conifers and vegetation loss in a temperate forest of central Mexico.

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Poster # 110. Twery, Mark^*,1, Wade, Gary¹, ¹ USDA Forest Service, Burlington, VT, USA, Understory plant community response to silvicultural treatments in northern hardwood forests of northern New York.

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Poster # 111. Utsugi, Hajime^*,1, Liang, Naishen³, Watanabe, Tsutomu², Abe, Shin¹, Tobita, Hiroyuki¹, Maruyama, Yutaka¹, ¹ Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan³ CGER, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan² Forestry and Forest products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Stem respiration in a secondary northern hardwood forest in Japan.

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Poster # 112. Warkentin, Ian¹, Thompson, Randy², Flemming, Stephen³, ¹ Memorial University, Corner Brook, NL, Canada² Gros Morne National Park of Canada, Rocky Harbour, NL, Canada³ Atlantic Service Centre - Parks Canada, Halifax, NS, Canada, Variable impact of nest predation in a changing boreal forest landscape.

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Poster # 113. Woodman, Brett^*,1, Suffling, Roger¹, ¹ The School of Planning, Waterloo, On N2L 3G1, Canada, The effect of fire date on post-fire legacies in north-western Ontario red pine (Pinus resinosa) mixedwoods.

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Poster # 114. Yury, Rozhkov^*,1, ¹ State natural reserve "Olekminsky", Olekminsk, Republic Sakha, Russian Federation, Use GIS and space pictures in monitoring of boreal woods of Southwest Yakutia.

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Poster # 115. Zhang, Jin-tun^*,1, Meng, Dongping², ¹ Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China² Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China, Spatial pattern of individuals in different age-classes of Larix principis-rupprechtii in Luya Mountain Reserve, North China.

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Poster # 116. Zhang, Yuandong^*,1, Liu, Shirong, Zhao, Changming, ¹ Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China, Spatial pattern of sub-alpine forest restoration in west Sichuan, China.

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Poster # 117. Zhao, Yonghua^{*,1, 2, 3}, Lei, Ruide², Jia, Xia^{1, 3}, He, Xingyuan¹, ¹ Chang'an University, Xi’an, China² Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry, Xi'an, Yangling Distirct, China³ Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, Quantitative analysis on sharp-tooth oak stands in Mt. Qinling.

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Poster # 118. Zheng, Daolan^*,1, Li, Qinglin¹, Chen, Jiquan¹, Jensen, Randy², Kabrick, John³, ¹ Department of Earth, Ecologic, and Environmental Sciences, Toledo, OH, USA² Missouri Department of Conservation, Ellington, MO, USA³ Forest Science Lab, USDA Forest Service, Columbia, MO, USA, Linking remote sensing with field observations for aboveground biomass estimates in Southeast Missouri Ozark landscape.

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Poster # 119. Zigouris, Joanna¹, Malcolm, Jay², Heaven, Irene³, ¹ Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada² Faculty of Forestry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada³ Glenside Ecological Services Limited, Minden, Ontario, Canada, Effects of varying canopy removal on the abundance of red backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) in the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence forest region of central Ontario.

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Poster # 120. Ko Heinrichs, Derrick¹, Tardif, Jacques¹, Bergeron, Yves², ¹ Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada² Chaire industrielle CRSNG-UQAT-UQAM en aménagement forestier durable, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada, Intra-annual xylem development in seven boreal tree species.

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Poster # 121. Li, Maihe^{*,1, 2}, Schaub, Marcus¹, Cherubini, Paolo¹, Kräuchi, Norbert¹, ¹ WSL, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Birmensdorf, Zurich, Switzerland² Chengdu Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Physiological and Growth Responses of Abies alba Trees to Defoliation.

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Poster # 122. Bauerle, William^*,1, Wang, G. Geoff¹, Bowden, Joseph¹, Hong, Christina², ¹ Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA² Governors School of Math and Science, Hartsville, SC, USA, Effects of water stress on photosynthesis and water use efficiency in American chestnut.

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Poster # 123. Garcia-Guerrero, Andrea^*,1, Oberbauer, Steven ¹, Clark, David², Olivas, Paulo³, Ordoñez, Harlyn³, ¹ Florida International University, Miami, FL² University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO³ La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, Leaf optical properties across vertical transects in tropical rain forest canopies.

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Poster # 124. Huebner, Cynthia^*,1, Miller, Gary¹, ¹ Northeastern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Morgantown, WV, USA, Herbaceous species response to subcanopy light treatments and deer exclusion in mature second-growth forests.

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Poster # 125. Iijima, Yoshihiro^*,1, Ishikawa, Mamoru¹, Kadota, Tsutomu¹, Ohata, Tetsuo¹, ¹ Institute of Observational Research for Global Change, JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, Seasonal variation in xylem sap flow in relation to environmental regulation at the north-faced larch forest slope in northern Mongolia.

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Poster # 126. Kurokawa, Hiroko^{*,1, 2}, Nakashizuka, Tohru², ¹ Kyoto University, Otsu, Shiga, Japan² Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, Are plant leaves less susceptible to herbivory less decomposable?: a study from Bornean forests in Malaysia.

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Poster # 127. Legault, Nicolas^*,1, Lavallée, Robert², Mauffette, Yves¹, ¹ Groupe de recherche en écologie forestière interuniversitaire (GREFi), Montreal, Quebec, Canada² Natural Resources Canada, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada, Seasonal changes in host bark chemistry and morphology affecting the oviposition performance of the white pine weevil.

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Poster # 128. Planells, Octavi¹, Andreu, Laia¹, Gutiérrez, Emilia ^*,1, Schleser, Gerhard H. ², ¹ Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain² Research Center Juelich (FZJ), Juelich, Germany, Geographic and specific different responses to summer drought and increasing CO₂ determined by tree-ring widths and ¹³C chronologies in five Iberian pine forests.

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Poster # 129. Thomas, Richard¹, van Bloem, Skip¹, Briden, Sarah¹, Herrick, Jeffrey², ¹ West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, US² Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, US, Photosynthetic capacity of young and old leaves of sweetgum trees grown in elevated atmospheric CO₂.

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Poster # 130. Reis, Anne^*,1, Will-Wolf, Susan¹, Nelsen, Matthew¹, Trest, Marie¹, Makholm, Martha², Rolih, Kasey³, ¹ University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI² Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, WI³ University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, Application at two different scales of a lichen bioindicator.

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Poster # 132. Rossi, Sergio^*,1, Deslauriers, Annie¹, Anfodillo, Tommaso¹, ¹ Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy, Effects of temperature on intra-annual dynamics of tree-ring formation in conifers of the Alpine timberline.

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Poster # 133. Tobita, Hiroyuki^*,1, Utsugi, Hajime¹, Kitao, Mitsutoshi¹, Kayama, Masazumi¹, Maruyama, Yutaka¹, ¹ Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Sapporo, Japan, Acclimation of photosynthetic activity to irradiance within the canopy of three deciduous broadleaf tree species in northern Japan.

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Poster # 134. Wang, G. Geoff¹, Bauerle, William¹, Mudder, Brian¹, ¹ Clemson University, Clemson, SC, Effects of light acclimation on the photosynthesis, growth, and biomass allocation in Castanea dentata L. seedlings.

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Poster # 136. Peterjohn, William^*,1, Gress, Stephen¹, ¹ West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, Testing the association between tree species and soil properties: Do watershed patterns reflect those of individual trees?

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Poster # 138. Clinton, Barton ^*,1, Knoepp, Jennifer¹, ¹ USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Otto, NC, USA, Riparian zone structure and function in southern Appalachain mountain 1st order catchments.

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Poster # 139. De-Xin, Guan ¹, ¹ Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning, PR China, CO₂ flux over old temperate mixed forest in North- eastern China.

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Poster # 140. Butnor, John^*,1, Johnsen, Kurt¹, Wikstrom, Per², Lundmark, Tomas ³, Linder, Sune⁴, ¹ USDA Forest Service, Research Triangle Pa, NC, USA² Radarteam Sweden AB, Boden, Sweden³ SLU Experimental Forests, Vindeln, Sweden⁴ SLU, Southern Swedish Forest Research Center, Alnarp, Sweden, Imaging taproots with borehole radar.

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Poster # 141. Zhang, Shouren¹, Dang, Qing-Lai^*,1, ¹ Faculty of Forestry and the Forest Environment, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, Effects of elevated [CO₂] and nutrient on photosynthetic functions of birch seedlings.

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Poster # 142. del Fierro, Katrina^*,1, Zafar, Hina¹, Patterson, Angelica¹, Callahan, Hilary¹, ¹ Barnard College, New York, NY, Impacts of chronic N amendments on tree reproduction in an oak-dominated stand at Harvard Forest.

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Poster # 143. Edwards, Jenny¹, Eissenstat, David¹, ¹ Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Growth response of hardwood and conifer trees under different calcium nutrient regimes.

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Poster # 144. Fabio, Eric^*,1, Arthur, Mary¹, ¹ University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Stand-level control of nitrogen cycling and decomposition by oak and sugar maple at Mammoth Cave National Park.

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Poster # 145. Fatemi, Farrah ¹, Yanai, Ruth ¹, ¹ Faculty of Forest and Natural Resources Management, Syracuse, NY, Aboveground biomass and nutrient content in developing northern hardwood stands.

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Poster # 146. Fredeen, Arthur^{*,1, 2}, Pypker, Thomas³, Waughtal, Jennifer², ¹ Faculty of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Prince George, BC, Canada² Ecosystem Science and Management, Prince George, BC, Canada³ College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A., When do sub-boreal clearcuts become net sinks for CO₂.

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Poster # 147. Giardina, Christian^*,1, Parsons, William², King, John³, Loya, Wendy ³, Pregitzer, Kurt ³, Lindroth, Richard⁴, ¹ USDA Forest Service, Houghton, MI² Laval University, Montreal, Quebec³ Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI⁴ University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, The Effects of elevated CO2 and O3 on litterfall in aspen stands and mixed stands of aspen and birch.

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Poster # 148. Homyak, Peter¹, Burns, Douglas², Germain, Rene¹, Briggs, Russel¹, Yanai, Ruth¹, ¹ SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, USA² USGS, Troy, NY, USA, Nitrogen immobilization by woodchip application: protecting water quality in a northern hardwood forest.

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Poster # 149. Horn, Kari ^*,1, Kaye, Jason², ¹ Arizona State University, Tempe² The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Ecosystem effects of bark beetle infestation in a ponderosa pine forest.

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Poster # 150. Jerabkova, Lucie^*,1, Prescott, Cindy ¹, ¹ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Soil nitrate in boreal mixedwoods: effect of forest type and clear-cut harvesting.

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Poster # 152. Kilpeläinen, Jouni^*,1, Finér, Leena¹, Domisch, Timo¹, Jurgensen, Martin², Niemelä, Pekka³, Sundström, Liselotte⁴, ¹ Finnish Forest Research Institute, Joensuu, Finland² Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan³ University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland⁴ University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Metal concentrations in ant (Formica rufa group) mounds differ from those in the forest floor in eastern Finland.

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Poster # 154. Kim, Eunsook^*,1, Kang, Sinkyu², Kim, Youngil³, Hwang, Taehee⁴, Kim, Joon⁵, ¹ Forest Ecology, Seoul, South Korea² Forest Ecology, Chunchon, Kangwon-do, South Korea³ Forest ecology, Seoul, South Korea⁴ Forest ecology, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A⁵ Micrometeorology, Seoul, South Korea, Scaling of eddy covariance measurements and plot-based surveys for validation of MODIS GPP in a topographically complex forested landscape.

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Poster # 156. Lee, Im Kyun^*,1, Son, Yowhan², Lim, Jong Hwan¹, Kim, Young Kul¹, ¹ Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul, KOREA² Korea University, Seoul, KOREA, Effects of fertilization on soil nitrogen mineralization at a pitch pine and Japanese larch plantations in central Korea.

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Poster # 157. Lee, Eun¹, Yi, Jong¹, Park, Dong¹, Song, Uhram¹, Mun, Hyeong², ¹ Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea² Kongju National University, Kongju, Korea, Decay rate and nutrient dynamics during wood decomposition.

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Poster # 158. Douhovnikoff, Vladimir^*,, , Clonal growth in woody plants.

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Poster # 160. McCarthy Neumann, Sarah^*,1, Kobe, Richard ¹, ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Response to soil pathogens as a function of adult abundance and shade tolerance classification in tropical tree seedlings.

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Poster # 161. Munson, Alison^*,1, Coyea, Marie¹, Parsons, William¹, ¹ Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada, Shifts in litterfall and decomposition under intensive silviculture regimes in pine (Pinus strobus L.) plantations.

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Poster # 162. Ohashi, Mizue^*,1, Kume, Tomonori^*,2, Kumagai , Tomo'omi ^*,3, Saito, Taku ^*,3, Gyokusen, Koichiro ^*,3, Suzuki , Masakazu^*,2, ¹ Finnish Forest Research Institute, Joensuu, Finland² University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan³ Kyusyu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Temporal and spatial variation in soil respiration in a Bornean tropical rainforest in Sarawak, Malaysia.

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Poster # 163. Park, Hyun^*,1, Lee, Myung¹, Kim, Pan², ¹ Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul, KOREA² Sangju National University, Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KOREA, Measurement of soil dynamics for the resilience assay of soil ecosystem after forest fire at a Pinus densiflora stand in eastern Korea.

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Poster # 164. Park, Byung Bae^*,1, Yanai, Ruth ¹, Fahey, Timothy², ¹ SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, USA² Cornell University, Itacha, NY, USA, Cross-site study of fine root biomass and productivity along a calcium supply gradient in north temperate forest ecosystems.

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Poster # 165. Perez, Cecilia^*,1, Carmona, Martin¹, Aravena, Juan¹, Fariña, Jose¹, Necochea, Pablo¹, Armesto, Juan¹, ¹ P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, Land cover change from primary to secondary forests: effects on the nitrogen cycle in Chiloe island.

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Poster # 166. Piatek, Kate^*,1, ¹ West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA, Implications for forest productivity of the fate of N released from foliar litter.

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Poster # 167. Pritchard, Seth ^*,1, Runion, G. Brett², Prior, Steve², Davis, Mike³, Mitchell, Robert⁴, Rogers, Hugo², ¹ College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA² USDA-ARS National Soil Dynamics Laboratory, Auburn, AL, USA³ University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA⁴ Joseph Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, GA, USA, Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on root biomass production are mediated by plant competition.

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Poster # 168. Roy, Vincent^*,1, Thiffault, Nelson¹, ¹ Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, How did Quebec achieve zero herbicide in forestry.

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Poster # 170. Sipe, Timothy^*,1, Clowers, Jennifer¹, Sanchez Sierra, Alejandro¹, Vuong, Julie¹, ¹ Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, USA, Temporal and spatial variation of nearground atmospheric carbon dioxide in a mixed hardwood-hemlock forest in central Massachusetts.

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Poster # 171. Kim, Rae Hyun^*,, Son, Yowhan, Yi, Myong Jong, Jin, Hyun O, Kim, Dong Yeob, Park, In Hyeop, , Influence of species and geography on soil properties of natural oak forests in Korea.

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Poster # 172. Turner, Greg^{*,1, 2}, Lewis, J.D.¹, Schuster, W.S.F.³, ¹ Fordham University, Armonk, NY² West Chester University of Pennylvania, West Chester, PA³ Black Rock Forest Consortium, Cornwall, NY, Effects of nitrogen on ectomycorrhizal abundance and diversity from red oak seedlings grown in contrasting soils.

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Poster # 173. Huang, Jianhui ^*,1, Wang, Lixin², Wang, Jin², Mou, Paul³, ¹ Laboratory of Quantitative Vegetation Ecology, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China² Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA³ Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA, Geostatistical analysis on total and available nitrogen patterns in an evergreen broad-leaf forest of southwestern China.

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Poster # 174. WANG, Wen-Jie¹, ZU, Yuan-Gang¹, ZHANG, Xian-Quan¹, HIRANO, Takashi ², KOIKE, Takayoshi ³, ¹ Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry Univ., Harbin 150040, Heilongjiang Province, P.R, China² Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Hokkaido, Japan³ Hokkaido University Forests, FSC, Sapporo 060-0809, Hokkaido, Japan, Soil respiration and its components of five forests in Northeast China.

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Poster # 175. LAIYE, QU¹, SATOSHI, KITAOKA¹, KAICHIRO, SASA¹, TAKAYOSHI, KOIKE¹, ¹ Hokkaido University, SAPPORO, HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, Influence of environmental factors, soil carbon, and soil microorganism biomass on soil microbial respiration in a Japanese larch forest.

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