8:00 AM: Aubin, Isabelle^*,1, Bouchard, André¹, Messier, Christian², ¹ Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Montréal, Québec, Canada² Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Determining the ecological value of plantations based on understory structure and function.

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8:20 AM: Berryman, Shanti^*,1, Puettmann, Klaus¹, ¹ Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA, Characterizing understory vegetation response to variable density thinnings in young Douglas-fir forest of western Oregon.

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8:40 AM: Fahey, Robert^*,1, Puettmann, Klaus¹, Berryman, Shanti¹, ¹ Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Patterns in understory vegetation distributions across gap openings in variable density thinned forest stands in western Oregon.

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9:00 AM: Schumacher, Henry^*,1, Carson, Walter¹, Adams, Mary Beth², ¹ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA² USDA Forest Service, Parsons, WV, USA, Examining the interactive effects of deer browsing, understory fire, and canopy gaps on eastern forest dynamics. What's driving the patterns?

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9:20 AM: Randall, Jesse^*,1, Walters, Michael^*,1, ¹ Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA, Deer and sedge: Bottlenecks to seedling regeneration in northern hardwood forests.

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9:50 AM: Tripler, Chris¹, ¹ Inst. of Ecosystem Studies/U. of Louisville, Millbrook, New York, USA, Use of maximum likelihood techniques and neighborhood analysis to determine spatial patterns of deer herbivory in a northern hardwood forest of southern New England.

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10:10 AM: Smith, Japhia¹, Anderson, Roger^*,2, ¹ USDA APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service), Chicago, Illinois² Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, Relationships between ground layer herbs and stand dead and living trees in a central Illinois old-growth forest.

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10:30 AM: Flinn, Kathryn^*,1, ¹ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, kmf27@cornell.edu, Dispersal vs. recruitment limitation of fern populations in forests of different history.

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10:50 AM: Pakeman, Robin^*,1, Beaton, Joan¹, Thoss, Vera¹, Lennon, Jack¹, Sim, Dave¹, Iason, Glenn¹, ¹ Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, Phytochemistry of Scots pine contributes to understorey assemblage structure.

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11:10 AM: Boudreau, Stéphane^*,1, Lawes, Michael¹, ¹ Forest Biodiversity Research Unit, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Small understorey gaps created by subsistence harvesters do not adversely affect the maintenance of tree diversity in a sub-tropical forest.

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