1:50 PM: Fortin, Daniel^*,1, Morales, Juan², Boyce, Mark³, ¹ Département de biologie, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada² Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Storrs, Connecticut, USA³ Department of Biological Sciences, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Elk winter foraging at fine scales in Yellowstone National Park.

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2:10 PM: Bilyeu, Danielle^*,1, Hobbs, N. Thompson¹, Cooper, David², Singer, Francis^{1, 3}, Wolf, Evan², ¹ Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Fort Collins, CO, USA² Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, Fort Collins, CO, 80523³ Biological Resources Division, Fort Collins, CO, 80525, Interacting effects of water table and herbivory on willow in Yellowstone National Park.

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2:30 PM: Gonzales, Emily^*,1, Arcese, Peter¹, ¹ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Herbivory explains plant community composition in endangered oak meadows.

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2:50 PM: Said, Sonia^*,1, Pellerin, Maryline², Le Corre, Mael³, Widmer, Olivier⁴, ¹ ONCFS CNERA CS, Bar le Duc, France² CNRS, Beauvoir Sur Niort, France³ CNRS, Beauvoir Sur Niort, France⁴ ONCFS CNERA CS, Bar le Duc, France, Spatial behavior: Paths of food search in female roe deer (Capreolus capreolus).

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3:20 PM: Pellerin, Stéphanie^{*,1, 2}, Côté, Steeve^{2, 3, 4}, Huot, Jean^{2, 3, 4}, ¹ Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Montréal, Canada² Chaire de recherche industrielle CRSNG-Produits forestiers Anticosti Inc., Québec, Canada³ Centre d'études nordiques, Québec, Canada⁴ Université Laval, Québec, Canada, Long terme effects of deer browsing and trampling on the vegetation of peatlands.

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3:40 PM: Tremblay, Jean-Pierre^{*,1, 2, 3}, Huot, Jean^{1, 2, 3}, Potvin, François^{1, 2}, ¹ Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada² NSERC - Anticosti Forest Products Industrial Research Chair, Québec, Québec, Canada³ Centre d'études nordiques, Québec, Québec, Canada, Cervid overabundance and the ecological integrity of forest regeneration: are deer impacts directly proportional to their density?

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4:00 PM: DeJaco, Carrie^*,1, Batzli, George¹, ¹ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, The influence of endozoochory by rabbits on early successional grasslands.

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4:20 PM: Howe, Henry^*,1, Brown, Joel¹, Sullivan, Amy, Zorn-Arnold, Barbara¹, ¹ University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, What voles can do.

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4:40 PM: Martel, Jocelyn^*,1, Norrdahl, Kai², Pöyri, Ville², ¹ York University, Toronto, Canada² University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Potential roles of variable herbivory pressure and associational resistance/susceptibility in the establishment of riparian buffer zones made of woody plants.

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