1:30 PM: Baer, Sara^*,1, Romano, Susan², Davie, Kevin¹, Williard, Karl¹, Zaczek, James¹, ¹ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA² Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, USA, Long-term changes in disturbance dynamics of a floodplain ecosystem: implications of river regulation for forest community structure and regeneration.

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1:50 PM: Beauchamp, Vanessa^*,1, Stormberg, Juliet ¹, Sommers, Craig², ¹ Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA² ERO Resources, Denver, Colorado, USA, Scale-dependent response of riparian vegetation to flow regulation on the Verde River, Arizona.

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2:10 PM: Kotschy, Karen^*,1, McLoughlin, Craig¹, Rogers, Kevin¹, ¹ University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Plant persistence in disturbed environments: resprouting in response to a large infrequent flood disturbance in the Sabie River, South Africa.

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2:30 PM: Parsons, Melissa^*,1, McLoughlin, Craig¹, Rogers, Kevin¹, ¹ Centre for Water in the Environment, Johannesburg, South Africa, Multi-scaled heterogeneity of a riparian patch mosaic following a large infrequent flood disturbance in the Sabie River, South Africa.

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2:50 PM: Dowson, Lisa^*,1, Parsons, Melissa¹, Rogers, Kevin¹, ¹ University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, The patchy response of a riparian tree population to a large infrequent flood disturbance in the Sabie River, South Africa.

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3:20 PM: Kraft, Clifford^*,1, Millward, Andrew¹, Warren, Dana¹, ¹ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, cek7@cornell.edu, Greater ice storm damage along terrestrial-aquatic boundaries in forested landscapes.

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3:40 PM: Breshears, David^*,1, Whicker, Jeffrey^{2, 3}, Pinder, John³, Eberhart, Craig², ¹ The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ² University of California - Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM³ Colorado State University, Tucson, Wind-driven transport and erosion in semiarid forest: amplifications from fire, drought, and thinning.

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4:00 PM: Rich, Roy^*,1, Frelich, Lee¹, Reich, Peter¹, ¹ University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108, Compositional and structural transitions in upland near-boreal forest communities across a range of wind disturbance severity.

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4:20 PM: de Chantal, Michelle^*,1, Granström, Anders², ¹ University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland² Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden, Coarse woody debris piles as browsing refuges for aspen and willow regeneration.

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4:40 PM: Fajvan, Mary Ann^*,1, Barker Plotkin, Audrey², Foster, David², ¹ USDA Forest Service, Morgantown, WV² Harvard University, Petersham, MA, A method for modeling tree regeneration height growth after disturbance.

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