8:00 AM: Thorpe, Hilary^*,1, Thomas, Sean¹, Caspersen, John¹, ¹ Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Growth and mortality responses of Picea mariana following partial stand harvest in Ontario's boreal forest.

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8:20 AM: Armesto, Juan^{*,1, 2}, Gutiérrez, Alvaro¹, Christie, Duncan³, Carrasco, Natalia¹, Pérez, Cecilia², Lusk, Chris⁴, ¹ CMEB, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile² CASEB, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile³ Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile⁴ Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile, Comparative regeneration patterns of trees in North Patagonian and Valdivian rain forests, Chile.

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8:40 AM: Gu, Huiyan^{1, 2}, Yu, Dapao^*,1, Wang, Shunzhong^*,1, Zhou, Li^*,1, Dai, Limin¹, ¹ Chinese Academy of Science,Institute of Applied Ecology of Sheyang, 72 Wenhua Road,Sheyang,110016, Liaoning Province, P.R.China² College of Forestry,Northeast Forestry University, Hexing Road 26.Haerbin,150040, Heilongjiang Province, P.R.China, Response of Picea jezoensis and Abies nephrolepis regeneration to timber harvesting in Changbai Mountain, China.

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9:00 AM: Mouro, Sara¹, Freitas, Helena ¹, Marañón, Teodoro², ¹ 1Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia. Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal² Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain, Woody plant regeneration and overstory heterogeneity within a mixed oak Mediterranean forest.

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9:20 AM: Barton, Andrew^*,1, Grenier, Daniel¹, ¹ University of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, ME, Jack pine dynamics on outcrops and bogs on fire-free Great Wass Island, Maine.

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9:50 AM: Lowe, Edward^*,1, ¹ University of Maryland, College Park, MD, Spatial and temporal contributions of seed dispersal, predation and seedling survival to wax myrtle recruitment.

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10:10 AM: Jones, Trevor^*,1, Caspersen, John¹, Domke, Grant ¹, Thomas, Sean¹, ¹ University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Tree growth response to gap creation: Neighbourhood competition through space and time in hardwood forests of Central Ontario, Canada.

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10:30 AM: Bird, Suzanne^*,1, Binkley, Dan ^{1, 2}, Kaufmann, Merrill³, Shepperd, Wayne³, ¹ Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Fort Collins, CO, USA² Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Fort Collins, CO, USA³ USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO, USA, Spatial and temporal patterns in structure, regeneration, and mortality of old-growth ponderosa pine forests in the Colorado Front Range.

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