1:30 PM: Moustakas, Aristides ^*,1, Guenther, Matthias², Wiegand, Kerstin¹, Mueller, Karl Heinz², Ward, David³, Meyer, Katrin¹, ¹ Institute of Ecology, Jena 07743, Germany² Department of Geography, Research Lab GIS & Remote Sensing, 35037 Marburg, Germany³ School of Botany & Zoology, Scottsville 3209, South Africa, Size-class distribution of Acacia erioloba mortality: the middle class shall die!.

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1:50 PM: Hanson, D. Eric¹, ¹ American Samoa Community College, Pago Pago, AS, USA, Characterization of mortality rate in tropical rainforest plantation trees.

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2:10 PM: Wiser, Susan^*,1, Allen, Robert¹, Benecke, Udo², Baker, Gordon³, Peltzer, Duane¹, ¹ Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand² private consultant, Christchurch, New Zealand³ private consultant, Rangiora, New Zealand, Tree growth and mortality after small-group harvesting in New Zealand old-growth Nothofagus forests.

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2:30 PM: Hartmann, Henrik¹, Messier, Christian ¹, Beaudet, Marilou ¹, ¹ Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Mortality among mature sugar maple and yellow birch trees following selection harvest in the northern hardwoods of Quebec, Canada.

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2:50 PM: Caspersen, John^*,1, ¹ Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Elevated mortality of residual trees following single-tree felling in northern hardwood forests.

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3:20 PM: Lynch, Heather^*,1, Moorcroft, Paul¹, ¹ Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Insect-Fire Interactions.

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3:40 PM: James, Patrick¹, Fortin, Marie-Josee¹, Kneeshaw, Daniel², ¹ University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada² Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, Multi-scale analysis of spatial patterns of spruce budworm defoliation.

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4:00 PM: Moore, Patrick^*,1, Van Miegroet, Helga ¹, Nicholas, Niki², ¹ Utah State University, Logan, UT² Yosemite National Park, El Portal, CA, Current biomass and stand dynamics of a southern Appalachian spruce-fir forest.

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4:20 PM: McCloskey, Shane^*,1, Daniels, Lori¹, ¹ Dept. of Geography, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Western hemlock looper populations and the impacts of defoliation on coastal BC forests.

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4:40 PM: Smith, Annemarie^*,1, Herms, Daniel², Long, Robert³, ¹ Environmental Science Graduate Program, Columbus, OH² Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, OH³ USDA Forest Service, Delaware, OH, Does community structure influence forest susceptibility and response to Emerald Ash Borer?

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