Poster # 107. Lu, Aifeng^{*,1, 2}, Tian, Hanqin², Liu, Mingliang², Liu, Jiyuan¹, Melillo, Jerry³, ¹ Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China² School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA³ The Ecosystem Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA, Annual release of carbon from forest fire in China during 1950-2000: Integrating remotely sensed data, forest fire inventory and models.

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Poster # 108. Charron, Isabelle^{*,1, 2}, Johnson, Edward¹, ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Calgary, AB, Canada² Department of Geography, Montreal, QC, Canada, Predicting riparian tree establishment of headwater mountain gravel-bed streams using fire and fluvial processes.

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Poster # 109. Billings, Sharon^{*,1, 2}, Brewer, Courtney³, Foster, B¹, ¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Lawrence, KS² Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS³ Norfolk State University, Norfolk, KS, Incorporation of plant residues into soil organic matter as impacted by grassland management practices in the North American Midwest.

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Poster # 110. Gagnon, Paul^*,1, Platt, William¹, ¹ Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, Razing cane: The effect of fire on a native North American bamboo.

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Poster # 111. Graham, John^*,1, McCarthy, Brian¹, ¹ Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA, Fine-fuel dynamics three-years following fire and thinning in Ohio mixed-oak forests.

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Poster # 112. Guadalupe, Galindez^*,1, Fernando, Biganzoli¹, Cristian, Pereyra¹, Ana, Scopel, ¹ IFEVA-CONICET. Facultad de Agronomía. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Av. San Martín 4453., Capital Federal, Argentina, Shrub encroachment in a temperate savanna (Argentina). Responses to fire and herbivory in two dominant Asteraceae species.

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Poster # 113. Harper, Karen^*,1, Leduc, Alain², Lesieur, Daniel², Bergeron, Yves^{2, 3}, ¹ Laval University, Quebec, Quebec, Canada² University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada³ University of Quebec in Abitibi-Teminiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada, Formation of fire edges: effects of landscape structure on edge location and configuration.

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Poster # 114. Hinchey Machado, Angela ¹, Fox, Gordon ¹, ¹ University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA, Abiotic spatial relationships which influence population distribution of (Pinus palustris).

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Poster # 115. Johnstone, Jill^{*,1, 2, 3}, Chapin, F. Stuart³, Kasischke, Erik^{3, 4}, ¹ Department of Geography, Ottawa, ON, Canada² Arts and Science Division, Whitehorse, YT, Canada³ Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, AK, USA⁴ Department of Geography, Baltimore, MD, USA, Do results from small scale experiments help in understanding landscape patterns of boreal tree recruitment within a natural wildfire?

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Poster # 116. Kemball, Kevin^*,1, Wang, Geoff^{2, 3}, Westwood, Richard³, ¹ University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada² Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina³ University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Are mineral soils exposed by wildfires better seedbeds for conifer regeneration?

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Poster # 117. Kneeshaw, Daniel^*,1, Bouchard, Mathieu¹, Lauzon, Eve¹, De Romer, André¹, Reyes, Gerardo ¹, Grenier, Dan¹, ¹ Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Forest dynamics in boreal mixedwoods following multiple disturbance events.

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Poster # 118. Le Roux, Xavier^*,1, Wertz, Sophie¹, Poly, Franck¹, Prosser, James², Freitag, Thomas², Degrange, Valérie¹, ¹ Microbial Ecology Laboratory, Villeurbanne, France² Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Aberdeen, Scotland, Role of the diversity of soil microbial communities in their resistance and resilience following disturbances.

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Poster # 119. LeDuc, Stephen^*,1, Rothstein, David ¹, ¹ Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI, Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics following disturbance in Michigan jack pine forests: a comparison of wildfire and clearcut harvesting.

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Poster # 120. Lezberg, Ann^{1, 3}, Battaglia, Michael², Shepperd, Wayne³, ¹ Management and Engineering Technologies, International, Inc., El Paso, TX³ USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO² Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Soil scarification and burn severity affect soil N and vegetation in a ponderosa pine ecosystem.

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Poster # 121. Narog, Marcia^*,1, Sclafani, Christie¹, Beyers, Jan¹, ¹ USDA Forest Servive, Riverside, CA, USA, Lost Lake vegetation recovery after the Blue Cut fire.

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Poster # 122. Outcalt, Kenneth^*,1, Wade, Dale¹, ¹ USDA Forest Service, Athens, Georgia, Response of a mixed longleaf (Pinus palustris) and loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) community to long-term dormant season prescribed burning.

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Poster # 123. Robinson, W. Douglas^*,1, Rompré, Ghislain², ¹ Oregon State University, Corvallis² University of Laval, Quebec, Bird abundance and nesting success in experimentally manipulated long leaf pine understories.

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Poster # 124. Schelling, Lisa^*,1, McCarthy, Brian¹, ¹ Ohio University, Athens, OH, Effects of disturbance regime on the soil seed bank of mixed oak forest in southeastern Ohio.

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Poster # 125. Schnurr, Jaclyn^*,1, Collins, Beverly², ¹ Wells College, Aurora, NY, USA² Savannah River Ecology Lab, Aiken, SC, USA, Herbaceous plant community responses to fire in longleaf pine forests.

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Poster # 126. Silva Matos, Dalva^*,1, Abrão Neri, Ana Carolina², ¹ Universidade Federal de São Carlos., São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil² Universidade Federal de São Carlos., São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil, Consequences of agriculture expansion on riparian forests and water amount in the Southeastern of Brazil.

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Poster # 127. Onaindia, Miren¹, Peña, Lorena¹, Rodriguez, Gloria¹, San Sebastian, Mikel¹, Amezaga, Ibone¹, ¹ Dpt. Plant Biology and Ecology., Bilbao., Bizkaia, Spain, Effects of management on beech woodland structure in Northern Spain.

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Poster # 128. Torres, Ivan¹, Perez, Beatriz¹, Moreno, Jose¹, ¹ Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha, Toledo, Toledo, Spain, Spatio-temporal dynamics of post-fire plant species richness at different scales in a Mediterranean environment.

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Poster # 129. White, Mark ^{*,1, 2}, Host, George², Manolis, James³, ¹ The Nature Conservancy, Northeast Minnesota Office, Duluth, MN² Natural Resources Research Institute, University of MInnesota-Duluth, Duluth, MN³ Minnesota Department of Natual Resources, St. Paul, MN, Changes in forest disturbance frequency, age structure, and composition from the 1930s to the 1990s in northern Minnesota.

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Poster # 130. Butler, Sarah^*,1, White, Alan ¹, Elliott, Katherine², ¹ University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA² Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Otto, NC, USA, Disturbance history of an oak-dominated forest in the southern Appalachian Mountains.

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Poster # 131. Sutton, Alanna^{*,1, 2}, Tardif, Jacques¹, ¹ Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research (C-FIR), University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada² University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Tree-ring reconstruction of forest tent caterpillar outbreaks in the Duck Mountain Provincial Forest, Manitoba.

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Poster # 132. Miki, Takeshi^*,1, Kobayashi, Yutaka¹, Nakamura, Masahiro², ¹ Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, Shiga, Japan² Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Evolution of branch propagation under heavily disturbed environments.

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Poster # 133. Aubrey, Douglas^*,1, Coleman, Mark¹, Coyle, David², ¹ USDA Forest Service, New Ellenton, SC, USA² University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA, Fertilization Increases the risk of loblolly pine to ice storm damage.

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Poster # 134. Pasquini, Sarah ^*,1, Vourlitis, George¹, ¹ Biological Sciences Department, San Marcos, CA, USA, Effects of nitrogen deposition on coastal sage scrub and chaparral growth responses in southern California.

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Poster # 135. Xi, Weimin^*,1, Peet, Robert¹, DeCoster, James ², Urban, Dean ³, ¹ Department of Biology, Chapel Hill, NC 29599-3280, USA² U.S. National Park Service, Midwest Regional Office, Omaha, NE 68102, USA³ Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Durham, NC 27708, USA, A comparison of mortality risk factors associated with large, infrequent wind disturbances of Carolina Piedmont forests.

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Poster # 136. Silva Sepulveda, Jose^*,1, Gamon, John¹, Cheng, Yufu ¹, Lima, Evelyn¹, ¹ California State University, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Effect of wildfire on chaparral light-use efficiency detected by optical pigment assays.

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Poster # 137. Velázquez, Eduardo^*,1, de la Cruz, Marcelino^*,2, Gómez-Sal, A¹, ¹ Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, SPAIN² Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, SPAIN, Spatial patterns of pioneer plant communities in a large dry tropic landslide.

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Poster # 138. Guadalupe, Galíndez^*,1, Fernando, Biganzoli¹, Cristian, Pereyra¹, Ana , Scopel¹, ¹ IFEVA-CONICET. Facultad de Agronomía. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Av. San Martín 4453., Capital Federal, Argentina, Shrub encroachment in a temperate savanna (Argentina): Responses to fire and herbivory in two dominant Asteraceae species.

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