1:30 PM: Allegrini, Alessia^*,1, Bajocco, Sofia^*,1, Mandrone, Stefania^*,1, ¹ CNR – Atmospheric Pollution Institute, Monterotondo Stazione, Rome, Italy, Structural/functional analysis of a Mediterranean burned area by multitemporal hyperspectral data.

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1:50 PM: MacDougall, Andrew^{1, 2}, Turkington, Roy ², ¹ Department of Biology, Regina, SK, Canada² Department of Botany, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Long-term oscillations in grassland driven by fire.

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2:10 PM: Drewa, Paul^{*,1, 2}, Peters, Debra², Havstad, Kris², ¹ Department of Biology, Cleveland, Ohio, USA² Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA, Population and clonal-level responses of Bouteloua eriopoda (black grama) following fire in Chihuahuan desert grasslands.

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2:25 PM: Groeneveld, Juergen¹, Enright, Neal^*,2, Lamont, Byron³, ¹ Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig-Halle GmbH, Germany² University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia³ Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, A metapopulation model analysis for the fire-killed shrub, Banksia hookeriana, in SW Australia.

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2:50 PM: Hinman, Sarah^*,1, Brewer, J. Stephen¹, ¹ University of Mississippi, University, MS, 38677, Can wet longleaf pine savannas tolerate variable fire frequencies?

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3:20 PM: Glasgow, Lance^*,1, Matlack, Glenn¹, ¹ Environmental and Plant Biology, Athens, Ohio, USA, The effects of prescribed burning on invasibility by nonnative plant species in the Central Hardwoods Region.

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3:40 PM: McKessey, Anika^*,1, Bien, Walter¹, Spotila, James¹, ¹ Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Effects of varying fire frequencies on pine plains vegetation at Warren Grove Air National Guard Range.

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4:00 PM: Schwilk, Dylan^*,1, Knapp, Eric², Kane, Jeffrey¹, Keeley, Jon¹, ¹ U.S. Geological Survey, Three Rivers, CA, USA² U.S. Forest Service, Redding, CA, USA, Burning season in mixed conifer forest: understory plant habitat preference predicts response to fire.

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4:20 PM: Gordon, Doria^*,1, Slapcinsky, Jodi¹, Menges, Eric², ¹ The Nature Conservancy, Gainesville, Florida, USA² Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida, USA, Responses of rare plant species to fire across Floridas fire-adapted communities.

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4:40 PM: Ainsworth, Alison^*,1, Kauffman, J. Boone², Loh, Rhonda³, Hughes, R. Flint², Tunison, J. Timothy ³, ¹ Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon² USDA Forest Service, PSW Research Station, Hilo, Hawaii³ National Park Service, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, HVNP, Hawaii, Interactive influences of fire and invasive species on native plant community succession in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

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