Poster # 51. Miesel, Jessica^*,1, Boerner, Ralph¹, Skinner, Carl², ¹ Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA² U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Redding, CA, USA, A comparison of belowground impacts of two thinning prescriptions for ecological restoration in a California mixed-conifer ecosystem.

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Poster # 52. Bay, Robin¹, Meehan, Margaret^*,1, Sher, Anna^{1, 2}, ¹ University of Denver, Denver, CO² Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO, Modeling revegetation success after tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) and Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) removal in the southwestern, US.

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Poster # 53. Hansen, Michael^*,1, Gibson, David¹, ¹ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, Is ecological restoration successful? An assessment of a prairie restoration in northern Illinois, US.

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Poster # 54. Giai, Carla^*,1, Callaham, Mac², Boerner, Ralph¹, ¹ Ohio State University, Columbus, OH² USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Athens, GA, Viewing forest restoration from belowground: linkages among restoration treatments, microbial communities, earthworms, and soil organic matter.

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Poster # 55. Barnes, Melanie^*,1, Marshall, Diane¹, ¹ University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, The genetics of restoration: a reciprocal transplant experiment with winterfat (Krascheninnikovia lanata).

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Poster # 56. Enright, Stephanie^*,1, Cipollini, Don¹, ¹ Wright State University, Dayton, OH, Garlic mustard: the beginning of its demise?

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Poster # 57. Barto, Kathryn^*,1, Cipollini, Don¹, ¹ Wright State University, Dayton, OH, Native plant and mycorrhizae establishment after garlic mustard removal: implications for restoration.

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Poster # 58. Gilland, Keith^*,1, Keiffer, Carolyn¹, McCarthy, Brian², ¹ Miami University, Middletown, OH² Ohio University, Athens, OH, Seed production of forest-grown American chestnut, Castanea dentata in West Salem, Wisconsin.

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Poster # 59. Hall, Sarah^*,1, Barton, Christopher¹, ¹ University of Kentucky, Department of Forestry, Lexington, KY, From icon to upstart: seed banks as restoration tools on surface-mined lands.

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Poster # 60. Martin, Katherine^{1, 2}, Kirkman, L. Katherine², ¹ University of Georgia, Athens, GA² J.W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, GA, The role of the seedbank in depressional wetland restoration within the longleaf pine ecosystem.

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Poster # 62. Stewart, William^*,1, Meiners, Scott¹, ¹ Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, The effects of source population size on plant performance in a prairie restoration.

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Poster # 63. Lane, Diana^*,1, Beltman, Douglas¹, ¹ Stratus Consulting, Inc.; dlane@stratusconsulting.com, Boulder, CO, Quantifying benefits of salmon restoration for compensatory restoration scaling.

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Poster # 64. Hovick, Stephen^*,1, Reinartz, James², ¹ University of Georgia, Athens, GA² University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, Restoring forest in wetlands dominated by reed canarygrass: the effects of pre-planting treatments on early survival.

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Poster # 65. Yuan, Hsiao-Wei^*,1, Wang, Yi-Ping¹, Siefferman, Lynn², Wang, Yuan-Jyun¹, ¹ National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan² Indiana University, Inidiana, Indiana, USA, Effects of breeding colony site restoration of blue-tailed bee-eaters (Merops philippinus).

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Poster # 66. Pendergrass, Tyra^*,1, McKenna, Mary¹, ¹ Howard University, Washington, DC, Survivorship of Alyssum hyperaccumulators under natural field conditions.

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Poster # 67. Ghassemzadeh, Fereshteh^*,1, Alavi Moghadam, Mohammad Reza², Arbab Zavar, Mohammad Hossein¹, Babaee, Yasaman², ¹ Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, IRAN² Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, IRAN, Uptake of arsenic by macroalgae: phytoremediation.

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Poster # 68. Muñoz-Urias, Alejandro^*,1, Romo-Campos, Rosa de L.¹, Contreras-Rodriguez, Sergio¹, Huerta-Martinez, Martin¹, ¹ Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Effect of vermicompost in the establishment and growth of Aeschynomene americana in abandoned mine-spoil.

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Poster # 69. Williams, Ernest¹, Pfitsch, William¹, ¹ Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, USA, Tree removal expands habitat for lupine and frosted elfin butterfly.

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Poster # 70. Melnechuk, Maria ^*,1, Andre, John ², Zollner, Doug¹, ¹ The Nature Conservancy, Little Rock, AR² USDA Forest Service, Hector, AR, Woodland restoration in the Ozarks.

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Poster # 71. Perchemlides, Keith¹, Muir, Patricia^*,1, ¹ Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Impacts of fuel reduction and restoration thinning on oak and chaparral plant communities of southwestern OR.

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Poster # 72. Trakhtenbrot, Ana^*,1, Kadmon, Ronen¹, ¹ The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Jerusalem, Israel, The effectiveness of cluster analysis based on environmental factors in representing species diversity.

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Poster # 73. Anderson, M Rebecca^*,1, Loew, Sabine¹, ¹ Illinois State University, Normal, IL, Separating the effects of population size and plant size on reproductive output of American ginseng.

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Poster # 74. Hooge, Philip¹, Meier, Thomas¹, Owen, Patricia¹, Tyrrell, Lucy^*,1, ¹ Denali National Park and Preserve, Denali Park, AK, An integrated study of capacity of the Denali Park Road.

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Poster # 75. Homyak, Peter^*,1, Yanai, Ruth¹, Burns, Douglas², Germain, Rene¹, Briggs, Russell¹, ¹ SUNY-ESF, Syracuse, NY, USA² USGS, Troy, NY, USA, Woodchips: a potential best management practice to protect water quality following forestry operations.

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Poster # 76. Acosta Suárez, Jorge ¹, Sell, Marcia^*,1, Acosta Suárez, Pablo ^*,, ¹ Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Methodological alternative on territorial planning formulation to indigenous reservations of Colombia.

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Poster # 77. Ferreira da Silva , Alzira Maria ^*,1, Araújo Neto, Mario Diniz ¹, ¹ University of Brasilia, Brasil, Indigenous lands on Brazilian Legal Amazon and the environmental management.

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Poster # 78. Christofidis, Marina^*,1, Catalano de Sousa, Maria Raquel¹, ¹ University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Social participation in water resourses management: the law and the practice.

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Poster # 79. Narog, Marcia^*,1, ¹ USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA, USA, Historical land use affects post-fire vegetation development.

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Poster # 80. Munson, Seth^*,1, Lauenroth, William¹, ¹ Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Plant community and ecosystem change on Conservation Reserve Program lands in northeastern Colorado.

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Poster # 81. MacKenzie, Mark^*,1, Kleiner, Kevin¹, Hogland, John², Silvano, Amy¹, Grand, James³, ¹ Auburn University, Auburn, AL² Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Missoula, MT³ USGS, Auburn, AL, A map of the ecological systems of the East Gulf Coastal Plain based on satellite imagery.

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Poster # 82. Rosenfeld, Kristen^*,1, Bartel Sexton, Rebecca¹, Wentworth, Thomas¹, ¹ North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Population viability and status of the threatened beach plant Amaranthus pumilus (seabeach amaranth).

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Poster # 83. Evans, Paige^*,1, Pai, Aswini¹, Morrison, Katy¹, ¹ St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, Recovery of the medicinal herb Coptis trifolia in old growth and second growth forests in northern New York.

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Poster # 84. Bossart, Janice^*,1, Opuni-Frimpong, Emmanuel^{2, 3}, Kuudaar, Sylvester², Nkrumah, Elvis², ¹ Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA² Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, Kumasi, Ghana³ Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, Butterfly assemblages in Afrotropical forest fragments: distance from edge determines community composition.

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