Poster # 95. White, Kathleen^*,1, Braker, Elizabeth¹, Clark, David², Oberbauer, Steven³, Hoffman, Daniel¹, ¹ Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA² University of Missouri, St. Louis, St. Louis, MO³ Florida International University, Miami, FL, Large-scale measurement of herbivory in a tropical wet forest.

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Poster # 96. Oberbauer, Steven^*,1, Brinez, Carolina ¹, Husby, Chad¹, ¹ Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA, Edaphic, topographic, seasonal, and interannual variation in rain forest canopy cover in the Atlantic lowlands of Costa Rica.

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Poster # 97. Sendall, Kerrie^*,1, Vourlitis, George¹, ¹ California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA, Seasonal variation in rates of photosynthesis of a transtional tropical forest of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

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Poster # 98. Mascaro, Joseph^*,1, Schnitzer, Stefan¹, Carson, Walter², ¹ University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI² University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PN, The impacts of liana removal on aboveground biomass recovery in treefall gaps in a tropical moist forest.

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Poster # 99. Cusack, Daniela^*,1, Silver, Whendee¹, McDowell, William², ¹ University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA² University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA, Spatial variation and effects of nitrogen deposition on biological nitrogen fixation in two tropical forest types.

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Poster # 100. Cardelus, Catherine¹, Mack, Michelle¹, Treseder, Kathleen², ¹ University of Florida, Gainesville, FL² University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, Nutrient availability and status of organic and mineral soils at a lowland rainforest site, Costa Rica.

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Poster # 101. Irving, Jennifer^*,1, Lawrence, Deborah¹, ¹ University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, Soil organic matter and nitrogen decrease in previously cultivated sites in tropical dry forest of the Yucatan.

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Poster # 102. Kellner, James^*,1, Hubbell, Stephen¹, ¹ Department of Plant Biology, Athens, GA, USA, Landscape-scale distribution and abundance of adult Tabebuia guayacan from high-spatial-resolution satellite remote sensing.

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Poster # 103. Thompson, Lynne¹, General, David¹, ¹ University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR, Effects of harvesting treatments on ant assemblages in a Mississippi River bottomland hardwood forest in west-central Mississippi.

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Poster # 104. Pedersen, Brian^*,1, Hanifin, Robert¹, ¹ Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, USA, Determining forest canopy structure with a laser rangefinder: split beams and measurement accuracy.

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Poster # 105. Fulton, Mark^*,1, Harcombe, Paul², ¹ Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN² Rice University, Houston, TX, Mortality responses of trees to growth and size for two sites in southeast Texas.

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Poster # 106. Ogle, Kiona^{*,1, 2}, Pacala, Stephen¹, Barber, Jarrett², Lichstein, Jeremy¹, Purves, Drew¹, ¹ Princeton University, Princeton, NJ² University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, Species-specific traits controlling forest dynamics revealed by Bayesian melding of diverse data sources and mechanistic tree growth models.

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Poster # 107. DeLucia, Evan¹, Drake, John^*,1, Thomas, Richard², Gonzalez-Meler, Miquel³, ¹ University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA² West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA³ University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, Variation in forest carbon-use efficiency and its implications for carbon exchange between the atmosphere and the terrestrial biosphere.

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Poster # 108. Yanai, Ruth¹, Lilly, Paul², Park, Byung Bae¹, ¹ State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY² University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, Patterns of soil acidity and base saturation 14 to 40 years following liming in northern hardwood sites in New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire.

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Poster # 109. McCarthy, Dawn^*,1, Brown, Kim ¹, Ballard, Harvey¹, ¹ Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA, Forest management and soil respiration in upland oak-hickory forests of southeastern Ohio.

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Poster # 110. Duerr, Emily^*,1, Wang, Geoff¹, Walker, Joan², ¹ Clemson University, Clemson, SC² USDA Forest Service, Clemson, SC, Plant community response within the upland pine-bottomland hardwood ecotone in the coastal plain of South Carolina.

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Poster # 111. Leggett, Zakiya^*,1, Kumar, Venkatesh¹, Campbell, Robert¹, Duzan, Howard¹, ¹ Weyerhaeuser Company, New Bern, NC, Nutrient cycling in a 27 yr old loblolly pine plantation after multiple fertilizations and/or brush control.

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Poster # 113. Hancock, Jessica ^*,1, Giardina, Christian², Bradley, Kate¹, Li, Laigeng³, Chiang, Vincent³, Loya, Wendy⁴, Pregitzer, Kurt¹, ¹ School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Houghton, MI² USDA Forest Service, Houghton, MI³ Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Raleigh, NC⁴ Earth System Science and Policy, Grand Forks, ND, Effects of altered lignin biosynthesis and soil type on properties of Populus tremuloides.

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Poster # 114. Harlacher, Margaret^*,1, Peterjohn, William¹, ¹ West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, Species specific N availability patterns: comparing results from a common-garden greenhouse study to field observations.

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Poster # 115. Evans, Celia^*,1, Lucas, Jennifer ¹, Ayres, Matthew², Twery, Mark³, ¹ Paul Smith's College, Paul Smiths, NY² Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH³ USDA Forest Service, Burlington, VT, Examining the relationships among density of beech saplings, forest structure and composition, and beech bark disease (BBD) in the Adirondacks: differences between managed and preserved forest stands.

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Poster # 116. Lombardo, Jeffrey^*,1, McCarthy, Brian¹, ¹ Ohio University, Athens, OH, Silvicultural treatment effects on oak seed production and acorn weevil occurrence in hardwood forests.

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Poster # 117. Wait, D. Alexander^*,1, Anderson, Wendy², ¹ Missouri State University, Springfield, MO² Drury University, Springfield, MO, Do biennial prescribed fires in closed oak/hickory forests initiate savannah restoration.

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Poster # 118. Liechty, Hal^*,1, Gale, Margaret ², Mroz, Glenn², Jurgensen, Martin², Reed, David², ¹ University of Arkansas at Monticello, Monticello, AR² Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, Microtopography, woody debris, and forest floor accumulation in selected old growth and managed stands in North America.

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Poster # 119. Mullarkey, Alicia^*,1, Smith, Japhia¹, Anderson, Roger¹, ¹ Illinois State University, Normal, IL, United States, Compositional changes in central Illinois woodland.

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Poster # 120. Kleier, Catherine^{*,1, 2}, Carello, Christy¹, Hoffa, Audrey¹, ¹ Department of Biology, Denver, CO, USA² Department of Biology, Denver, CO, USA, Willow (Salix spp.) as a diversity driver in a subalpine forest.

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Poster # 121. Khalil, Nellie¹, Drewa, Paul^*,1, ¹ Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, Vegetation-environment relationships in fragmented temperate forests of northeastern Ohio.

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Poster # 122. Reynolds, Barbara^*,1, Brennan, Amanda¹, Scarborough, Phaedra¹, Kaminski, Cynthia¹, Madson, Stephanie¹, ¹ University of North Carolina, Asheville, Asheville, NC, Effects of forest gap creation on soil microarthropods at Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory.

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Poster # 123. Morris, Troy^*,1, Pelkki, Matthew¹, Liechty, Hal¹, ¹ University of Arkansas, Monticello, Monticello, AR, First-year assessment of upland hardwood rehabilitation treatments on a degraded oak stand in the Arkansas Ozarks.

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Poster # 124. McKinley, Duncan^*,1, Blair, John, Johnson, Loretta, Rice, Charles, ¹ Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, Changes in C and N cycling with forest encroachment into mesic grassland.

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Poster # 125. Berthrong, Sean^*,1, Jackson, Robert¹, ¹ Duke University, Durham, NC, Pastures to plantations: afforestation, soil microbes, and biogeochemistry in temperate South America.

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Poster # 126. Pope, Linda¹, Sullivan, Joe¹, ¹ University of Maryland, College Park, MD, Response of sugar maple seedlings to two years exposure to UV-B radiation.

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Poster # 127. Ren, Wei¹, Tian, Hanqin², Liu, Liuming, Zhang, Chi, Chen, Hua, Chappelka, Art, Chen, Guangsheng, Pan, Shufen, ¹ School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences,Auburn University, Auburn, AL² School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences,Auburn University, Auburn, AL, Regional O3 pollution effects on Forest NPP and ET in southeastern US.

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Poster # 128. Boyce, Richard^*,1, ¹ Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, Chlorophyll fluorescence response of Picea rubens and Abies balsamea to a watershed calcium fertilization experiment at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire.

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Poster # 129. Fatemi, Farrah¹, Yanai, Ruth ¹, Hamburg, Steven², Arthur, Mary³, ¹ State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY² Brown University, Providence, RI³ University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Nutrient contents and aboveground biomass in developing northern hardwood stands.

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Poster # 130. Klos, Ryan^*,1, Wang, G¹, Bauerle, William¹, ¹ Clemson University, Clemson, SC, Evaluation of 1998-2001 drought impacts on forest health in the southeastern US.

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Poster # 131. Bauerle, William^*,1, Klos, Ryan¹, Wang, G.¹, ¹ Clemson University, Clemson, SC, Modeling the impact of drought on growth and mortality in southeastern forests.

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Poster # 132. Bowden, Joseph^*,1, Ford, Chelcy², Bauerle, William¹, Vose, James², ¹ Clemson University, Clemson, SC² USDA Forest Service Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Otto, NC, Measurement and modeling of transpiration in Southern Appalachian forests: parameterization and performance of MAESTRA.

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Poster # 133. Moore, David^{*,1, 4}, Jeffrey, Pippen², Lina, Taneva³, Gonzalez-Meler, Miquel³, Oren, R², Kim, Hyun-Seok², Therezien, Mathieu ², DeLucia, Evan⁴, ¹ National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA⁴ University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA² Duke University, Durham, NC, USA³ Department of Biological Sciences, Chicago, IL, USA, The contribution of soil carbon dioxide to apparent respiration of loblolly pine stems.

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Poster # 134. Lopez, Ryan^*,1, Kern, Ruth¹, ¹ California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA, Soil moisture patterns in Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forest.

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Poster # 135. Hesch, Lindsey^*,1, Rubino, Darrin ², McCarthy, Brian³, ¹ Miami University, Oxford, OH² Hanover College, Hanover, IN³ Ohio University, Athens, OH, The effects of forest management techniques and microhabitat conditions on woody debris decomposition in a mixed-oak forest.

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Poster # 136. Gartner, Tracy^{*,1, 2}, Treseder, Kathleen², Mack, Michelle³, ¹ Carthage College, Kenosha, WI² University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA³ University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, The role of fungi in movement of nitrogen within leaf litter mixtures.

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Poster # 137. Jackson, Heather^*,1, Baum, Kristen², Cronin, James¹, ¹ Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA² Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, Dispersal behavior of a saproxylic insect, Odontotaenius disjunctus, in a naturally patchy habitat.

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Poster # 138. Bouldin, Jim^*,1, ¹ Dept of Plant Sciences, Davis, CA, USA, A method to assess accuracy of GLO bearing tree data in forest ecology studies.

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Poster # 140. Gerschutz, Andrew^*,1, ¹ University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, Elevation, distance, and decay of similarity in southern Appalachian forests.

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