8:00 AM

Zhuang, Qianlai1, Melillo, Jerry 2, Kicklighter, Dave2, Felzer, Ben2, McGuire, A. Dave3, Prinn, Ron 4, 1 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN2 Ecosystems Center, Woods Hole, MA3 U.S. Geological Survey, Fairbanks, AK4 Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Changeý, Cambridge, MA, The effect of fire disturbances on regional net carbon exchanges in boreal ecosystems.

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8:40 AM

Slocum, Matthew*,1, Platt, William1, Beckage, Brian2, Panko, Robert3, 1 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA2 University of Vermont, Burlington, VT3 Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL, Decoupling natural and anthropogenic fire regimes in Everglades National Park.

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9:00 AM

Michaletz, Sean*,1, Johnson, Edward1, 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Calgary, AB, CANADA, A heat transfer model of crown scorch in forest fires.

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9:20 AM

Miller, Elisa*,1, Seastedt, Timothy1, 1 University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO, Effects of woodchip mulch and nutrient availability on understory vegetation and soil properties in thinned montane forest.

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9:40 AM

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9:50 AM

Schwilk, Dylan*,1, Keeley, Jon1, 1 USGS, Three Rivers, CA, The National Fire and Fire Surrogate Study: effects of alternative fuel reduction methods on overstory and understory vegetation.

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10:10 AM

Thompson, Jonathan*,, Spies, Thomas, , Wildfire severity on a recently burned and managed landscape.

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10:30 AM

Wang, Geoff*,1, 1 Clemson University, Clemson, SC, Vegetation mediated fire behavior determines succession pathway of boreal mixedwood forest.

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10:50 AM

Tomback, Diana*,1, Schoettle, Anna2, Grompone, Kristen1, Perez, Mario1, Hill, Krista1, 1 University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO2 USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ft. Collins, CO, Development of whitebark pine communities following the 1988 Yellowstone fires, and the role of fire in whitebark pine growth.

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11:10 AM

Estes, Becky*,1, Gjerstad, Dean1, Brockway, Dale2, 1 Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA2 USDA Forest Service, Auburn, AL, USA, Spatial patterning of fire intensity in a longleaf pine forest.

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