8:00 AM

Zou, Chris*,1, Breshears, David1, Newman, Brent 2, Wilcox , Bradford 3, Gard , Marvin 2, 1 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ2 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM3 Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Reduced density amplifies soil water availability in ponderosa pine forest: ecohydrological implications for restoration.

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8:40 AM

Thaxton, Jarrod*,1, Cole, Colleen1, Cordell, Susan1, Litton, Creighton2, Cabin, Robert3, Sandquist, Darren2, 1 USDA Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Hilo, HI2 California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA3 Brevard College, Brevard, NC, Seedling abundance and diversity following alien grass removal in a disturbed Hawaiian dry forest.

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9:00 AM

Keeley, Jon*,1, McGinnis, Thomas, 1 USGS Western Ecological Research Center, Three Rivers, CA, Prescribed fire and cheatgrass invasion in ponderosa pine forests.

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9:20 AM

Anand, Madhur*,1, 1 Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Tinkering with transitional temperate forests.

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9:40 AM

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9:50 AM

Meier, Albert*,1, 1 Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, Restoration of the American chestnut to the forests of Mammoth Cave National Park.

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10:10 AM

Brosi, Sunshine*,1, Schlarbaum, Scott1, Thompson, Laura1, Anderson, Robert2, van Manen, Frank3, Anagnostakis, Sandra5, 1 The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN2 Consulting Forest Pathologist, West Plains, MO3 U. S. Geological Survey, Knoxville, TN5 Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, CT, Steps toward restoration of butternut Juglans cinerea L. to Southeastern North American forests.

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