8:00 AM

Harms, Kyle*,1, Platt, William1, Passmore, Heather, 1 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, Ecological conditions influencing seedling recruitment of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) in a restored pine savanna.

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8:20 AM

Boodleman, Colleen*,1, Breshears, David1, Zou, Chris 1, 1 University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, Near-ground solar radiation as a function of woody canopy cover: testing predicted trends along the grassland-forest continuum.

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9:00 AM

Holdo, Ricardo*,1, Holt, Robert1, Fryxell, John2, 1 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL2 University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, The potential for indirect mutualism between ecosystem engineers: grazers and browsers in the Serengeti.

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9:20 AM

Petersen, Sheryl*,1, Drewa, Paul1, 1 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, Vegetation-environment relationships in oak (Quercus muehlenbergii) barrens of southern Ohio.

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9:40 AM

, Break.

9:50 AM

Hobbs, N. Thompson*,1, Reid, Robin1, 2, Ogutu, Joseph2, 1 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA2 International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, People and animals on savanna landscapes: effects of pastoral land use on the spatial distribution of wildlife.

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10:10 AM

Grundel, Ralph*,1, Pavlovic, Noel1, 1 U.S. Geological Survey, Porter, Indiana, 46304, Value and distinctiveness of oak savannas as avian habitats.

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10:30 AM

Cook, Elizabeth*,1, Cadenasso, Mary2, Pickett, Steward1, 1 Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY2 Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT, Canopy structure and soil characteristics in riparian-upland savanna boundaries in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

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10:50 AM

Cadenasso, Mary*,1, Cook, Elizabeth2, Pickett, Steward2, 1 Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT2 Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, Nutrient status of plant communities across contrasts in geology, landscape position, and canopy structure in the Kruger National Park, South Africa.

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