8:00 AM

Bradford, John*,1, Ryan, Mike1, 1 USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO, Forest carbon dynamics: consequences of spatial variability for landscape-scale estimation.

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8:20 AM

Peters, Vernon*,1, 2, Macdonald, Ellen3, Dale, Mark3, 1 The King's University College, Edmonton, AB, Canada2 Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada3 University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Patterns of initial versus delayed regeneration of white spruce in boreal mixedwood succession.

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9:00 AM

Lipson, David*,1, Weintraub, Michael2, Monson, Russell2, 1 San Diego State University, San Diego, CA2 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, Respiratory kinetics of the under-snow microbial community produce a large CO2 source in a subalpine forest ecosystem.

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9:20 AM

Drescher, Michael*,1, Perera, Ajith1, Ride, Kevin2, Kayahara, Gordon3, 1 Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Sault Ste Marie, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada2 Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada3 Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Timmins, Timmins, Ontario, Canada, Investigating the reliability of information about landscape-scale boreal forest dynamics as utilized in Ontario forest management plans.

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9:40 AM

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9:50 AM

Wilmers, Christopher*,1, Post, Eric2, Vucetich, John 3, Peterson, Rolf3, 1 University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA2 Penn State University, State College, PA3 Michigan Technical University, Houghton, MI, Disease-mediated switch from top-down to bottom-up control increases moose population response to climate.

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10:30 AM

Hu, Jia*,1, Scott-Denton, Laura1, 1 University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO, Are spatial patterns of ecosystem water use efficiency due to species difference?

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10:50 AM

Chavez-Varela, Virginia*,1, Macdonald, Ellen 1, 1 Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Patterns of understory diversity and composition of mixedwood stands of the boreal forest of western Canada.

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