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Tentative
Concurrent Sessions schedule for Wednesday AM
Silviculture for changing objectives including conservation,
restoration, and/or intensified timber productionCo-Leaders: Brian
Palik, NC Research Station, USDA Forest Service and David Coates,
BC Ministry of Forestry
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| 8:45-9:10 | Sustaining growth , structure, and composition in multi-aged stands | Kenefic et al., USDA Forest Service |
| 9:10-9:35 | Influence of age on growth efficiency of trees in mixed-species, multi-aged northern conifer stands | Seymour and Kenefic, University of Maine and USDA Forest Service |
| 9:35-10:00 | Overstory influence on height growth of shade tolerant understory conifers in uneven-aged, mixed species stands | Moores et al., University of Maine |
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10:00-10:25
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Life beyond culmination of annual increment:
extended rotation red pine stands in minnesota
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Palik and Kern, USDA Forest Service |
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10:25-10:50
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Break | |
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10:50-11:15
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The density and distribution of sitka spruce and western hemlock seedling banks in partially harvested stands in southeast alaska | Yount et al., University of Minnesota |
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11:15-11:40
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Neighbourhood competition among canopy trees
in northern british columbia: implications for the design
of silvicultural strategies in complex structured mixed-species
stands
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Coates et al., BC Forest Service |
| 11:40-12:05 | Effects of shelterwood retention on long-term dynamics of sapling western larch (Larix occidentalis) | Goodburn and Pierce, University of Montana |
| 12:05 | Adjourn for lunch | |
Dynamic natural and managed forests and landscapes: implications
for conserving biodiversity
Co-Leaders: Michael Wimberly, Warnell School of Forest Resources,
University of Georgia and Steve Friedman, Department of Forestry,
Michigan State University
Construction and Engineering Auditorium
| 8:45-9:10 | New ideas on growth strategies of understory trees: ecological and silvicultural implications | Messier, Université du Québec à Montréal |
| 9:10-9:35 | Management legacies in the hardwood forests in Quebec (Canada): comparing structure and composition in old-growth, selection cuts and diameter-limit cuts | Angers et al., Université du Québec à Montréal |
| 9:35-10:00 | Canopy succession in black spruce-feathermoss boreal forest and balsam fir-white birch boreal mixed-wood forest of western Quebec | Vincent et al., University du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
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10:00-10:25
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The biodiversity of black spruce communities in interior alaska in a changing climate: the role of vegetation, fire, and permafrost | Hollingsworth and Walker, USDA Forest Service |
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10:25-10:50
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Break | |
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10:50-11:15
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Effects of fire suppression and el nino on Sierran mixed-conifer composition and spatial structure | North et al., USDA Forest Service |
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11:15-11:40
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White pine blister rust, fire and long-term demographic trends of sugar pine in the Sierra Nevada: a sticky mess? | Van Mangtem et al., USGS Western Ecological Research Center |
| 11:40-12:05 | Fire and ground nesting birds: implications for restoration and management of the longleaf pine ecosystem | Tucker and Robinson, Auburn University |
| 12:05 | Adjourn for lunch | |
Hidden diversity and process: belowground systems and canopies
Co-Leaders: Rick Meinzer, PNW Research Station, USDA Forest Service
and Shannon Berch, BC Ministry of Forests
Agriculture Leaders Room
| 8:45-9:10 | Biology of the upper canopy in an old-growth Douglas-fir/Western | Hemlock forest Shaw, Wind River Canopy Crane Research Facility |
| 9:10-9:35 | The importance of morphological reiteration of branches in generating complexity in forest canopies | Ford and Kennedy, University of Washington |
| 9:35-10:00 | Environmental regulation of water flux in young and old growth douglas-fir trees over five years | George et al., Oregon State University |
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10:00-10:25
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Does diversity of overstory trees affect transpiration? | Moore et al., Oregon State University |
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10:25-10:50
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Break | |
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10:50-11:15
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Biodiversity of mycorrhizae on (Quercus garryana) in southern Oregon | Southworth et al., Southern Oregon University |
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11:15-11:40
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Linking soil microbial diversity to aboveground diversity and productivity: a work in progress | Lamarche et al., Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| 11:40-12:05 | The ecology of winter chanterelles (Craterellus tubaeformis) in western Oregon | Trappe, Oregon State University |
| 12:05 | Adjourn for lunch | |
Inventory, monitoring and change detectionCo-leaders: Paul Rogers,
RM Research Station, USDA Forest Service and Chris Woodall, NC
Research Station, USDA Forest Service
Agriculture Science Room
| 8:45-9:10 | USDA Forest Services’ inventory and monitoring program | Reams, USDA Forest Service |
| 9:10-9:35 | Canada's national forest inventory | Hirvonen, Canadian Forest Service |
| 9:35-10:00 | Air quality gradients in western Oregon and Washington indicated by lichen communities and chemichal analysis of lichen tissue | Geiser, USDA Forest Service |
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10:00-10:25
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Assessing the distribution of non-native plants in Oregon forests and the roles of environment and management | Gray, USDA Forest Service |
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10:25-10:50
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Break | |
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10:50-11:15
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Two decades of forest change following flooding and fire in the boreal forest of interior Alaska | Walker et al., USDA Forest Service |
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11:15-11:40
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Estimating stand structural attributes of Ponderosa pine forests with discrete return lidar | Hall et al., Colorado State University |
| 11:40-12:05 | Effectiveness monitoring of late-successional and old-growth forests in the Northwest forest plan area | Moeur, USDA Forest Service |
| 12:05 | Adjourn for lunch | |
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