Friday, August 10, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
K, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
COS 149 - Forest management
8:00 AMCOS 149-1A Landscape Restoration Plan for the South Willapa Bay Conservation Area
Derek J. Churchill, Stewardship Forestry Alternatives, Andrew J. Larson, University of Washington, Kevin Cedar, Woodland Creek Consulting, David N. Rolph, The Nature Conservancy, Tom Kollasch, Nature Conservancy
8:20 AMCOS 149-2Effects of tree canopy cover and vegetation management on the establishment and growth of planted American Samoan native hardwood tree seedlings
D. Eric Hanson, American Samoa Community College
8:40 AMCOS 149-3Reporting the forest ecological integrity of northeastern national parks
Geraldine Tierney, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Brian R. Mitchell, National Park Service, Don Faber-Langendoen, NatureServe, James P. Gibbs, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
9:00 AMCOS 149-4The influences of forest floor management and soil mixing on N availability and microbial biomass
Jose L. Zerpa, North Carolina State University, H. Lee Allen, North Carolina State University, Jennifer Phelan, North Carolina State University, Robert G. Campbell, Weyerhaeuser, Co.
9:20 AMCOS 149-5How do thinning and burning treatments influence the canopy carbon balance of southern Ohio's mixed-oak forests?
Jyh-Min Chiang, Ohio University, Kim J. Brown, Ohio University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 149-6Residual-tree mortality following partial harvesting in the boreal forest of Ontario: Rate, time course, and spatial predictors
Hilary C. Thorpe, University of Toronto, Sean C. Thomas, University of Toronto, John P. Caspersen, University of Toronto
10:10 AMCOS 149-8Understory plant response to alternative forestry practices in northern hardwood-conifer forests
Kimberly J. Smith, University of Vermont, William S. Keeton, University of Vermont, Mark Twery, USDA Forest Service
10:30 AMCOS 149-9The response of native plant species to mechanical fuel reduction treatments
Kyle E. Merriam, USDA Forest Service, Jon E. Keeley, US Geological Survey, Jan L. Beyers, Pacific Southwest Research Station

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