41

Woody mulch influence on soil nitrogen availability in mechanical fuel reduction treatments
Chuck C. Rhoades, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station; Mike Battaglia, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station; Monique Rocca, Colorado State University; Michael G. Ryan, USDA Forest Service

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Effect of season of burn and density of longleaf pine overstory on the understory
John S. Kush, Auburn University; Sharon M. Hermann, Auburn University

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Fire history of coniferous riparian forests in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Kip Michael Van de Water, University of California, Davis; Malcolm North, USDA Forest Service

44

The effects of fire and herbivory on an endangered endemic orchid, Navasota ladies tresses (Spiranthes parksii)
Carissa L. Wonkka, Texas A&M University; William E. Rogers, Texas A&M University; Dirac Twidwell, Texas A&M University

45

Effects of fire intensity on the understorey species community
Celia García, Universidad de La Laguna; Silvia Fernández-Lugo, Universidad de La Laguna; Jose Ramón Arévalo, Universidad de La Laguna

46

Plant community recovery along a fire chronosequence in the Mojave Desert of southern Nevada
E. Cayenne Engel, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Scott R. Abella, Public Lands Institute

47

Effect of fire, and post-fire forest management, on soil microbial community activity, and diversity in a coniferous forest
Orit Ginzburg, Bar-Ilan University, Israel; Yossef Steinberger, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

48

Growth responses to burn severity amplify initial vegetation recruitment patterns in boreal forests of interior Alaska
Aditi Shenoy, Univeristy of Alaska, Fairbanks; Jill F. Johnstone, University of Saskatchewan; Eric S. Kasischke, University of Maryland at College Park

49

Scale dependencies in modeled fire behavior and effects in a southern U.S. grassland ecosystem
Jian Yao, Baylor University; Joseph D. White, Baylor University; Karen Ridenour, Texas Forest Service; Kate Crosthwaite, Texas National Guard; Landon Temple, Texas Forest Service

50

Feasibility evaluation of BLM fire rehabilitation data from the Intermountain West for potential chronosequence studies
Kevin C. Knutson, USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center; Troy A. Wirth, USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center; David A. Pyke, USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center; David S. Pilliod, USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center; Matthew L. Brooks, USGS Western Ecological Research Center; Jeanne C. Chambers, USDA Forest Service

51

Impact of patch-burn management on sericea lespedeza
Nicholas E. Bell, Emporia State University; Brenda A. Koerner, Emporia State University

52

Ecological basis of fire management strategies in Canaima National Park, Venezuela
Bibiana Bilbao, Universidad Simón Bolívar; Alejandra A. Leal, Universidad Simón Bolívar; Carlos L. Méndez, Universidad Simón Bolívar

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