Schedule
2009
Tuesday, June 23rd
8:00 AM

Aspen Ecology in the United States: Recent Advances and Future Needs

Paul C. Rogers, Utah State University

8:00 AM - 8:40 AM

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8:40 AM

Research on Aspen Ecology From a Canadian Perspective

S. Landhausser, University of Alberta

8:40 AM - 9:20 AM

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9:20 AM

Landscape Assessment of Browse and Fire Effects on Aspen Woodland Habitat in the Centennial Valley, Gye, Montana

N. Korb, Nature Conservancy
B. D. Bauer, The Nature Conservancy
R. B. Keigley, US Geological Society

9:20 AM - 9:40 AM

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9:40 AM

Aspen Condition on Cedar Mountain, Utah: Ecological Indicators of Decline

A. J. Leffler, Utah State University
P. C. Rogers, Utah State University
C. Oukrop, Utah State University
D. Evans, Utah State University
R. J. Ryel, Utah State University

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

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10:30 AM

Developmental Shifts in Functional Traits of Quaking Aspen

E. Smith, Brigham Young University
S. St. Clair, Brigham Young University

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

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10:50 AM

Adverse Influence of Radio Frequency Background on Aspen Seedlings and the Possible Relation to Increasing Atmospheric CO2

K. Haggerty, Independent Research

10:50 AM - 11:10 AM

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11:10 AM

Fine Root Dynamics of Trembling Aspen in Boreal Forest and Aspen Parkland in Central Canada

B. Pinno, University of Regina
S. D. Wilson, University of Regina

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM

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11:30 AM

Environmental and Physiological Drivers of Aspen to Conifer Succession

S. St. Clair, Brigham Young University
J. Calder, Brigham Young University

11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

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11:50 AM

Using Root Carbohydrates Reserves as an Indicator of Vulnerability to Defoliation in Trembling Aspen

S. Landhausser, University of Alberta
V. J. Lieffers, University of Alberta

11:50 AM - 12:10 PM

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1:30 PM

The Impact of Cattle Grazing on Aspen Regeneration on Crown Lands in Western Manitoba

J. Renton, University of Manitoba
A. Park, University of Winnipeg
R. Westwood, University of Winnipeg

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

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1:50 PM

Aspen Forest Dynamics Associated with Conifer Encroachment at Lassen Volcanic National Park, California

S. McCullough, University of California
K. W. Tate, University of California
D. A. Sarr, National Park Service
A. T. O'Green, University of California
M. L. Whiting, University of California

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

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