Ecosystem Recovery Following Disturbance chaired by Craig Delong

Regeneration Dynamics in Mountain Pine Beetle-Disturbed Forests: Lessons From the Current and the 1978-82 Flathead Epidemics

Dave Coates, British Columbia Forest Service

3:40 PM - 4:00 PM

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Ecosystem Recovery Following a Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak in Northern British Columbia: A Case of Shifting Values

Craig DeLong, BC Ministry of Forests
Bennita Kaytor, Ministry of Forests and Range
Bruce J. Rogers, Ministry of Forests and Range

4:00 PM - 4:20 PM

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Structure and Composition of Post-Fire Regeneration on Upland Sites in Alberta

S. Gartner, University of Alberta
M. Bokalo, University of Alberta
K. Stadt, University of Alberta
E. Macdonald, University of Alberta
P. Comeau, University of Alberta

4:20 PM - 4:40 PM

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A Retrospective Study of Spatial and Temporal Recruitment Dynamics of Spruce in a Boreal Mixedwood Forest of BC

C. Maundrell, Adlard Environmental
C. D.B. Hawkins, University of Northern British Columbia

4:40 PM - 5:00 PM

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Ecosystem Recovery : How Have Interior Cedar-Hemlock Forests in North-Western British Columbia Responded to Disturbance?

B. H. Heemskerk, BC Ministry of Forests and Range
A. Banner, BC Ministry of Forests and Range
E. Hall, BC Ministry of Forests and Range
P. LePage, BC Ministry of Forests and Range

8:40 AM - 9:00 AM

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Using Repeat Landscape Photography to Assess Vegetation Changes in Rural Communities of the Appalachian Mountains

L. Hendrick, North Carolina Division of Forest Resources
C. A. Copenheaver, Virginia Tech

9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

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Assessment of Prescribed Burning Effects in Paludified Black Spruce Forests in Ontario’s Clay Belt Region

Sebastien Renard, University of Quebec
Sylvie Gauthier, University of Quebec
Nicole Fenton, University of Quebec
Yves Bergeron, University of Quebec
David Pare

9:20 AM - 9:40 AM

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Weakened Biotic-Environmental Relationships in the Herb Layer After a Hundred Years of Recovery From Logging Disturbance

J. Wyatt, Wake Forest University
M. R. Silman, Wake Forest University

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

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Structural and Compositional Resilience in Second-Growth Relative to Primary Northern Hardwood Stands

E. Zenner, Penn State University
J. I. Burton, University of Wisconsin
L. E. Frelich, University of Wisconsin

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

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Compensatory Mechanisms and Recovery Following Disturbance in Forest Ecosystems

K. Clark, Forest Service
N. Skowronski, Forest Service
A. Kornbluh, Forest Service
M. Gallagher, Forest Service
J. Hom, Forest Service
D. Gray, Rutgers University

10:50 AM - 11:10 AM

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Ecosystem recovery after disturbance: thresholds for biodiversity and resiliency indicators

J. Chandler, University of British Columbia

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM

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