| NAFEW 2007 Program Agenda | |
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| SUNDAY, June 17th | |
| MONDAY, June 18th | |
| TUESDAY, June 19th | |
| WEDNESDAY, June 20th | |
| SUNDAY, June 17th |
| Registration (15.00-17.00) Walter Gage Residence, Fireplace Lounge |
| Welcome Reception (17.00-19.00) IRC Lower Lobby |
| MONDAY, June 18th |
| Registration (7.00-17.00) IRC Lower Lobby |
| Breakfast (7.00-8.00) IRC Lower Lobby |
| First Nations Welcome (8.00-8.05) IRC 2 |
| Opening Remarks and Welcome (8.05 - 8.15) IRC 2 · Hamish Kimmins |
| Speaker 1 (8.15 - 9.00) IRC 2 · Attiwill, P. and Adams, M. - Harnessing forest ecological sciences in the service of stewardship and sustainability: A perspective from ‘down-under’ · Moderator: Hamish Kimmins |
| Speaker 2 (9.00 - 10.15) IRC 2 · Harestad, A., Menzies, C., and Perrault, P. - Applying and Linking Traditional and Scientific Knowledge in Sustainable Forest Management · Moderator: Hamish Kimmins |
| Break (10.15 - 10.35) IRC Lower Lobby |
| Speaker 3 (10.35 - 11.20) IRC 2 · Christanty, L. · Moderator: Suzanne Simard |
| Speaker 4 (11.20 - 12.00) IRC 2 · Merino, L. - Challenges to Sustainable Forest Management and Stewardship in Mexico · Moderator: Suzanne Simard |
| Lunch (12.00 - 13.00) IRC Lower Lobby |
| Concurrent Sessions A (13.00 - 15.00) |
| A1. Forest Recovery After Mountain Pine Beetle (Phil Burton) IRC 1 · (13.00-13.20): Axelson, J., Alfaro, R., Hawkes, B., & Shore, T. - Stand Dynamics Following Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks in Central British Columbia · (13.20-13.40): DeLong, C. - A Network for Monitoring Forest Ecosystem Dynamics After the Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak · (13.40-14.00): Williston, P., Cichowski, D., & Haeussler, S. - The Last Days of Enlichenment: an Understory Struggle for Survival in Mountain Pine Beetle-killed Forests · (14.00-14.20): Brooks, D., & Burton, P. - Patterns of Advance Regeneration in Lodge-pole Pine Stands · (14.20-14.40): Coates, K.D., Astrup, R., & Hall, E. - Natural Regeneration in Mountain Pine Beetle Damaged Forests of Northern British Columbia · (14.40-15.00): Discussion (Phil Burton) |
| A2. Biogeochemistry IRC 3 ·(13.00-13.20): Sajedi, T., Seely, B., Prescott, C. - Causes of Poor Nutrient Supply in Regenerating of Coastal Cedar-Hemlock Forests: The Excessive Moisture Hypothesis ·(13.20-13.40): Brais, S., Purdon, M., Paré, D. - Nutrient Dynamics as a Function of Disturbance Types, Composition and Soil Texture in Boreal Mixed Stands in Northwestern Québec ·(13.40-14.00): Close, E., Purdy, B., MacDonald, E., Chang, S. - Growth and Nutritional Status of Aspen and White Spruce on Naturally Saline Sites in the Boreal Forest ·(14.00-14.20): Kranabetter, M., Dawson, C., Dunn, D. - Indices of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen, Ammonium and Nitrate Across Productivity Gradients of Boreal Forests |
| A3. Competition and Regeneration Ecology: I IRC 4 · (13.00-13.20): Hawkins, C., Danskin, D., Balliet, N. - Using Silviculture to Maximize Ecological and Economic Value of Mixed Species Stands · (13.20-13.40): Filipescu, C., Comeau, P. - Competitive Interactions Between Aspen and White Spruce Vary with Site and Age in Boreal Mixedwoods · (13.40-14.00): Parker, W., Pitt, D. - Ecophysiological Effects of Competition by Herbaceous and Woody Vegetation in an Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus L.) Plantation · (14.00-14.20): Comeau, P. - Dynamics of Aspen and Calamagrostis Competition and its Implications to Mixedwood Management · (14.20-14.40): Tremblay, M., Boucher, J-F., Tremblay, P., Lord, D. - Afforestation by Natural Seeding of Black Spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) Lichen Woodland Stands Within the Closed-crown Boreal Forest |
| A4. Indicator Species IRC 5 · (13.00-13.20): Halme, P., Mönkkönen, M., Kotiaho, J., Sippola, A-L., Hottola, J., Junninen, K., Kouki, J., Lindgren, M., Penttilä, R., Renvall, P., Siitonen, J., Similä, M. - Defining Indicator Species Empirically - a New Method Tested with Polypore Data · (13.20-13.40): Pyper, M., Pyper, M. Spence, J., Langor, D., He, F. - What are we Indicating? - Alternatives to the Use of Single Species Indicators in Biodiversity Management · (13.40-14.00): Rogers, P., Ryel, R. - Change in Aspen Dependent Species with Succession: the case for Epiphytic Macrolichens as Indicator Species · (14.00-14.20): Edman, T. - Evaluation of a Meta-population model for Dendrocopos leucotos in Poland · (14.20-14.40): Caspersen, J. Vanderwel, M., Holloway, G. - Cavity Tree Occurrence in Hardwood Forests of Central Ontario · (14.40-15.00): (*none listed) |
| A5. Natural Disturbance: I IRC 2 · (13.00-13.20): Bergeron, C., Spence, J., Volney, J. - Fire History, Insect Outbreaks and Tree Rings in North Western Alberta · (13.20-13.40): Man, R., Kayahara, G., Rice, J. - Mortality and Growth Response of Aspen Trees to Forest Tent Caterpillar Defoliation in a Boreal Mixedwood Stand in Northeastern Ontario · (13.40-14.00): Reyes, G., Kneeshaw, D. - Intermediate-severity Disturbance Dynamics in Boreal Mixedwoods: the Relative Importance of Disturbance Type and Local Stand and Site Characteristics on Woody Vegetation Response · (14.00-14.20): Kneeshaw, D. - Comparing Two Different Natural Disturbances to Harvesting to Improve Forest Management in Boreal Mixedwoods · (14.20-14.40): Paradis, S., Work, T. - Carabid Distribution Along a Time-since Fire Chronosequence of the Boreal Black-spruce-feathermoss Domain in Abitibi, North-Western Québec · (14.40-15.00): Fan, Z., Kabrick, M., Spetich, M., Shifley, S., Jensen, R. - Oak Mortality Associated with Crown Dieback and Oak Borer Attack in the Ozark Highlands of Missouri and Arkansas, USA |
| Break (15.00-15.20) IRC Lower Lobby |
| Concurrent Sessions B (15.20-17.00) |
| B1. Management of Deadwood in BC (Craig DeLong) IRC 1 · (15.20-15.40): DeLong, C. - Temporal development of dead wood habitats in wet spruce-fir stands · (15.40-16.00): Fall, A. - Implementation of a Fine-Scale Spatially Explicit Forest Management/Deadwood Matrix Model · (16.00-16.20): Sutherland, G. - Model Parameterization from Both Field Data and Stand Dynamics Models · (16.20-16.40): Daniels, L., Powell, S., & Jones, T. - Dendroecological Analysis of In-Stream Large Woody Debris · (16.40-17.00): (*none listed) |
| B2. Biogeochemistry and Soils IRC 3 · (15.20-15.40): Thiffault, E., Munson, A., Bélanger, N., Paré, D. - 'Woodman, Spare That Tree, Touch not a Single Bough!': Studying Whole-tree Harvesting Effects in Boreal Forests · (15.40-16.00): Koele, N., Millard, K. - Healthy Soil, Healthy Forest · (16.00-16.20): Royer Tardif, S., Bradley, R. - Mixed-wood Stands Enhance Microbial Stability in Boreal Forest Soils · (16.20-16.40): Berch, S., Addison, J. - Effects of Organic Matter Loss and Soil Compaction on Soil Collembola in SBS Plantations · (16.40-17.00): Berch, S., Brockley, R. - Impacts of Repeated Fertilization on Soil Biota Under Young Lodge-pole Pine and Interior Spruce Stands in the Interior of British Columbia |
| B3. Competition and Regeneration Ecology: II IRC 4 · (15.20-15.40): Pinno, B., Belanger, N. - Effects of Competition Control on Growth and Nutrition of Juvenile Hybrid Poplar Planted on Sites of Varying Fertility · (15.40-16.00): Zaczek, J., Steiner, K., Phelps, T. - Long-term Survival and Growth Dynamics of Planted Quercus rubra: Influence of Cultural Treatments and Intraspecific Competition · (16.00-16.20): McIntire, E., Fajardo, A. - Distinguishing Microsite and Competition Processes in Tree Growth Dynamics · (16.20-16.40): Bingham, M., Simard, S. - Common Mycorrhizal Networks may Facilitate Conifer Regeneration Under Environmental Stress · (16.40-17.00): Devine, W. - Influences of Above- and Belowground Competition on Natural Douglas-fir Regeneration in a Thinned Prairie-colonization Forest |
| B4. Ecological Classification IRC 5 · (15.20-15.40): Keys, J., Cleland, D., McNab, W. - Delineation of Ecological Subregions of the Conterminous United States · (15.40-16.00): McNab, W., Lloyd, F. - Testing Ecoregion Mapping Hypotheses in Kentucky and Tennessee, USA · (16.00-16.20): Fan, Z., Dey, D., Niu, S., Hartman, G. - Effects of Prescribed Fires and Ecological Land Types on the Structure and Dynamics of Oak-hickory Forest Ecosystems, USA · (16.20-16.40): Levy, L., Jacqmain, E. - Certificate Course in Ecosystem Silviculture · (16.40-17.00): (*none listed) |
| B5. Natural Disturbance: II IRC 2 · (15.20-15.40): Dzus, E., Grover, B. - Implementing the Natural Disturbance Model: Stand and Landscape Level Approaches · (15.40-16.00): Burton, P., Roberts, M - A Multivariate Characterization of Natural and Anthropogenic Forest Disturbances · (16.00-16.20): Copenheaver, C. - Pre-European Settlement Forest Composition in the Southern Appalachians · (16.20-16.40): Drobyshev, I., Goebel, C., Hix, D., Gorace, G. - Interactions Between Fire Disturbance and Forest Structure: a Case Study of Red Pine-dominated Forests of Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Upper Michigan · (16.40-17.00): (*none listed) |
| Reception (18.00-19.00) UBC Museum of Anthropology |
| Banquet (19.00-20.30) UBC Museum of Anthropology (20.30-21.30) Welcome to our corner of the globe: ecosystems of Canada and British Columbia (Brian Titus and Andy MacKinnon) (21:30) Entertainment |
| TUESDAY, June 19th |
| Registration (7.00-17.00) IRC Lower Lobby |
| Breakfast (7.00-8.00) IRC Lower Lobby |
| Concurrent Sessions C (8.00-10.00) |
| C1. Ecology of Fire in the Klamath-Siskiyou region of Oregon and California (David Hibbs) IRC 2 · (8.00-8.20): Thompson, J.R., & Spies, T.A. - Drivers of Fire Severity in a Portion of the Biscuit Fire that Burned Fifteen Years Prior · (8.20-8.40): Bormann, B.T., & Homann, P.S. - Ecosystem Effects and Propagation of the Biscuit Fire Across the Large-scaleplots of the Long-term Ecosystem Productivity Experiment · (8.40-9.00): Hibbs, D.E., & Shatford, J.P.A. - Expected and Unexpected Effects of Fire Suppression in Western Oregon’s Riparian Forests · (9.00-9.20): Halofsky, J., & Hibbs, D. - Fire Severity in Riparian Zones of the Biscuit and B&B Complex Fires in Oregon · (9.20-9.40): Donato, D.C., Fontaine, J.B., Robinson, W.D., Kauffman, J.B., & Law, B.E. - Vegetation and Stand Structure Following High-severity Fire and Reburn in Mixed-evergreen Forests of the Klamath-Siskiyou Mountains · (9.40-10.00): Anderson, P.D., Puettmann, K.J., & Kayes, L. - Early Development of Planted and Natural Tree Regeneration Following Fire in Southwestern Oregon |
| C2. Applying Ecological Resilience Concepts to Sustainable Forest Management (Sybille Haeussler) IRC 1 · (8.00-8.20): Chapin III, F.S. - Managing Climate Change Impacts to Enhance Resilience and Sustainability of Boreal Forests · (8.20-8.40): Drever, R., Peterson, G., Messier, C., Bergeron, Y., & Flannigan, M. - Can natural disturbance-based forest management maintain ecological resilience? · (8.40-9.00): Haeussler, S. - Ecological Resilience and Restoration Success in Two Spruce- vs. Alder-dominated Ecosystems of northern British Columbia · (9.00-9.20): Peterson, G. - Estimating Resilience in Forest Landscapes · (9.20-9.40): Beier, C.M., Patterson, T., & Chapin III, F.S. - Mapping Social-ecological Vulnerability at a Regional Scale: Ecosystem Services Societal Importance and Disturbance Impacts · (9.40-10.00): Meidinger, D., & Weese, K. - Designing a Resilience-based Approach to Managing British Columbia’s Forest and Range Ecosystems |
| C3. Competition and Regeneration Ecology: III IRC 3 · (8.00-8.20): Simard, A. - Dynamics of Balsam Fir Understory Seedling bank: 12 Years Results · (8.20-8.40): Teste, F., Simard, S., Durall, D. - Facilitation and Competition Effects of Mature Douglas-fir Trees on Douglas-fir Seedling Establishment, Growth, and CMN Potential · (8.40-9.00): Moroni, M., Titus, B., Mante, C., Makeschin, F., Thiffault, N. - Silvicultural Treatments Increase Long-term Conifer Growth and N Mineralization Rates on Cutovers Dominated by Kalmia angustifolia in Central Newfoundland · (9.00-9.20): LeBel, P., Bradley, R., Thiffault, N. - Ericaceous Shrubs and Black Spruce Growth Check on Boreal Sites: Is There a Competitive Interaction Affecting Nutrition and Physiology? · (9.20-9.40): Lorente, M., Parsons, W., Périé, C., Munson, A. - Spatial Analyses to Explore Feedback Effects of Ericaceous Shrubs on Soil Properties of Wildfire- and Harvest-origin Boreal Sites · (9.40-10.00): Roy, V., Thiffault, N. - Can We Establish Plantations Without Herbicides? |
| C4. Gap Ecology IRC G65/66 · (8.00-8.20): Gravel, D., Canham, C., Beaudet, M., Messier, C. - Shade Tolerance, Gap Dynamics and Coexistence of Forest Trees · (8.20-8.40): Daniels, L., Stan, A., Passmore, J., Lade, J. - Canopy Gap Dynamics in Coastal British Columbia, Canada · (8.40-9.00): Messier, J. - A Comparison of Gap Characteristics in Mixedwood Old-growth Forests in Eastern and Western Quebec · (9.00-9.20): Caron, M., Kneeshaw, D., Grandpré, L., Kuuluvainen, T. – Characterization of Gap Disturbances in Picea Abies Dominated stands in Northern Finland · (9.20-9.40): Das, A., van Mantgem, P., Stephenson, N. - Spatial Elements of Mortality Risk in Old-Growth Forests |
| C5. Natural Disturbance: III IRC 5 · (8.00-8.20): Klenner, W., Arsenault, A. - Dry-belt Forests in the Southern Interior of British Columbia: Perspectives on Historic Disturbances and Implications for Restoration and Management · (8.20-8.40): Cochrane, J., Daniels, L. - Quantifying Spatial Variation in Fire Regimes in MSdk Stands of the Southern Rocky Mountain Trench: Southern vs. Northern Aspects · (8.40-9.00): Dykstra, P., Braumandl, T. - Disturbance Legacies, Ecosystem Recovery and the Mountain Pine Beetle · (9.00-9.20): Hawkins, C., Runzer, K. - Stand Dynamics of Young Pine Stands After Mountain Pine Beetle Attack · (9.20-9.40): Papaik, M., Uriarte, M. - Hurricane Impacts on Dynamics, Structure, and Carbon Sequestration Potential of Forest Ecosystems in Southern New England |
| C6. Carbon Cycling IRC 4 · (8.00-8.20): Trofymow, J., Stinson, G., Kurz, W. - Derivation of an 85-year Retrospective Landscape-Level C Budget for the Oyster River area of Vancouver Island, BC · (8.20-8.40): Boucher, J., Gaboury, S., Gagnon, R., Villeneuve, C., Lord, D. - The Afforestation of Open Woodlands Within Québec’s Boreal Closed-crown Forest: Carbon Sequestration and Plantation Growth · (8.40-9.00): Cavard, X., Bergeron, Y., Chen, H. - Mixture Effect on Aboveground Carbon Sequestration · (9.00-9.20): Thomas, S. - Photosynthetic Capacity Peaks at Intermediate Size in Temperate Deciduous Trees · (9.20-9.40): Goudiaby, V., Brais, S., Berninger, F., Camiré, C., Grenier, Y. - Effects of Commercial Thinning on Jack Pine and Black Spruce Carbon Uptake in Eastern Boreal Forests · (9.40-10.00): Velazquez, A., Aviles-Hernandez, V., Angeles-Perez, G. - Litterfall and Soil Organic Carbon Along a Toposequence in a Mountain Cloud Forest, Central Mexico |
| Break (10.00-10.20) IRC Lower Lobby |
| Concurrent Sessions D (10.20-12.00) |
| D1. Ecology of Fire in the Klamath-Siskiyou region of Oregon and California (David Hibbs) IRC 2 · (10.20-10.40): Kayes, L., Anderson, P., & Puettmann, K. - Early Vegetation Dynamics Following Postfire Restoration in Southwestern Oregon · (10.40-11.00): Shatford, J.P.A., & Hibbs, D.E. - Spatial and Temporal Variation in Conifer Establishment 10 and 20 Years After Forest Fire · (11.00-11.20): Lopez, M.J., Hibbs, D.E., & Shatford, J. - Effects of Management on Plant Community Development After Wildfire in the Klamath Mountains CA · (11.20-11.40): Konoshima, M., & Bailey, J.D. - Coping With Fire: Examining Dynamic and Spatial Effects of Silvicultural Prescriptions in a Landscape · (11.40-12.00): Cannon, M., & Hayes, J.P. - Early Post-fire Use by Breeding Birds in Forests Affected by the Biscuit Fire |
| D2. Structural Diversity IRC 1 · (10.20-10.40): Binkley, D. - Patterns of Growth Dominance in Forests: What Do We Gain by Quantifying Dominance? · (10.40-11.00): Chen, H. - Productivity and Structure in Single and Mixed Species Stands of Western Hemlock and Western Redcedar · (11.00-11.20): Lei, Y. - Comparison and Evaluation of Three Methods of Estimation of the Weibull Distribution Parameters |
| D3. Silviculture: I IRC 3 · (10.20-10.40): Zenner, E., Berger, A. - Skidding Intensity Impacts on Understory Vegetation in a Clearcut-with reserves Aspen Stand in Minnesota · (10.40-11.00): Griffith, S., Comeau, P., Macdonald, E. - Response of Understory Vegetation to Pre-commercial Thinning in Boreal Mixedwood Forests · (11.00-11.20): Dech, J., Robinson, L. & Nosko, P. - Understorey Plant Community Responses to Three Different Partial Harvesting Treatments Applied in a Central Ontario Northern Red Oak Forest · (11.20-11.40): Beese, W., Sandford, J., Harrison, M. - Ten-year Vegetation Response to Alternative Silvicultural Systems in Coastal British Columbia Montane Ecosystems |
| D4. Riparian Zone Ecology: I IRC 4 · (10.20-10.40): Pearson, A., Warttig, W., Seely, B., Kimmins, H. - Environmental Baselines for Riparian Forest Restoration · (10.40-11.00): Edmonds, R., Taylor, J., Vogt, D., Bigley, R. - Influence of Riparian Buffers on Water Chemistry and Temperature in Harvested Headwater Streams in Western Washington · (11.00-11.20): Holmes, K., Morris, A., Goebel, P.C. - Characteristics of Downed Wood Across Headwater Riparian Areas of the Lower Great Lakes Region · (11.20-11.40): Jones, T., Daniels, L., Powell, S. - Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Large Woody Debris in First Order Streams from the Alberta Foothills · (11.40-12.00): Olszewski, S., Zenner, E., Palik, B., Montgomery, R., Blinn, C. - Structural and Compositional Changes in Vegetation of Forested Riparian Areas Following a Gradient of Timber Harvesting Regimes |
| D5. Roots and Mycorhizae IRC 5 · (10.20-10.40): Koele, N., Hildebrand, E. - Do Mycorrhiza Feed Trees From Stones? · (10.40-11.00): Jones, M., Berch, S., Durall, D., Twieg, B., Ward, V. - Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Inoculum Within and Around Green Tree Patches on Vancouver Island · (11.00-11.20): Barker, J., Simard, S., Jones, M. - The Effects of Fire Severity and Clearcutting on the Mycorrhizal Colonization and Growth of Douglas-fir Seedlings · (11.20-11.40): Tarroux, E., DesRochers, A. - Natural Root Grafting in Pinus Banksiana |
| D6. Large Woody Material IRC G65/66 · (10.20-10.40): Prescott, C., Herrmann, S. - Decomposition of Coarse Woody Debris in Rocky Mountain Coniferous Forests: 21-year Results · (10.40-11.00): Herrmann, S., Bauhus, J. - Assessment of Respirational Carbon Loss of Coarse Woody Debris (CWD) · (11.00-11.20): Jacobs, J., Spence, J., Langor, D. - Decaying Wood: The Rise and Fall of Beetle Empires · (11.20-11.40): Hibbert, A., Work, T., Wheeler, T. - Importance of Coarse Woody Debris to the Abundance and Diversity of Flies in the Boreal Forest of Québec, Canada · (11.40-12.00): Harvey, B., Brais, S. - Partial Cutting in Aspen-dominated Boreal Mixedwoods: Implications for Stand Structure and Deadwood Dynamics |
| Lunch (12.00-13.00) IRC Lower Lobby |
| Visualization Demonstration (12.15-12.45) IRC G57-59 Communicating complex ecological knowledge through advanced interactive visualization, driven by ecosystem management models – demonstration |
| Concurrent Sessions E (13.00-15.00) |
| E1. Ecology of Fire in the Klamath-Siskiyou region of Oregon and California (David Hibbs) IRC 2 · (13.00-13.20): Fontaine, J.B., Donato, D.C., Robinson, W.D., Kauffman, J.B., & Law, B.E. - Wildlife Response to Multiple High Severity Fires and Salvage Logging in Southwestern Oregon · (13.20-13.40): Cahall, R.E., & Hayes, J.P. - Comparing Avian Communities After Fire and Salvage Logging at Davis Lake Oregon · (13.40-14.00): Manning, T., & Hayes, J.P. - Effects of Post-fire Salvage Logging on Rodent Populations and Bat Activity · (14.00-14.40): Hibbs, D. - Panel Discussion |
| E2. Complexity in modeling; how much is enough? (Juan Blanco) IRC 1 · (13.00-13.20): Kimmins, J.P., Seely, B., Welham, C., & Blanco, J.A. - Complexity in Modeling Forest Ecosystems; How Much is Enough? · (13.20-13.40): Astrup, R., Coates, K.D., & Hall, E.C. - Determining the Appropriate Level of Model Complexity in a Simulation Model: An Example with SORTIE-ND · (13.40-14.00): Peng, C. - Modeling Forest Growth and Carbon Dynamics Under a Changing Environment: Simplification and Complexity · (14.00-14.20): Rempel, R. - Meta Models Versus Mega models: Dealing with Complexity in Forest Management Modeling · (14.20-14.40): Stadt, K.J., Bokalo, M., Titus, S.J., & Comeau, P. - The Mixedwood Growth Model: Modeling the Complexity of Species Interactions in the Boreal · (14.40-15.00): Duchesneau, R. - Increasing Complexity in FORECAST: Links to Climate Change Simulation |
| E3. Silviculture: II (Ellen Macdonald) IRC 3 · (13.00-13.20): Oaten, D., Larsen, K., Nelson, J. - Biodiversity Within Dry Forests of the Interior of British Columbia · (13.20-13.40): York, R., Schurr, F., Battles, J. - Limited Productivity and Species Composition Change Following Repeated Diameter Limit Cutting in a California Mixed Conifer Forest · (13.40-14.00): Caners, R. Macdonald, E., Belland, R. - Regulation of Bryophyte Diaspore Bank Composition in Mixedwood Boreal Forests · (14.00-14.20): Dechene, A., Buddle, A. - Effects of Alternative Harvesting Practices on Forest Litter and Soil Oribatid Mite Assemblages in Abitibi, Quebec · (14.20-14.40): Grayston, S. - Can We Sustain Soil Organisms Through Variable Retention Harvesting? · (14.40-15.00): Thorpe, H., Caspersen, J., Thomas, S. - Residual Tree Mortality Following Partial Cutting in Boreal Black Spruce Stands |
| E4. Riparian Zone Ecology: II IRC 4 · (13.00-13.20): Martin, M., Zenner, E., Palik, B., Blinn, C., Kolka, R - Understory Plant and Tree Regeneration Responses to Different Harvesting Approaches in Riparian Areas Nine Years After Treatment · (13.20-13.40): Landry, C., Pothier, D., Darveau, M. - Delineation of Riparian Forests in the Boreal Quebec Using Structure, Composition, and Productivity · (13.40-14.00): Richardson, J., Kiffney, P. - Biological Responses to an Experimental Gradient of Riparian Protection in a Pacific Coastal Forest · (14.00-14.20): Keeton, W., Kraft, C., Warren, D. – Biomass Accumulations in Mature and Old-growth Riparian Northern Hardwood-conifer Forests: Implications for Forest Carbon Sequestration |
| E5. Climate Change and Dendroclimatology IRC 5 · (13.00-13.20): Chhin, S., Hogg, T., Lieffers, V., Huang, S. - Growth – Climate Relationships of Lodgepole Pine Across Competitive Classes and Elevational Ecoregions in Alberta, Canada · (13.20-13.40): Nelson, E., Thomas, S. - Tree Ring Growth Under Increasing Temperature and CO2 in Northern Populations of Black Spruce (Picea mariana) · (13.40-14.00): Beauregard, F., Côté, B. - Assessing the Impact of Climatic Extremes on Root Activity and Ca Nutrition of Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) Using Ca/Sr Ratios · (14.00-14.20): Welsh, C., Lewis, K. - The Relationship Between Climate and Outbreak History of Dothistroma Needle Blight in Northwest British Columbia · (14.20-14.40): Wang, J. - Population-level Responses of Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera) to Elevated CO2 Concentration · (14.40-15.00): Lo, Y.H., Kimmins, J.P., and Welham, C. - The relationship between climate and tree ring chronology in three interior species, hybrid white spruce (Picea glauca x engelmannii), lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), in British Columbia, Canada. |
| E6. Ecoinformatics Workshop Part I. DataBank - Database design tools for forest ecologists (Anne Fiala) IRC G41/42 · (13.00-15.00): Participants should bring their laptop computer to this session. |
| Break (15.00-15.20) IRC Lower Lobby |
| Concurrent Sessions F (15.20-17.00) |
| F1. Quantifying and simulating interactions between forest management and carbon dynamics in forest ecosystems (Neal A Scott, David Ray, Nicholas Coops & Pierre Bernier) · (15.20-15.40): Scott, N., Hollinger, D., Davidson, E., Rodrigues, C., Dail, B., Hughes, H., Lee, J. - Changes in Carbon Storage and Growth Efficiency Following a Shelterwood Harvest at Howland Forest Maine USA · (15.40-16.00): Ray, D. - Simulating the Long-Term Carbon Consequences of Common Timber Harvesting Practices in Maine · (16.00-16.20): Bernier, P., Ung, C., De Grandpré, L., Beaudoin, A. - Incorporating Structural Attributes in Polygon-level Growth and Yield Models · (16.20-17.00): (*none listed) |
| F2. Succession IRC 4 · (15.20-15.40): Banner, A., LePage, P., McKeown, K., White, K. - Ecosystem Recovery – How Have the Forests of North Western British Columbia Responded to Past Disturbances? · (15.40-16.00): Peterson, D., Dodson, E., Harrod, R. - Propagule and Nutrient Limitations on Vegetation Recovery After a Stand-replacing Wildfire in Dry Mixed-conifer Forests. · (16.00-16.20): Battles, J., Solomonoff, N., Siccama, T., Fahey, T. - Forest Biomass and Tree Demography in a Northern Hardwood Forest: A Decade of Stability and Change in Hubbard Brook Valley · (16.20-16.40): Simard, S. – The Role of Mycorrhizal Response Diversity in Forest Succession Following Disturbance |
| F3. Silvicultural Systems IRC 3 · (15.20-15.40): Churchill, D., Harrington, T., Hinckley, T. - Uneven-age Management and Understory Vigor in Dry-site Douglas-fir Stands at Ft Lewis, Washington · (15.40-16.00): Arsenault, A., Klenner, W. - Management Options for Dry Forests: The Opax Mt. and Isobel Trials · (16.00-16.20): Jerabkova, L., Prescott, C., Titus, B., Hope, G., Walters, M. - Is Variable-retention Harvesting More Suitable for Maintaining Soil N Availability Than Clearcutting in Northern Forests? · (16.20-16.40): Hartmann, H., Messier, C., Beaudet, M. - Does the Visual Assessment of Tree Vigor in the Selection System Reflect Actual Tree Survival Probabilities? · (16.40-17.00): Rogers, B., Hawkins, C. - Leave-tree Mortality: Rationale for Using a Variety of Douglas-fir Retention Approaches to Meet Strategic Objectives |
| F4. Alien Invasions IRC 5 · (15.20-15.40): MacQuarrie, C., Langor, D., Spence, J. - Alien Species in the Last Frontier: Invasion History, Oviposition Behaviour, and Mortality Factors of Ambermarked Birch Leafminer in Alaska · (15.40-16.00): Bella, E., Schwartz, M. - Predicting Invasive Plant Range Expansion in Alaska Through Biogeoclimatic Modeling: Limiting Factors in a Changing Climate · (16.00-16.20): Eschtruth, A., Battles J. - Quantifying the Interaction of Deer Herbivory and the Canopy Decline Caused by an Exotic Insect Pest |
| F5. Ecosystem Based Management: I IRC 2 · (15.20-15.40): Keenan, R. - Ecology, Ecosystems and Forest Ecosystem Services: Perspectives From Australia · (15.40-16.00): Etheridge, D. - Challenges of Incorporating Emulation of Natural Disturbance Directives into an Operational Forest Management Planning Framework in the Boreal Forest of Ontario, Canada · (16.00-16.20): Klenner, W., Walton, R. - Landscape Projection Modeling to Develop Management Practices that Maintain Diverse Forest Values · (16.20-16.40): Rempel, R. - Spatial Planning for Biodiversity Using Spatial Bird Habitat Models: A Scenario Analysis of Policy Options · (16.40-17.00): Lieffers, V. - If We Meet Provincial Regeneration Standards, Will We Sustain the Composition and Structure of Boreal Mixedwood Forest? |
| F6. Ecoinformatics Workshop Part II. Data Visualization, Statistical, and Archival Tools for Forest Ecologists (Anne Fiala) IRC G41/42 · (15.20-17.00): Participants should bring a laptop computer |
| Poster Session (17.00-19.30) IRC Upper Lobby |
| Cash Bar (17.00-19.30) IRC Lower Lobby |
| Visualization Demonstration (17.00-17.30) IRC G57/59 Communicating complex ecological knowledge through advanced interactive visualization, driven by ecosystem management models – demonstration |
| Public lecture (19.30) IRC 2 |
| Future forest ecosystems: Australia and BC in the face of climate change and public perception (Moderator: Phil Comeau) · Phil Comeau – Introductory remarks · Peter Attiwill – Forest management in Australia: the city or the bush? · Hamish Kimmins & Del Meidinger – Future forest ecosystems in B.C. – approaches, issues and challenges to sustainable management · Panel – Questions and Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY, June 20th |
| Registration (7.00-17.00) IRC Lower Lobby |
| Breakfast (7.00-8.00) IRC Lower Lobby |
| Concurrent Sessions G (8.00-10.00) |
| G1. Non timber forest resources: compatible management and sustainability (Evelyn H Hamilton) IRC 1 · (8.00-8.20): Cocksedge, W., & Titus, B. - General Concepts of Compatible Management · (8.20-8.40): Berch, S., Ehlers, T., & Winder, R. - Compatible Management of Timber and Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms, Especially Pine mushroom and Chanterelle · (8.40-9.00): Winder, R., & Keefer, M. - The Management of Morels in BC's forests · (9.00-9.20): Keefer, M., Hamilton, E., Sampson, F. & Burton, P. - The Development of Guidelines for the Management of BC's Wild Berries · (9.20-9.40): Titus, B., & Cocksedge, W. - Management for Salal and other Floral Greens |
| G2. Inventory and Statistics IRC 4 · (8.00-8.20): Ducey, M. - Sampling Trees With Probability Nearly Proportional to Biomass · (8.20-8.40): Case, B., Hall, R. - Quantifying Errors Associated with Estimating Aboveground Forest Biomass at a Regional Scale · (8.40-9.00): Zheng, D., Heath, L., Ducey, M. - Satellite Detection of Land-use Change Effects on Forest Aboveground Biomass Estimates in 3 Lake States of USA: 1992-2001 · (9.00-9.20): Kenning, R., Ducey, M., Gove, J., Williams, M., Larson, B. - Field Efficiency and Bias of Some Downed Wood Sampling Methods in Western North American Forests · (9.20-9.40): Fan, Z., Shifley, S., Woodall, C.- Mapping the Spatial Distribution of Down Woody Material Components in the Eastern Forests of United States |
| G3. Silviculture: Managing for Complexity (Klaus Puettmann) IRC 3 · (8.00-8.20): Palik, B. - Managing for Complex Red Pine Stands in the Face of Uncertainty and Change · (8.20-8.40): Seymour, R. - The Evolution of Multi-aged (Complex) Silviculture in Northeast North America · (8.40-9.00): Messier, C. - Ecosystem Management: Incorporating Inner Stand Structural and Compositional Heterogeneity · (9.00-9.20): Panel Discussion (Klaus Puettmann) |
| G4. Agroforesty Systems IRC 5 · (8.00-8.20): Moran, D., Krishnamurthy, L., Uribe, M., Rey, J. - Evaluation of Alley Cropping with Guadua angustifolia Kunth and Seasonal Crops on Yield, Leaf Litter and Soil Erosion · (8.20-8.40): Rahim, M. - Multistoried Agroforestry Cropping System - A New Era of Environment, Biodiversity Sustainable Land Use · (8.40-9.00): Rahim, M., Hossian, K., Karim, M. – Agro-forestry Research and Education in Bangladesh · (9.00-9.20): Lacombe, S., Bradley, R., Rivest, D., Cogliastro, A., Olivier, A. - Intercropping Agro-forestry Systems Improve the Diversity, Spatial Heterogeneity and Resistance of Soil Microbial Communities · (9.20-9.40): Hossain, K. - Cropland Agroforestry – A Sustainable Agricultural System Practiced by farmers of Bangladesh · (9.40-10.00): Das, R. - The Contribution of Forests to Livestock Carrying Capacity in the Hills of Nepal |
| G5. Ecosystem Based Management: II IRC 2 · (8.00-8.20): Welham, C., Seely, B., Kimmins, H. - Management Practices for Mitigating Mountain Pine Beetle and Soil-based Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management · (8.20-8.40): Seely, B., Wells, R., Welham, C., Kimmins, H. - Now What? A Tradeoff Analysis of Post Mountain Pine Beetle Salvage and Stand Management Alternatives in Northern BC · (8.40-9.00): Beguin, J., Pothier, D., Prévost, M. - Using Silviculture as an Alternative Management Tool to Regenerate Balsam Fir Stands in Presence of Overabundant Deer Populations · (9.00-9.20): O'Connor, K., Work, T. - Carabid Response to a Natural Disturbance-based Silviculture Experiment Across Four Boreal Forest Ecosystems in Western Québec · (9.20-9.40): Schivatcheva, T., Mills, D. - New Trends in the Canadian Forest Sector Require New Institutional Arrangements |
| Break (10.00-10.20) IRC Lower Lobby |
| Concurrent Sessions H (10.20-12.00) |
| H1. The Role of Pre- and Post-Publication Commentary in the Publication of Forest Ecology Research Findings (Terry Sharik and Bruce Dancik moderators) IRC 2 · (10.20-12.00): Panel presentations and discussion · Peter Attiwill, Editor-in-Chief, Forest Ecology and Management · Matthew Walls, Managing Editor, Society of American Foresters journals · Cindy Prescott, Co-Editor, Canadian Journal of Forest Research · David Baldwin, Managing Editor, Ecological Society of America · Brooks Hanson, Deputy Editor, Physical Sciences, Science |
| H2. Traditional Ecological Knowledge IRC 1 · (10.20-10.40): Saint-Arnaud, M., Kneeshaw, D., Lucie Sauvé, L. - Defining Aboriginal Forestry in Kitcisakik: Contribution of a Participatory Research · (10.40-11.00): Jacqmain, H. - Moose Habitat Project : Native Collaborative Approach to Support a Culturally Appropriate Management of Waswanipi Cree Hunting Grounds (Waswanipi Cree Model Forest) |
| H3. Modeling IRC 3 · (10.20-10.40): Gaertner, S., Reynolds, K., Twery, M., Hummel, S., Hessburg, P. - Decision Support Systems as a Tool to Apply Ecological Knowledge in Landscape Silviculture for Restoration and Adaptation Objectives · (10.40-11.00): Lorimer, C., Hanson, J., Halpin, C. - Design and Long-term Validation of CANOPY, a Computer Model of Forest Stand Dynamics · (11.00-11.20): Blanco, J., Seely, B., Gonzalez, E., Haynes, P., Welham, C., Kimmins, J., Seebacher, T. - Testing The Ecosystem-Level Forest Model FORECAST Through North America, From The Caribbean Sea To The Pacific NW · (11:40-12:00): Drescher, M., Perera, A., Buse, L., Vasiliauskas, S., Ride, K. - Assessing Uncertainty in Expert Knowledge of Forest Succession |
| H4. Integrated land management in a changing world: Will we ever do what is right? (Jonathan S. Russell, Ted Gooding, and Stephen H. Yamasaki) IRC 4 · (10.20-10.40): Gooding, T. – Integrating Biodiversity and Hydrological Values into Operational Planning · (10.40-11.00): Yamasaki, S., Duchesneau, R., and Doyon, R. – Cumulative Impacts Assessment : Looking Outside the Forestry Box · (11.00-11.20): Russell, J. – The Future of Forestry: Will We Ever do What is Right? · (11.20-12.00): (discussion) |
| H5. Ecosystem Restoration and Recovery IRC 5 · (10.20-10.40): Davis, L., Rolph, D. - Large-scale Forest Restoration in the Coastal Sitka Spruce Forest Zone: An Experimental Approach at Ellsworth Creek · (10.40-11.00): Knoot, T., Schulte, L., Rickenbach, M. - The Changing Social Landscape and Oak Restoration Success in the Midwestern U.S. · (11.00-11.20): Ko Heinrichs, D., Tardif, J. - Ecology of Northern White-cedar (Thuja occidentalis L.) Stands at Their Limit of Distribution in Manitoba, Canada · (11.20-11.40): Zaczek, J., Schoonover, J., Baer, S., Williard, K., Groninger, J. - Cultural Methods and Restoration Ecology of Giant Cane (Arundinaria gigantea) · (11.40-12.00): Reis, M.G.F., Reis, G.G., Silva, C.T. - Tree Vegetation Dynamics Over Nine-year Period in a Secondary Forest in Southeastern Brazil |
| H6. What do Practitioners need from Scientists and Policy Makers to do Their Job? (Warren Warttig and Gordon Weetman) IRC G65/66 · (11.00-12.00): Panel presentations and discussion |
| Lunch (12.00-13.00) IRC Lower Lobby |
| Panel (13.00-14.20) Barriers to the application of ecological research to sustainable management (Moderator: Hamish Kimmins) IRC 2 · Jim Snetsinger (Chief Forester, B.C. Min. Forests) · Tat Smith (Dean and Professor, Faculty of Forestry, Univ. of Toronto) · Jonathan Russell (Woodlands Manager, Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.) · Bill Beese (Forest Ecologist, Western Forest Products Inc.) · Nancy Turner (School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria) · Gordon Weetman (Emeritus Professor, Silviculture, Dept. of Forest Sciences, UBC) |
| Speaker 5 (14.20-15.00) IRC 2 · Tom Veblen - Integration of Ecological Research into Policy Development: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Overgeneralization · Moderator: Cindy Prescott |
| Break (15.00-15.20) IRC Lower Lobby |
| Speaker 6 (15.20-16.00) IRC 2 · John Innes - What Can Forest Ecology Contribute to Certification? · Moderator: Phil Comeau |
| Speaker 7 (16.00-16.45) IRC 2 · Hamish Kimmins - Forest Ecology: From Science to Stewardship · Moderator: Phil Comeau |
| Closing Remarks and Invitation to NAFEW 2009 (16.45) IRC 2 |