Plenary Speakers
MONDAY, June 18th
TUESDAY, June 19th
WEDNESDAY, June 20th

MONDAY, June 18th
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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

          · (14.20-15.00): (*none listed)
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.
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
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
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
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
          · (11.20-11.40): 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, Bill Beese and Gordon Weetman)  IRC G65/66
          · (11.00-12.00): Panel presentations and discussion
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
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