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| Concurrent Sessions G (8.00-10.00) | |||
| G1. Non timber forest resources: compatible management and sustainability (Evelyn Hamilton) IRC 1 | |||
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| · Cocksedge, W., & Titus, B. - General Concepts of Compatible Management | |||
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| · Berch, S., Ehlers, T., & Winder, R. - Compatible Management of Timber and Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms, Especially Pine mushroom and Chanterelle |
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| · Winder, R., & Keefer, M. - The Management of Morels in BC's forests | |||
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| · Keefer, M., Hamilton, E., Sampson, F. & Burton, P. - The Development of Guidelines for the Management of BC's Wild Berries |
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| · Titus, B., & Cocksedge, W. - Management for Salal and other Floral Greens | |||
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| G2. Inventory and Statistics IRC 4 | |||
| · Ducey, M. - Sampling Trees With Probability Nearly Proportional to Biomass | |||
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| · Case, B., Hall, R. - Quantifying Errors Associated with Estimating Aboveground Forest Biomass at a Regional Scale |
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| · 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 |
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| · 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 |
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| · Fan, Z., Shifley, S., Woodall, C. - Mapping the Spatial Distribution of Down Woody Material Components in the Eastern Forests of United States |
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| G3. Silviculture: Managing for Complexity (Klaus Puettmann) IRC 3 | |||
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| · Palik, B. - Managing for Complex Red Pine Stands in the Face of Uncertainty and Change | |||
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| · Seymour, R. - The Evolution of Multi-aged (Complex) Silviculture in Northeast North America | |||
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| · Messier, C. - Ecosystem Management: Incorporating Inner Stand Structural and Compositional Heterogeneity | |||
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| G4. Agroforesty Systems IRC 5 | |||
| · 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 |
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| · Rahim, M. - Multistoried Agroforestry Cropping System - A New Era of Environment, Biodiversity Sustainable Land Use |
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| · Rahim, M., Hossian, K., Karim, M. – Agro-forestry Research and Education in Bangladesh | |||
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| · 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 |
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| · Hossain, K. - Cropland Agroforestry – A Sustainable Agricultural System Practiced by farmers of Bangladesh | |||
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| · Das, R. - The Contribution of Forests to Livestock Carrying Capacity in the Hills of Nepal | |||
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| G5. Ecosystem Based Management: II IRC 2 | |||
| · Welham, C., Seely, B., Kimmins, H. - Management Practices for Mitigating Mountain Pine Beetle and Soil- based Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management |
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| · 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 |
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| · Beguin, J., Pothier, D., Prévost, M. - Using Silviculture as an Alternative Management Tool to Regenerate Balsam Fir Stands in Presence of Overabundant Deer Populations |
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| · O'Connor, C.D., Work, T. - Carabid Response to a Natural Disturbance-based Silviculture Experiment Across Four Boreal Forest Ecosystems in Western Québec |
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| · Schivatcheva, T., & Mills, D. - New Trends in the Canadian Forest Sector Require New Institutional Arrangements |
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| Concurrent Sessions H (10.20-12.00) | |||
| H1. Sharik, T. & Dancik, B. - The Role of Pre- & Post-Publication Commentary in the Publication of Forest Ecology Research Findings IRC 2 | |||
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| · 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 |
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| H2. Traditional Ecological Knowledge IRC 1 | |||
| · Saint-Arnaud, M., Kneeshaw, D., Lucie Sauvé, L. - Defining Aboriginal Forestry in Kitcisakik: Contribution of a Participatory Research |
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| · Jacqmain, H. - Moose Habitat Project: Native Collaborative Approach to Support a Culturally Appropriate Management of Waswanipi Cree Hunting Grounds (Waswanipi Cree Model Forest) |
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| H3. Modeling IRC 3 | |||
| · 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 |
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| · Lorimer, C., Hanson, J., Halpin, C. - Design and Long-term Validation of CANOPY, a Computer Model of Forest Stand Dynamics |
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| · 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 |
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| · Drescher, M., Perera, A., Buse, L., Vasiliauskas, S., Ride, K. - Assessing Uncertainty in Expert Knowledge of Forest Succession |
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| H4. Integrated land management in a changing world: Will we ever do what is right? (Jonathan Russell, Ted Gooding and Stephen Yamasaki) IRC 4 | |||
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| · Gooding, T. – Integrating Biodiversity and Hydrological Values into Operational Planning | |||
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| · Yamasaki, S., Duchesneau, R., and Doyon, R. – Cumulative Impacts Assessment : Looking Outside the Forestry Box |
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| · Russell, J. – The Future of Forestry: Will We Ever do What is Right? | |||
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| H5. Ecosystem Restoration and Recovery IRC 5 | |||
| · Davis, L., Rolph, D. - Large-scale Forest Restoration in the Coastal Sitka Spruce Forest Zone: An Experimental Approach at Ellsworth Creek |
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| · Knoot, T., Schulte, L., Rickenbach, M. - The Changing Social Landscape and Oak Restoration Success in the Midwestern U.S. |
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| · Ko Heinrichs, D., Tardif, J. - Ecology of Northern White-cedar (Thuja occidentalis L.) Stands at Their Limit of Distribution in Manitoba, Canada |
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| · Zaczek, J., Schoonover, J., Baer, S., Williard, K., Groninger, J. - Cultural Methods and Restoration Ecology of Giant Cane (Arundinaria gigantea) |
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| · Reis, M.G.F., Reis, G.G., Silva, C.T., Monte, M.A. - Tree Vegetation Dynamics Over Nine-year Period in a Secondary Forest in Southeastern Brazil |
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| H6. Warttig, W. - What do Practitioners need from Scientists and Policy Makers to do Their Job? IRC G65/66 | |||
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| · Panel presentations and discussion | |||
| Panel (13.00-14.20) Barriers to the application of ecological research to sustainable management 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) |
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| Speaker 5 (14.20-15.00) IRC 2 | |||
| · Tom Veblen - Integration of Ecological Research into Policy Development: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Overgeneralization |
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| Speaker 6 (15.20-16.00) IRC 2 | |||
| · John Innes - What Can Forest Ecology Contribute to Certification? | |||
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| Speaker 7 (16.00-16.45) IRC 2 | |||
| · Hamish Kimmins - Forest Ecology: From Science to Stewardship | |||
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