Thursday, August 7, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
103 DE, Midwest Airlines Center
COS 96 - Fire
1:30 PMCOS 96-1Effects of fire intensity on resprouting potential of woody groundcover vegetation in midwestern barrens
Sheryl M. Petersen, Case Western Reserve University, Paul B. Drewa, Case Western Reserve University
1:50 PMCOS 96-2Effects of fire intensity, repeated burning, and time since fire on woody vegetation of an eastern sand savanna
Alan Haney, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Marlin L. Bowles, The Morton Arboretum, Steven Apfelbaum, Applied Ecological Services, Emily Lain, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Tom Post, Indiana Department of Natural Resources
2:10 PMCOS 96-4Effect of fire and insect outbreaks on long-term forest succession in boreal forests of eastern Quebec
Mathieu Bouchard, Université Laval
2:30 PMCOS 96-3Patterns and controls of community structure in South African and North American grasslands: Convergence and contingency
Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico, Melinda D. Smith, Yale University, Richard W.S. Fynn, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Kevin Kirkman, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Peter D. Wragg, University of Minnesota, John M. Blair, Kansas State University, Catherine E. Burns, University of Maine, Alan K. Knapp, Colorado State University
2:50 PMCOS 96-5Convergence and contingency in patterns and controls of productivity in South African and North American savanna grasslands
A.K. Knapp, Colorado State University, Greg Buis, Colorado State University, Richard W.S. Fynn, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Kevin Kirkman, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Navashni Govender, Scientific Service Kruger National Park, John M. Blair, Kansas State University, Catherine E. Burns, University of Maine, Scott L. Collins, University of New Mexico, Melinda D. Smith, Yale University
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 96-6Long-term interaction between fire and vegetation: 2000 years of variability in the fire regime of the Siskiyou Mountains (SW Oregon, USA)
Daniele Colombaroli, University of Oregon, Daniel Gavin, University of Oregon
3:40 PMCOS 96-7Unifying wildfire models from ecology and statistical physics
Richard D. Zinck, UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Ecological Research - UFZ, Volker Grimm, UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Ecological Research - UFZ
4:00 PMCOS 96-8A probabilistic wildfire risk model for Los Alamos National Laboratory
Randy G. Balice, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Scot D. Johnson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Kathryn D. Bennett, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Todd L. Graves, Los Alamos National Laboratory
4:20 PMCOS 96-9Impacts of post-fire salvage logging on soil bacteria in mixed conifer forests in central Oregon
Tara N. Jennings, Oregon State University, Jane E. Smith, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Elizabeth W. Sulzman, Oregon State University, Sarah Beldin, USGS
4:40 PMCOS 96-10Mulching the forest: Mastication treatment effects on surface fuels and plant cover
Mike Battaglia, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, Chuck C. Rhoades, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station, Monique Rocca, Colorado State University, Natalia Canova, Colorado State University, Brett Wolk, Colorado State University, Michael G. Ryan, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station

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