8:30 am

Welcome and Introduction

Tom Schmidt, USFS North Central Research Station; Terry Sharik, Utah State University

8:45 am

The Need to Incorporate Ecosystem Science into Multi-Scale Forest Research

John Pastor, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota

9:15 am

Scale, Process, and the Development of Landscape Pattern Over Time

David Mladenoff, University of Wisconsin Madison

9:45 am

Break

10:15 am

Fire Regimes in Quebec Boreal Forest: Implication for Sustainable Forest Management at Different Scales

Yves Bergeron, University of Quebec

10:45 am

Ecologists in Policyland: Assessing Management Effects at Regional Scales

Tom Spies, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station

11:15 am

Questions and Discussion with Audience

Terry Sharik

12:00 pm

Adjourn for Lunch

1:30 pm

Predicting Water and Forest Resources Health and Sustainability

Hanowski et al., Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota

2:00 pm

The Specifics Approach for Identifying Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management: Examples From British Columbia and Ontario

Lautenschlager and Hollstedt, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

2:30 pm

A TABU Search Meta-Heuristic for a Multi-Objective Forest Management Design Problem

Nurullah, University of New Brunswick

3:00 pm

The Ecological Site Classification Forest Planning Tool in Britain

Ray and Clare, Forest Research Scotland

3:30 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Methods of Landscape Classification – A Quantitative Comparison

Bolliger and Mladenoff, University of Wisconsin Madison

4:30 pm

Classification Tree Models for Multiple-Scale Pattern Recognition and Key Factor Identification

Fan et al., University of Missouri

5:00 pm

Spatial Analyses for Strategic Planning on Public Forest Lands

Host et al., Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota

5:30 pm

Adjourn

1:30 pm

Detecting Levels of Sustainable Land-use in Lake Superior Watersheds Using Stream Invertebrate Communities

Brady et al., Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota

2:00 pm

Land Fragmentation and Impacts to Streams and Fish in the Central and Upper Midwest

Verry, USFS North Central Research Station

2:30 pm

A Spatially Explicit, Landscape-Scale Analysis of Variation in Dissolved Organic Carbon in Adirondack Lakes

Canham et al., Institute of Ecosystem Studies

3:00 pm

Contributions of Riparian Areas to Overall Plant Diversity in Forested Watersheds

Palik et al., USFS North Central Research Station

3:30 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Transporting Nutrients Along the Salmon Superhighway: Is it a Two-way Street?

Kavanagh et al., University of Idaho

4:30 pm

Issues of Scale in the Social Sciences: A Riparian Example

Stewart, USFS Research & Development

5:00 pm

Role of Coarse Particulate Organic Matter and Large Woody Debris in Low Gradient Streams Under Two Forest Harvest Regimes

Johnson et al., Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota

5:30 pm

Adjourn

1:30 pm

Sexual and Asexual Recruitment by Boreal Trees and Stands: Silvicultural Implications

Greene et al., University of Quebec – Montreal

2:00 pm

A Comparison of Growth and Physiology in White Spruce (Picea glauca) and aspen (Populus tremuloides) at Different Soil Temperatures: Implications for Mixedwood Succession

Landhausser and Lieffers, University of Alberta

2:30 pm

Spatial Variation of White Pine and Hardwood Regeneration After Selection Cutting With Large Gaps in the Southwestern Quebec Tolerant Hardwood Forest

Raymond et al., University of Quebec – Laval

3:00 pm

How Overstory and Understory Vegetation Interact With Understory Tree Functional Ecology to Structure the Sugar Maple Forest: Theoretical and Practical Implications

Beaudet and Messier, University of Quebec – Montreal

3:30 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Harvesting Impacts on Regeneration and Understory Plant Composition in Managed Aspen and Northern Hardwood Forests of Northern Minnesota

Berger et al., University of Minnesota (Puettmann presenting)

4:30 pm

An Alternative to Clearcutting in the Boreal Forest of Alaska: A Twenty Seven-Year Comparison of Clearcut and Shelterwood Harvesting

Wurtz and Zasada, USFS Boreal Ecology Cooperative Research Unit

5:00 pm

Wrap up and discussion

5:30 pm

Adjourn

8:00 am

Fine-scale predictability of forest community dynamics

Fulton and Harcombe, Bemidji State University

8:30 am

Tree- and Stand-level Leaf Area - Stemwood Volume Growth Relationships in a Mixed-species, Multi-aged Northern Conifer Forest

Kenefic and Seymour, USFS Northeastern Research Station and University of Maine

9:00 am

How Spatial Distribution of Overstory Trees Determines Stand-Scale Resource Availability and Seedling Growth An Experiment in Longleaf Pine Woodlands

Palik et al., USFS North Central Research Station

9:30 am

Successional Dynamics and Management Implications of a Montane Coniferous Forest in the Central Appalachians

Schuler and Ford, USFS Northeastern Research Station

10:00 am

Break

10:30 am

From Trees to Stands: Canopy Tree Neighborhoods as the Basic Unit of Forest Ecosystems

Coates et al., University of Quebec – Montreal

11:00 am

FORCEE: A Spatially Explicit, Individual Tree, Stand-level Ecosystem Management Simulation Model

Kimmins, University of British Columbia

11:30 am

Wrap up and discussion

12:00 pm

Adjourn

1:30 pm

Keynote Address: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Application to Non-Timber Forest Products

Berkes, University of Manitoba

2:30 pm

Managing Southern Forests for Non-Timber Forest Products

Chamberlain et al., Virginia Technological University

3:00 pm

Site and Landscape Distribution Models of Wild Leek (Allium tricoccum) in the Southern Appalachian Mountains

McNab et al., USFS Southern Research Station

3:30 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Maple Products in Riparian Forests: Managing at Environmental, Genetic, and Economic Scales

Zaczek et al, Southern Illinois University and Missouri Dept of Conservation

4:30 pm

Wounaan and Embera use of the Fiber Palm Astrocaryum standleyanum for Basketry in Eastern Panama

Velasquez Runk, Yale University and The New York Botanical Gardens

5:00 pm

Non-Timber Forest and Non-Traditionally Used Timber Products in Mexico

Perez-Salicrup, Autonomous National University of Morelia, Mexico

5:30 pm

Adjourn

8:00 am

Silviculture and Non-Timber Forest Products: Spreading the Benefits of Vegetative Management

Emery and Zasada, USFS Northeastern Research Station

8:30 am

Lurking Questions: A Biodiversity Perspective on Commercial Harvest of Native Plants

Sather and Smith, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

9:00 am

Traditional Stewardship of Devil’s Club (Oplopanax horridus) in British Columbia and the Development of Sound Harvesting Practices for a Culturally Important NTFP

Lantz and Turner, University of Victoria

9:30 am

Scientific and Traditional Ecological Knowledge for the Rapid Assessment of Non-Timber Forest Products in Northwestern Ontario

Davidson-Hunt and Ruta, University of Manitoba

10:00 am

Break

10:30 am

Estimating the Number of Black Ash Trees for Basketry in the Lake States

Leatherberry, USFS North Central Research Station

11:00 am

Birch Tonic

Dawe and Maher, Alaska Boreal Forest Council

11:30 am

Session Wrap-up

12:00 pm

Adjourn

8:00 am

Estimating Net Ecosystems Production in an Northern Hardwood Forest: Meterological Vs. Plot-Based Approaches to Measure Annual Carbon Storage

Curtis and Schmid, Ohio State University

8:30 am

Gestalt of Forest Landscapes: More than the Sum of Stands

Hummel, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station

9:00 am

Linking Climate Sensitivity of White Spruce Radial Growth at the Stand-Level to the Regional Scale in Boreal Alaska

Juday, University of Alaska Fairbanks

9:30 am

Salvage Cutting, After the 1998 Ice Storm, Affects Songbird Use of Stands in Three forest Types in Eastern Ontario

Lautenschlager, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

10:00 am

Break

10:30 am

Dynamics of an Introduced Tree Disease: Scaling up from Individual Trees to landscape Pattern

Latty et al., University of Wisconsin-Madison

11:00 am

Understanding Forest Dynamics in the context of a Fire-Dominated Landscape

Gutsell and Johnson, University of Calgary

11:30 am

Ice Impacts on the Dynamics of an Old-growth Deciduous Forest

Lechowicz et al., McGill University

12:00 pm

Adjourn for Lunch

1:30 pm

Overstory and Understory Vegetation Response Patterns Following Fire Suppression and the Introduction of Logging

Reich and Friedman, University of Minnesota

2:00 pm

Heterogeneity of fire severity in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness at 2 spatial scales: causes, consequences, and management implications

Carlson, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

2:30 pm

Modeling forest structure in southeast Alaska

Caouette and DeGrayner, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station

3:00 pm

Ecological Subsections of Southeast Alaska and Neighboring Areas of Canada

Nowacki et al., USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station

3:30 pm

Wrap up and Discussion

4:00 pm

Adjourn

8:00 am

Using Landscape-level Data to Predict the Distribution of Birds on a Managed Forest: Effects of Scale

Mitchell et al., Auburn University

8:30 am

Songbird Abundance and Viability at Multiple Scales Across a Range of Fragmented Mixed Mesophytic Landscapes in West Virginia

DeMeo and Wood, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station

9:00 am

Multi-scale Habitat Relationships of Forest Breeding Birds in the Western Great Lakes

Jones et al., Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota

9:30 am

Habitat Selection and Habitat-specific Survival of Fledgling Ovenbirds at Stand and Landscape Scales

King et al., USFS Northeastern Research Station

10:00 am

Break

10:30 am

Landscape Characteristics of Boreal Owl Breeding Habitat in Northern Minnesota

Jones et al., Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota

11:00 am

Relationships Between Multi-Scale Habitat Features and Breeding Biology of Ovenbirds

Mattsson and Niemi, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota

11:30 am

A Comparison of Vernal Pools in Fragmented and Unfragmented Habitats

Johnson and Johnson, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota

12:00 pm

Adjourn for Lunch

1:30 pm

Impacts of Invading European Earthworms on Understory Plant Communities in Previously Worm-free Hardwood Forests of Minnesota

Hale et al., University of Minnesota

2:00 pm

Influence of Canopy Management History on the Distribution, Reproduction and Vegetative Growth of Eastern Leatherwood (Dirca palustris)

Schulz et al., Southern Illinois University

2:30 pm

Spatial Distributions of Canopy Gaps and Their Influence on Regeneration Dynamics in Shortleaf Pine Forests

Stambaugh and Muzika, University of Missouri

3:00 pm

Break

3:30 pm

Interpreting Compositional Correlation in Forest Strata : The Importance of Spatial Extent

Ohmann and Ewald, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station

4:00 pm

Spatially Explicit Models and Landscape Planning: A Case Study with the Endangered Newfoundland Marten (Martes Americana atrata)

Adair and Bissonette, Utah State University

4:30 pm

Southern Appalachian Coves and Soricid Abundance: An Examination of Patch Dynamics in a Forested Landscape

Ford et al., USFS Northeastern Research Station

5:00 pm

Wrap up and Discussion

5:30 pm

Adjourn

1:30 pm

Rhododendron Encroachment Threatens Future Health of Appalachian Cove Forests

Van Lear et al., Clemson University

2:00 pm

Measurement and Analytical Issues When Monitoring Tree Species Diversity Over Large Spatial and Temporal Scales

Rosson and Amundsen, USFS Southern Research Station

2:30 pm

Mapping Risk from Forest Insects and Diseases

Lewis, USFS

3:00 pm

A Multiscale Comparison of Logging and Wildfire Effects On Boreal Forest Ecosystem Integrity

Haeussler et al., University of Quebec

3:30 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Hyperspectral Assessment of Sugar Maple Stand Structure

Thomas and Treitz, Queen’s University

4:30 pm

From Leaf to Canopy: Estimation of Chlorophyll Content Using Remote Sensing to Monitor Forest Conditions

Noland et al., Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

5:00 pm

Modeling Spatially Distributed Ecosystem Flux of Boreal Forests Using Hyperspectral Indices

Rahman et al., Rutgers University

5:30 pm

Adjourn

1:30 pm

Managing the Village Scale Forests Through Investment in People--A Success Story of Uttar Pradesh, India

Sehgal, India Forest Service

2:00 pm

Ownership Effects on Forest Landscape Change in the Oregon Coast Range Between 1936 and 1996"

Wimberly and Ohmann, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station

2:30 pm

An Eco-regional Approach to Estimating Forest Composition and it's Natural Variation for Forest Management Planning

Ride et al., Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

3:00 pm

Break

3:30 pm

Mapping the Potential Distribution o native Plant Communities for Regional Forest Landscape Management

White et al., Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota

4:00 pm

Managing on a Landscape Scale - The Minnesota Experience

Miller, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota

4:30 pm

Wrap up and discussion

5:00 pm

Adjourn