11th North American Forest Ecology

Workshop June 18-22, 2017

Lister Conference Centre Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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We respectfully acknowledge that the University of Alberta is located on Treaty 6 territory, a traditional gathering place for

diverse Indigenous peoples including the Cree, Blackfoot, Metis, Nakota Sioux, Iroquois, Dene, Ojibway/Saulteaux/Anishinaabe, Inuit, and many others whose histories, languages, and cultures

continue to influence our vibrant community. Photo credits: This page, Left to right: Anne McIntosh, René Belland, Anne McIntosh Front page: Top, Left to right: John Acorn, Phil Comeau, Phil Comeau, Connor Charchuk Bottom, Left to right: René Belland, Phil Comeau, René Belland NAFEW 2017 banner (pg. 8 etc.), all are by Phil Comeau except the waxwing photo is by Connor Charchuk

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Dear Workshop Delegates: A warm welcome to the 11th annual North American Forest Ecology Workshop (NAFEW), where I expect that, over the next several days, you will be able to build upon the theme of Sustaining Forests from Restoration to Conservation for robust and inspired discussion and actions. I am proud of the organizers of this workshop from the Department of Renewable Resources; their skills in developing a comprehensive list of speakers and sessions demonstrate the thirst for understanding of the complexities of natural and managed ecosystems that you, as participants, all share. Through integrated, multidisciplinary approaches, these researchers, like you, strive to provide a scientific foundation for better approaches to management, conservation and restoration of ecosystems and landscapes. In these challenging times, it is imperative that science provide empirical evidence that supports land reclamation and conservation. That includes teaching the next generation of scientists by demonstrating the balance that exists between the economic and social benefits of Canada’s natural resources and lands, the recognition of their intrinsic value, and the need to ensure future sustained flow of ecological goods and services. I hope that each of you benefits greatly from the thoughtful sessions at this workshop, which will undoubtedly inspire dialogue and discussion in the weeks and months to come. And, as you travel throughout this great province during the organized field trips, take a moment to appreciate its natural resources. We are proud to be part of Alberta’s past and future, and we look forward to sharing that with you. Sincerely, Stanford F. Blade, PhD, PAg Dean, Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences University of Alberta

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Welcome from the Program Committee On behalf of the Organizing Committee, it is a great pleasure to welcome you to the 11th North American Forest Ecology Workshop (NAFEW) “Sustaining Forests: From Restoration to Conservation” in the beautiful city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. This workshop offers a unique opportunity to bring together a wide range of stakeholders from across Canada, Mexico and the United States including forest ecologists, silviculturists, wildlife biologists, and other forest researchers. We hope the workshop provides a valuable platform for the exchange and advancement of knowledge related to basic and applied research in forest ecosystems within North America, and helps foster dialogue and discussions towards improved understanding and sustainable management of forested landscapes.

Since its inception in 1993, NAFEW has been hosted by a wide range of locales; however, this is the first time the workshop will be held within the boreal forest region. Canada holds about 28% of the worldwide boreal forest biome and within Canada the boreal forest covers 60% of the landmass, largely dominated by natural forests that have been relatively unaffected by human disturbance or management. Over the past five decades, Canada’s boreal forest region has seen unprecedented growth and development in the forestry and energy resource sectors, which have brought about new challenges that need to be balanced with the impacts associated with future climate change. The conference theme recognizes these ever-increasing demands and challenges, but also the opportunities to apply research findings to improved management for the boreal and other forest regions. We are extremely excited to offer mid-conference field trips that will allow attendees to tour a variety of localities, which highlight some of the challenges currently associated with boreal forest restoration, protection, and management.

This installment of the workshop gives us the opportunity to listen to presentations from over 200 researchers and practitioners across a wide range of topics including: forest ecosystem processes, restoration and reclamation, silviculture, fire, climate change, and wildlife. As in the past, a large focus of NAFEW is to highlight the research conducted by graduate students, who will not only give us insight into their current research, but should inspire us with their enthusiasm for their work in the field of forest ecology. It has been a great privilege for all of us on the organizing committee to make this workshop a reality. However, we would like to single out Phil Comeau, whose support and previous experience with organizing conferences was invaluable in guiding us through all the details of organizing a meeting like this. We also thank the graduate student volunteers, most of whom are also presenting at this conference, for their support in making this event run smoothly. We thank our sponsors for their generous support that made this event possible and allowed the great number of graduate students to participate, it is truly appreciated.

Finally, we would like to thank you all for signing up to join us here in Edmonton. We hope you enjoy the workshop and have an opportunity to reconnect with friends (new and old) and colleagues in Edmonton. Please take advantage of the excellent opportunities for sights and activities in Edmonton, or even explore some of the more distant destinations Alberta has to offer such as the Rocky Mountains in the west or the Badlands in the southeast.

Simon Landhäusser Ellen Macdonald Co-Chairs of the Organizing Committee

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Members of the Organizing Committee Name Affiliation Simon Landhäusser (co-chair) University of Alberta Ellen Macdonald (co-chair) University of Alberta Erin Bayne University of Alberta Phil Comeau University of Alberta Anne McIntosh University of Alberta Scott Nielsen University of Alberta Brad Pinno Canadian Forest Service Deb Brenton Poplar & Willow Council of Canada John Stadt Government of Alberta Barb Thomas University of Alberta We would like to thank the following staff and volunteers for their assistance with the workshop: Sharon Katzeff, Co-ordinator Lauren Engelking, Assistant to the Co-ordinator Samuel Bartels Ivan Bjelanovic Pak Chow Francesco Cortini Amalesh Dhar Laureen Echiverri Chengdong Fang Caroline Franklin

Ashley Hart Kazi Hossain Bobby Hu Susan Humphries Kirk Johnson Caren Jones Rachel Keglowitsch Sean Konkolics Deog-Kyu Kweon Fran Leishman Robert Matheson Morgane Merlin

Felix Oboite Greg Pec Morgan Randall Claudia Rivera-Rios Lori Schroeder Natalie Scott Kevin Solarik Shauna Stack Julie Steinke Diana Stralberg Erika Valek

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Table of Contents General Information ..................................................................................................................................... 9

NAFEW 2017: PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE ..................................................................................................... 11

DETAILED CONFERENCE PROGRAM – DAILY SCHEDULE ............................................................................. 13

Sunday June 18 ....................................................................................................................................... 13

Monday, June 19 ..................................................................................................................................... 13

Tuesday June 20 ...................................................................................................................................... 18

Wednesday, June 21 – Field Trip Day ..................................................................................................... 24

Thursday June 22 .................................................................................................................................... 25

Plenary Speakers ......................................................................................................................................... 29

Map of the Venue ....................................................................................................................................... 30

University of Alberta Campus Map highlighting parking and locations of interest .................................... 31

NOTES.......................................................................................................................................................... 32

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General Workshop Information

Venue: The 11th North American Forest Ecology workshop is taking place in the Lister Conference Centre on the University of Alberta Campus, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded over a century ago in 1908, the University of Alberta is one of the top 100 teaching and research universities in the world serving more than 36,000 students with over 11,000 faculty and staff. The U of A has an annual budget in excess of $1 billion and attracts more than $480 million in external research funding. It offers close to 400 undergraduate, graduate and professional programs in 18 faculties.

Oral presentations will take place in the Maple Leaf, Aurora, Prairie, and Glacier rooms. The posters can be viewed in the Wild Rose room. Registration and meals will be located in the upper hallway of the Lister Conference Centre.

Registration desk: Hours of operation are listed in the detailed program, but the registration desk will be staffed throughout the day should you require assistance with anything related to the conference – located in the upper hallway of the Lister Conference Centre.

Name tags: You will be provided with a name tag when you pick up your registration packet. Be sure to wear your name tag to all events as it is your proof that you are registered for the conference and able to participate in conference activities.

Meals: Daily breakfast, refreshment breaks, and lunch are included as part of your registration fee and will be served in the upstairs hallway of the Lister Conference Centre (Note that the banquet is separate and you must have purchased a ticket to attend). You are welcome to sit in one of the conference rooms, the cafeteria area (the area you walk through on the way to the Wild Rose room) or take your meal outside to enjoy the summer weather. If you noted any dietary restrictions during registration, please make sure to advise the serving staff and they will help to guide you to the appropriate meal options.

Field trips: Wednesday, June 21. Check the list by the Registration desk to confirm which field trip you are registered to attend. All Field trips leave from and return to the Lister Conference Centre. The buses will be in the Jubilee Auditorium parking lot – just to the east of the Lister Conference Centre. See information in the program for departure and return times. Coffee (to go) will be available prior to boarding buses and breakfast (to go) will be provided as you board the buses. Lunches, snacks and drinks will be provided for all registered participants. Please dress appropriately for the weather.

Banquet: You must have purchased a ticket to attend the banquet. It will be held Tuesday, June 20 in the Faculty Club, University of Alberta (see attached map, ~10 min walk from the Lister Conference Centre). Reception at 17h30, dinner at 18h30, entertainment (The Carolines) 20h00 – 23h00.

Tree Tour of Campus: The University of Alberta boasts an impressive collection of trees and tall shrubs, considering our northern location. A handout and map to trees on campus has been included in your registration materials. For a guided tour meet Vic Lieffers at the registration desk at 17h00 on Tuesday June 20.

Instructions for oral presenters: Unless indicated otherwise, oral presentations in both the special sessions and contributed talks sessions have been allocated a total of 15 minutes. Please keep your talk to 12 minutes or less, to allow time for 1 or 2 questions. Introductions will be brief (speakers name and where they are from). Speakers are asked to bring their talks (on a USB stick) to the designated room for uploading during the break preceding the session that you are speaking in (or earlier that day). Speakers are required to use the computers that we will have in the room. Computers (Windows 7 or more recent) will have MS-Powerpoint (2010 or more recent) and Adobe Acrobat. We prefer that you bring your presentation as a Powerpoint (ppt) but an Acrobat (pdf) file can also work. Instructions for Ignite talks: Ignite talks will be 3 minutes long, strictly enforced. There will be no time for questions. Be sure to have your presentation highlighting the question(s), results, and conclusions from your poster loaded on the computer in the Maple Leaf room during the break prior to the ignite talk session.

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Poster set-up and viewing times: Posters can be put up in the Wild Rose room beginning on Sunday from 16h00 onwards when you register and/or attend the opening reception or during the morning of Monday June 19th. Pins will be provided. Posters must be taken down by 17h30 on Tuesday June 20. Posters will be available for viewing throughout Monday and Tuesday, with the designated poster session taking place from 16h15-19h00 on Monday June 20th. You can learn more about some of the talks by listening to the ignite talks that will be presented in the Maple Leaf room between 15h15-16h15 on Monday June 20th. Instructions for moderators: Moderators are being asked to be strict with timing, and we will need to keep to the schedule to allow attendees to move between sessions to hear the talks that they are interested in. Each session will have an assigned AV support person to load talks on the laptop and set up slides between speakers. Internet access: To connect to the Wi-fi on campus select ‘guest@UofA’. There is no password required. Social media: We encourage you to post about the conference using #nafew2017 Abstracts: To conserve paper, abstracts are not being printed – instead they are available for download from the conference website at http://nafew.org/2017-agenda/

Additional information for attendees: In case of emergency: Call 911 IN AN EMERGENCY! For less serious matters you can contact Campus Protective Services (780-492-5050). The muster point for the Lister Conference Centre is between the Lister Parking lot and the Jubilee Auditorium by the trees.

To find out about local attractions in Edmonton visit the City of Edmonton Attractions & Events page: https://www.edmonton.ca/attractions-events.aspx

Edmonton is home to a wide range of restaurant options – from casual to fine dining. A list of suggestions is available at the registration desk, or check Trip Advisor or Yelp.

Ground transportation: To get to and from the airport there are a wide variety of options – more information on these can be found here: http://flyeia.com/coming-and-going Uber and TappCar are licensed and legal in Edmonton.

Public transit: There are two light rail transit (LRT) stations on the University of Alberta campus and many buses depart from the bus loop; these are highlighted on the campus map provided at the end of the program. Tickets can be purchased on the bus or from machines at the LRT stations, cash only. You can plan your trip using google maps or the Edmonton Transit Trip Planner Website: http://etstripplanner.edmonton.ca/PlanYourTrip.aspx

Campus parking locations are marked on the campus map that is provided at the end of the program.

The University of Alberta Bookstore and the nearest post office are located in the Student Union Building (SUB) – which is marked on the campus map.

Currency can be exchanged at the airport upon arrival. Alternatively banks in Edmonton can convert foreign currency for you. There are numerous bank machines located throughout campus and a Bank of Montreal located across the street from the Lister Conference Centre.

To access health services: In case of emergency you can visit the Emergency Department at the University of Alberta hospital. The nearest pharmacy is located in the SUB on campus. There are walk-in medical clinics – including some located near to campus. https://www.medicentres.com/

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NAFEW 2017: PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE

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Wed. June 21, 2017 Field Trips Depart from and return to Lister Centre

Coffee (to go): Lister Centre; Breakfast (to go) and lunch provided at the buses

Field Trip Depart Return (arrival at Lister) Trip Name A 07h30 19h30 Ecology and Management of Mixedwood Forests B 08h30 17h30 Aspen and Bison Management in Elk Island National Park C 08h00 17h30 Alberta Tree Improvement and Seed Centre and Smoky Lake Nursery D 09h00 16h30 Edmonton’s Urban Forests and Urban Forestry E 07h45 17h30 Poplar Genetics and Management

Thurs. June 22 Maple Leaf Aurora Prairie Glacier 07h30 - 09h00 BREAKFAST (Lister Centre Upstairs hallway) 09h00 - 09h45 Plenary: Sally Aitken. If we plant,

what should we plant? Matching seed sources to new climates.

09h45 - 10h00 REFRESHMENT BREAK (Lister Centre Upstairs hallway) 10h00 - 12h00 Special Session: Assisted

migration in practice: Ecological risks and benefits

Special Session: Seeing the forest through the understory: promoting and maintaining diversity in contemporary

hardwood forests

Contributed Talks: Plant community ecology

Contributed Talks: Forest conservation

12h00 13h00 LUNCH BREAK (Lister Centre Upstairs hallway) 13h00 - 15h00 Special Session: Effects of

reclamation practices on ecosystem succession after oil-sands mining in boreal Alberta

Contributed Talks: Invasive species Contributed Talks: Climate change Contributed Talks: Forest conservation

15h00 - 15h15 REFRESHMENT BREAK (Lister Centre Upstairs hallway) 15h15 - 16h00 Plenary: Lena Gustafsson.

Research and practice in forest conservation and restoration in

northern Europe.

16h00 - 16h30 Closing comments, announcement of NAFEW 2019.

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DETAILED CONFERENCE PROGRAM – DAILY SCHEDULE

Sunday June 18

15h00 - 21h00 Registration Lister Centre upstairs foyer 18h00 – 21h00 Poster set-up Wild Rose Room

18h00 - 21h00 Opening Mixer (finger foods, 1 drink ticket, cash bar) Maple Leaf Room

Monday, June 19 08h00 - 17h00 Registration Lister Centre upstairs foyer

08h30 - 19h00 Poster viewing Wild Rose Room

07h00 – 08h30 Breakfast Lister Centre upstairs hallway Opening Session (S Landhäusser) Maple Leaf Room 08h30 - 08h45 Simon Landhäusser Conference opening, welcome

08h45 - 09h15 John Stadt Welcome from the province of Alberta; Introduction to Alberta's forests and forestry

09h15 - 10h00 Plenary - Stephen Murphy Anticipation ecology: determining when and how to initiate forest restoration and reclamation

10h00 - 10h15 Refreshment Break Lister Centre upstairs hallway Special Session: Linear disturbances in boreal forests and peatlands (G Castilla) Maple Leaf Room

10h15 - 10h30 G Castilla Introduction

10h30 - 10h45 A Dabros, HEJ Hammond, B Pinno, D Langor

Edge effects of low impact seismic lines on upland forest plant communities in northern Alberta

10h45 - 11h00 SE Nielsen, A Filicetti, CK van Rensen, T Vinge, VJ Lieffers

Patterns in seismic line vegetation recovery and landscape restoration planning in Alberta’s oil sands

11h00 - 11h15 E Bayne, S Wilson, H Lankau, J Tigner, J Gregoire

Wildlife response to energy sector recovery: The importance of sampling methodology

11h15 - 11h30 GJ McDermid, S Chen, C Feduck, MF Wu, J Hird, T Tan, SE Nielsen, J Linke, G Castilla

The role of UAVs in linear disturbance restoration and monitoring, contributions from the BERA project

11h30 - 11h45 M Strack, S Saraswati, M Brummell, B Xu Impact of access roads on peatland greenhouse gas exchange

11h45 - 12h00 Discussion Special Session: Adapting forest management to climate change: the state of the science and applications (J Halofsky)

Aurora Room

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10h15 - 10h30 J Edwards A pan-Canadian approach for adapting sustainable forest management to a changing climate

10h30 - 10h45 M Johnston Integrating climate change adaptation into forest management in the Canadian forest sector: The state of play

10h45 - 11h00 S Andrews-Key, CP Laroque, M Johnston

Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in sustainable forest management and the forest industry in Saskatchewan

11h00 - 11h15 DL Peterson, JE Halofsky Real-world forest adaptation: Moving from information to implementation in the western United States

11h15 - 11h30 C Swanston Real-world forest adaptation: Tools, examples, and lessons from the northwoods

11h30 - 12h00 Discussion Natural disturbance - contributed talks (S Cumming) Prairie Room

10h15 - 10h30 S Cumming, N Bokenge Estimating the collapse rate of boreal aspen stands

10h30 - 10h45 C Stockdale, E Macdonald, M Flannigan

A century of landscape change in the southern Rocky Mountains and Foothills of Alberta

10h45 - 11h00 C Stockdale, N Mcloughlin, M Flannigan, E Macdonald

Using historic landscape vegetation structure for ecological restoration: effects on burn probability in the Bob Creek Wildland

11h00 - 11h15 S Das Gupta, RC Errington, BD Pinno

Fire severity affects the spatial patterns of jack pine forests in nutrient poor boreal ecosystems

11h15 - 11h30 AJ Larson, RT Belote Forest structure and fuel loads following single and repeat fires in mixed-conifer forest

Wildlife - contributed talks (S Nielsen) Glacier room

10h15 - 10h30 TA Larsen, SE Nielsen, GB Stenhouse

Nutritional ecology of grizzly bears in a multiple-use landscape and its effects on density, survival, and recovery

10h30 - 10h45 QE Barber, E Whitman, DT Price, M-A Parisien

Caribou habitat degradation under changing climate and fire regimes in northern Alberta

10h45 - 11h00 A Saxena, R Serrouya, M Donnelly

A unique industry collaboration to recover threatened caribou habitat in the boreal forest

11h00 - 11h15

DEB Reid, N Buda, A Rodgers, J Shuter, T Avgar, GS Brown, J Hagens, SG Newmaster, B Patterson, ID Thompson, JM Fryxell

Managed stands providing woodland caribou habitat in northwestern Ontario: Stand characteristics and landscape context

11h15 - 11h30 G Sherman, M Cody Changes in utilization and travel along linear features by woodland caribou, moose, and two predators following mechanical site preparation

11h30 - 11h45 RJ Belanger, LN Carbyn, MA Edwards, SE Nielsen

Where do the wood bison roam? Habitat selection of the Ronald Lake herd

11h45 - 12h00 BR Nobert, TA Larsen, KE Pigeon, GB Stenhouse, L Finnegan

The Impact of mountain pine beetle and mountain pine beetle management on caribou and grizzly bear food supply

12h00 13h00 LUNCH (provided) Lister Upstairs Hallway

12h00 13h00 NAFEW Planning Organization Meeting (All Welcome) Aurora Room

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Special Session: Post-harvest resilience, ecosystem memory and management of biological legacies (C Bergeron)

Maple Leaf Room

13h00 - 13h30 JF Franklin Ecosystem continuity: the critical role of biological legacies in nature and in management

13h30 - 13h45 C Bergeron, J Pinzon, J Spence Variable retention harvesting, biological legacies and ecosystem memory in relation to improving forest resilience

13h45 - 14h00 G Whitmore Implementation of ecosystem-based management for the maintenance of forest resilience and ecosystem memory

14h00 - 14h15 M Bouchard Provincial forest management, a landscape approach to management of biological legacies

14h15 - 14h30 M Koivula Applying principles of ecosystem memory to restore resilience in heavily managed forests of Fennoscandia

14h30 - 15h00 Discussion

Soils & plants - Contributed talks (B Gendreau-Berthiaume) Aurora Room

14h00 - 14h15 B Gendreau-Berthiaume, C Messier, IT Handa

How do different forest management strategies influence soil microbial communities and do they persist over time?

14h15 - 14h30 B. Muñoz, L Kenefic, A Weiskittel, I Fernandez

Quantifying northern mixedwood soil nutrient availability 50 years following biomass harvesting

Dendrochronology - Contributed talks (T Hogg) Prairie Room

14h00 - 14h15 CA Copenheaver, M Pulice Dendroarchaeology reveals influence of early-European settlement on forest disturbance regimes in Virginia

14h15 - 14h30 S Fraver, AW D'Amato, M Reinikainen, K Gill, BJ Palik

Stand dynamics and structure of old-growth black ash stands in northern Minnesota, USA

14h30 - 14h45 EH Hogg, M Michaelian, T Hook, M Underschultz

Recent decline of white spruce growth in drought-affected areas of western Canada

Wildlife - contributed talks (E Bayne) Glacier Room

14:00-14:15 F Riva, JH Acorn, SE Nielsen Cranberry blue butterfly: habitat use and response to in situ oil sands developments in the Alberta boreal ecoregion

14:15-14:30 L Leston, E Bayne, F Schmiegelow, E Dzus

Twenty-four years of birds: long-term effects of forest fragmentation and recovery on boreal bird communities

15h00 - 15h15 Refreshment Break Lister Centre upstairs hallway

15h15 - 16h15 IGNITE Talks1 (B Pinno) Maple Leaf Room

AK Mishra, CM Sharma Altitudinal trends of ridge top forest structure and carbon allocation in Western Himalaya, India

E Wiley, BJ Rogers, H Griesbauer, SM Landhäusser Recent effects of warming on hybrid spruce and Douglas-fir growth on sites with contrasting soil moisture regime

E Beaubien, A Hamann, J Li PlantWatch phenology data: tools for decision-making A Girard, S Saunders, K Lertzman, B Buma, P Alaback, H Klassen

A comparative analysis of structural characteristics in old-growth coastal temperate floodplain forests

S Harrisson, TT Work Impacts of partial cutting on the resilience of ground beetle assemblages in the boreal forest

1 Three minute presentations highlighting the question(s), results, and conclusions from a subset of posters

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D Amsalu The impact of land use and land cover changes on deforestation in Alberta from 2000 to 2010

VJ Lieffers, RT Caners, V Crisfield, H Ge Re-establishment of hummock topography promotes tree and vegetation regeneration on highly disturbed moderate-rich fens

N Lauer, J Zwiazek Effects of pH on salt tolerance in white spruce, tamarack and trembling aspen

K McMahen, S Simard Forest legacy-based mine reclamation methods for facilitating recolonization of soil biological communities

I Bjelanovic, P Comeau, B White, M Bokalo Prediction of forest productivity and competing vegetation potential using wet areas mapping and topographic data derived from ALS data

SF Hupperts, Y Dickinson, CR Webster, RE Froese Investigating silvicultural systems for promoting tree diversity in managed Lake States northern hardwoods

16h15 - 19h00 Poster viewing/reception (finger foods, 1 drink

ticket, cash bar) Wild Rose Room

POSTERS

1 C King, E Wiley, S Landhäusser Carbohydrate remobilization and suckering potential of aspen roots following severe disturbance

2 AK Mishra, CM Sharma Altitudinal trends of ridge top forest structure and carbon allocation in Western Himalaya, India

3 M Isaac-Renton, D Montwé, A Hamann, H Spiecker, P Cherubini, K Treydte

Identifying drought tolerant lodgepole pine populations using growth analyses and a dual-isotope approach

4 JC Rodriguez Ramos, JL Beck, EG Fellrath, JA Cale, SW Simard, JF Cahill, J Karst, N Erbilgin

Safeguarding pine forests against climate change-associated disturbance patterns: Using soil fungi to promote regeneration vigor

5 W Klenner Stewardship approaches to forest management of dry interior forests in British Columbia in an era of uncertain climate.

6 E Wiley, BJ Rogers, H Griesbauer, SM Landhäusser

Recent effects of warming on hybrid spruce and Douglas-fir growth on sites with contrasting soil moisture regime in both dry and

7 E Beaubien, A Hamann, J Li PlantWatch phenology data: tools for decision-making

8 X Tan, JJ Zwiazek Aquaporins are involved in the amelioration of hypoxic aspen (Populus tremuloides) root hydraulics

9 A Girard, S Saunders, K Lertzman, B Buma, P Alaback, H Klassen

A comparative analysis of structural characteristics in old-growth coastal temperate floodplain forests

10 S Harrisson, T T Work Impacts of partial cutting on the resilience of ground beetles assemblages in the boreal forest

11 J DaBell, K Waring, T Kolb, A Whipple Southwestern white pine seedling tolerances to a changing climate: Results from common gardens across an elevational gradient

12 K MacAfee Silviculture toolkit for re-establishing forest cover

13 CE McKenzie, SA Quideau Soil microbial structure and function in natural and reclaimed surface-mined boreal forest soils of the Athabasca oil sands region

14 A Mathison, A Schoonmaker, MD MacKenzie Ensuring plant diversity and restoring soil function in disturbed landscapes: hitchhiking native forbs with white spruce

15 K Melnik, SM Landhäusser, K Devito Microtopographic features and substrate selection influence

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the early establishment of vegetation from a legacy soil seedbank

16 J-H Kwak, MA Naeth, SX Chang Ten years of elevated nitrogen and sulfur deposition did not affect microbial and enzyme activities and nitrogen transformation in a boreal mixedwood forest

17 C Shaw, D Hoffman, S Kull, M Voicu, C McNalty

Monitoring reclamation success with the forest floor recovery index manual and app

18 D Amsalu The impact of land use and land cover changes on deforestation in Alberta from 2000 to 2010

19 VJ Lieffers, RT Caners, V Crisfield, H Ge Re-establishment of hummock topography promotes tree and vegetation regeneration on highly disturbed moderate-rich fens

20 N Lauer, J Zwiazek Effects of pH on salt tolerance in white spruce, tamarack and trembling aspen

21 K McMahen, S Simard Forest legacy-based mine reclamation methods for facilitating recolonization of soil biological communities

22 DM Morris, MM Kwiaton, EKoste, K Johnson, S Krigstin, S Wetzel

The effects of in-bush chipper debris on leachate chemistry, tree seedling survival and growth, and soil microclimate.

23 Q Wang, J-H Kwak, W-J Choi, SX Chang Simulated nitrogen and sulfur deposition effects on litter decomposition: a microcosm study

24 C Barefoot, D Goode, J Hart Canopy disturbance history and structural complexity of a temperate deciduous forest

25 C Johnson, S Chhin, J Zhang, M Premer Fuels and fire behavior in mixed-conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada

26 A Hussain, N Erbilgin Host defense: productivity and spread of mountain pine beetle in novel jack pine habitats

27 MJ Tollitt, ACS McIntosh, B Gendreau-Berthiaume, SE Macdonald

Using dendrochronology to explore tree growth in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains under a changing climate

28 A Hedrich, PC Rogers, R Howell, S Petersen North American aspen science is on the map: accessing research through a spatial lens

29 CD Fang, P Comeau The effects of red alder density on growth of douglas-fir and western redcedar

30 I Bjelanovic, P Comeau, B White, M Bokalo Prediction of forest productivity and competing vegetation potential using wet areas mapping and topographic data derived from ALS data

31 SF Hupperts, Y Dickinson, CR Webster, RE Froese

Investigating silvicultural systems for promoting tree diversity in managed Lake States northern hardwoods

19h00 - 21h00 Business meetings

Poplar & Willow Council of Canada: AGM Aurora Room

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Tuesday June 20 08h00 - 16h00 Registration Lister upstairs foyer

08h30 - 17h00 Poster viewing Wild Rose Room

07h30 - 09h00 Breakfast Lister upstairs hallway Plenary (P Comeau) Maple Leaf Room

09h00 - 09h45 Tony D'Amato Silviculture in the face of future uncertainty: is the past still relevant?

09h45 - 10h00 Refreshment Break Lister upstairs hallway

Special Session: North American Aspen Transect: applied functional ecology north to south (P Rogers)

Maple Leaf Room

10h00 - 10h15 P Rogers, B Pinno Applied functional ecology in quaking and trembling aspen: one size does not fit all

10h15 - 10h30 RC Errington, BD Pinno Disturbance recovery of understory plant communities in natural and reconstructed boreal aspen stands

10h30 - 10h45 EW Bork, BD Irving The evolution of grazing management within central Alberta’s aspen forests

10h45 - 11h00 S Chhin, GG Wang Climate change and weather impacts on aspen forest communities in the parkland and prairie region of southern Manitoba

11h00 - 11h15 DJ Shinneman, SK McIlroy Aspen stability and regeneration dynamics in isolated mountain ranges of the Great Basin, USA

11h15 - 11h30 K Waring, J Ouzts, M Nabel, L Arciniega, R Baierlein

Managing aspen in the US Southwest: developing resilience through regeneration

11h30 - 12h00 Discussion

Special Session: The Changing face of the northern forest: The ongoing legacy of beech bark disease (M Johnston)

Aurora Room

10h00 - 10h15 JA Cale Pathosystems, spread, and temporal stages of beech bark disease in North American forests

10h15 - 10h30 RS Morin, S Fei, AM Liebhold, CM Oswalt

Beech scale advance and regional forest dynamics in the northern forest

10h30 - 10h45 M Kasson, B Burke, A Metheny, J Garnas

A tale of two Neonectria: Dynamics of N. ditissima and N. faginata in the aftermath forests on the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, USA

10h45 - 11h00 MT Garrison-Johnston, JA Cale, SA Teale, JD Castello

Nutritional physiology influences host tree susceptibility to beech bark disease

11h00 - 11h15 R Wilson Beech bark disease in Canada: current impacts, outlook and management efforts

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11h15 - 11h30 MT Garrison-Johnston, JA Cale Planning for the future with beech bark disease: A synthesis of research gaps and management questions

11h30 - 12h00 Discussion

Carbon & nutrients - Contributed talks (S Fraver) Prairie Room

10h00 - 10h15 M Aquino, A Velazquez, M Acosta, J Etchevers

Carbon concentration variability in three tropical tree species of the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico

10h15 - 10h30 RL Cabuy, S Chhin, C Mbow, D Skole

Allometric relationships to determine age in tropical forests: Towards improved estimates of annual rates of carbon sequestration

10h30 - 10h45 D Scott, R Bradley, JP Bellenger, D Houle, K Rousk, M Gundale, T DeLuca

Nutrient limitation patterns of biological nitrogen fixation on nitrogen deposition gradients

10h45 - 11h00 S Saraswati, C Parsons, M Strack Can access roads impact carbon dynamics of boreal forested peatlands by altering enzyme activities?

11h00 - 11h15 C Dymond, S Beukema, C Nitschke, KD Coates, R Scheller

Carbon sequestration in managed temperate coniferous forests under climate change

11h15 - 11h30 A Teets, S Fraver, D Hollinger, R Seymour, A Weiskittel, A Richardson

Linking forest carbon sequestration with annual CO2 flux

11h30 - 11h45 PD Sewell, S Quideau, M Dyck Topographic controls on soil respiration in the boreal forest

11h45 - 12h00 E Chaste, M Girardin, JO Kaplan, J Portier, Y Bergeron, C Hély

Simulated forest dynamics in eastern boreal Canada from 1901 to 2012 using the LPJ-LMfire dynamic global vegetation model

Reclamation & restoration - contributed talks (S Landhäusser) Glacier Room

10h00 - 10h15 ACS McIntosh, A Janz, D Farr Life after reclamation: Quantifying ecological recovery of wellsites in Alberta’s forested lands

10h15 - 10h30 L deBortoli, E Li, B Pinno, MD MacKenzie

Plant community composition and aspen establishment in response to seeding and weeding treatments on different reclamation soils

10h30 - 10h45 ST Dietrich, MD MacKenzie, JP Battigelli, J Enterina

Building a better reclamation soil: Admixing peat, subsoil and biochar following surface mining in northern Alberta

10h45 - 11h00 E Valek, S Landhäusser Challenges of utilizing municipal compost as an amendment in boreal forest reclamation on nutrient poor sites

11h00 - 11h15 P Tremblay, BD Pinno, E Thiffault Effects of land reclamation treatments on the establishment and productivity of trees on a reclaimed oil sands mining site

11h15 - 11h30 M Merlin, F Leishman, R Errington, S Landhäusser, B Pinno

Drivers affecting tree performance on upland areas of a reconstructed watershed

11h30 - 11h45 A Howe, S Landhäusser, O Burney, K Mock

A seedling-based approach to aspen restoration in the western USA

11h45 - 12h00 C Jones, S Bachmann, V Lieffers, S Landhäusser

Rapid aspen and understory plant recovery following forest floor protection on temporary drilling pads

12h00 13h00 LUNCH (provided) Lister upstairs hallway

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Special Session: Quantifying forest complexity and integrating data into management (R Fahey) Maple Leaf Room

13h00 - 13h15 CR Webster, YL Dickinson, C C Kern Silviculture through the lens of forest complexity

13h15 - 13h30 WS Keeton Experimentally testing silvicultural strategies that promote stand structural complexity in northern hardwood forests

13h30 - 13h45 JI Burton The rest of the story: measuring and managing complexity in understory plant communities

13h45 - 14h00 BS Hardiman, MR Saunders, JW Atkins, CM Gough, RT Fahey

Applying emerging technologies to applied forest ecology and forest management planning

14h00 - 14h15 RT Fahey, JW Atkins, BS Hardiman, CM Gough

Quantifying forest structural complexity: approaches, metrics, and a conceptual framework

14h15 - 15h00 Discussion

Special Session: Establishing ecological impacts and thresholds for harvesting of woody bioenergy (T Work) Aurora Room

13h00 - 13h15

L Venier, T Work, J Klimaszewski, D Morris, J Bowden, M Kwiaton, K Webster, P Hazlett, N Basiliko, E Smenderovac, I Laigle, I Aubin, L Rousseau, D Gravel

Biodiversity response to biomass harvesting; the Island Lake Biomass Harvest Experiment

13h15 - 13h30 T Work, L Venier, S Harrisson, A Brodeur

There are limited impacts of the full-tree harvest on colonization and emergence dynamics of saproxylic beetles in residual stumps

13h30 - 13h45 J Rudolphi, J Strengbom No support for long-term effects of commercial tree-stump harvest on understory vegetation

13h45 - 14h00 L Rousseau, L Venier, T Handa Long-term responses of soil mesofauna communities to woody debris biomass harvesting in an eastern Canadian boreal forest

14h00 - 14h15 J Rudolphi, A Hof, J Hjältén, T Work, J-M Roberge, T Johansson

Simulating the impact of bioenergy extraction on habitat suitability for species on a landscape scale

14h15 - 14h30 J Hoage, L Roussaeu, T Porter, L Venier, N Basiliko, M Hajibabaei

Developing a metabarcoding strategy for soil mesofauna to monitor the ecological impacts of intensified biomass harvesting in forestry

14h30 - 14h45 J Hjältén, T Work, J Andersson, T Ranius, F Stenbacka, H Ekvall

Bioenergy extraction and saproxylic biodiversity: strategies and thresholds for stump harvesting

14h45 - 15h00 Discussion

Silviculture - contributed talks (V Lieffers) Prairie Room

13h00 - 13h15 T Jones, J Fera Biomass harvesting in the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Forest: sustainability of increasing utilization in shelterwood harvests

13h15 - 13h30 C Robles, A Velazquez, V Reyes, D Rodriguez, J Etchevers, H de los Santos

Effects of fire on basal area relative increment of Pinus hartwegii Lindl. in the Izta-Popo National Park, Mexico

13h30 - 13h45 JS Crotteau, CR Keyes Stand dynamics 11 years after retention harvests in Rocky Mountain lodgepole pine

13h45 - 14h00 V Lieffers, D Sidders, T Keddy, P Blenis Fifteen year growth of planted spruce in variable retention mixedwoods: site preparation and stand composition

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14h00 - 14h15 JP Brown, M Thomas-Van Gundy, TM Schuler

Overstory cohort survival in an Appalachian hardwood deferment cutting: 35 year results

14h15 - 14h30 K Hossain, P Comeau Characterizing light across a strip-cut shelterwood in mixed conifer forest of ICH

14h30 - 14h45 NS Rogers, AW D'Amato, R Nyland, L Kenefic, M Twery

Long-term regeneration dynamics in northern hardwood forests of the northeast United States

14h45 - 15h00 R Soolanayakanahally, R Gares, W Schroeder Genetic improvement of larch for Canadian Prairies

Reclamation & restoration - contributed talks (S Landhäusser) Glacier Room

13h00 - 13h15 P Pokharel, WJ Choi, GM Jamro, SX Chang

Growth, N retranslocation, N uptake and foliar 13C in white spruce seedlings in response to nursery fertilization and field weed control

13h15 - 13h30 J Iqbal Development of the Restoration Roughness Index (RRI) as a standardized measure of restoration

13h30 - 13h45 S Bockstette, B Pinno, M Dyck, S Landhäusser Restricted rooting space in mine reforestation

13h45 - 14h00 N Scott, J Karst, S Landhäusser, G Pec Shifts in community composition, but not richness, of ectomycorrhizal fungi are driven by host identity and cover soils on mine reclamation sites

14h00 - 14h15 SS Kanekar, JA Cale, J Klutsch, N Ukrainetz, N Berger, A Cheniveerappan, N Erbilgin

The role of mycorrhizal fungi in constitutive and induced defenses of lodgepole pine

14h15 - 14h45 M Yarmuch South Bison Hill Research Watershed: Science-based guidance on the appropriate soil capping thickness for reclamation of Clearwater overburden

14h45 - 15h00 C Farnden Influences on tree growth of soil capping material over deep deposit tailings sand

15h00 - 15h15 Refreshment Break Lister upstairs hallway

Special Session: Beyond twitter and blogs: Communicating science to your core audience (M Pyper) Maple Leaf Room

15h15 - 15h30 M Pyper Using drones and dialogue to inform new approaches to resource management

15h30 - 15h45 K Illerbrun Cultivating receptivity: Creating engagement through citizen science and outreach at the ABMI

15h45 - 16h00 M Proulx Re-writing the way universities share science with the public by shifting away from traditional approaches

16h00 - 16h15 B Palik, A D’Amato Operational-scale experiments: connecting scientists with managers using real world forestry

16h15 - 16h45 Discussion

Special Session: Managing riparian areas and wetlands in an integrated approach to forest ecosystem management (M Darveau)

Aurora Room

15h15 - 15h30 M Darveau Wetlands and riparian zones 101: definitions, delineation, and implications for ecosystem-based management

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15h30 - 15h45 KJ Devito, JL Morissette Generalizing riparian hydrologic function in a heterogeneous landscape, Western Boreal Plain, Alberta, Canada

15h45 - 16h00 D Farina, M Darveau Do landform and topography affect the degree of overlapping between wetlands and riparian zones? A study in eastern Canada

16h00 - 16h15 DJH Sleep, B Gingras Regulatory and voluntary best-management practices for wetlands and riparian zones in boreal commercial forests: synthesis and gaps

16h15 - 16h30 M Donnelly

Planning and operational approaches to the conservation and management of wetland and riparian areas in the Boreal Plains: the Al-Pac experience

16h45 - 17h00 M-E Sigouin, D Bazely, G McCartney, C McDonell

Wetland and aquatic conservation and management practice in the Boreal Shield: the Tembec experience

17h00-17h15 Discussion

Silviculture - contributed talks (P Comeau) Prairie Room

15h15 - 15h30 B Frey Stand structure and regeneration of American beech at its southern range margin

15h30 - 15h45 JP Parra-Piedra, HM De Los Santos-Posadas, AM Fierros-Gonzalez, JR Valdez-Lazalde, JL Romo-Lozano

Growth and financial assessment for plantations of Pinus patula Schiede. ex Schltdl. et Cham. at Zacualpan, Veracruz, Mexico

15h45 - 16h00 R Fierros-Mateo, HM De los Santos-Posadas, AM Fierros-Gonzalez, F Cruz-Cobos

Growth and yield of fast-growing plantations of Pinus chapiensis (Martinez) Andresen at Tlatlauquitepec, Puebla, Mexico

16h00 - 16h15 F Cortini, PG Comeau, V Strimbu, M Bokalo, EH Hogg, S Huang

Survival functions for nine western boreal and northern montane tree species

16h15 - 16h30 FO Oboite, PG Comeau Release response of black spruce and white spruce due to overstory lodgepole pine mortality following mountain pine beetle attack

16h30 - 16h45 D Kweon, P Comeau The maximum size-density relationship for trembling aspen

16h45 - 17h00 P Comeau, M Bokalo Development and dynamics of young aspen-spruce mixedwood stands in western Canadian Boreal Forests

Natural disturbance - contributed talks (P Burton) Glacier Room

15h15 - 15h30 PJ Burton Constraints, filters and contingencies in forest recovery after disturbance

15h30 - 15h45 J Kleinman, S Ford, J Hart Catastrophic wind and salvage harvesting effects on woodland communities

15h45 - 16h00 J Hart, L Cox Incorporating intermediate-severity disturbances in oak stand development

16h00 - 16h15 E Fien, S Fraver, A Teets, D Hollinger Factors influencing tree mortality risk in a late-successional conifer forest in central Maine, USA

16h15 - 16h30 J Klutsch, A Najar, N Erbilgin

Native pathogen-induced changes in jack pine have cascading effects on the invasive mountain pine beetle and its interactions with resource-sharing insects

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16h30 - 16h45 E Macdonald, L Schroeder, J Steinke, V Lieffers

Beyond beetle: Natural regeneration after Mountain Pine Beetle outbreaks in Alberta

17h00 – 18h00 Tree tour of campus: meet Vic Lieffers at the registration desk. The tour will end at 18h00 at the Faculty Club so participants can join the Banquet.

17h30 - 18h30 Reception & Banquet (ticketed) 18h30 - 20h00 Dinner University of Alberta Faculty Club

20h00 - 23h00 Entertainment (The Carolines)

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Wednesday, June 21 – Field Trip Day

07h00 – 09h00 Coffee (to go): Lister Centre Breakfast (to go): pick-up at the buses

Field trips leave from and return to the Lister Conference Centre, as per the times indicated below. Please check the list by the registration desk to confirm which field trip you are registered for. Be sure you are on the correct field trip so we can ensure that everyone gets their meals. The buses will be in the Jubilee Auditorium parking lot – just to the east of the Lister Conference Centre (see the Lister Map at the end of this program book). Breakfast, lunches, snacks and drinks will be provided for all registered participants. Please dress appropriately for the weather.

Field Trip Depart Return (arrival) A. Ecology and management of mixedwood forests 07h30 19h30 B. Aspen and bison management in Elk Island National Park 08h30 17h30 C. Alberta Tree Improvement and Seed Centre and Smoky Lake Nursery 08h00 17h30 D. Edmonton’s Urban Forests and Urban Forestry 09h00 16h30 E. Poplar Genetics and Management 07h45 17h30

Brief Description of Each Field Trip: A. Ecology and Sustainable Management of Mixedwood Forests. This tour will visit an area near Fawcett Lake, located in the Central Mixedwood Natural Subregion, ~2 hours north of Edmonton. We will talk about the ecology and management of forests in the area which are predominantly pure and mixed stands of trembling aspen and white spruce. We will discuss regeneration of aspen, spruce and mixedwood stands and associated silviculture practices and we will discuss the role of fire and fire management. Sustainable forest management and forest management planning in the area will be explored. Lunch is planned for the shores of Fawcett Lake (weather permitting). Tour Leader: Phil Comeau.

B. Aspen and Bison Management in Elk Island National Park. This tour will visit Elk Island National park one hour east of Edmonton in the heart of the Aspen Parkland Ecoregion. This park is home to free roaming herds of both plains and wood bison along with numerous other wildlife including elk, moose and deer. On this tour we will discuss the ecology and management of aspen and mixedwood forests, wetlands, bison, and recreational use. There will also be a short 4 km hike (over gentle terrain), lunch near the interpretive centre at Astotin Lake, and a bison handling demonstration with parks staff. Tour Leader: Brad Pinno.

C. Alberta Tree Improvement and Seed Centre (ATISC) and Smoky Lake Nursery. Both the ATISC and nursery are located near Smoky Lake Alberta, ~2.5 hrs northeast of Edmonton. At ATISC participants will visit the provincial seed bunker, seed research lab, and a commercial seed orchard. Our Nursery visit will showcase commercial production of ~60 species of native shrubs used in reclamation along with millions of lodgepole pine and white spruce seedlings grown for reforestation. Lunch will be provided on-site. Tour Leader: Simon Landhäusser.

D. Edmonton’s Urban Forests and Urban Forestry. Edmonton’s urban forest contributes to quality of life for its residents and visitors. The North Saskatchewan River valley is a significant feature of the city and contains Canada’s largest expanse of urban parkland (7400 ha and 48 km in length), including 22 ravines that form the fabric of the city. The urban forest extends into the built-up city through neighbourhood parks and boulevard trees and includes one of the largest surviving populations of urban American Elm in North America. On this tour we will visit some of these areas and discuss the challenges of managing this urban forest including rewilding of park areas, forest insect and disease issues, and urban wildlife. Lunch will be provided on-site. Tour Leader: John Stadt and City of Edmonton staff.

E. Poplar Genetics and Management. This tour will visit the research fields of Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc., located ~2.5 hrs northeast of Edmonton, showcasing their hybrid poplar breeding program, a pure balsam poplar tree improvement program designed for use on their wider forest management area, and several other exotic and native species of poplars, aspens and birch. Lunch will be provided on-site. Tour Leader: Bb Thomas.

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Thursday June 22 08h00 - 16h30 Registration Lister upstairs foyer

07h30 - 09h00 Breakfast Lister upstairs hallway

Plenary (B Thomas) Maple Leaf Room

09h00 - 09h45 Sally Aitken If we plant, what should we plant? Matching seed sources to new climates

09h45 – 10h00 Refreshment Break Lister upstairs hallway

Special Session: Assisted migration in practice: Ecological risks and benefits (B Palik) Maple Leaf Room

10h00 - 10h30 J Pedlar, D McKenney An overview of assisted migration in forestry

10h30 - 10h45 AW D’Amato, B Palik, C Looney, R Slesak, M Slater

Black ash, emerald ash borer, and climate change: assisting the replacement of a foundational species

10h45 - 11h00 B Palik, A D'Amato, L Nagel, J Muller

Transitioning red pine forests to a warmer, drier future: assisting the replacement of an iconic forest type

11h00 - 11h30 A Hamann Assisted migration in reforestation: risk of action versus risk of status quo management

11h30 - 12h00 Discussion

Special Session: Seeing the forest through the understory: promoting and maintaining diversity in contemporary hardwood forests (C Webster)

Aurora Room

10h00 - 10h15 JI Burton Does gap-based silviculture accelerate the development of old-growth characteristics?

10h15 - 10h30 LE Frelich Conservation strategies for native forest plant communities affected by invasive earthworms, deer, and fragmentation

10h30 - 10h45 MA Jenkins, LH Keitzer, CR Webster

Understory response to 17 years of controlled deer hunting in Indiana state parks

10h45 - 11h00 S Greenler Spatial variation in regeneration in small shelterwood gaps and surrounding forest matrix in the Central Hardwood Region

11h00 - 11h15 MB Walters, JL Willis, EJ Farinosi, JP Hartman

Low tree regeneration diversity: Can the legacies of forest and deer management practices be overcome with new management approaches

11h15 - 11h30 JL Willis, MB Walters Seedling recruitment dynamics on decaying coarse woody debris

11h30 - 12h00 Discussion

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Plant community ecology - Contributed talks (A McIntosh) Prairie room

10h00 - 10h15 M Ross, M Carrington, S Subedi Spatiotemporal and functional approaches clarify the successional trajectory of a dry tropical forest

10h15 - 10h30 JP Sah, MS Ross, LG Pearlstine, PL Ruiz

Spatio-temporal pattern in plant communities along hydrology gradient in Everglades Tree Islands

10h30 - 10h45 EB Lilles, A Dhar, KD Coates Retention level affects dynamics of understory plant community recovery in north-temperate coniferous forests

10h45 - 11h00 K Chapman, K Baldwin The development of boreal forest associations for the Canadian National Vegetation Classification (CNVC)

11h00 - 11h15 CMA Franklin, SE Macdonald, SE Nielsen

Effects of prescribed burns and partial harvesting on understory vegetation in boreal mixedwood forests

11h15 - 11h30 R Montgomery, K Rice, D Kastendick, B Palik

Effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on peatland community composition and structure

11h30 - 11h45 J Caspersen, N Zimmerman, A Rigling, E Thuerig

Complementarity of gymnosperms and angiosperms: disentangling the effects of phenology, leaf morphology, and temperature

11h45 - 12h00 J Steinke, E Macdonald, A McIntosh, L Schroeder

Effects of mountain pine beetle attacks on understory vegetation in lodgepole pine forests in Western Alberta

Conservation - Contributed talks (E Bayne) Glacier room

10h00 - 10h15 L Cole, M Newton, J Bailey, M Powers

Overstory and understory responses after thinning in 50-year-old Douglas-fir and Douglas-fir/western hemlock stands in Oregon

10h15 - 10h30 M Kwiaton Examining effects of disturbance type and intensity on deadwood dynamics in jack pine dominated stands: a FVS-DbD modelling exercise

10h30 - 10h45 KM Potter, BS Crane, WH Hargrove Project CAPTURE: A U.S. national prioritization framework for tree species threatened by climate change and other threats

10h45 - 11h00 C Chisholm, C Elkin Examining biodiversity in old forest and old growth forest stand structures using aerial laser scanning

11h00 - 11h15

L Mao, J Dennett, CW Bater, P Tompalski, NC Coops, D Farr, M Kohler, B White, JJ Stadt, SE Nielsen

Using airborne laser scanning to predict plant species richness and assess conservation threats in the oil sands region of Alberta

11h15 - 11h30 ZG MacDonald, I Anderson, JH Acorn, SE Nielsen

Using butterfly assemblages on lake islands to assess applications of insular biogeography to the conservation of terrestrial biodiversity

11h30 - 11h45 I Phoebus, G Segelbacher, GB Stenhouse

Do large carnivores use riparian zones? Ecological implications for forest management

12h00 - 13h00 LUNCH (provided) Lister upstairs hallway

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Special session: Effects of reclamation practices on ecosystem succession after oil-sands mining in boreal Alberta (P Comeau)

Maple Leaf Room

13h00 - 13h15 MD MacKenzie, J Hogberg, S Dietrich, J Battigelli

Can reclamation of above and belowground processes be measured with a functional similarity index?

13h15 - 13h30 D MacKenzie, MA Naeth Surface soil handling and storage impacts on plant propagules and establishment of native plant communities

13h30 - 13h45 SM Landhäusser, E Macdonald, VJ Lieffers

Drivers of spatial and temporal patterns in vegetation during spontaneous early colonization of boreal reclamation sites

13h45 - 14h00 BD Pinno, S Das Gupta Coarse woody debris applications in oil sands reclamation impact plant community and soil properties

14h00 - 14h15 J Karst, G Pec, S Hupperts, N Scott, S Landhäusser

Establishment of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities following reclamation

14h15 - 14h30 A Dhar, P G Comeau, R Vassov Ecosystem assembly ideas and their application in oil sands reclamation

14h30 - 15h00 Discussion

Invasive species - Contributed Talks (J Cale) Aurora Room

13h00 - 13h15

JA Cale, M Muskens, A Najar, G Ishangulyyeva, A Hussain, SS Kanekar, J Klutsch, S Taft, N Erbilgin

Rapid monoterpene induction promotes the susceptibility of jack pine to mountain pine beetle colonization but not to beetle-vectored fungi

13h15 - 13h30

BV Iannone III, KM Potter, K-A Dixon Hamil, W Huang, H Zhang, Q Guo, CM Oswalt, CW Woodall, S Fei

Evidence of biotic resistance to nonnative invasions in eastern U.S. Forests: A macroscale study

13h30 - 13h45 GS Frank, MR Saunders, MA Jenkins

Understory response to invasive shrub removal techniques in hardwood forests

Climate change - contributed talks (A Hamann) Prairie Room

13h00 - 13h15 D Montwé, M Isaac-Renton, A Hamann, H Spiecker

Frost imprints in tree-rings to assess cold adaptation in Pinus contorta

13h15 - 13h30 AR Hof, CC Dymond, DJ Mladenoff Effects of intentional alteration of tree species composition on forest carbon pools in the face of climate change

13h30 - 13h45 A Dawson, L D'Orangeville, M Itter Effects of stand dynamics on resistance to climate anomalies and disturbance in the Canadian boreal forest

13h45 - 14h00 JR Foster, AW D'Amato Forecasting migration rates of montane species under climate change with a spatially dynamic vegetation model

14h00 - 14h15 A Gõmez-Guerrero, WR Horwath, L Silva, T Doane, A Correa-Diaz, L Castruita-Esparza, J Villanueva

Intrinsic water use efficiency of tree forest species at different sites in Mexico

14h15 - 14h30

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Conservation - contributed talks (J Stadt) Glacier Room

13h00 - 13h15 L Echiverri, E Macdonald, J Stadt, B White

The effect of harvesting on the relationship between Depth-to-Water values and understory vegetation

13h15 - 13h30 J Dennett, J Gould, E Macdonald, S Nielsen

Quantifying detection rates for understory vascular plant species using decoy field trials

13h30 - 13h45 SF Bartels, E Macdonald Changes in bryophyte diversity and composition along a soil wetness gradient in managed boreal forests assessed using topographic wetness index

13h45 - 14h00 K Harper, C Staicer, L Gray, A Westwood

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of forested wetlands across Atlantic Canada

14h00 - 14h15 C Elkin Evaluating how landscape heterogeneity influences the resilience and recovery of sub-boreal forest diversity

14h15 - 14h30 S Zhao, N Erbilgin Are the survival, growth, and defense of residual overstory lodgepole pine trees affected by post-mountain pine beetle stand conditions?

14h30 - 14h45

15h00 - 15h15 Refreshment Break Lister upstairs hallway

Closing Plenary (E Macdonald) Maple Leaf Room

15h15 - 16h00 Lena Gustafsson Research and practice in forest conservation and restoration in northern Europe

16h00 - 16h30 Conference close, announcement of next conference

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Plenary Speakers

If we plant, what should we plant? Matching seed sources to new climates. – Sally Aitken, Professor, Director of the Centre for Forest Conservation Genetics, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.. For more information visit Dr. Aitken’s website at: http://profiles.forestry.ubc.ca/person/sally-aitken/

Silviculture in the face of future uncertainty: is the past still relevant? – Tony D’Amato, Associate Professor in Silviculture & Forest Ecology, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA. For more information visit Dr. D’Amato’s website at: http://www.uvm.edu/rsenr/tonydamato/

Research and practice in forest conservation and restoration in northern Europe. – Lena Gustafsson, Professor emerita, Department of Ecology; Conservation Biology Unit, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. For more information contact Dr. Gustafsson at: Lena.Gustafsson@slu.se.

Anticipation Ecology: Determining when and how to initiate forest restoration and reclamation. – Stephen Murphy, Professor and Director, School of Environment, Resources & Sustainability, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario. For more information visit Dr. Murphy’s website at: https://uwaterloo.ca/environment-resources-and-sustainability/people-profiles/stephen-murphy

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