First Call for Abstracts 9th Biennial North American Forest Ecology Workshop "Piecing Together the Fragments: Sustaining Forest Ecosystems in the 21st Century" June 16-20, 2013 Bloomington, Indiana
Please join fellow researchers and land managers to discuss basic and applied ecological research in forests throughout North America. Fragmentation is a pervasive issue in forest management. Nowhere is the issue as pronounced as in the Central Hardwood Region where agriculture and urbanization continue to reduce the forested land base. This conference will not only highlight ecology of these hardwood ecosystems, but will also include concurrent sessions on: * disturbance ecology * forest management effects on wildlife * invasive species management * climate change impacts and carbon storage * forest restoration * temperate and tropical silviculture * long-term forest ecological research * fire ecology and management The conference will include day-long tours of the following (others to be announced): * Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment - a long-term forest and wildlife management study * Donaldson's Woods - an old-growth forest remnant * The Hoosier National Forest - oak ecology and silviculture DEADLINES: Selected papers from this workshop will be published in a special issue of Forest Science in mid-2014. Authors who wish for their presentation to be considered for this issue should submit an extended abstract. Please visit the website for abstract submittal guidelines and online submission. January 15, 2013 Presentation abstracts (300 word maximum) and extended abstracts (1500 word maximum) March 1, 2013 Poster abstracts (300 word maximum) May 15, 2013 Early registration deadline For more information see www.nafew.org or contact msaun...@purdue.edu.
