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Pine Rockland Workshop February 2006

Conference presentations at Florida International University, Thursday, February 9th

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8:30-9:00
Opening Remarks
Chris Bergh
9:00-9:20 Biology and conservation status of Eumaeus atala florida (Lycaenidae:Theclinae: Lepidoptera) in South Florida Pinelands (3.7mb pdf) Sandy Koi
9:20-9:40 Effects of habitat fragmentation on pollinators of pine rockland endemic plants of south Florida Suzanne Koptur
9:40-10:00 Avian restoration in the pine rocklands of Everglades National Park: an update (3.2mb pdf) Gary Slater
10:00-10:20 Panel Discussion
10:20-10:40 BREAK (refreshments provided)
   
10:40-11:00 Fuel loads, fire regimes and post-fire fuel dynamics in Florida Keys pine forests (4.6mb pdf) Jay Sah
11:00-11:20 Effects of winter and summer prescribed fires on pine rockland vegetation on Big Pine Key, Florida (1.5mb pdf) Jim Snyder
11:20-11:40 Distribution and population study of rare plants on Big Pine Key, Florida (1.9mb pdf) Keith Bradley
11:40-12:00 Panel Discussion
12:00-1:00
LUNCH (provided at FIU)
1:00-1:20 Patterns of plant diversity in fragments of globally imperiled pine rockland forest: effects of recent fire frequency and fragment size (2.3mb pdf) Jennifer Possley
1:20-1:40 Amorpha herbacea var. crenulata seedling recruitment: Can fire management help? (3mb pdf) Kristie Wendelberger
1:40-2:00 Seeing the forest in three dimensions using airborne LIDAR Patricia Houle
2:00-2:20 Ecological models for pine rocklands and other south Florida biophysical settings developed through LANDFIRE (2.5mb pdf) Keith Fisher
2:20-2:40 Panel Discussion  
2:40-3:00 BREAK (refreshments provided)
3:00-3:20 Conservation of the Brown-headed Nuthatch on Grand Bahama Island (1mb pdf) Gary Slater
3:20-3:40 Plants of Abaco National Park Ethan Freid
3:40-4:00 Bahamas prescribed fire training and demonstration project (15mb pdf) Chris Bergh
4:00-4:20 Abaco fire ecology study (2.6mb pdf) Joe O'Brien
4:20-4:40 Panel Discussion  
4:40-5:00 Closing Remarks Chris Bergh
     
5:00-6:00 Poster Set Up/Side Meetings
     
6:00-8:00

Poster Session and Social
      Heavy appetizers and non alcoholic beverages will be served free of charge and a cash bar will be available.

  Posters  
  Direct and indirect effects of fire on Bahamian pineyard ecology Joe O'Brien
  Analysis of performing controlled burns in the wildland-urban interface of Miami-Dade County Robin Grey-Urguelles
  Lepidoptera host plant monitoring of Zamia pumila, Croton Linearis and nectar sources in Everglades National Park, FL, USA Hillary Cooley
  The effects of prescribed fire on understory plant assemblages in Florida Keys pine forests Susana Stoffella
  Stand structure and spatial relationships in south Florida slash pine forests Nilesh Timlsina
  The 2006 Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program Erin Myers

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