June 16-20, 2013 Bloomington, Indiana Join fellow researchers and land managers at this conference to discuss basic and applied ecological research in forests throughout North America. We will highlight the role of fragmentation in forest ecology and management with poster and oral presentations across three days. Plenary speakers include: * Eric Gustafson, US Forest Service - The use of process-based landscape models for forest management * Allen Purcell, the Nature Conservancy - White-tailed deer impacts on forest ecosystems of eastern North America * Robert Swihart, Purdue University - Wildlife responses to forest fragmentation; and * Dan Dey, US Forest Service - Oak ecology and silviculture in the Central Hardwoods Region.
Within 15 different concurrent sessions, there will be over 120 oral presentations on a wide array of topics such as: * Applied aspen biogeography * Beyond overabundance: the complex role of ungulates in forest ecosystems * Impacts of invasive plant species in the eastern forest * Natural and silvicultural effects on stand development * Restoration of threatened and rare woody species * Restoring forest ecosystems using fire and fire surrogate approaches Descriptions of these and all other concurrent sessions can be found on the conference website (www.nafew.org<http://www.nafew.org>). Optional day-long field tours include: * The Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment - a long-term forest and wildlife management study * Donaldson's Woods and Pioneer Mothers-old-growth forest remnants * The Hoosier National Forest - oak ecology and silviculture * Crane Naval Weapons Support Center - forest management on military bases * Marengo Cave - karst geology and ecology * Indiana University Ecological Research - carbon flux tower and invasive species. We have also re-opened submissions for posters. We have poster display stands and space for up to 100 posters, but poster submissions have been less than expected. Poster abstracts will be accepted until June 1 (or until all slots are full), but abstracts received after May 1 may not be printed in the bound conference proceedings (likely in an addendum, instead). To help you prod graduate students to submit a poster, we will be having a graduate student poster competition with prizes for first, second and third (cash or prizes worth $525)! Posters can still be submitted through the www.nafew.org<http://www.nafew.org> website. Hope to see you at NAFEW! Mike Mike R. Saunders Associate Professor of Hardwood Silviculture Department of Forestry and Natural Resources Purdue University 715 State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 765-430-1440
