97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012)

Wednesday, August 8, 2012: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Portland Blrm 256, Oregon Convention Center

8:00 AM

COS 90-1

Melanin: A functional trait conferring tolerance to water stress in ectomycorrhizal fungi
Christopher W. Fernandez, The Pennsylvania State University; Roger T. Koide, Brigham Young University

8:20 AM

COS 90-2

Colonization-competition tradeoffs as a mechanism driving successional dynamics in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities
Peter G. Kennedy, University of Minnesota

8:40 AM

COS 90-3

Mycorrhizal functioning across the glacial-interglacial transition: Evidence from stable isotopes
Katie M. Becklin, University of Kansas; Juliana S. Medeiros, The Holden Arboretum; Joy K. Ward, University of Kansas

9:00 AM

COS 90-4

Percent mycorrhizal root length is a reliable indicator of benefits to host plants: Results from a meta-analysis
Kathleen K. Treseder, University of California, Irvine

9:20 AM

COS 90-5

The role of fire in facilitating treeline expansion: Getting to the root of the matter
Rebecca E. Hewitt, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Teresa N. Hollingsworth, Pacific Northwest Research Station; D. Lee Taylor, University of New Mexico; F. Stuart Chapin III, University of Alaska Fairbanks

9:40 AM

COS 90-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 90-6

Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) root tip community structure and enzyme activity varies between forest and clearcut plots, and there is evidence of functional complementarity among dominant ECM taxa in forest plots
Jennifer K.M. Walker, Lewis & Clark College; Valerie Ward, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus; Melanie D. Jones, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus

10:10 AM

COS 90-7

Linking structure and function in plant-soil feedbacks during Alliaria petiolata invasion
Daniel P. Keymer, University of Georgia; Richard A. Lankau, University of Wisconsin

10:30 AM

COS 90-8

Conservation of Isotria medeoloides, a tale of dormancy and fungi
Melissa K. McCormick, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; Dennis F. Whigham, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; John P. O'Neill, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

10:50 AM

COS 90-9

Arbuscular mycorrhizal community assembly in the roots of two endangered and two common prairie plant species
Wendy S. Phillips, Oregon State University; Eric W. Seabloom, University of Minnesota

11:10 AM

COS 90-10

Reciprocal exchange of limiting resources as a mechanism for the maintenance of mycorrhizal mutualism
Baoming Ji, Indiana University; Keenan Mack, Indiana University; Elizabeth Koziol, Indiana University; James D. Bever, Indiana University

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