Tuesday, August 7, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Santa Clara I, San Jose Hilton
COS 37 - Soil ecology
8:00 AMCOS 37-1Using geophysics to explore soils and plant community structure
David A. Robinson, Stanford University, Inma Lebron, Stanford University, Scott B. Jones, Utah State University, Hiruy Abdu, Utah State University
8:20 AMCOS 37-2Comparing soil mesofauna communities using large-scale DNA sequencing
Tiehang Wu, University of South Florida, James R. Garey, University of South Florida, Stefica Depovic, University of South Florida, Edward Ayres, Colorado State University, Diana H. Wall, Colorado State University, Richard Bardgett, Lancaster University
8:40 AMCOS 37-3Finding our roots: A PCR-based method for species identification in mixed root samples of grassland species
Gordon G. McNickle, University of Alberta, James F. Cahill Jr., University of Alberta, Michael K. Deyholos, University of Alberta
9:00 AMCOS 37-4Human trampling reduces soil faunal populations and soil respiration in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Edward Ayres, Colorado State University, Johnson N. Nkem, Center for International Forestry Research, Diana H Wall, Colorado State University, Breana L Simmons, Colorado State University, Byron J. Adams, Brigham Young University, J. E. Barrett, Virginia Tech, Ross A. Virginia, Dartmouth College
9:20 AMCOS 37-5Linking aboveground and belowground diversity and soil properties in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Breana L. Simmons, Colorado State University, Diana H Wall, Colorado State University, Byron J. Adams, Brigham Young University, Ed Ayres, Colorado State University, J. E. Barrett, Virginia Tech, Ross A. Virginia, Dartmouth College
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 37-6Plant, soil, and environmental factors controlling rhizosphere effects on soil organic matter decomposition
Weixin Cheng, University of California, Feike A. Dijkstra, USDA-ARS Rangeland Resources Research Unit, Nicholas E. Bader, Whitman College
10:10 AMCOS 37-7Are intensive pine plantation establishment practices sustainable? An assessment of soil carbon and nitrogen in successive loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L) plantations in the southeastern United States
Jennifer Phelan, North Carolina State University, H. Lee Allen, North Carolina State University, David Blevins, North Carolina State University
10:30 AMCOS 37-8The relative contribution of reduced decomposition and vertical dispersion to the increase in soil organic matter turnover time with depth
Steven De Gryze, University of California, Davis, Kristof Van Oost, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Jeroen Gillabel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Johan Six, University of California - Davis
10:50 AMCOS 37-9Dissolved organic matter in upland soils: Fluxes, chemistry, and its importance in the terrestrial C cycle
Jonathan Sanderman, University of California, Berkeley, Ronald Amundson, University of California, Berkeley
11:10 AMCOS 37-10Impact of the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) on soil arthropods of a cotton agroecosystem
Kyle G. Wickings, University of Georgia, John R. Ruberson, University of Georgia, Dave C. Coleman, University of Georgia

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