93rd ESA Annual Meeting (August 3 -- August 8, 2008)

8:00 AM

COS 55-1

A global meta-analysis of stable isotopes in fungi: Discriminating unknown trophic roles and implications for ecosystem nutrient dynamics
Jordan R. Mayor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Edward A.G. Schuur, University of Florida; Terry W. Henkel, Humboldt State University

8:20 AM

COS 55-2

Differential responses of ectomycorrhiza and sporocarp communities to elevated carbon dioxide and ozone
Carrie Andrew, SLU Swedish Species Information Centre (SLU Artdatabanken), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU); Erik A. Lilleskov, US Forest Service, Northern Research Station

8:40 AM

COS 55-3

Ectomycorrhizas (ECM) as switch-hitters?: Balancing resources from plant and soil?
M. Victoria Albarracín, University of California, Davis; Benjamin Z. Houlton, University of California, Davis; Caroline S. Bledsoe, University of California, Davis

9:00 AM

COS 55-4

Variation in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal abundance and diversity in semi-arid shrublands is scale-dependent
Veer B.- Chaudhary, Northern Arizona University; Thomas D. O'Dell, The Remediators; Andrea E. L. Redman, Western Ag Innovations, Inc.; Matthias C. Rillig, Freie Universitaet Berlin; Nancy Johnson, Northern Arizona University

9:20 AM

COS 55-5

Effects of chronic nitrogen additions on diversity and community composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in northern hardwood forests
Linda T.A. Van Diepen, University of New Hampshire; Erik A. Lilleskov, US Forest Service, Northern Research Station; Kurt S. Pregitzer, University of Idaho

9:40 AM

COS 55-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 55-6

Belowground ectomycorrhizal symbiosis of American chestnut (Castanea dentata) following Ohio coal mine reclamation
Jenise M. Bauman, Miami University; Carolyn H. Keiffer, Miami University; Brian C. McCarthy, Ohio University; Shiv Hiremath, USDA Forest Service

10:10 AM

COS 55-7

Down-under down-under: Belowground fungal communities of New Zealand under native and invasive trees
Ian A. Dickie, Lincoln University; Susan K. Wiser, Landcare Research; Sarah J. Richardson, Landcare Research

10:30 AM

COS 55-8

Effects of nutrient stress on the colonization of mycorrhizal fungi in transgenic Bt corn
Tanya E. Cheeke-Icoz, Portland State University; Todd Rosenstiel, Portland State University; Mitchell B. Cruzan, Portland State University

10:50 AM

COS 55-9

Impacts of climate change on belowground ecosystems: Soil fungi respond directly to altered precipitation with persistent effects on rates of decomposition
Christine V. Hawkes, University of Texas at Austin; K. Blake Suttle, Imperial College London

11:10 AM

COS 55-10

Respiratory acclimation to temperature by ectomycorrhizal fungi
Glenna M. Malcolm, Pennsylvania State University; Juan C. López-Guitérrez, Holden Arboretum / Chase Western University; Roger T. Koide, Brigham Young University; David M. Eissenstat, The Pennsylvania State University

COS 55 - Mycorrhizae and Ecosystem Function