Friday, August 7, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Pavillion II, Hyatt
COS 126 - Soil
8:00 AMCOS 126-1Soil fungal community dynamics under elevated and depleted nutrient conditions in sagebrush steppe and cheatgrass-invaded ecosystems
Nicole M. DeCrappeo, U.S. Geological Survey, Elizabeth J. DeLorenze, U.S. Geological Survey, David A. Pyke, U.S. Geological Survey, Peter J. Bottomley, Oregon State University
8:20 AMCOS 126-2Evaluating atmospheric CO2-induced microbial feedbacks on plant productivity in a microcosm experiment
Andrew C. Procter, Duke University, Alexia M. Kelley, Duke University, Robert B. Jackson, Duke University
8:40 AMCOS 126-3Isolating the mechanisms that govern the contrasting relationships of the major decomposer groups in soil, fungi and bacteria, to pH
Johannes Rousk, Lund University, Philip C. Brookes, Rothamsted Research, Erland Bååth, Lund University
9:00 AMCOS 126-4Microbial and invertebrate activity at the litter-soil interface and its effect on decomposition in a Michigan agroecosystem
Kyle Wickings, Michigan State University, Stuart Grandy, Michigan State University, Sasha C. Reed, University of Montana, Cory C. Cleveland, University of Montana
9:20 AMCOS 126-5Litter chemistry and litter dwelling arthropod abundance are influenced by a genetic gradient created by plant hybridization
Todd Wojtowcz, Northern Arizona University, Luke A. Hanna, Northern Arizona University, Liza M. Holeski, University of Wisconsin, Louis J. Lamit, Northern Arizona University, Richard L. Lindroth, University of Wisconsin, Thomas G. Whitham, Northern Arizona University, Catherine A. Gehring, Northern Arizona University
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 126-6Nutrient controls over above- and below-ground carbon cycling across a soil age gradient
Sasha C. Reed, University of Montana, Cory C. Cleveland, University of Montana, Peter M. Vitousek, Stanford University, Alan R. Townsend, University of Colorado, Boulder
10:10 AMCOS 126-7Dissolved organic matter and carbon stabilization in wet tropical forest volcanic soils
Erika Marin-Spiotta, University of California, Santa Barbara, Oliver A. Chadwick, University of California, Marc Kramer, University of California
10:30 AMCOS 126-8Wind and water erosion under global-change-type conditions and alternate land management practices
Jason P. Field, University of Arizona, David D. Breshears, The University of Arizona, Jeffrey J. Whicker, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Chris B. Zou, Oklahoma State University
10:50 AMCOS 126-9A revised perspective of soil surface stability: Dynamic aeolian equilibrium of dryland ecosystem surfaces
Jeffrey J. Whicker, Los Alamos National Laboratory, David D. Breshears, University of Arizona, Craig D. Allen, Jemez Mountains Field Station
11:10 AMCOS 126-10Ecosystem recovery during C4 grassland development following long-term disturbance: An evaluation at regional and global scales
Sara Baer, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Elizabeth M. Bach, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Chris Du Preez, University of the Free State, Ryan P. Klopf, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Clinton Meyer, Simpson College, Johan Six, University of California - Davis

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