95th ESA Annual Meeting (August 1 -- 6, 2010)

Tuesday, August 3, 2010: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

408, David L Lawrence Convention Center

Presider:

Ruth D. Yanai, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

1:30 PM

COS 38-1

Characteristics of Missouri Ozark fen soils
Scott E. George, PSC Environmental Services; David L. Cremeens, GAI Consultants, Inc.

1:50 PM

COS 38-2

Bayesian modeling of soil moisture: Estimation of soil parameters and application to a Californian grassland
Katherine A. Everard, University of Auckland; Renate Meyer, University of Auckland

2:10 PM

COS 38-3

Belowground consequences of an early-colonist N-fixing shrub as revealed through a decade-long removal experiment
Mark G. St. John, Landcare Research; Lawrence R. Walker, University of Nevada Las Vegas; Peter J. Bellingham, Landcare Research; David Wardle, Nanyang Technological University; Kate H. Orwin, Lancaster University; Ian A. Dickie, Lincoln University; Gregor W. Yeates, Independent; Chris Morse, Landcare Research; Karen I. Bonner, Landcare Research

2:30 PM

COS 38-4

The effect of increased Nitrogen availability on plant litter decomposition
Dashanne C. Czegledy, University of Toledo; Zachary L. Rinkes, University of Toledo; Michael N. Weintraub, University of Toledo

2:50 PM

COS 38-5

Pedogenic thresholds and soil process domains: Biogeochemical controls and ecological implications
Peter M. Vitousek, Stanford University; Oliver A. Chadwick, University of California; George E. Hilley, Stanford University; Thegn N. Ladefoged, Auckland University

3:10 PM

COS 38-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 38-6

Relative importance of soil fertility, precipitation and grazing in predicting mycorrhizal fungal assemblages in the Serengeti grassland
Anita Antoninka, Northern Arizona University; Shawna Cureton, Northern Arizona University; Mark E. Ritchie, Syracuse University; Nancy C. Johnson, Northern Arizona University

3:40 PM

COS 38-7

Tree species variation in in situ fine root decomposition in a common garden in central Poland
Marc Goebel, Pennsylvania State University; Bartosz Bulaj, August Cieszkowski Agricultural University of Poznan; Marcin Zadworny, Polish Academy of Sciences; Joanna Mucha, Polish Academy of Sciences; Jacek Oleksyn, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Dendrology; Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota; David M. Eissenstat, Pennsylvania State University

4:00 PM

COS 38-8

Prehistoric soil fertility: Evaluating the depletion of mineral derived nutrients as a possible factor in the abandonment of a prehistoric settlement in the southwestern United States
Dana K. Nakase, Arizona State University; Anthony S. Hartshorn, Montana State University; Sharon J. Hall, Arizona State University

4:20 PM

COS 38-9

Evaluating soil microbial community structure and diversity as measures of success for road restoration
Rebecca A. Lloyd, University of Arizona; Kathleen A. Lohse, Idaho State University; Jean E. T. McLain, USDA-ARS

4:40 PM

COS 38-10

Global patterns of soil biodiversity using molecular profiling
Tiehang Wu, University of South Florida; Edward Ayres, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON); Richard D. Bardgett, University of Manchester; Diana H. Wall, Colorado State University; James R. Garey, University of South Florida

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