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

1:30 PM

COS 10-1

A stage-based model of carbon dynamics in downed woody debris
J. P. Caspersen, University of Toronto; Phil Rudz, University of Toronto; Nathan Basiliko, University of Toronto at Mississauga

1:50 PM

COS 10-2

Litter decomposition dynamics following land-use change are driven by land-use legacies
Cynthia Kallenbach, University of New Hampshire; A. Stuart Grandy, University of New Hampshire

2:10 PM

COS 10-3

Modeling nutrient accumulation and release in downed woody debris
Phil Rudz, University of Toronto; Nathan Basiliko, University of Toronto at Mississauga; John P. Caspersen, University of Toronto

2:30 PM

COS 10-4

Studying root decomposition in situ using the minirhizotron approach
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; Sarah E. Hobbie, University of Minnesota; Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota; David M. Eissenstat, Pennsylvania State University

2:50 PM

COS 10-5

Post-fire nitrogen translocation by wood-decaying fungi in southwestern ponderosa pine forests
Valerie J. Kurth, University of Minnesota; Catherine A. Gehring, Northern Arizona University; Peter Z. Fule, Northern Arizona University; Stephen C. Hart, University of California

3:10 PM

COS 10-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 10-6

Effects of phosphorus enrichment on detritus and detritivores in Ozark streams
Michelle A. Evans-White, University of Arkansas; Clay Prater, Trent University; Erin E. Scott, University of Arkansas; Eric J. Norman, University of Arkansas; J. Thad Scott, University of Arkansas; Sally A. Entrekin, University of Central Arkansas; Chris Fuller, University of Central Arkansas; Halvor M. Halvorson, University of Arkansas

3:40 PM

COS 10-7

Phosphorus availability and leaf type affect litter stoichiometry and decomposition
Erin E. Scott, University of Arkansas; Bryant C. Baker, University of Arkansas; Clay Prater, Trent University; Michelle Evans-White, University of Arkansas; J. Thad Scott, University of Arkansas

4:00 PM

COS 10-8

Wood decomposing fungal community structure and function differ across decay stages of wood, but respond similarly to temperature
Emily E. Austin, University of New Hampshire; Christopher W. Schadt, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Aimée Classen, The University of Tennessee

4:20 PM

COS 10-9

Nutrients more than predators alter decomposition and invertebrate communities in tropical brown food web mesocosms
Natalie A. Clay, University of Oklahoma; Michael Kaspari, University of Oklahoma

4:40 PM

COS 10-10

Decomposition rates in the canopy and forest floor in an old-growth coastal temperate forest in Washington
Camila F. Tejo, University of Washington; Deanne Greaves, University of Washington; Darlene Zabowski, University of Washington; Nalini M. Nadkarni, University of Utah

COS 10 - Detritus And Decomposition