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Monday, August 7

1:30 PM

Vegetation responses to experimental climate change may be driven by plant-soil feedbacks in a semiarid shrubland ecosystem
Lupe León-Sánchez
Contributed Talks, room B118-119

1:50 PM

Working with biodiversity: Anaerobic soil disinfection for pest management
Deborah K. Letourneau
Contributed Talks, room B116

2:10 PM

High resolution analysis of soil fungal community composition in a temperate hardwood forest and response to inter-annual changes in soil environmental conditions
David J. Burke
Contributed Talks, room E141

2:10 PM

Temporal variability of soil amino acids in N-limited ecosystems
Peter M. Homyak
Contributed Talks, room B117

2:10 PM

Soil wetting-respiration integrates microbial and extracellular carbon sources across a lithologic gradient
Eric W. Slessarev
Contributed Talks, room D129-130

2:30 PM

Soil community response to edaphic manipulations in three different soils grown with biofuel switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
Joni M Baumgarten
Contributed Talks, room B117

2:30 PM

A soil health approach to phosphorus cycling and soil fertility resilience in a Mid-Atlantic local food system initiative
Russell C. Hedberg
Contributed Talks, room E143-144

2:50 PM

The influence of soil homogenization on early successional plant communities during tallgrass prairie restoration
Holly J. Stover
Contributed Talks, room B116

2:50 PM

Remote sensing of biodiversity: Dimension reduction and soil correction methods to improve assessment of α-diversity (species richness) in prairie ecosystems
Hamed Gholizadeh
Contributed Talks, room B114

2:50 PM

Ectomycorrhizal fungi and the enzymatic liberation of nitrogen from soil organic matter: Why evolutionary history matters
Peter Pellitier
Contributed Talks, room E141

2:50 PM

When biological soil crusts meet Ecological Site Descriptions
Lea A. Condon
Contributed Talks, room E145

3:20 PM

Invader impacts over time: Soil nitrogen and phosphorus across a chronosequence of 40 years of invasion by a nitrogen-fixing shrub in Douglas-fir clearcuts in the Pacific Northwest
Karen A. Haubensak
Contributed Talks, room D135

3:20 PM

Mycorrhizal fungi and extracellular enzyme activities associated with root mats in a temperate forest respond to changes in soil pH and phosphorus addition
Sarah R. Carrino-Kyker
Contributed Talks, room E141

3:40 PM

Light and soil pathogens interact to mediate early regeneration success in tropical trees
Meghna Krishnadas
Contributed Talks, room B116

4:00 PM

Soil mycorrhizal and nematode activity and diversity vary in response to bioenergy crop identity and management
Sarah M. Emery
Contributed Talks, room E141

4:00 PM

All cover crops build soil organic matter, mostly from root inputs
Emily E. Austin
Contributed Talks, room E143-144

4:20 PM

Tree species modification of soil moisture, and soil moisture influence on soil carbon dioxide efflux, in tropical forest plantations
James W. Raich
Contributed Talks, room D132

4:30 PM

Effects of simulated N deposition on soil microbial communities among three hydraulically contrasting years in a semi-arid grassland, China
Yinghui Liu
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Relating soil fertility and plant competition to Rhamnus cathartica L. (common buckthorn) invasion success
Julia L. York
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Spatial heterogeneity of soil elements in relation to species cover in a subtropical pastureland
Wei Huang
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

The relationship between release of organic nitrogen and carbon by exoenzymes in forest depends on the soil organic matter
Mark D. Coleman
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Carbon substrate utilization and soil characteristics at Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve, Austin, TX
Justin Stewart
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Soil chemistry and forest understory composition responses to alternative deposition and climate change scenarios in the Northeastern U.S
Stephen D. LeDuc
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Evidence of ash tree (Fraxinus spp.) associations with soil bacterial community structure and function
Michael P. Ricketts
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Soil properties mediate the effect of grazing and competition on the growth of a range-expanding species
Sara Tomiolo
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Correlation of hydrological wells established at Biscayne National Park soil elevation table monitoring sites and stage gauge managed by the south Florida water management district report
Ana Rojas
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Correlation of hydrological wells established at Biscayne National Park soil elevation table monitoring sites and stage gauge managed by the south Florida water management district report
Ana Rojas
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Do microbial communities drive the rate and distribution of nitrogen into different soil organic matter pools?
Lauren C. Breza
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Mechanistic controls of soil respiration in response to rainfall changes in a tropical forest
Qi Deng
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Development of a step-wise soil protein extraction protocol for assessment of 15N-labeled plant protein turnover
C. Armanda Roco
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Complementarity and competition among switchgrass varieties in different soil conditions
Bibiana Rodriguez
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Is the soil organic matter mineralisation response to root exudation controlled by microbial stoichiometric demand in subarctic soils?
Lettice C. Hicks
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Tree species identity and diversity influence soil respiration in a mixed temperate forest
Fiona Jevon
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Characterization of soil phosphorus and its potential for mobilization following drying and flooding in urban stormwater bioretention facilities
Benjamin J Shetterly
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Vegetation-soil carbon storage changes during the grassland degradation process
Xiaobing Li
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Soluble soil aluminum alters the relative uptake of different mineral nitrogen forms by six mature temperate broadleaf tree species
Mark B. Burnham
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Soil respiration driven by biomass accumulation under warming but not elevated [CO2] in tropical agroecosystems
Eduardo A Dias de Oliveira
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Are plant soil feedbacks in semi-arid grasslands altered by the invasive winter annual grass, Ventenata dubia?
Jared F. Lamm
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

‘Legacy effects’ of Russian olive on soil N and plant communities in a riparian grassland ecosystem
Graham M. Tuttle
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Effects of acidic deposition and a soil acidification gradient on forest understory plant richness and composition in the Adirondack Mountains, New York
Michael R. Zarfos
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Cover crop cocktail effects on soil properties
Anthony S. Hartshorn
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Decomposition rates and fiber analyses of Norway and sugar maple leaves experiencing conspecific and heterospecific soil environments
Jose-Luis Machado
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Soil respiration response to 28 years of nitrogen fertilization in a temperate deciduous forest
Brooke A. Eastman
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Linking soil biology and chemistry using knowledge of exometabolite substrate preferences
Tami L. Swenson
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Soil carbon pools along yard-field-forest land use gradients
Morgan E. Peach
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Controls on soil respiration in high elevation alpine and aubalpine systems
Sarah A. Schliemann
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Cold desert soil respiration freeze-thaw and drying-rewetting cycles
David M Robinson
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

Tuesday, August 8

8:00 AM

Spekboom planting in degraded areas improves soil properties in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
Sheunesu Ruwanza
Contributed Talks, room B115

8:00 AM

Data-driven microbial modeling for soil carbon dynamics under climate warming and nitrogen deposition
Yiqi Luo
Contributed Talks, room E141

8:00 AM

Soil phosphorus as a driver of invasion success in the plant species Alliaria petiolata across landscapes in Central Ohio, USA
Laurel J. Anderson
Contributed Talks, room D135

8:40 AM

Does the stress gradient hypothesis apply to soil food webs? Testing the biotic interactions of soil nematodes along a salinity gradient at the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research site
E. Ashley Shaw
Contributed Talks, room E142

9:20 AM

CO2 fluxes in two peatlands in the northern Andes are controlled by radiation and soil temperature
Laura O. Gómez
Contributed Talks, room D132

9:50 AM

Persistence of soil legacy effects and the role of secondary invaders in limiting reforestion success following the removal of Cytisus scoparius, a widespread nitrogen-fixing invasive shrub
Sara Grove
Contributed Talks, room D135

10:10 AM

Climate change and land-use effects on the phenology of soil animal activity
Julia Siebert
Contributed Talks, room D139

10:10 AM

Climate change and land-use effects on the phenology of soil animal activity
Julia Siebert
Contributed Talks, room D139

10:30 AM

Soil heterogeneity shapes variation in tri-trophic interactions between plants, herbivores, and parasitoids
Moria Robinson
Contributed Talks, room C122

10:30 AM

Responses of soil microbial community to a decade of high nitrogen inputs in tropical forests
Xiankai Lu
Contributed Talks, room E141

10:30 AM

Responses of soil microbial community to a decade of high nitrogen inputs in tropical forests
Xiankai Lu
Contributed Talks, room E141

10:50 AM

Ensuring plant diversity and restoring soil function in disturbed landscapes: Hitchhiking native forbs with white spruce
Adam L. Mathison
Contributed Talks, room B115

10:50 AM

Ensuring plant diversity and restoring soil function in disturbed landscapes: Hitchhiking native forbs with white spruce
Adam L. Mathison
Contributed Talks, room B115

10:50 AM

Soil nitrogen determines greenhouse gas emissions from northern peatlands under concurrent warming and vegetation shifting
Junwei Luan
Contributed Talks, room B117

11:10 AM

Liming alters soil microbial community structure and function in northern mixed hardwood forests
Bhavya Sridhar
Contributed Talks, room B117

1:30 PM

Effects of invasive scotch broom on soil water, soil water chemistry, and abundance of associated plant species
David R. Carter
Contributed Talks, room D135

1:30 PM

Biogeochemical stoichiometry influences simple soil food web response to resource additions
John E. Barrett
Contributed Talks, room B117

1:50 PM

Using topography and plant species to understand the effects of soil heterogeneity on biogeochemical processes
Andrew W Quebbeman
Contributed Talks, room D132

2:10 PM

Light, not soil nitrogen availability, most strongly regulates symbiotic nitrogen fixation by Pentaclethra macroloba seedlings
Benton N. Taylor
Contributed Talks, room D132

2:10 PM

Soil water content drives greenhouse gases emission in the seasonally dry tropical forest in Costa Rica in contrasting soil types
Cristina Chinchilla-Soto
Contributed Talks, room E143-144

2:10 PM

A new tool for analysis and visualization of heterogeneous soil moisture data
Alison G. Boyer
Contributed Talks, room B114

2:50 PM

Do plant-soil feedbacks predict plant field abundances? A meta-analysis
Kurt O. Reinhart
Contributed Talks, room C120-121

3:40 PM

Spatial pattern analysis of coastal saline soil based on Landsat image
Duoduo Wang
Contributed Talks, room B114

4:00 PM

Soil carbon pools will decline as coniferous hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) is lost due to hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) invasion in northeast US forests
Danielle Ignace
Contributed Talks, room D135

4:30 PM

Disentangling root and leaf litter controls on structure and stability of soil micro-food webs
Xiaoli Fu
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Effects of water manipulations on interactions between soil microbes and plants
Evelyn Valdez-Rangel
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Shifts in soil organic carbon and nitrogen dynamics for afforestation in central China
Xiaolin Dou
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Soil health in Palouse farmland: Assessing soil physical properties and ecosystem function
Kendall B. Kahl
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Effects of salinity and inundation levels changes on soil C decomposition during salt marsh restoration: an incubation experiment
Faming Wang
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Merging soil structure with plant function: the role of plant morphology on soil water dynamics in the rhizosphere
Keita F. DeCarlo
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Habitat associations of the threatened Sclerocactus wetlandicus: vegetation and soil characteristics
Janis L. Boettinger
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Rhizosphere-competence traits of soil bacteria linking response of bacterial populations to plant development
Hee jung Cho
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Rhizosphere-competence traits of soil bacteria linking response of bacterial populations to plant development
Hee jung Cho
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Floral and soil stoichiometric (C:N) response to prescribed fire in tallgrass prairie
Jeffrey A. Heise
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

The ghost of trees past: how long do plant-soil feedbacks persist to influence current tree seedling dynamics?
Clarice M. Esch
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Unlocking the potential functions of urban soil microbial communities
Dietrich Epp Schmidt
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Impact of land use and soil characteristics on carrion beetle abundance along an urban-rural gradient in northern Alabama
Hope Reamer
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:40 PM

Mechanistic soil biogeochemistry modeling quantifies the partition of soil respiration components and microbial biomass patterns
Simone Fatichi
Contributed Talks, room D132

Wednesday, August 9

8:00 AM

Differential effects of salinity on phylogenetic and functional diversity in soil microbial communities in tidal freshwater wetlands
Georgios Giannopoulos
Contributed Talks, room B117

8:00 AM

Canopy nitrogen is correlated with litter and soil nitrogen in a lowland tropical forest
Brooke B. Osborne
Contributed Talks, room D132

8:20 AM

Soil crusts, vascular plants and disturbance in Northern Rocky Mountain grasslands
Mandy L Slate
Contributed Talks, room B112

9:20 AM

Urban-development-induced changes in the diversity and composition of the soil bacterial community in Beijing
Junsheng Li
Contributed Talks, room D133-134

9:20 AM

Hot spots and hot moments: Investigating the relationship between soil redox dynamics and greenhouse gas fluxes in a wet tropical forest
Christine S. O’Connell
Contributed Talks, room D132

9:50 AM

Interactive effects of plant litter and microbial community composition on the formation of stable soil organic matter
Nanette C. Raczka
Contributed Talks, room B117

10:10 AM

Multiple mechanisms by which soil microbes can influence above-ground herbivore parasitism
Alison E. Bennett
Contributed Talks, room D139

10:30 AM

Carbon amendments to alter soil nutrient availability: Altering competitive dynamics between invasive and native species in tropical ecosystems
Amanda E. Knauf
Contributed Talks, room B115

10:30 AM

Tree community modulates the effects of an understory grass on soil organic matter
Matthew E. Craig
Contributed Talks, room B117

1:30 PM

Patterns in soil carbon and nitrogen relate to mycorrhizal and phylogenetic identity of forest trees across eastern North America
Kai Zhu
Contributed Talks, room B117

1:30 PM

Beneficial soil microbes: The missing link to restoration efforts?
Eric Duell
Contributed Talks, room B115

1:50 PM

Soil phosphorus does not keep pace with soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation following woody encroachment
Yong Zhou
Contributed Talks, room B117

2:10 PM

Grassland management intensity as a control on soil microbial carbon use efficiency
Kate M. Buckeridge
Contributed Talks, room B117

2:10 PM

Tropical tree species traits drive soil cation dynamics via effects on pH: A proposed conceptual framework
Ann E. Russell
Contributed Talks, room D132

2:10 PM

Dissecting the microbiome of Populus tree species from the soil to the canopy using amplicon sequencing and shotgun metagenomic analyses
Christopher W. Schadt
Contributed Talks, room D139

2:30 PM

Short-term changes in soil aggregation under global change
Clare E. Kazanski
Contributed Talks, room B117

2:30 PM

Effects of global warming on plant diversity-soil carbon relationships and implications for microbial community structure and functional potential
Sarah Castle
Contributed Talks, room D129-130

2:50 PM

Nutrient feedbacks to soil heterotrophic nitrogen fixation in forests
Steven Perakis
Contributed Talks, room D132

3:20 PM

Soil carbon in the balance: The causes and consequences of altered microbial carbon use efficiency in a changing world
Kevin M. Geyer
Contributed Talks, room B117

3:20 PM

Soil minerals in the rhizosphere: A hidden source of nitrogen and mediator of plant-microbe competition
A. Stuart Grandy
Contributed Talks, room D132

3:40 PM

Interactive effects of aboveground competition and plant-soil feedbacks on plant species coexistence: Insights from modern coexistence theory
Po-Ju Ke
Contributed Talks, room C122

4:20 PM

Future carbon dynamics in a subalpine forest under RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 radiative forcing scenarios under high uncertainty in soil moisture stress
Zheng Dong
Contributed Talks, room B117

4:30 PM

Plant and soil microbial community composition in response to seeding and weeding treatments on different reclamation soils
Leah A. deBortoli
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Plant and soil microbial community composition in response to seeding and weeding treatments on different reclamation soils
Leah A. deBortoli
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Rebuilding Indy urban agriculture from the ground up: Effects of agricultural methods on heavy metals, nutrients, and soil physical characteristics
Sean T. Berthrong
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Winter soil respiration varies across mountain to urban transitions
Kerri A. Russell
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

How does cover crop composition affect the soil nitrogen environment over time?
Eleanor E. Lucadamo
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Primary productivity of floodplain meadow was determined by elevation rather than soil fertility in seven river estuaries of Poyang Lake
Zhichun Lan
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Primary productivity of floodplain meadow was determined by elevation rather than soil fertility in seven river estuaries of Poyang Lake
Zhichun Lan
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Rapid shifts in soil hydraulic properties in response to simulated rainfall
Joshua S. Caplan
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Impacts of organic farming management practices on soil microbial communities and biogeochemistry
Jeth G.V. Walkup
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Microbial connections between atmosphere, vegetation, and soil in alpine ecosystems, Yellowstone National Park, USA
Stephanie D. Zorio
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Soil bacterial diversity in response to stress from farming system, climate change, weed diversity, and wheat streak virus
Suzanne L. Ishaq
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Reversibility of warming-induced changes in sugar maple root and soil respiration
Peter J. Hoch
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:40 PM

Temporal pattern of soil freezing events and effects on stream chemistry at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA
Habibollah Fakhraei
Contributed Talks, room B117

Thursday, August 10

8:00 AM

Decreased soil moisture in warming experiments alters phenology
Ailene K. Ettinger
Contributed Talks, room D129-130

8:00 AM

Crop rotational complexity mediates plant-soil responses to altered water regimes
Timothy M. Bowles
Contributed Talks, room B117

8:40 AM

Phenology, flower albedo, and soil microclimate: A positive feedback between vegetation and climate change?
Amy Iler
Contributed Talks, room D129-130

9:00 AM

Metabolic water production by soil microorganisms: Its relationship to energy metabolism and contribution to cellular water balance
George W. Koch
Contributed Talks, room D132

9:00 AM

Copper addition induces soil microbial community shifts and changes in biogeochemical cycling
Keshav Arogyaswamy
Contributed Talks, room B117

9:50 AM

Linking host fitness and soil conditions to microbiome community assembly in the Populus root–soil interface
Allison M. Veach
Contributed Talks, room D139

10:10 AM

Cereal rye (Secale cereale) cover crop can reduce reactive N distribution in soil profile in a no-till agroecosystem
Briana Otte
Contributed Talks, room B117

10:30 AM

Comparison of plant-soil relationships between native salt desert shrub communities and a restored agricultural field
Stephanie M. Freund
Contributed Talks, room B115

10:50 AM

Microbial activity is a better predictor of soil respiration than microbial biomass or composition
Alejandro Salazar
Contributed Talks, room B117

10:50 AM

Is mediation of plant invasion by soil biota context dependent?
Rebecca A. Bunn
Contributed Talks, room E147-148

10:50 AM

Coupling climate, soil moisture and primary production to explain ecosystem responses to multi-year climatic events across spatially heterogeneous arid landscapes
Matthew D. Petrie
Contributed Talks, room D138

10:50 AM

Long-term carbon exclusion alters soil microbial function but not community structure across forests of contrasting productivity
Stephen C. Hart
Contributed Talks, room D132

11:10 AM

Greenhouse gas flux and soil carbon in natural, restored and drained Prairie Pothole wetlands
Sheel Bansal
Contributed Talks, room B110-111

11:10 AM

Soil microbial networks shift across a high elevation plant density gradient
Emily C. Farrer
Contributed Talks, room D139

1:30 PM

Using a watershed scale in-situ network to explore factors in soil moisture variability
Elise C. Osenga
Contributed Talks, room E141

1:30 PM

Grassland soil microbial community turnover in response to long-term nitrogen management
Christine M. Carson
Contributed Talks, room C120-121

1:30 PM

Lespedeza cuneata chemistry affects soil microbial community composition and subsequent plant growth
Alyssa M. Beck
Contributed Talks, room E147-148

1:50 PM

Linking microbial community composition and soil environment to soil respiration response to drought in a subtropical forest
Guiyao Zhou
Contributed Talks, room B117

2:30 PM

Over half of potential soil extracellular enzyme activity occurs below 20 cm
Nicholas C. Dove
Contributed Talks, room D132

2:50 PM

Old-growth temperate rainforest in western Washington: Fungal communities in canopy soil as adaptive facilitators to environmental change
Korena Mafune
Contributed Talks, room E146

3:20 PM

Restoring function: The impact of hydrologic restoration on soil C sequestration, nutrient cycling, and primary production in Sierra Nevada meadows
Cody C. Reed
Contributed Talks, room B117

4:20 PM

The carbon and nitrogen cycle collide in soil: An examination of the effects of switchgrass root exudates on soil denitrification
Kathryn Bloodworth
Contributed Talks, room D132

4:20 PM

The uncertain fate of soil organic matter under ecosystem recovery from acid rain
Richard E Marinos
Contributed Talks, room B117

4:30 PM

Lowland ecotype of Panicum virgatum performs as well as upland ecotype across a wide range of soil types at northern latitude
Michael P Ryskamp
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Reassembly of soil fungal communities under reforestation and deer exclusion
Shinichi Tatsumi
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Mycorrhizal communities and tree diversity effects on forest soil respiration
Ashley K. Lang
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Plant community and soil chemistry responses to invasive shrub removal techniques in hardwood forests
Graham S. Frank
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

The impacts of a grassland wildfire on soil organic matter and food webs over two years
Justin L Bastow
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Arbuscular mycorrhizae alter soil inorganic and plant nitrogen but have little effect on ammonia oxidizing community abundance in two agricultural soils
Cassandra Wattenburger
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Structure of orchid mycorrhizal fungal communities in soil does not affect endo-mycorrhizal orchid root communities
Jyotsna Sharma
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Effects of plant-soil feedbacks and plant-plant interactions on elevational range shifts in mountain plants
Robert D. Morgante
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Grassland fire and grazing management affects soil microbial diversity and heterogeneity
Priscilla Moley
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Do Quercus ilex woodlands undergo abrupt non-linear changes in soil properties and vegetation in response to climatic variation and human disturbance?
Patricio Garcia Fayos Poveda
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Site soil-fertility can influence plant-soil feedback: Black cherry (Prunus serotina) experience negative feedbacks in low fertility sites but positive feedbacks at high fertility sites
Sarah Neumann
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:30 PM

Site soil-fertility can influence plant-soil feedback: Black cherry (Prunus serotina) experience negative feedbacks in low fertility sites but positive feedbacks at high fertility sites
Sarah Neumann
Contributed Posters, room Exhibit Hall

4:40 PM

Microbial community-level regulation explains soil carbon responses to long-term litter manipulations
Katerina Georgiou
Contributed Talks, room D132

4:40 PM

Microbial community-level regulation explains soil carbon responses to long-term litter manipulations
Katerina Georgiou
Contributed Talks, room D132

Friday, August 11

8:00 AM

Cross-site responses of soil nematodes to abnormal growing-season precipitation
André L.C. Franco
Contributed Talks, room B115

8:00 AM

The Nitrogen (N) Homogeneity Hypothesis: Effects of excess N on spatial patterns of soil nutrients and herb communities of hardwood forest ecosystems
Frank S. Gilliam
Contributed Talks, room B117

8:00 AM

Historical patterns and current influences on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics on Mount St. Helens
Rebecca Evans
Contributed Talks, room B112

8:20 AM

Responses of the soil community to mammalian herbivores: How close are we to a global predictive framework?
Walter S. Andriuzzi
Contributed Talks, room B115

8:20 AM

Tree cover response to rainfall intensity in African savannas varies with soil texture
Madelon F. Case
Contributed Talks, room C120-121

8:30 AM

Linking soil respiration and its components to soil organic carbon composition under experimental warming in a Tibetan permafrost ecosystem
Fei Li
Latebreaking Posters, room Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

Using soil seed banks to define historic and future vegetation composition of paired invaded and uninvaded forest stands
Cynthia D. Huebner
Latebreaking Posters, room Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

Reduction in daily soil temperature range increase microbial community dynamics in a dryland cotton production system in West Texas
Diana L. Vargas-Gutierrez
Latebreaking Posters, room Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

Soil nematodes: A long-term reservoir host for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Taegan A. McMahon
Latebreaking Posters, room Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

Distinct effects of N and P addition on soil enzyme activities and C distribution in aggregates: Implications for soil C stocks
Junsheng Huang
Latebreaking Posters, room Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

Distinct effects of N and P addition on soil enzyme activities and C distribution in aggregates: Implications for soil C stocks
Junsheng Huang
Latebreaking Posters, room Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

Distinct effects of N and P addition on soil enzyme activities and C distribution in aggregates: Implications for soil C stocks
Junsheng Huang
Latebreaking Posters, room Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

Assessing the impacts of ungulate grazing on biological soil crusts using long-term grazing exclosures
Upekala C. Wijayratne
Latebreaking Posters, room Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

Monitoring rangelands to investigate availability and distribution of ecosystem services: Patterns indicated by soil carbon, plant communities, and bird diversity
Kelly Garbach
Latebreaking Posters, room Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

Monitoring rangelands to investigate availability and distribution of ecosystem services: Patterns indicated by soil carbon, plant communities, and bird diversity
Kelly Garbach
Latebreaking Posters, room Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

Baseline assessment of restoration sites reveals soil microbial diversity does not match expectations based on pre-restoration status
Sara J. Anderson
Latebreaking Posters, room Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

Rates of soil methane uptake vary across an elevation gradient in the central Great Basin, Nevada
Cordi Craig
Latebreaking Posters, room Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

Effects of deer browsing on soil biogeochemical processes along a nitrogen gradient
Jacqueline M.A. Popma
Latebreaking Posters, room Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

Fungal functional guilds respond differently to associated tree neighborhoods and soil properties across three tropical rainforests in Panama
Tyler L. Schappe
Latebreaking Posters, room Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

A decade of simultaneous warming and nitrogen additions in a temperate forest: How are microbes and soil carbon affected?
Melissa A. Knorr
Latebreaking Posters, room Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

Biocrust influences on soil fertility vary among community states and are negatively impacted by warming temperatures
Scott Ferrenberg
Latebreaking Posters, room Exhibit Hall

8:30 AM

Biogeographic patterns of alpine soil fungal communities under woody shrub expansion
Courtney G. Collins
Latebreaking Posters, room Exhibit Hall

8:40 AM

The global significance of systematic errors in scaling soil CO2 efflux
Doug P. Aubrey
Contributed Talks, room D132

8:40 AM

The global significance of systematic errors in scaling soil CO2 efflux
Doug P. Aubrey
Contributed Talks, room D132

8:40 AM

Optimizing sample design for field-scale digital soil mapping for agro-ecological analyses
Siddhartho S Paul
Contributed Talks, room B115

9:00 AM

Effects of altered precipitation regimes on soil GHGs emissions in a tallgrass prairie
Megan E. Scott
Contributed Talks, room B117

9:00 AM

Variation in plant soil feedbacks correlate to spatial variation in long term community stability in the field
Y. Anny Chung
Contributed Talks, room C120-121

9:50 AM

Soil carbon and nitrogen response to thinning and fertilization treatments in a coastal Pacific Northwest forest
Cole D. Gross
Contributed Talks, room B115

9:50 AM

Mycorrhizal association and soil fertility influence plant-soil feedback in a Dipterocarp rainforest
R. Max Segnitz
Contributed Talks, room E146

10:10 AM

Soil C chemistry reveals microbial metabolism shift in response to imposed climate change in arid ecosystem
Nancy J Hess
Contributed Talks, room B117

10:10 AM

The interaction of sustainable forestry and farming: Locally produced wood biochar increases soil nutrient availability and plant productivity of the San Juan Islands, USA
Si Gao
Contributed Talks, room B115

10:10 AM

Climate change impacts on soil temperature and moisture regimes in western North America
John B. Bradford
Contributed Talks, room E141

10:30 AM

Soil texture modifies effects of ungulate herbivory on sagebrush and bunchgrass density and size/age class distributions
Kyle C. Nehring
Contributed Talks, room C120-121

10:30 AM

Meta-analysis of fungal succession: The pattern of community composition change in soil decomposition
Sasha Vivelo
Contributed Talks, room B112

10:30 AM

Investigating earthworm populations in both pristine and post-industrial metalliferous soil habitats
Nicholas Henshue
Contributed Talks, room B115

10:30 AM

Investigating earthworm populations in both pristine and post-industrial metalliferous soil habitats
Nicholas Henshue
Contributed Talks, room B115

10:50 AM

Does plant-soil feedback drive woody encroachment in hill prairie remnants?
Anthony C. Yannarell
Contributed Talks, room B112

11:10 AM

A modern soil nitrogen concentration and pool baseline for the conterminous United States
Terry D. Loecke
Contributed Talks, room B115

11:10 AM

A modern soil nitrogen concentration and pool baseline for the conterminous United States
Terry D. Loecke
Contributed Talks, room B115