Session: Soil ecology (ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007))

PS 53-176

Invasive garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) alters soil bacterial communities in a northern hardwood forest soil
Charlotte R. Chan, The Holden Arboretum; David J. Burke, The Holden Arboretum

PS 53-177

Daily patterns of pine canopy activity observed in continuous soil respiration trace
Doug P. Aubrey, University of Georgia; Mark Coleman, USDA Forest Service

PS 53-178

Grass type drives small-scale spatial patterns in soil properties and processes
Sophie S. Parker, University of California, Santa Barbara; Eric W. Seabloom, University of Minnesota; Joshua P. Schimel, University of California, Santa Barbara

PS 53-179

Influence of organic transition strategies on the nematode community structure and biologically based fertility
Carmen M. Ugarte, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Michelle M. Wander, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

PS 53-180

¹⁵N natural abundance of the soil microbial biomass as a measurement of net N mineralization
Corinne M. LaViolette, Northern Arizona University; Paul Dijkstra, Northern Arizona University; Stephen C. Hart, University of California, Merced; Egbert Schwartz, Northern Arizona University; Richard R. Doucett, Northern Arizona University; Bruce A. Hungate, Northern Arizona University

PS 53-181

Effects of fertilization and haying on soil bacterial communities in a northeastern Kansas experiment
Cheryl A. Murphy, University of Kansas; Bryan L. Foster, University of Kansas

PS 53-182

The role of soil moisture and lipid reserves in the movement and infectivity of an entomopathogenic nematode
John P. McLaughlin, University of California at Santa Barbara; Daniel Gruner, University of Maryland; Karthik Ram, University of California, Berkeley; Donald R. Strong, University of California, Davis

PS 53-183

Shifts in soil microbial community composition and function caused by afforestation with exotic tree species in southern South American grasslands
Sean T. Berthrong, Cornell University; Rob Jackson, Stanford and Duke universities

PS 53-184

Reproductive and growth traits related to life histories of two rangeland grasses of western North America
L. David Humphrey, Self-employed; Eugene W. Schupp, Utah State University

PS 53-185

Carbon storage and sequestration in red pine and mixed hardwood stands established in Michigan old fields
Christian Giardina, USDA Forest Service; Adam Gahagan, Michigan Technological University

PS 53-186

Integrating soil biological properties at the landscape and microsite level into sagebrush steppe restoration efforts across the Great Basin
Nicole M. DeCrappeo, U.S. Geological Survey, DOI Northwest Climate Science Center; David A. Pyke, U.S. Geological Survey

PS 53-187

Quantifying the primary controls on biogenic silica storage and mobilization in grass-dominated ecosystems
S. E. Melzer, Colorado State University; E.F. Kelly, Colorado State University; C.M. Yonker, Colorado State University; A.K. Knapp, Colorado State University; O.a. Chadwick, University of California; Melinda Smith, Colorado State University; Richard W.S. Fynn, University of Botswana; Kevin Kirkman, University of KwaZulu-Natal

PS 53-188

The influence of variable amounts of organic matter on the nutrient cycling of nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon
Jessica L. Tisdale, North Carolina State University; Jennifer Phelan, North Carolina State University

PS 53-189

Belowground biological response to lime addition in an Adirondack forest ecosystem
Matthew A. Neatrour, Colgate University; Carrie A. Griego, Colgate Univeristy; Christopher Schroff, Colgate Univeristy; Timothy S. McCay, Colgate University

PS 53-190

Spatial variation in plant-soil biofeedbacks: A cautionary tale
Jeremy R. Klass, New Mexico State University; Scott Meiners, Eastern Illinois University

PS 53-191

Response of earthworm abundance, diversity, survival, and growth to soil pH and calcium availability
Michael J. Bernard, Johns Hopkins University; Alexis L Coplin, Colgate University; Matthew A Neatrour, Colgate University; Timothy S McCay, Colgate University

PS 53-192

Effects of supplemental warming and precipitation on decomposition of Antarctic vascular plant litter
Matthew A. Krna, Minnesota State University; Thomas A. Day, Arizona State University; Sarah L. Strauss, Arizona State University; Christopher T. Ruhland, Minnesota State University

PS 53-193

Wireless sensors for soil monitoring: Lessons from two deployments
Katalin Szlavecz, Johns Hopkins University; Razvan Musaloiu-E., Johns Hopkins University; Andreas Terzis, Johns Hopkins University; Alexander Szalay, Johns Hopkins University; Josh Cogan, Johns Hopkins University; Chieh-Jang Lian, Johns Hopkins University; Jayant Gupchup, Johns Hopkins University; Lijun Xia, Johns Hopkins University

PS 53-194

Nitrogen isotope patterns of biological soil crusts and two representative Mojave Desert shrubs, Larrea tridentata and Ambrosia dumosa
Amy J. Arispe, California State University, Fullerton; Darren R. Sandquist, California State University, Fullerton

PS 53 - Soil ecology