Session: Biogeochemistry: Aboveground-Belowground Interactions (98th ESA Annual Meeting (August 4 -- 9, 2013))

1:30 PM

COS 98-1

Remotely-sensed indicators of N-related biomass allocation in Schoenoplectus acutus
Jessica L. O'Connell, University of Georgia; Kristin B. Byrd, U.S. Geological Survey; Maggi Kelly, University of California, Berkeley

1:50 PM

COS 98-2

Does common mycelial network drive the assembly of forest communities? An immigration experiment in mesocosms
Kohmei Kadowaki, Kyoto University

2:10 PM

COS 98-3

Belowground drivers of aboveground cation and phosphorus cycling in fast-growing tropical trees
Ann E. Russell, Iowa State University

2:30 PM

COS 98-4

Nitrogen concentration dominates litter quality effects on earthworm performance across species and soils
Christoph Dietrich, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena; Nico Eisenhauer, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena; Simone Cesarz, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

2:50 PM

COS 98-5

Tree-species-specific effects on soil microbial community composition in subtropical southeastern China
Zhiqin Pei, Helmoltz- Centre for Environmental Research- UFZ; Ying Li, Leuphana University Lüneburg; Christina Lachmann, Helmoltz- Centre for Environmental Research- UFZ; Francois Buscot, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; Jessica LM Gutknecht, Helmoltz- Centre for Environmental Research- UFZ

3:10 PM

COS 98-

Break

3:20 PM

COS 98-6

Global change agents interactively affect soil organisms with possible impacts on ecosystem functions
Simone Cesarz, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena; Peter B. Reich, University of Minnesota; Stefan Scheu, Georg-August University; Liliane Ruess, Humboldt University Berlin; Matthias Schaefer, University of Goettingen; Nico Eisenhauer, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

3:40 PM

COS 98-7

Soil microbial communities in grasslands: Spatial and temporal patterns at the local scale
Kathleen M. Regan, University of Hohenheim; Naoise Nunan, CNRS; Markus Steffens, Technical University of Munich; Daniel Prati, University of Bern; Doreen Berner, University of Hohenheim; Runa S. Boeddinghaus, University of Hohenheim; Barbara Schmitt, University of Bern; Steffen Boch, University of Bern; Barbara H.J. Stempfhuber, Technical University of Munich; Michael Schloter, Helmholtz Zentrum München; Ellen Kandeler, University of Hohenheim; Sven Marhan, University of Hohenheim

4:00 PM

COS 98-8

Plant-microbe competition for nitrogen and phosphorus in tropical and temperate forests
Alison R. Marklein, University of California - Davis; Benjamin Z. Houlton, University of California, Davis

4:20 PM

COS 98-9

Tracking the timing, persistence, and interdependence of stand structural and soil properties in mountain pine beetle-killed forests
Paul W. Cigan, University of Alberta; Justine Karst, University of Alberta; Nadir Erbilgin, University of Alberta; James F. Cahill Jr., University of Alberta

4:40 PM

COS 98-10

Free-living nitrogen fixation rates in lowland tropical rainforests in Southern Belize with contrasting parent material
Joy B. Cookingham, University of California, Davis; Steven W. Brewer, Copperhead Environmental Consulting, Inc.; Benjamin Z. Houlton, University of California, Davis

COS 98 - Biogeochemistry: Aboveground-Belowground Interactions