Session: Soil (2017 ESA Annual Meeting (August 6 -- 11))

8:00 AM

Cross-site responses of soil nematodes to abnormal growing-season precipitation
André Franco, Colorado State University; Laureano A. Gherardi, Arizona State University; Cecilia M. de Tomasel, Colorado State University; Walter S. Andriuzzi, Colorado State University; E. Ashley Shaw, Colorado State University; Katharine E. Ankrom, Colorado State University; Osvaldo E. Sala, Arizona State University; Diana H. Wall, Colorado State University

8:20 AM

COS 191-2

Responses of the soil community to mammalian herbivores: How close are we to a global predictive framework?
Walter S. Andriuzzi, Colorado State University; Diana H. Wall, Colorado State University

8:40 AM

COS 191-3

Optimizing sample design for field-scale digital soil mapping for agro-ecological analyses
Siddhartho S Paul, The University of British Columbia; Sean Smukler, The University of British Columbia; Katarina Neufeld, The University of British Columbia

9:00 AM

COS 191-4

Leguminous plants drive fungal community structure in Iowan prairies
Racheal N. Upton, Iowa State University; Kirsten S. Hofmockel, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Meghann E. Jarchow, University of South Dakota

9:20 AM

COS 191-5

Building mud castles: A perspective from brick-laying termites
Nikita Zachariah, Indian Institute of Science; Aritra Das, Indian Institute of Science; Tejas Gorur Murthy, Indian Institute of Science; Renee Maria Borges, Indian Institute of Science

9:40 AM

COS 191-

Break

9:50 AM Cancelled

COS 191-6

Soil carbon and nitrogen response to thinning and fertilization treatments in a coastal Pacific Northwest forest (widthdrawn)
Cole D. Gross, University of Washington; Jason N. James, University of Washington; Eric C. Turnblom, University of Washington; Robert B. Harrison, University of Washington

10:10 AM

COS 191-7

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, University of Washington; Thomas H. DeLuca, University of Montana; Kai Hoffman-Krull, Data Agriculture Nonprofit Forage; Amanda L. Bidwell, University of Washington

10:30 AM

COS 191-8

Investigating earthworm populations in both pristine and post-industrial metalliferous soil habitats
Nicholas Henshue, Rutgers University, Moravian College

10:50 AM

COS 191-9

Distribution of co-invading specialist rhizobium mutualist limits the potential of Medicago polymorpha to invade via large and small scale dispersal events
Zoie C. Lopez, WSU Vancouver

11:10 AM

COS 191-10

A modern soil nitrogen concentration and pool baseline for the conterminous United States
Terry D. Loecke, University of Kansas; Skye Wills, USDA-NRCS; Stephen Roecker, USDSA

COS 191 - Soil