Session: Soil (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

8:00 AM

Investigating the effect of the historical legacies of microbial communities on current ecosystem function across a latitudinal and chemical gradient
Peter J. Hoch, University of Idaho; Michael S. Stickland, University of Idaho

8:20 AM

COS 141-2

Structural and functional dynamics of soil microbes following spruce beetle infestation
Gordon Custer, University of Wyoming; Linda T.A. van Diepen, University of Wyoming; William Stump, University of Wyoming

8:40 AM

COS 141-3

Soil microbial response to Rhododendron maximum removal in Appalachian forests
Ernie Osburn, Virginia Tech; Jennifer D. Knoepp, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory; Katherine J. Elliott, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory; Chelcy Ford Miniat, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory; John E. Barrett, Virginia Polytechnic and State University

9:00 AM

COS 141-4

Locally produced wood biochar alters soil phosphorus dynamics and microbial communities in organically-managed croplands of western WA, USA
Si Gao, University of Montana; Thomas H. DeLuca, University of Montana; Kai Hoffman-Krull, Data Agriculture Nonprofit Forage; Amanda L. Bidwell, University of Washington

9:20 AM Cancelled

COS 141-5

Soil abiotic properties dominated the responses of carbon release to dry-rewetting: A meta-analysis (widthdrawn)
Qing Wang, East China normal university; Xuhui Zhou, East China Normal University

9:40 AM

COS 141-

Break

9:50 AM

COS 141-6

Volatile dining fare: VOCs affect carbon and nitrogen dynamics of soil microbial communities
Steven McBride II, Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Ernie Osburn, Virginia Tech; Michael S Strickland, University of Idaho

10:10 AM

COS 141-7

Drought suppresses nematode predators and promotes root herbivores and microbivores in mesic, but not in arid grasslands
André Franco, Colorado State University; Laureano A. Gherardi, Arizona State University; Cecilia M. de Tomasel, Colorado State University; Walter S. Andriuzzi, Colorado State University; Katharine E. Ankrom, Colorado State University; Osvaldo E. Sala, Arizona State University; Diana Wall, Colorado State University

10:30 AM

COS 141-8

Biogeographically and functionally distinct microbial communities in urban green infrastructure soils: Implications for sustainability
Aman Gill, UC Berkeley; Kai Purnell, Barnard College; Krista L. McGuire, Barnard College, Columbia University

10:50 AM

COS 141-9

Tree species richness and water deficit interact to affect microbial community activity and soil nitrogen pool in temperate plantations
Manuella Strukelj, Université Laval; Emmanuel Corcket, INRA; William Parker, Ontario Forest Research Institute; Nathalie Fromin, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Laurent Augusto, INRA; Hervé Jactel, INRA; Alison D. Munson, Université Laval

11:10 AM

COS 141-10

Multivariate and graphic based assessment of microbial influence in soils: A new approach for separating the wheat from the chaff?
Steven D. Mamet, University of Saskatchewan; Ellen Redlick, University of Saskatchewan; Tanner Dowhy, University of Saskatchewan; Jennifer Bell, University of Saskatchewan; Zelalem Taye, University of Saskatchewan; Melissa Arcand, University of Saskatchewan; Andrew Bissett, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation; Bobbi Helgason, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Eric G. Lamb, University of Saskatchewan; Matthew Links, University of Saskatchewan; Kevin Stanley, University of Saskatchewan; Steven D. Siciliano, University of Saskatchewan

COS 141 - Soil