Tuesday, 14 November 2006: 7:50 AM
202: Symposium--Towards a Predictive Understanding of Belowground Ecosystem Responses to Global Change
Sponsor:S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils
Presidings:Lindsey Rustad, USDA Forest Service--NES
Elise Pendall, Univ of Wyoming
Joshua Schimel, EEM Biology
 Introductory Remarks
 Do We Know Enough about Fine Root Dynamics of Woody Plants to Predict their Response to Natural and Anthropogenic Stresses?.
Mark G. Johnson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Paul T. Rygiewicz, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, David T. Tingey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Christian P. Andersen, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Donald L. Phillips, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 Effects of Altered Water Regimes on Forest Root Systems.
J. D. Joslin, Belowground Forest Research
 Root System Responses to Chronic N Additions.
Andrew Burton, Michigan Tech Univ, Schl of Forest Research
 Mycorrhizal Fungi and Their Influence on Soil Dynamics.
Kathleen K. Treseder, Univ of California Irvine, Katie M. Turner, Stanford Univ
 Break
 The Temperature Sensitivity of Decomposition of Soil Organic Matter: Moving Beyond Q10.
Eric A. Davidson, The Woods Hole Research Center
 Microbial Stress-Response Physiology: Influences on Whole-Ecosystem C and N Flows.
Joshua Schimel, EEM Biology
 Soil Microbial Response to Elevated CO2.
Adrien C. Finzi, Boston Univ
 Effects of Increased Nitrogen Inputs on Soil Microbes: Implications for Decomposition and N Cycling.
Matthew D. Wallenstein, Colorado State Univ
 Discussion
 Lunch Break
 Microbial Determinants of Soil Carbon Response to Climate Warming.
Teri C. Balser, Univ of Wisconsin
 What to Expect with Global Warming.
William Schlesinger, Duke Univ, Box 90329
 Break
 Introduction
 Assessing Root Turnover with Isotopic Measurements.
Erik A. Hobbie, Complex Systems Research Center
 New Approaches for Capturing Soluble Root Exudates: Effects of Elevated CO2, N and Mycorrhizal Species on Rates and Composition.
Richard Phillips, Duke Univ
 Live Reports from the Soil Grain -- the Promise and Challenge of Microbiosensors.
Zoe Cardon, Univ of Connecticut, Patrick Herron, Univ of Connecticut, Catalina Arango Pinedo, Univ of Connecticut, Zane Haider, Univ of Connecticut, Daniel Gage, Univ of Connecticut
 Soil Moisture Alters Rhizosphere Effects on Soil C Decomposition in Two Different Soil Types.
Feike Dijkstra, Environmental Studies, Weixin Cheng, Environmental Studies
 Adjourn to Poster Session

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