Oral Session #12: Roots.

Presiding: J.L. Lansing, San Diego State University.
Sunday, August 6, 2000
1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Superior Room - Cliff Lodge

1:30 PM	The response of fine roots to nutrient additions in disturbed black spruce ecosystems. SMITH, C.K. and A.D. MUNSON, M.R. COYEA
1:45 PM	How long do roots live? A 13C tracer technique for assessing fine root longevity in a North Carolina pine forest. MATAMALA, R. and M.A. GONZALEZ-MELER, W.H. SCHLESINGER
2:00 PM	The impacts of soil moisture and temperature on longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) fine root dynamics. STEVENS, G.N. and R.H. JONES, R.J. MITCHELL, S.L. HURST, S.D. PECOT
2:15 PM	Fine-root production, turnover and soil CO2 efflux in pine and poplar plantations. COLEMAN, M.D. and R.E. DICKSON, J.G. ISEBRANDS
2:30 PM	Root decomposition and nutrient budgets in roots from an oak-hickory forest in southern Ohio: Influence of landscape position and fire regime. DRESS, W.J. and R.E.J. BOERNER
2:45 PM	Fine root dynamics of a developing forest in response to nitrogen. BENO, C.C. and M.D. COLEMAN, A.L. FRIEND
3:00 PM	Break
3:15 PM	Insecticide treatment increases fine root longevity in peach (Prunus persica). WELLS, C. and D. EISSENSTAT, D.M. GLENN
3:30 PM	Age dependent respiration of fine apple roots. VOLDER, A. and D.M. EISSENSTAT
3:45 PM	The responses of fine roots on patches of water and nitrogen in two dominant Mojave Desert shrubs. OBRIST, D. and J.A. ARNONE
4:00 PM	Global patterns of root turnover evaluated for vegetation, climatic, and physiological variables. GILL, R.A. and J. LORETI, R.B. JACKSON
4:15 PM	Beyond Weaver: The relationship between the structure of root systems and resource utilization CRAINE, J.M. and D.A. WEDIN, F.S. CHAPINIII, P.B. REICH,