Poster # 89. Alter, S.^*,1, Harte, John^1,2, ¹ Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Berkeley, CA² Energy and Resources Group, Berkeley, CA Investigating the effects of climate change on AM fungal dynamics in a Colorado subalpine meadow.

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Poster # 90. Smith-Longozo, Vickie^*,1, Apple, Martha¹, Cogar, Crystal¹, Wells, Christina², Nowak, Robert¹, ¹ Environmental and Resource Sciences, Reno, Nv² Department of Horticulture, Clemson, SC Mycorrhizal colonization varies with season in shrubs of the Mojave desert.

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Poster # 91. Rillig, Matthias^*,1, Klironomos, John², ¹ University of Montana, Missoula, MT² University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal soil protein glomalin influences hyphal palatability.

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Poster # 92. Williams, Lekesha^*,1, Masís, Alejandro¹, Whitbeck, Julie¹, ¹ University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA Assessing fine root dynamics in a Mississippi Delta bottomland forest: To digitize or to dig?

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Poster # 93. Stevens, Glen^*,1, Jones, Robert¹, Mitchell, Robert², ¹ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA² Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, GA Fine root diameter influences relationship between environmental variables and root lifespan.

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Poster # 94. Uselman, Shauna^*,1, Lilienfein, Juliane¹, Qualls, Robert¹, ¹ University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV Root production along a primary succession chronosequence .

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Poster # 95. Goranson, Carol^*,1, Whitbeck, Julie², ¹ Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO² University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA Root distribution across pasture-forest edges in a tropical dry forest landscape.

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Poster # 96. Bornyasz, Margaret^*,1, Allen, Michael², Graham, Robert¹, ¹ University of California, Riverside, CA² University of California, Riverside, CA Exploration of Quercus agrifolia mycorrhizal hyphae deep within a weathered bedrock matrix.

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Poster # 97. Klugh, Katrina^*,1, Springer, Clint¹, Thomas, Richard¹, Cumming, Jonathan¹, ¹ West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Mycorrhizal species differentially influence biomass and photosynthetic rates of Liriodendron tulipifera L. (tulip poplar) in the presence of aluminum .

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Poster # 98. Bunn, Rebecca¹, McCauley, Ann^*,1, Zabinski, Catherine¹, ¹ Montana State University, Bozeman, MT Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi affect fecundity of Mimulus guttatus when grown across a pH gradient.

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Poster # 99. Peek, Michael^*,1,2, Forseth, Irwin¹, ¹ Department of Biology, College Park, MD² Ecology Center, Logan, UT The spatial scale of soil nitrogen exploitation in an herbaceous perennial.

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Poster # 100. Parrent, Jeri^*,1, Jackson, Jason¹, Moncalvo, Jean-Marc¹, Morris, William¹, Vilgalys, Rytas¹, ¹ Duke University, Durham, NC The influence of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide on community diversity and structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi.

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Poster # 101. Garrett, Laura¹, Griffith, Jennifer¹, Aniskoff, Lara^*,1, Glatt, Batsheva¹, Chern, Daniel¹, Titus, Jonathan¹, ¹ Columbia University's Biosphere 2 Center, Oracle, AZ Vertical distribution of arbuscular mycorrhizae associated with mesquite.

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Poster # 102. Zimmerley, Sara^*,1, Zabinski, Cathy¹, ¹ Montana State University, Bozeman Belowground mechamisms that enhance the success of an invasive forb.

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Poster # 103. Marquardt, Emily^*,1, Kennedy, Linda², Cerminova-Bauml, Lubica¹, Stutz, Jean¹, ¹ Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ² Audubon Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch, Elgin, AZ Arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization and propagule numbers associated with Lehmann lovegrass and native semi-arid grasses.

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