8:00 AM: Cross, Alison^*,1, Perakis, Steven^{1, 2}, ¹ Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR² USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis, OR, Local and regional tree species-soils relationships in old-growth forersts of Oregon Coast Range.

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8:20 AM: Porder, Stephen ^*,1, Asner, Gregory ², Vitousek, Peter¹, ¹ Dept. of Biological Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA² Dept. of Global Ecology, Stanford, CA, USA, Top down and bottom up determination of nutrient availability across a tropical landscape in Kaua'i, Hawai'i.

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8:40 AM: Withington, Jennifer^*,1, Reich, Peter², Oleksyn, Jacek^{2, 3}, Eissenstat, David¹, ¹ The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA² The University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN³ Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Dendrology, Kornik, Poland, Estimating fine root lifespan using minirhizotrons.

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9:00 AM: Peterson, Adam^*,1, Bohlen, Patrick¹, Gathumbi, Stanley¹, Priante, Pedro¹, ¹ Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, FL, Plant growth form alters the formation, turnover, and nutrient dynamics of fire ant mounds in subtropical grasslands.

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9:20 AM: Lalonde, Rachelle^*,1, Prescott, Cindy¹, ¹ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Partitioning heterotrophic and rhizospheric soil respiration in a mature Dougals-fir forest.

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9:50 AM: Zimpfer, Jeff^*,1, Wagner, Diane², Newingham, Beth³, Smith, Stanley³, ¹ University of Hawai'i Sea Grant College Program, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA² University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA³ University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Landscape level effects of increased nitrogen deposition, summer precipitation and soil disturbance on surficial nitrogen and phosphorous dynamics.

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10:10 AM: Fierer, Noah^*,1, Bradford, Mark², Jackson, Robert¹, Colman, Ben³, Schimel, Joshua³, ¹ Duke University, Durham, NC² University of Georgia, Athens, GA³ University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, Bacterial functional groups and soil carbon cycling.

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10:30 AM: Maul, Jude^*,1, Drinkwater, Laurie¹, ¹ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Plant-fungal interactions via Glomalin: A fungal protein that affects soil ecosystem cycling of C, N, P & S.

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