8:00 AM: Jones, Robert¹, Moore, Sean¹, Neatrour, Matthew¹, Stevens, Glen¹, ¹ Department of Biology, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, Costs of root foraging: An experiment with drought and a comparison with herbivory and environmental stress.

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8:20 AM: Herron, Patrick^*,1, Gage, Dan¹, Cardon, Zoe¹, ¹ University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Patterns of water potential gradients around roots in soil as reported by microbiosensors.

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8:40 AM: Stevens, Glen^*,1, Jones, Robert¹, ¹ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA, Interactions between insect root herbivores and resource heterogeneity influence plant communities.

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9:00 AM: Neatrour, Matthew^{*,1, 2}, Jones, Robert¹, Golladay, Stephen², ¹ Department of Biology, Blacksburg, VA, USA² Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, GA, USA, Relationship between ecosystem nutrient limitation and fine root foraging for soil nutrients in a floodplain forest in southern Georgia, USA.

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9:20 AM: Fischer, Dylan ^{*,1, 2}, Hart, Steve², ¹ Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, USA² School of Forestry, Flagstaff, AZ, USA, Fine Root Growth and Belowground Carbon Allocation along a Genetic Gradient from Low to High Elevation Species.

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9:50 AM: Fisk, Melany^*,1, Sobieraj, Jim¹, Costello, Andria², Fahey, Timothy³, ¹ Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA² Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA³ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, Rhizosphere disturbance influences fungal colonization and subsequent community development on dead fine roots.

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10:10 AM: Frouz, Jan^*,1, Prach, Karel², Pizl, Vaclav¹, Hanel, Ladislav¹, Elhottova, Dana¹, Tajovsky, Karel¹, ¹ Institute of Soil Biology AS CR, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic² Sourh Bohemian University, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, Ecosystem development in various scales: Interaction between vegetation, soil fauna and soil micro-flora during primary succession in post mining sites.

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10:30 AM: Liang, Wenju^*,1, Ou, Wei^{1, 2}, Jiang, Yong^*,1, Li, Qi^{1, 2}, Wen, Dazhong¹, ¹ Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning, China² Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Beijing, China, Distribution and diversity of nematode communities under different land use types in an aquic brown soil.

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