1:30 PM

Navon, Yael*,1, Sternberg, Marcelo1, 1 Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Plant litter decomposition under climate change: an experimental approach along an aridity gradient.

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1:50 PM

Brandt, Leslie*,1, King, Jennifer1, Milchunas, Daniel2, 1 University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN2 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Photodegradation increases litter decomposition more under dry than wet conditions in shortgrass steppe.

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2:10 PM

Kominoski, John*,1, Pringle, Catherine1, Ball, Becky1, Bradford, Mark1, Coleman, David1, Hall, Dan1, Hunter, Mark1, 1 University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, Positive non-additive effects of species richness and composition on ecosystem function.

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2:50 PM

Chapman, Samantha*,1, Newman, Greg2, Koch, George2, 1 Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD2 Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, What type of diversity yields synergy during mixed litter decomposition in a natural forest ecosystem?

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3:10 PM

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3:20 PM

Hofmockel, Kirsten*,1, Blackwood, Christopher1, Zak, Donald 1, 1 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Abundance and activity of lignolytic soil fungi along a gradient of plant litter chemistry.

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3:40 PM

Austin, Amy*,1, Vivanco, Lucia1, Gonzalez-Polo, Marina, 1 University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Litter decomposition and nutrient release in the Patagonian steppe: carbon and nitrogen mineralization decoupled?

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4:00 PM

Swan, Christopher*,1, Van-Tull, Lie'Ann1, Dively, Galen2, Lamp, William2, 1 University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD2 University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, Consumer-resource dynamics can regulate decomposition of transgenic corn residues in agriculture streams.

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