1:30 PM

Hoekman, David*,1, Belovsky, Gary1, 1 University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, The influence of a processing detritivore on top-down and bottom-up effects in a detritus-based community.

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1:50 PM

Newman, Gregory1, Chapman, Samantha2, 1 Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ2 Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, Microbial community composition in single and mixed species litter decomposition.

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2:10 PM

McGuire, Krista*,1, Zak, Donald1, 1 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Ectomycorrhizal fungi suppress saprotrophs in a tropical monodominant rain forest.

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2:30 PM

Meier, Courtney1, Bowman, Willliam1, 1 Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Boulder, CO, Phenolics, soil microbes, and plant growth: the importance of both low molecular weight and tannin phenolics.

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2:50 PM

Amatangelo, Kathryn*,1, Raab, Ted1, Vitousek, Peter1, 1 Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Fern stoichiometry and decomposition in Hawaii.

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3:10 PM

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3:40 PM

Raab, Ted*,1, Amatangelo, Kathryn1, Vitousek, Peter1, 1 Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, Cell wall chemical diversity among ferns and angiosperms.

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4:00 PM

Manning, Peter*,1, Saunders, Mark 1, Bardgett, Richard 2, Bonkowski, Michael3, Bradford, Mark4, Ellis, Richard1, Kandeler, Ellen5, Dagmar Tscherko, Sven Marhan and5, 1 NERC Centre for Population Biology, Ascot, Berkshire, UK2 Institute of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Lancaster, Lancashire, UK3 Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany4 Institute of Ecology, Athens, Georgia, USA5 Institute of Soil Science, Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, Resource input histories alter future decomposition rates.

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