8:00 AM

Parker, Sophie*,1, Schimel, Joshua1, 1 University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, Seasonal trends in N cycling in a California grassland.

FULL ABSTRACT

8:40 AM

Yu, Mei*,1, Gao, Qiong2, Zhang, Xinshi1, 2, 1 Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China2 Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P.R. China, An ecohydrological analysis for optimal use of redistributed water in sandy grasslands.

FULL ABSTRACT

9:00 AM

Brandel, Bryan*,1, Wessman, Carol1, 1 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, Patterns of soil organic carbon and aboveground biomass carbon across a grassland-shrubland transition undergoing woody plant encroachment.

FULL ABSTRACT

9:20 AM

Jonas, Jayne*,1, Wilson, Gail1, Todd, Tim1, Joern, Anthony1, 1 Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Preference for mycorrhizal vs. saprophytic fungi by Collembola in grassland soils.

FULL ABSTRACT

9:40 AM

, Break.

9:50 AM

Dalgleish, Harmony*,1, Hartnett, David1, 1 Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Belowground bud banks as regulators of grassland dynamics.

FULL ABSTRACT

10:10 AM

Solomeshch, Ayzik*,1, Barbour, Michael1, 1 University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA, Defining targets for ecological restoration in California Central Valley.

FULL ABSTRACT

10:30 AM

Steinweg, Jessica*,1, Haddix, Michelle1, Conant, Richard1, Paul, Eldor1, Greenwood, Rebecca1, Carlson, Jenny1, 1 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter: results from two experiments.

FULL ABSTRACT

11:10 AM

Raich, James*,1, Mora, Germán1, 1 Iowa State University, Ames, IA, Anabolic and catabolic contributions to soil carbon dioxide fluxes in central Iowa grasslands.

FULL ABSTRACT