8:00 AM

Hassett, John*,1, Zak, Donald1, Pregitzer, Kurt2, 1 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI2 Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, Chronic NO3- deposition reduces basidiomycete laccase gene abundance in northern hardwood forests.

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8:20 AM

Schaafsma, Hoski*,1, Briggs, John1, Johnson, Katie1, 1 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, Soils matter! Ecological legacies on centuries old agricultural terraces in the Sonoran Desert created by permanently altered soils.

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8:40 AM

Nijjer, Somereet1, Rogers, William 1, 2, Siemann, Evan1, 1 Rice University, Houston, TX2 Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Soil feedbacks influence an invasive species in a temperate forest community.

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9:00 AM

Pavao-Zuckerman, Mitchell*,1, Huxman, Travis1, Pierce, Nathan1, Cable, Jessica1, Scott, Russell2, Williams, David3, Eilts, Alex1, 1 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ2 USDA, ARS, Tucson, AZ3 University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, Abiotic and biotic controls on soil organism activity in semi-arid ecosystems.

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9:20 AM

Li, Qinglin1, Henderson, Rachel1, Chen, Jiquan1, Jensen, Randy2, 1 The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA2 The Missouri Department of Conservation, Ellington, MO, USA, Soil respiration response to timber harvesting over three years in Ozark forest ecosystems.

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9:40 AM

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9:50 AM

Chong, Geneva*,1, Carpenter, Donald2, Belnap, Jayne3, 1 US Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mt. Science Center, Bozeman, MT2 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO3 US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ, Non-visible biological soil crusts: ecosystem upstarts - at least when it rains.

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10:10 AM

Blankinship, Joseph*,1, Hungate, Bruce1, 2, 1 Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA2 Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research, Flagstaff, AZ, USA, Ecosystem-specific responses to interactive changes in temperature and precipitation: soil CH4 consumption and N2O production in four ecosystems after three years of treatments.

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10:30 AM

Ayres, Edward*,1, Wall, Diana1, Garey, James2, Li, Grace1, Bardgett, Richard3, 1 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO2 University of South Florida, Tampa, FL3 Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK, Global patterns of soil nematode diversity and ecosystem properties.

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10:50 AM

Stevens, Glen*,1, Arimoto, Hanayo1, Lewis, Ed1, 1 University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, Linking infection decisions in entomopathogenic nematodes to life history characteristics.

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11:10 AM

Field, Jason*,1, Breshears, David1, Zou, Chris1, Whicker, Jeffery2, 1 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ2 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, Resource redistribution by wind and water erosion in semiarid grasslands.

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