{"id":346,"date":"2020-02-18T16:05:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T16:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/soilecology\/?page_id=346"},"modified":"2020-07-24T15:46:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T15:46:40","slug":"soil-ecology-esa-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/soilecology\/soil-ecology-esa-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Soil Ecology @ ESA 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Soil is important to Ecology<\/b><\/p>\n

ESA 2020<\/b><\/p>\n

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Symposia<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Earth\u2019s peatland mycobiome: Biogeography and key predictors of fungal community structure.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jamie Lamit<\/i><\/b>, Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, Nathan Basiliko, Biology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada, Chris W. Schadt, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, Susannah G. Tringe, Joint Genome Institute, Department of Energy, Walnut Creek, CA, Mark P. Waldrop, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, Evan S. Kane, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI and Erik A. Lilleskov, Climate, Fire and Carbon Cycle Sciences, US Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Houghton, MI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Forest mycobiome composition has large effects on tree growth and carbon sequestration rates<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Colin Averill<\/i><\/b>, Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, ETH Z\u00fcrich, Z\u00fcrich, MA, Switzerland, Mark A. Anthony, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, Leho Tedersoo, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Johan van den Hoogen, Environmental Systems Science, ETH Z\u00fcrich, Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland and Tom Crowther, ETH, Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Organized Oral Sessions<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Fungal functional ecology: How functional traits shift across ecological strategies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Amy Zanne<\/i><\/b>, Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Modelling microbial trait evolution to predict soil carbon-climate feedbacks at local and global scales<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Elsa Abs<\/i><\/b>, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Fungal adaptation to simulated nitrogen deposition and implications for carbon cycling.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Adriana L. Romero-Olivares<\/i><\/b>, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, Anne Pringle, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA and Serita D. Frey, Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Evaluating soil and ecosystem carbon dynamics at the continental scale by leveraging data available from the National Ecological Observatory Network<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Debjani Sihi<\/i><\/b>, Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Biological soil crusts as a key control on aridland nitrogen cycling<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Nichole N. Barger<\/i><\/b>, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO and Bettina Weber, Institute for Biology, University of Graz, Austria<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Plant, soil, and biocrust processes controlling nitrogen movement in dryland soils<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Eva Stricker<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Catherine Cort<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Kristina E. Young<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Jennifer A. Rudgers<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Jayne Belnap<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Laura Green<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Robert Sinsabaugh<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, (2)Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, (3)Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, (4)Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Moab, UT, (5)Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Nitrous oxide emissions during drought and rewetting are dominated by denitrifying pathways<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Eliza Harris<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Eugenio Diaz-Pines<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Elena Stoll<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Michael Schloter<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Stefanie Schulz<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Clara Duffner<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Kexue Li<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Katie L Moore<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Johannes Ingrisch<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, David Reinthaler<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Stephan Glatzel<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Nicolas Br\u00fcggemann<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i> and Michael Bahn<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, (2)BOKU, Vienna, Austria, (3)Helmholtz Zentrum M\u00fcnchen, Munich, Germany, (4)University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, (5)University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, (6)Forschungszentrum J\u00fclich, J\u00fclich, Germany<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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How rapidly do nitrogen processes adjust to global change in drylands?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Yiqi Luo<\/i><\/b>, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ and Shuli Niu, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Growing season drought, but not microbial inocula, impact soil microbial communities and plant growth in corn and soybean fields<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jennifer M. Jones<\/i><\/b>, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI, Kevin Kahmark, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station Long-Term Ecological Research, Michigan State University and Sarah E. Evans, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Rainfall timing legacy affects soil microbial population, community and functional responses to drying-rewetting<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lydia H. Zeglin<\/i><\/b>, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS and Allison Veach, Department of Environmental Science and Ecology, University of Texas San Antonio, San Antonio, TX<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Modeling soil microbiome responses to drought<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Steven D. Allison<\/i><\/b>, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA and Bin Wang, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Disentangling the consequences of warming on peat moss associated N<\/span>2<\/span> fixation using microbiome transfers and synthetic communities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

David J. Weston<\/i><\/b>, Biosciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, Alyssa Carrell, Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, Travice Lawrence, Biosciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN and Dale A. Pelletier, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Forest type, leaf litter and moss species controls on moss-associated microbiome and nitrogen fixation rates in western and eastern North American boreal forests<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

M\u00e9lanie Jean<\/i><\/b>, Forestry, Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec en Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, QC, Canada, Jill F. Johnstone, Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, Michelle C. Mack, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, Hannah Holland Moritz, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, Yves Bergeron, Forest Research Institute, University of Quebec in Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, QC, Canada, Marie-Charlotte Nilsson, Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish Univeristy of Agricultural Sciences, Umea, Sweden and Nicole Fenton, Forest research institute, Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec en Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, QC, Canada<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Plant phenological and soil physicochemical effects on nitrogen fixation in switchgrass<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sarah S. Roley<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Carmella Vizza<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Daniel H. Buckley<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Sean J. Murphy<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and G. Philip Robertson<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)School of the Environment, Washington State University, Richland, WA, (2)School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, (3)W. K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The effects of rainfall frequency on associative nitrogen fixation (ANF) in switchgrass<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Carmella Vizza<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Daniel H. Buckley<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Sean J. Murphy<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, G. Philip Robertson<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Sarah S. Roley<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)School of the Environment, Washington State University, Richland, WA, (2)School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, (3)W. K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Temperature regulates continental-scale community assembly processes in forest soils<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Daliang Ning, Institute for Environmental Genomics and Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK and <\/span><\/i>Jizhong Zhou<\/i><\/b>, Institute for Environmental Genomics, Consolidated Core Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, and School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Multi-omic insights into soil microbiome functional capacity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kirsten S. Hofmockel<\/i><\/b>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Dan Naylor<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Janet K. Jansson<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Ryan Mcclure<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, (2)Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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High carbon losses from oxygen-limited soils challenge biogeochemical models: A role for microbial acclimation?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Steven J. Hall<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Wenjuan Huang<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Kefeng Wang<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Stephanie Napieralski<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Eric Roden<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Gangsheng Wang<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, (1)Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, (2)Ecology, Evolution, & Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, (3)Northwest University, Xi\u2019an, China, (4)University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, (5)University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Detection of stress functional responses in bacterial populations under dry soil conditions show potential microbial mechanisms to resist drought conditions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Soumyadev Sarkar<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Kaitlyn Ward<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Qinghong Ran<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Janet K. Jansson<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and <\/span><\/i>Sonny Lee<\/i><\/b>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, (2)Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, (3)Kansas State University, KS<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Fine-roots and fungal friends: How various trait combinations make up diverse belowground strategies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Monique Weemstra<\/i><\/b>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Natasa Kiorapostolou<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Jasper van Ruijven<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Liesje Mommer<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Jorad de Vries<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i> and Frank J. Sterck<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, (1)CNRS \u2013 Centre d\u2019Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Montpellier, France, (2)Forest Ecology and Forest Management, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands, (3)Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands, (4)Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands, (5)Centre for Crop System Analysis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands, (6)Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Trade-offs among functional traits aid predictions for mycorrhizal fungal dispersal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Bala Chaudhary<\/i><\/b>, Department of Environmental Science and Studies, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, Carlos Aguilar-Trigueros, Freie Universit\u00e4t, Berlin, Germany and Matthias C. Rillig, Plant Ecology, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Ectomycorrhizal networks at the temperate-boreal ecotone: Do fungal traits govern structure and response to climate change?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Christopher W. Fernandez<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Louis Mielke<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Artur Stefanski<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Sarah E. Hobbie<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Rebecca A. Montgomery<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Peter B. Reich<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Peter G. Kennedy<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, (1)Plant & Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, (2)Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, (3)Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, (4)Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, (5)Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Taking fine-root and fungal traits beyond the mycorrhizal frontier \u2013 Mycorrhizae, saprotrophs, endophytes, and pathogens<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Brian J. Pickles<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Monika A Gorzelak<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Lisa O\u2019Donnell<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Sarah Duddigan<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Cristina M. Campbell<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Laurel L. Moulton<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Charles R. Hauser<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, (1)University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom, (2)Lethbridge RDC, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, Canada, (3)Balcones Canyonlands Preserve, City of Austin, Austin, TX, (4)Biological Sciences, St Edward\u2019s University, Austin, TX<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Harnessing the ecological data revolution to develop a more holistic view of belowground ecosystem function<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Colleen M. Iversen<\/i><\/b>, Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Environment shapes mycorrhizal phenotypes and community structure<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nancy Collins Johnson<\/i><\/b>, School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Tradeoffs between attracting mutualists and repelling parasites in the plant root microbiome<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Corlett Wood<\/i><\/b>, University of Pittsburgh<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Alfalfa in the middle: Microbial symbionts and herbivore defense<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Anson C Call<\/i><\/b>, Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV and Elizabeth G. Pringle, Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Species differences in fine-root production phenology: Implications and model relevance<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Luke McCormack<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Marvin Lo<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Newton Tran<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Colleen M. Iversen<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Dan M. Ricciuto<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Dan Lu<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, (1)Center for Tree Science, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, (2)Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (3)Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (4)Computational Sciences and Engineering Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Functional phenomics and genetics of the crop root economics spectrum<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Larry M. York<\/i><\/b>, Haichao Guo and Xue-feng Ma, Noble Research Institute, Ardmore, OK<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Exploring relationships of foraging strategies between roots and mycorrhizas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Deliang Kong<\/i><\/b>, College of Forestry, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China; College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Evaluating the impact of native soil microbiomes on root traits and plant performance in a perennial grass using a quantitative genetics approach<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Albina Khasanova<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Joseph Edwards<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Jason Bonnette<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Thomas Juenger<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, (2)Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Root traits mediate changes in root biomass with soil acidification in an alpine meadow<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Peng Wang<\/i><\/b>, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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A lost dimension: The ecology of deep roots<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mingzhen Lu<\/i><\/b>, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton Univiersity, Princeton, NJ, Sili Wang, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University, New York, Dali Guo, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and Lars O. Hedin, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Idiosyncratic adaptations in root functional traits of hyper-diverse tree lineages in tropical forests<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Oscar J. Valverde-Barrantes<\/i><\/b>, International Center of Tropical Biodiversity, Florida International University, Miami, FL, Louise Authier, UMR EcoFoG, University of Montpelier, Korou, French Guiana, Heidy Schimann, INRA-UMR ECOFOG, Kourou, French Guiana, Jason Vleminckx, UMR EcoFoG, CNRS, French Guiana and Christopher Baraloto, INRA, UMR EcoFOG, Kourou, FL, French Guiana<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Root dynamics response to warming and hurricane disturbance in a tropical forest of Puerto Rico<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Daniela Yaffar<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Richard J. Norby<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Tana E. Wood<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Sasha C. Reed<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (2)International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service, Rio Piedras, PR, (3)Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Moab, UT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Can phosphorus acquisition strategies offer a pathway for tropical forest resilience to global changes?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kelly M. Andersen<\/i><\/b>, Ming Yang Lee and Marcus Lim, Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Techological University, Singapore, Singapore<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Intraspecific variation of root traits under drought and competition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Magda Garbowski<\/i><\/b>, Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Danielle B. Johnston, Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife, Grand Junction, CO and Cynthia S. Brown, Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Mangrove root production responses to reforestation in south Vietnam<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Marie Arnaud<\/i><\/b>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Paul J. Morris<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Andrew J. Baird<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Thuong Huyen Dang<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Tai Tue Nguyen<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, (1)University of Leeds, (2)University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, (3)Ho Ch\u00ed Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), (4)Vietnam National University University of Science<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Relationship among maximum rooting depth, leaf phenology, and drought resistance in tropical dry forest lianas and trees<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Chris M. Smith-Martin<\/i><\/b>, Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, Xiangtao Xu, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Boston, MA, David Medvigy, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN and Jennifer S. Powers, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Inspire<\/b><\/h2>\n

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INS 20 \u2013 Harnessing the Soil Ecological Data Revolution: Challenges, Opportunities, and a United Way Forward<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

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Meet in the middle: Losing the \u2018um\u2019 from the continuum of root traits to soil organic matter pools<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Colleen M. Iversen<\/i><\/b>, Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, Dan M. Ricciuto, Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, Dan Lu, Computational Sciences and Engineering Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN and Avni Malhotra, Institute for the Environment, Stanford, Stanford, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Biogeography of soil invertebrates at the global scale<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Erin K. Cameron<\/i><\/b>, Environmental Science, Saint Mary\u2019s University, Halifax, NS, Canada, Helen R.P. Phillips, iDiv \u2013 German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Germany, In\u00eas S. Martins, University of York, United Kingdom, Carlos A. Guerra, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany and Nico Eisenhauer, Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Microbes matter: Integrating microbial sequence information for global biodiversity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kelly S Ramirez<\/i><\/b>, Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Global modeling of soil communities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Stephanie N. Kivlin<\/i><\/b>, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil fungal trait ecology: Lessons learned from plants<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Amy Zanne<\/i><\/b>, Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Integrating large scale soil respiration and other datasets to advance global soil ecology<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ben Bond-Lamberty<\/i><\/b>, JGCRI, PNNL, MD<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The importance of prediction in (soil) ecology<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Colin Averill<\/i><\/b>, Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, MA, Switzerland, Zoey R. Werbin, Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA, Michael C. Dietze, Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA and Jennifer M. Bhatnagar, Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Integrating soil ecology into terrestrial carbon cycle models: Why, how, and should we do it?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Benjamin N. Sulman<\/i><\/b>, Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Pairing large, standardized datasets with targeted experiments for new soil insights<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Samantha R. Weintraub<\/i><\/b>, National Ecological Observatory Network, Battelle<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Workshop<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Soil, food and healthy communities: Farmer-led research in Malawi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Rachel Bezner Kerr<\/i><\/b>, Development Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Contributed Talks<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Coupling rice with fish can maintain yield and soil fertility with low fertilizer input<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Zijun Ji<\/i><\/b>, Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Breeders can improve host-plant mycorrhizal responsiveness to optimize productivity and reduce negative environmental impacts<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Adam B. Cobb<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, R. Michael Miller<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Yanqi Q. Wu<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Kaitlin B. Haase<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Gail W.T. Wilson<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, (2)Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, (3)Plant and Soil, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, (4)Environmental Sciences & Policy, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Correcting for spatial sampling bias in biological records data and modeling millipede distributions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Willson Gaul<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Dinara Sadykova<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Niall Keogh<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Hannah J. White<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Lupe Le\u00f3n-S\u00e1nchez<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Paul Caplat<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Mark C. Emmerson<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Tom\u00e1s E. Murray<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Jon M. Yearsley<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, (2)School of Biological Sciences, Queen\u2019s University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom, (3)Marine and Freshwater Research Centre, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland, (4)National Biodiversity Data Centre, Waterford, Ireland<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Historical forest disturbance mediates soil microbial response to drought in Appalachian ecosystems<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ernest D. Osburn<\/i><\/b>, Julia Simpson and J. E. Barrett, Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Interactive effects of woody plant expansion and prescribed fire on ecosystem C, N, and P cycling in the Northern Great Plains<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Justin Gay<\/i><\/b>, Bryce Currey and Jack Brookshire, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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A comparison of soil respiration at two wind disturbed forests in the southeastern USA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Callie A. Oldfield<\/i><\/b>, Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA and Chris J. Peterson, Dept. of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Microbial enzyme activity and potential drivers of activity in seasonal subalpine snowpack in the Snowy Range, WY, USA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Abigail S Hoffman<\/i><\/b>, Program in Ecology, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, Linda T.A. van Diepen, Program in Ecology and Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and David G. Williams, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Nitrogen, water, and temperature effects on belowground biomass and carbon cycling<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Eva Stricker<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Ren\u00e9e F. Brown<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Gregory E. Maurer<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Alesia J. Hallmark<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Scott L. Collins<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Jennifer A. Rudgers<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, (2)Jornada Basin LTER, New Mexico State University, Albuquerque, NM, (3)Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, (4)Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Effect of nitrogen fertilization on early- and late-stage litter decomposition: A meta-analysis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Allison L. Gill<\/i><\/b>, Biology, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, Jonathan Schilling, Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN and Sarah E. Hobbie, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Incorporation of foliar microbial communities alters the directionality of plant-soil feedback<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Noah Luecke<\/i><\/b>, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston and Kerri M. Crawford, Bio, University of Houston, Houston, TX<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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City-wide characterization of atmospheric microbial communities in subway and outdoor airs and the relationship to land use in Philadelphia, PA, USA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Justin Stewart<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Peleg Kremer<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Kabindra Shakya<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Meghan Conway<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)GEV, Villanova University, PHILADELPHIA, PA, (2)Geography and the Enviroment, Villanova University, PHILADELPHIA, PA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Do complex trophic cascades determine tree-grass ratios in an African savanna ecosystem?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jason E Donaldson<\/i><\/b>, Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, T. Michael Anderson, Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC and Ricardo M. Holdo, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Temporal, functional, and spatial complementarity in mammal-fungal spore networks enhances mycorrhizal dispersal following clear-cuts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ryan B. Stephens<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Rebecca J. Rowe<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Serita D. Frey<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, (2)Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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From ocean to desert via fog: Microbial movement, colonization, and activity in the Namib Desert, Namibia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sarah E. Evans<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Robert Logan<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Kathryn M. Jacobson<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Fitsum Getahun<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, M Elias Dueker<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Kathleen C. Weathers<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, (1)W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI, (2)Department of Biology, Grinnell College, IA, (3)Grinnell College, (4)Environmental and Urban Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, (5)Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Impact of <\/span>Phytophthora agathidicida<\/span><\/i> infection on canopy water yields and nutrient fluxes in a kauri dominated forest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Luitgard Schwendenmann<\/i><\/b>, School of Environment, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand and Beate Michalzik, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Biocrusts are the most influential soil surface stabilizing force in drylands<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Matthew A. Bowker<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Bala Chaudhary<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Anita J. Antoninka<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Kristina E. Young<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Scott Ferrenberg<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Colin Tucker<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Fernando T. Maestre<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, Emilio Rodriguez-Caballero<\/span><\/i>7<\/span><\/i>, Nichole N. Barger<\/span><\/i>8<\/span><\/i>, Jayne Belnap<\/span><\/i>9<\/span><\/i>, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, David J. Eldridge<\/span><\/i>10<\/span><\/i>, Akasha Faist<\/span><\/i>11<\/span><\/i>, Caroline A. Havrilla<\/span><\/i>12<\/span><\/i>, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald<\/span><\/i>13<\/span><\/i>, Oumarou Malam Issa<\/span><\/i>14<\/span><\/i>, Sasha C. Reed<\/span><\/i>9<\/span><\/i>, Bettina Weber<\/span><\/i>15<\/span><\/i>, Yunge Zhao<\/span><\/i>16<\/span><\/i>, Yuanming Zhang<\/span><\/i>17<\/span><\/i>, Xiaobing Zhou<\/span><\/i>17<\/span><\/i>, Michael C. Duniway<\/span><\/i>9<\/span><\/i>, Mark E. Miller<\/span><\/i>18<\/span><\/i>, Matthew Van Skoyoc<\/span><\/i>19<\/span><\/i>, Juan Jos\u00e9 Gait\u00e1n<\/span><\/i>20<\/span><\/i>, Gabrial Oliva<\/span><\/i>21<\/span><\/i>, Virginia Massara<\/span><\/i>22<\/span><\/i> and German Cariac<\/span><\/i>23<\/span><\/i>, (1)School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, (2)Department of Environmental Science and Studies, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, (3)Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, (4)Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, (5)Northern Research Station, US Forest Service, Houghton, MI, (6)Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Studies \u201cRamon Margalef\u201d, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain, (7)Departamento de Agronom\u00eda, Universidad de Almer\u00eda, Almer\u00eda, Spain, (8)Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, (9)Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Moab, UT, (10)Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological,<\/span><\/i>Earth, and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia, (11)Department Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, (12)Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, (13)Divisi\u00f3n de Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto Potosino de Investigaci\u00f3n Cient\u00edfica y Tecnol\u00f3gica (IPICYT), Mexico, (14)Institut de Recherche pour le D\u00e9veloppement, France, (15)Institute for Biology, University of Graz, Austria, (16)State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China, (17)Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, China, (18)Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, National Park Service, AK, (19)Southeast Utah Group, National Park Service, Moab, UT, (20)Instituto de Suelos, INTA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (21)Estaci\u00f3n Experimental Santa Cruz, INTA, R\u00edo Gallegos, Argentina, (22)Estaci\u00f3n Experimental Chubut, INTA, Trelew, Argentina, (23)Estaci\u00f3n Experimental Valle Inferior, INTA, Viedma, Argentina<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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A microbial feedback between nitrogen mineralization and soil organic matter biochemistry<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

William A. Argiroff<\/i><\/b>, Rima A. Upchurch and Donald R. Zak, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Understanding a 5-year shift in the composition of Adirondack hardwood seedling communities: The role of soil nutrients and climate<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Michael R. Zarfos<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Martin Dovciak<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Gregory B. Lawrence<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Todd C. McDonnell<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Timothy J. Sullivan<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, (2)New York Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Troy, NY, (3)E&S Environmental Chemistry, Inc, Corvallis, OR<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Large influence of soil moisture on microbial and carbon-nitrogen cycling<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Gangsheng Wang<\/i><\/b>, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Satellite-observed patterns of plant water refilling and growth response following pulses of soil moisture availability<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Andrew F. Feldman<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Daniel J. Short Gianotti<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Alexandra G. Konings<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Apisada Chulakadabba<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Pierre Gentine<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Dara Entekhabi<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, (2)Stanford University, (3)Harvard University, (4)Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, (5)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute for Technology, Cambridge, MA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Above-belowground multitrophic community dynamics in response to changing environments<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Munoz Gabriel<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Isaac M.K. Eckert<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Tonia DeBellis<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Martin Nu\u00f1ez<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Jean-Philippe Lessard<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Faculty of Arts and Science, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, (2)Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, (3)Grupo de Ecolog\u00eda de Invasiones, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Argentina<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Robinia pseudoacacia seedlings and saplings invest more in thorns when they have more nitrogen<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Duncan N. L. Menge<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Sian Kou-Giesbrecht<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Palani R. Akana<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Kathleen C. Pereira<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Amelia A. Wolf<\/span><\/i>1,2,3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, (2)Plant Sciences, UC-Davis, Davis, CA, (3)Integrative Biology, UT-Austin, Austin, TX<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Microbial produced soil organic matter is influenced by soil physiochemical properties<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Sheryl L. Bell<\/i><\/b>, Christopher P. Kasanke and Kirsten S. Hofmockel, Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Depth and microtopography influence microbial biogeochemical processes in peatlands<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Ashley D. Keiser<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Christina Davis<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Montana Smith<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Sheryl L. Bell<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Erik A. Hobbie<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i> and Kirsten S. Hofmockel<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, (1)Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, (2)Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, FL, (3)EMSL, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, (4)Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, (5)Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Distinct carbon fractions drive a widely applicable two pool model of fungal necromass decomposition<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Craig R. See<\/i><\/b>, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN, Christopher W. Fernandez, Plant & Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, Anna Conley, Carleton College, Katherine A. Heckman, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Livermoe, CA, Lang C Delancey, Ecology Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Falcon Heights, MN, Peter G. Kennedy, Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN and Sarah E. Hobbie, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Is the soil seed bank a reliable source for passive restoration of bush cleared semi-arid rangelands of South Africa?<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Mthunzi Mndela<\/i><\/b>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Casper I. Madakadze<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Florence Nherera-Chokuda<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Sikhalazo Dube<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, (1)Plant and soil sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, (2)Rangelands and Forage, Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa, (3)Animal nutrition, National Emegent Meat Producers Organisation (NERPO) of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, (4)Rangelands, International Livestock Research Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil microbial community response to cover crop mixtures, termination methods, and climate in the Northern Great Plains<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Tindall Ouverson<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Mary Ellyn DuPre<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Suzanne L. Ishaq<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Maryse Bourgault<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Darrin Boss<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Fabian Menalled<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Tim Seipel<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, (2)School of Food and Agriculture, University of Maine, Orono, ME, (3)Northern Agricultural Research Center, Montana State University, Havre, MT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Nitrogen fixation of soil biocrusts in Florida citrus and grape<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Kira Sorochkina<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Patrick W. Inglett<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Sarah L. Strauss<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Soil and Water Sciences, University of Florida, Immokalee, FL, (2)Soil and Water Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Community assembly of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on agroecosystems<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Aidee Guzman<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Grace Pratt<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Timothy M. Bowles<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Claire Kremen<\/span><\/i>1,2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, (2)Institute of Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil from diversified cereal cropping systems alter constitutive and herbivore-induced volatile emissions by wheat<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Shealyn C. Malone<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, David Weaver<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Fabian Menalled<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Tim Seipel<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Amy Trowbridge<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, (2)Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, (3)Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The novel use of remote sensing to model belowground microbial and nutrient dynamics in a semi-arid shrub encroached system<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Martha Farella<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, David Breshears<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Willem J.D. van Leeuwen<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Jessica Mitchell<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Rachel E. Gallery<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)School of Natural Resources and the Environment, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, (2)School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, (3)School of Natural Resources and the Environment; School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona, (4)Montana Natural Heritage Program, University of Montana, Missoula, MT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Unraveling the mechanisms of below- and aboveground liana-tree competition in tropical forests<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

David Medvigy<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Chris M. Smith-Martin<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Seth Parker<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Alyssa Willson<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Isabelle Marechaux<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Peter Tiffin<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Jerome Chave<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i> and Jennifer S. Powers<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, (2)Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, (3)INRA-Montpellier, France, (4)Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, (5)Evolution & Biological Diversity, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France, (6)Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Mycorrhizal associations better predict tree effects on soil than leaf habit<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Meghan G. Midgley<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i> and Rachel Sims<\/span><\/i>1,2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Center for Tree Science, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, (2)Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil microbial and organic matter resilience to historical disturbance regimes in an eastern deciduous forest<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Gregory Martin<\/i><\/b>, Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, Walter P. Carson, Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA and Zachary Freedman, Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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You\u2019ve got me going in circles: Feedbacks in the boreal forests of Alaska<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Melissa S. Lucash<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Brian Buma<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Timothy E. Link<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Vladimir Romanovsky<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Jason G. Vogel<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Dmitry Nicolsky<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, Robert M. Scheller<\/span><\/i>7<\/span><\/i>, Rosvel Bracho<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Adrienne Marshall<\/span><\/i>8<\/span><\/i>, Jason A. Shabaga<\/span><\/i>9<\/span><\/i>, Katherine Hayes<\/span><\/i>10<\/span><\/i> and Shelby Weiss<\/span><\/i>11<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Geography, Portland State University, Portland, OR, (2)Natural Science, University of Colorado, Denver, Denver, CO, (3)College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, (4)University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, (5)School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, (6)University of Alaska Fairbanks, (7)Department of Environmental Science and Management, Portland State University, Portland, OR, (8)University of Idaho, (9)University of Florida, (10)University of Colorado Denver, (11)Geography, Portland State University, Portland, OR<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil microorganisms drive plant responses in dredge sediments amended soils<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Megan Rua<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Ashley Julian<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Louise M Stevenson<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biological Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, (2)Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Non-analog increases to surface and belowground soil temperature extremes across central and western US ecosystems in the 21<\/span><\/i>st<\/span><\/i> century<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Matthew D. Petrie<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, John B. Bradford<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, William K. Lauenroth<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Daniel R. Schlaepfer<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Caitlin M. Andrews<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and David M. Bell<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, (1)School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, (2)Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, (3)School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, (4)Southwest Biological Science Center, USGS, Flagstaff, AZ, (5)Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Corvallis, OR<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Fungivores connecting \u201cgreen\u201d and \u201cbrown\u201d worlds: An underappreciated link between aboveground and belowground food webs under differing land management<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Monica A. Farfan<\/i><\/b>, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, John Coffey, Coastal Research and Education Center, Clemson University, Charleston, SC and Rebecca A. Schmidt-Jeffris, Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Laboratory, USDA, Wapato, WA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Methanogen activity and community structure in methane consuming tropical forest soils<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Hannah B. Shulman<\/i><\/b>, Microbiology & Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, Emma L. Aronson, University of California Riverside and Michael F. Allen, Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Impacts of fresh litter inputs on microbial C degradation and CH<\/span>4<\/span> fluxes across an Arctic permafrost thaw gradient<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Moira Hough<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Steven Blazewicz<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Lindsey M Solden<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Malak M. Tfaily<\/span><\/i>4,5<\/span><\/i>, Ellen Dorrepaal<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, Patrick M. Crill<\/span><\/i>7<\/span><\/i>, Virginia Rich<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Scott R. Saleska<\/span><\/i>8<\/span><\/i>, (1)Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, (2)Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, (3)Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, (4)Deparment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, (5)Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, (6)Climate Impacts Research Centre (CIRC), Ume\u00e5 University, Abisko, Sweden, (7)Stockholm University, (8)Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Uncovering the <\/span>pyro<\/span><\/i>-microbiome: ecological and genomic responses of plant and soil microbial communities to wildfire<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nicholas C. Dove<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Neslihan Ta\u015f<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Melissa A. Cregger<\/span><\/i>1,3<\/span><\/i>, Stephen C. Hart<\/span><\/i>4,5<\/span><\/i> and Christopher W. Schadt<\/span><\/i>1,6,7<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (2)Climate & Ecosystems Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, (3)Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, (4)Department of Life & Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, (5)Sierra Nevada Research Institute, Merced, CA, (6)Climate Change Sciences Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (7)Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Illuminating root influence on soil carbon dynamics: Plant viruses as tools to manipulate root properties and rhizodeposition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Carolyn M. Malmstrom<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Zoe G. Cardon<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Marco Keiluweit<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Mariela Garcia-Arredondo<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Tobias B\u00f6lscher<\/span><\/i>4,5<\/span><\/i>, Malak M. Tfaily<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, Suzanne M. Thomas<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Kota Nakasato<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Xinyu Fu<\/span><\/i>1,7<\/span><\/i>, Berkley Walker<\/span><\/i>1,7<\/span><\/i>, Rebecca B. Neumann<\/span><\/i>8<\/span><\/i> and William J. Riley<\/span><\/i>9<\/span><\/i>, (1)Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, (2)Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, (3)Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, (4)School of Earth & Sustainability, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, (5)Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, (6)Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, (7)DOE Plant Research Laboratory, East Lansing, MI, (8)Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, (9)Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>How soil texture, climate, and disturbance interact to determine plant community composition in the shrub-grass mosaic of Southern California<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sarah Kimball<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Priscilla Ta<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Katharina Schmidt<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Zach Principe<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Center for Environmental Biology, UC Irvine, (2)UC Irvine, (3)The Nature Conservancy<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Feedbacks between population growth and land use strategies: Agricultural extensification and intensification and its impact on sustainability<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Diego Bengochea Paz<\/i><\/b>, Kirsten Henderson and Michel Loreau, Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station (CNRS), Moulis, France<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Effects of wildfire on belowground carbon and nitrogen dynamics in the Sierra Nevada<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mary K. Brady<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Erin Hanan<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Jessica R. Miesel<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Jonathan Greenberg<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Matthew Dickinson<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Carol Ewell<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Laura Wade<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Natural Resources & Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, (2)Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, (3)US Forest Service<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Patterns of host promiscuity among legumes varying in invasiveness differ between global and regional scales<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Metha M. Klock<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Kyle E. Harms<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Peter H. Thrall<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Luke G. Barrett<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Environmental Studies, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, (3)CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, Canberra, Australia<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Effect of soil-borne pathogens on seedling establishment patterns in forest systems<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Eric P. Sodja<\/i><\/b>, School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Noelle G. Beckman, Ecology Center \/ Biology Department, Utah State University, Logan, UT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Terrestrial biosolids applications for wildlife restoration on degraded grasslands<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Karen E. Hodges<\/i><\/b>, Biology, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada and Frank I. Doyle, Wildlife Dynamics Inc., Smithers, BC, Canada<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Overcoming the constraints to precision seed delivery in arid, mined landscapes that possess rocky soils, steep terrain, and severe edaphic conditions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Todd E. Erickson<\/i><\/b>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Monte Masarei<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Andrew L. Guzzomi<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Elvan Ling<\/span><\/i>3,4<\/span><\/i>, Matthew D. Madsen<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Jeremy J. James<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, Scott R. Abella<\/span><\/i>7<\/span><\/i>, Miriam Mu\u00f1oz-Rojas<\/span><\/i>1,4,8<\/span><\/i> and David J. Merritt<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Kings Park Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Kings Park, Australia, (2)School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia, (3)School of Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia, (4)School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia, (5)Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, (6)Sierra Foothills Research and Extension Center, University of California, Davis, (7)School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, (8)School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Nitrogen fixation strategies across a nitrogen gradient vary in rhizobial and actinorhizal trees<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Amelia A. Wolf<\/i><\/b>, Integrative Biology, UT-Austin, Austin, TX, Duncan N. L. Menge, Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, Jennifer L. Funk, Schmid College of Science & Technology, Chapman University, CA and Steven Perakis, US Geological Survey, Corvallis, OR<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Across grasslands worldwide, nitrogen accelerates litter decomposition, especially in its early stages<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sarah E. Hobbie<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Allison L. Gill<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Elizabeth T. Borer<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Christoper R. Buyarksi<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Eric W. Seabloom<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and The NutNet Consorteum<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, (2)Ecology, Evolution, & Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, (3)Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, (4)University of Canterbury, (5)Nutrient Network (www.nutnet.org)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil community responses to glacial retreat areas using meta-analysis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Satyendra Kumar Pothula<\/i><\/b>, Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT and Byron J. Adams, Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology Laboratories, and Monte L. Bean Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil microbial succession following surface mining disturbance is governed primarily by environmental conditions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jenni Kane<\/i><\/b>, Ember M. Morrissey, Jeffrey G. Skousen and Zachary Freedman, Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil microbial communities and antibiotic resistant bacteria in prairie buffer strip soils after manure application<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Laura M. Alt<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Alyssa N. Iverson<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Michelle L. Soupir<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Thomas B. Moorman<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Adina C. Howe<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Environmental Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, (2)Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, (3)National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, USDA ARS, Ames, IA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The impact of mycorrhizal networks on <\/span>Quercus rubra <\/span><\/i>seedling recruitment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sam A.Z. Schaffer-Morrison<\/i><\/b>, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Ines Ibanez, University of Michigan<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Phylogenetic signaling helps explain interspecific variation in milkweed responses to mycorrhizal symbionts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Eric B. Duell<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Mark Fishbein<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Gail W.T. Wilson<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, (2)Plant Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Microbial community structure in recovering forests of Mount St. Helens<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mia R. Maltz<\/i><\/b>, University of California Irvine; Center for Conservation Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, Michala Phillips, Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, Rebecca R. Hernandez, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, Hannah Freund, Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA, Hannah B. Shulman, Microbiology & Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, Jon K. Botthoff, Center for Conservation Biology, UC Riverside, Michael F. Allen, Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA and Emma L. Aronson, University of California Riverside<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Mycorrhizal dominance of forests predicts soil fungal community composition, diversity, and function<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Andrew C. Eagar<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Ryan M. Mushinski<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Amber L. Horning<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Kurt A. Smemo<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Richard P. Phillips<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i> and Christopher B. Blackwood<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, (2)School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, (3)Department of Biology, University of Mississippi, University, MS, (4)Environmental Studies and Sciences, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, (5)Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>Implications for co-existence of plant-mycorrhizal feedback patterns across plant families<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Robert J. Ramos<\/i><\/b> and James D. Bever, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Moving together: Long-term effects of inoculation with sympatric soil microbes on the composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Martina Janouskova<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Michael Remke<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Nancy C. Johnson<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Alena Blazkova<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Zuzana Kolarikova<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Matthew A. Bowker<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, (1)Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Pruhonice, Czech Republic, (2)Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, (3)Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, (4)School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil temperature and timing of spring snowmelt drive arrowleaf balsamroot phenology in montane meadows<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Simone Durney<\/i><\/b>, Diane M. Debinski and Arden Engel, Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Demographic context and soil conditioning rate determine the effects of soil microbes on plant competitive outcome<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Po-Ju Ke<\/i><\/b> and Jonathan M. Levine, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Saving FACE: A low-cost alternative for plant CO<\/span>2<\/span> enrichment experiments<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Paige V. Kouba<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Andrew M. Latimer<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Sydne Record<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Matthew E. Gilbert<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Thomas N. Buckley<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, (2)Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA, (3)Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis, Davis, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Exploring the ecological collaborations of <\/span>Coriandrum sativum<\/span><\/i> with its rhizospheric microbial partners<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Vishwadeep Mane<\/i><\/b>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Tripti Bapat<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Virbhdra Rakshe<\/span><\/i>2,3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India, (2)Microbiology, D.B.F. Dayanand College of Arts and Science, Solapur, India, (3)Microbiology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Changes in climate and trophic interactions affect secondary succession in water-limited, post-fire environments<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Joshua Gilman<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Richard A. Gill<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Samuel B. St. Clair<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Tara B.B. Bishop<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, (2)Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, (3)Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Rapid recovery of ecosystems following a volcanic eruption in Patagonia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Dylan Fischer<\/i><\/b>, Evergreen Ecosystem Ecology Laboratory, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, Charles M. Crisafulli, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, U.S. Forest Service and Nina Ferrari, Mount St. Helens Institute, Amboy, WA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Succession, not host plant developmental status, determines microbial assemblages<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Reilly R. Dibner<\/i><\/b>, EPSCoR, Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, Marcus T Brock, Botany, University of Wyoming, A. Monique Weaver, The University of Iowa and Cynthia Weinig, Departments of Botany and Molecular Biology, Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Plant biodiversity enriches soil cations exchange capacity and fertility through a positive feedback effect of productivity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

George N. Furey<\/i><\/b>, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN and David Tilman, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN; Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Invasive grass fuel loads suppress seedling emergence by increasing fire intensity and soil heating<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Giovanna Tomat-Kelly<\/i><\/b>, Whalen W. Dillon and S. Luke Flory, Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Reduction of <\/span>Phragmites australis<\/span><\/i> growth through disruption of root to bacterium signaling<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

James White<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Kathryn Kingsley<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Qiuwei (Celeste) Zhang<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Hadeel Almaliki<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Wesley Bickford<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Kurt P. Kowalski<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Plant Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, (2)Great Lakes Science Center, USGS, Ann Arbor, MI, (3)Great Lakes Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Ann Arbor, MI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Tundra wildfire triggers long-term lateral nutrient loss in Alaskan Arctic<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ben Abbott<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Adrian Rocha<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Arial J Shogren<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Jay P Zarnetske<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, William B Abbott<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Samuel P. Bratsman<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, Leika Abbott<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, Rachel Abbott<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, Rebecca J. Abbott<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i> and Sarah M. Ludwig<\/span><\/i>7<\/span><\/i>, (1)Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, (2)Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, (3)Michigan State University, (4)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, (5)University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, (6)Brigham Young University Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Provo, UT, (7)Biology & Environmental Studies, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Climatic and geochemical controls on soil carbon at the continental scale: Interactions and thresholds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Wenjuan Yu<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Steven J. Hall<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Samantha R. Weintraub<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, (2)National Ecological Observatory Network, Battelle<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Short-term response and long-term trajectory of hurricane disturbance: Impacts of Hurricane Maria on forest biogeochemistry in Puerto Rico<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Christine S. O\u2019Connell<\/i><\/b>, Environmental Studies, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN; Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Omar Gutierrez del Arroyo, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Alicia Sadowski, University of California, Berkeley and Whendee L. Silver, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Carbon and nitrogen couplings in a microbially-explicit soil model and the global-scale Soil Data Harmonization (SoDaH) database<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Emily Kyker-Snowman<\/i><\/b>, University of New Hampshire, Katerina Georgiou, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, Melannie D. Hartman, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Will R. Wieder, INSTAAR, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, Derek N. Pierson, Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Asmeret A. Berhe, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, Jason P. Kaye, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and A. Stuart Grandy, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Coupled dynamics of carbon geochemistry and nitrogen inputs in grassland soils<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Qian Zhao<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Kirsten S. Hofmockel<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Allison Thompson<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Stephen J. Callister<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, William C. Nelson<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Malak M. Tfaily<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Sheryl L. Bell<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Sarah E. Hobbie<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, (3)Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Forest floor and soil organic carbon pools are decoupled in northeastern forests<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Adam R. Noel<\/i><\/b>, Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, Anthony W. D\u2019Amato, The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, Christopher W. Woodall, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Durham, NH and E.C. Adair, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Poor soil, rich forest: Leaf nutrients and habitat specialization in an Amazonian forest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Marcel Vaz<\/i><\/b>, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, Jos\u00e9 L.C. Camargo, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Manaus, Brazil, Alberto Vicentini, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaz\u00f4nia, Brazil, Alexandre A. Oliveira, Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade de S\u00e3o Paulo, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, Benjamin L. Turner, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama and Nathan Kraft, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Microbial life history strategies in arid soils<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Yongjian Chen<\/i><\/b>, Julia W. Neilson, Priyanka Kushwaha, Raina M. Maier and Albert Barber\u00e1n, Department of Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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A competitive groundcover alters grape rhizosphere and soil bacteria communities in an Eastern US Vineyard<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Suzanne M. Fleishman<\/i><\/b>1,2,3<\/span><\/i>, Terrence H. Bell<\/span><\/i>3,4<\/span><\/i>, David M. Eissenstat<\/span><\/i>2,3<\/span><\/i> and Michela Centinari<\/span><\/i>1,3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Plant Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, (2)Ecosystem Science and Management, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, (3)Graduate Program in Ecology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, (4)Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Large wildfire impacts on riparian forests in a tropical savanna biome<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Bernardo M. Flores<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Marina Hirota<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Michele de S\u00e1 Dechoum<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Isabel B. Schmidt<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Rafael Oliveira<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)University of Campinas, Brazil, (2)Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, (3)Department of Ecology, University of Brasilia<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Fungal hyphal networks play a key role in soil microbiome micronutrient acquisition and transport<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Christopher Anderton<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Arunima Bhattacharjee<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Jocelyn Richardson<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Odeta Qafoku<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Kaitlyn Schwarz<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Zihua Zhu<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Mark Engelhard<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Mark Bowden<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Sheryl L. Bell<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Kirsten S. Hofmockel<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Janet K. Jansson<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, (1)Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA, (2)2Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, Menlo Park, CA, (3)Pacific Northwest National Lab, (4)Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Towards more resilient rural landscapes: Lessons learned from contrasting agricultural systems in Mexico and the Western Highlands of Guatemala<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Keith L. Kline<\/i><\/b>, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, Santiago Lopez-Ridaura, CIMMYT, Texcoco, EM, Mexico, Virginia H. Dale, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Luis Fernando Ramirez, CIMMYT, Guatemala City, Guatemala and Sarah Eichler, Environmental Science & Design Research Initiative, Kent State University, Kent, OH<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Patterns of canopy soil abundance and chemical structure across large gradients of precipitation and temperature in Costa Rica<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Jessica G. Murray<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, A. Peyton Smith<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Bonnie G. Waring<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, (2)Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Understanding the consequences of invasive grass species on various trophic levels of native rangelands<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Morgan Frost<\/i><\/b>, Biology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC and Sally E. Koerner, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Non-native earthworm effects in tandem with native earthworm presence on tallgrass prairie vegetation and microbial components<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Yevgeniya D. Malyutina<\/i><\/b>, Scott R. Loss and Gail W.T. Wilson, Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Above and belowground impacts of an invasive species vary across the landscape<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Emily C. Farrer<\/i><\/b>, Christina Birnbaum, Pawel Waryszak, Susannah R. Halbrook, Monica V Brady, Caitlin Bumby, Helena Candaele, Danielle Kulick, Sean F.H. Lee, Carolyn Schroeder, McKenzie Smith and William Wilber, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Co-invasion of pine and ectomycorrhizal fungi drives loss of soil fungal diversity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sarah J. Sapsford<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Angela Wakelin<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Duane A. Peltzer<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Ian A. Dickie<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, (2)Ecosystem Processes, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Plant facilitation in quartz sands ecosystems<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Enrique Gonzalez Sr.<\/i><\/b>, Researches, Ecovida, Pinar del Rio, Cuba<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Effect of soil microbial inoculations on plant-pollinator interactions in a tallgrass prairie restoration<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Gunner E. Davies<\/i><\/b> and Tanya E. Cheeke, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Richland, WA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Characterization of endophytic bacterial communities in congeneric temperate orchids with soil, host phenology and population size as the predictors<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jaspreet Kaur<\/i><\/b>, Plant and soil science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Christoffer Bugge Harder, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX and Jyotsna Sharma, Plant and Soil Science Department, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Belowground components of coastal dune grasses as drivers of species-specific erosional resistance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Shannon L. Walker<\/i><\/b>, Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, Nick Cohn, USACE Field Research Facility, Duck, NC and Julie C. Zinnert, Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Rooting depth as a key woody functional trait in savannas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Yong Zhou<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Benjamin J. Wigley<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Madelon F. Case<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Corli Wigley-Coetsee<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and A. Carla Staver<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, (2)School of Natural Resource Management, Nelson Mandela University, George, South Africa, (3)Scientific Services, South African National Parks, Skukuza, South Africa<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Plants neighbors have species-specific effects on a focal plant\u2019s root exudates and rhizosphere community composition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Tayler C. Ulbrich<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Albert Rivas-Ubach<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Lisa K. Tiemann<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Maren L. Friesen<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Sarah E. Evans<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, (3)Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, (4)Crop and Soil Sciences\/Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Plant community nitrogen uptake rate is independent of fine root mass in established forests<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ray Dybzinski<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Meghan G. Midgley<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, M. Luke McCormack<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Christine R Rollinson<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Ella Segal<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Annalise Nordgren<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Rosemary Mascarenhas<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, (1)Institute of Environmental Sustainability, Loyola University Chicago, IL, (2)Center for Tree Science, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, (3)Rice University, Houston, TX, (4)DePaul University, Chicago, IL, (5)Schaumburg High School, Schaumburg, IL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Quantifying the contribution of belowground autotrophic processes on the belowground C sink in two agricultural crops proposed as potential sources of bioenergy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ryan-Kelly Quinn<\/i><\/b>, Marc-Andre Giasson, Ralina Karagenova, Rebecca Sprague and Adrien C. Finzi, Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Adaptive changes within rhizosphere microbial communities to historical watering conditions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kevin D. Ricks<\/i><\/b>, Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL and Anthony C. Yannarell, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Building a recovery clock: Tracking biological soil crust recovery following chronic physical and climate disturbance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Michala L. Phillips<\/i><\/b>, Jayne Belnap, Robin Reibold, Armin Howell, Cara Lauria, Nick Melone and Sasha C. Reed, Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Moab, UT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Experimental drought alters the fungal rhizobiomes of grasses across North American grasslands<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Devon E. Lagueux<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Ari Jumpponen<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Andrea Porras-Alfaro<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Jose Herrera<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Y. Anny Chung<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Lauren E. Baur<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, Melinda D. Smith<\/span><\/i>7<\/span><\/i>, Alan K. Knapp<\/span><\/i>7<\/span><\/i>, Scott L. Collins<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, Scott L. Collins<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i> and Jennifer A. Rudgers<\/span><\/i>8<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, (2)Department of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, (3)Department of Biological Sciences, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, (4)Provost, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY, (5)Departments of Plant Biology and Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, (6)Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, (7)Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, (8)Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Nitrogen-mediated shifts in drivers of herbaceous layer communities in a Central Appalachian hardwood forest ecosystem<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Frank S. Gilliam<\/i><\/b>, Department of Biology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Explaining the unexpected: Predicting an extreme nitrate loss event from a forested catchment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Linda H. Pardo<\/i><\/b>, USDA Forest Service, Burlington, VT, John L. Campbell, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Durham, NH, Mark B. Green, Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, Timothy J. Fahey, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Nicholas A. LoRusso, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, Jaclyn H Matthes, Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, Emma J. Rosi, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY and Pamela H. Templer, Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Chronic nitrogen deposition directly and indirectly alters soil organic matter formation in a temperate forest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Brooke A. Eastman<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Mary Beth Adams<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and William T. Peterjohn<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, (2)Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Morgantown, WV<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Nitrogen saturation: Mechanisms controlling ecosystem N loss<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Peter M. Homyak<\/i><\/b>, Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Chronic nitrogen deposition does not alter microbial carbon use efficiency in AM and ECM soils, but reduces nitrogen use efficiency in both soils<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Juan Pineiro<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Chansotheary Dang<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Steven Blazewicz<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Peter K. Weber<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Zachary Freedman<\/span><\/i>1,4<\/span><\/i>, Edward R. Brzostek<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i> and Ember M. Morrissey<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, (2)Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, (3)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, (4)School of Natural Resources & Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (5)Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Organic nitrogen and ectomycorrhizal fungi mediate plant growth response to elevated CO<\/span>2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Peter T. Pellitier<\/i><\/b>, In\u00e9s Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez and Donald R. Zak, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Direct nitrous oxide emissions contribute to discrepancies in top-down and bottom-up estimates<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nate C Lawrence<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Carlos G Tenesaca<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Andy VanLoocke<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Steven J. Hall<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, (2)Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Empirical support for declining soil respiration at higher temperatures<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

James W. Raich<\/i><\/b>, Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Revealing the impacts of climate change on plant-available nutrients in mountains<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kenna E. Rewcastle<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Case M. Prager<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Nathan J. Sanders<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Aim\u00e9e T. Classen<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, (2)The Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, K\u00f8benhavn \u00d8, Denmark, (3)Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Variation in biotic resistance across abiotic niche space for an aggressive plant invader<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Elizabeth H. Bouchard<\/i><\/b> and Alden B. Griffith, Environmental Studies, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Land-use legacies shape invasion patterns in forests with histories of agriculture, logging, and mining<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Marion A. Holmes<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, James Whitacre<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Leland D. Bennion<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Jessica Poteet<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Sara E. Kuebbing<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, (2)Powdermill Nature Reserve, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Rector, PA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Agricultural land-use history and restoration impact soil microbial biodiversity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nash E. Turley<\/i><\/b>, University of Central Florida, Lars A. Brudvig, Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Sarah E. Evans, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI and Lukas Bell-Dereske, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Effect of hydrologic export on soil carbon turnover rates<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Oleksandra (Sasha) Hararuk<\/i><\/b>, Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, Stuart E. Jones, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN and Christopher T. Solomon, Natural Resource Sciences & Group for Interuniversity Research in Limnology and Aquatic Environment (GRIL), McGill University & University of Montreal, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Topography and community structure contribute to spatial heterogeneity of soil respiration in a subtropical forest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Yun Jiang<\/i><\/b>, Department of Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil organic matter and microbiological functions indicate rehabilitation of iron minelands in eastern Amazon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sivio J. Ramos<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Markus Gastauer Sr.<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Cec\u00edlio F. Caldeira<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Rafael Guedes<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Pedro Walfir Souza-Filho<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Jos\u00e9 Oswaldo Siqueira<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Tecnologia Ambiental, Instituto Tecnologico Vale, Bel\u00e9m, Brazil, (2)Tecnologia Ambiental, ITV, Bel\u00e9m, Brazil, (3)Instituto Tecnologico Vale<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Mapping the resistome: How environmental levels of antibiotic resistance vary geographically<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jane M. Lucas<\/i><\/b>, Department of Soil & Water Systems, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID and Michael S Strickland, Soil and Water Systems, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Deconstructing termite mound construction: The effect of precipitation on termite mounds in Queensland, Australia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Rebecca A. Clement<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Habacuc Flores-Moreno<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Paul Eggleton<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Keith A. Crandall<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Amy E. Zanne<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, (2)Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC, (3)Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, (4)Computational Biology Institute, George Washington University, Washington, DC<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Cover crop application increases corn yields when grown in dredged sediments<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ashley Julian<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Louise M Stevenson<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Megan Rua<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biological Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, (2)Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Do prairie strips mitigate the transport of manure associated antibiotic resistance genes in agroecosystems?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jared S. Flater<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Laura M. Alt<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Adina C. Howe<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Michelle L. Soupir<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Thomas B. Moorman<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, (1)Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, (2)Environmental Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, (3)Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, (4)National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, USDA ARS, Ames, IA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Plant growth, nutrient cycling, and phylogenetic response of soil microbial communities to cyanobacterial biofertilizer in a bioenergy cropping system<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Hannah Goemann<\/i><\/b>, Microbiology & Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, Brent Peyton, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, Rebecca C. Mueller, Thermal Biology Institute, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Justin Gay, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Agroecosystem resilience is modified by management system via plant\u2013soil feedbacks<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Fabian Menalled<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Tim Seipel<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Suzanne L. Ishaq<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, (2)Eugene Pod, 500 Women Scientists, Eugene, OR<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Quantifying the plant-microbial interactions controlling soil organic matter formation in bioenergy cropping systems<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Joanna R. Ridgeway<\/i><\/b> and Edward R. Brzostek, Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Mycorrhizae drive soil organic matter composition in temperate forest ecosystems<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Rebecca B. Abney<\/i><\/b>, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Matthew E. Craig, Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, Richard P. Phillips, Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Jonathan Raff, Paul H. O\u2019Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Identifying the contribution of deep roots to subsoil organic carbon stocks under long-term switchgrass (<\/span>Panicum virgatum<\/span><\/i>) cultivation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Eric Slessarev<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Erin E. Nuccio<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Karis McFarlane<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Mary K. Firestone<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Jennifer Pett-Ridge<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, (3)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, (4)University of California, Berkeley<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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How mycorrhizal associations effect the distribution of particulate and mineral-associated soil organic matter in temperate forests<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Caitlin E. Hicks Pries<\/i><\/b>, Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, Nina Wurzburger, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA and Richard A. Lankau, Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Long-term nutrient enrichment alters wetland plant-microbe associations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Regina Bledsoe, Aied Garcia, Daniya Stephens and <\/span><\/i>Ariane L. Peralta<\/i><\/b>, Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Nutrient retention in the world above and the world beneath: Surface and groundwater denitrification create contrasting patterns at watershed scales<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Emilee Lyn Severe<\/i><\/b>, Isabella Errigo, Ben Abbott and Mary Proteau, Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Extreme drought and grazing in grassland ecosystems on the Colorado Plateau<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Tara B.B. Bishop<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, David L. Hoover<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Sean Hoy-Skubik<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Michael C. Duniway<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Moab, UT, (2)Rangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Fort Collins, CO<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Manipulating microbes to enhance tree seedling survival in changing climates<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Richard A. Lankau<\/i><\/b>, Cassandra Allsup and Isabelle George, Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Using dark diversity tools to predict microbial biogeographic patterns<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Julia Chac\u00f3n-Labella<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Eduardo P\u00e9rez-Valera<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Jose A. Navarro-Cano<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Miguel Verd\u00fa<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Marta Goberna Estell\u00e9s<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, (1)Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, (2)Department of Soil microbiology, Biology Centre CAS, Brani\u0161ovsk\u00e1, Czech Republic, (3)CIDE, CIDE-CSIC, Valencia, Spain, (4)Environmental Sciences, INIA, Madrid, Spain<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Topographic and forest management effects on soil invertebrate community composition and functional groups<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Gwendolyn Lloyd<\/i><\/b> and Thomas O. Crist, Department of Biology, Miami University, Oxford, OH<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Herbivory, but not trampling, decrease of soil aggregates stability in semi-arid grazing grassland ecosystem<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nan Liu<\/i><\/b>, Yuqi Wei, Yue Pang and Yingjun Zhang, College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Spatially heterogeneous forest structure buffers microclimate and impacts tree regeneration by species and life-stage<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Edward M. Hill<\/i><\/b>, Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Jeffery B. Cannon, The Jones Center at Ichauway, Newton, GA, Seth Ex, Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO and Miranda D. Redmond, Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Exploring improved forest management as a natural climate solution<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lilli M. Kaarakka<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Meredith W. Cornett<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Laura Dee<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO, (2)Minnesota \u2013 North Dakota \u2013 South Dakota, The Nature Conservancy, Duluth, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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A novel representation of biological nitrogen fixation in GFDL-LM4.1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sian Kou-Giesbrecht<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Isabel Martinez Cano<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Sergey Malyshev<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Stephen W. Pacala<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Elena Shevliakova<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Duncan N. L. Menge<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, (2)Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Temporally resolving historical carbon fluxes from the mangroves of Thailand<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jacob J. Bukoski<\/i><\/b>, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Angie Elwin, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom, Richard A. MacKenzie, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service, Hilo, HI and Matthew D. Potts, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Using fine-scale variation in ecosystem properties to detect peat collapse in the Florida Coastal Everglades<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lukas Lamb-Wotton<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Tiffany G. Troxler<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Stephen Davis<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Daniel Gann<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Sparkle Malone<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Paulo C. Olivas<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, David Rudnick<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i> and Fred H. Sklar<\/span><\/i>7<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, (2)Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL, (3)Science Department, Everglades Foundation, Palmetto Bay, FL, (4)GIS and Remote Sensing Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL, (5)Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, (6)Everglades National Park, (7)Everglades Systems Assessment Section, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Comparing biogeochemical legacies of fire and hydrology in short- and long-hydroperiod wetlands<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Andrea Nocentini<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, John S. Kominoski<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Jay P. Sah<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Michael S. Ross<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL, (2)Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Partitioning spatio-temporal variability in forecasts of the soil microbiome<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Zoey R. Werbin<\/i><\/b>, Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA, Colin Averill, Environmental Systems Sciences, ETH Z\u00fcrich, Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland, Michael C. Dietze, Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA and Jennifer M. Bhatnagar, Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Nutrients strengthen density dependence of per-capita growth and mortality rates across all major phyla of soil bacteria<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Bram W. G. Stone<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Steven J. Blazewicz<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Benjamin J. Koch<\/span><\/i>1,3<\/span><\/i>, Paul Dijkstra<\/span><\/i>1,3<\/span><\/i>, Michaela Hayer<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Xiao-Jun Allen Liu<\/span><\/i>1,4<\/span><\/i>, Rebecca L. Mau<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Jennifer Pett-Ridge<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Egbert Schwartz<\/span><\/i>1,3<\/span><\/i> and Bruce A. Hungate<\/span><\/i>1,3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, (2)Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, (3)Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, (4)Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, (5)Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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When organic matter is the soil matrix: Challenges of using microbial explicit decomposition models in predominantly organic soils<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Stefan Gerber<\/i><\/b>, Soil and Water Sciences, University of Florida IFAS, Gainesville, FL and Debjani Sihi, Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Long-term effects of tree species composition on C and nutrient cycling in Alaskan boreal forest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Samantha N. Miller<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Xanthe J. Walker<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, April M. Melvin<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Jill F. Johnstone<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Michelle C. Mack<\/span><\/i>1,4<\/span><\/i>, (1)Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, (2)Private Researcher, Washington, DC, (3)Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, (4)Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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High resolution organic matter stoichiometry reveals variability in metabolic controls over carbon destabilization and susceptibility to climate change in active peat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Emily B. Graham<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Montana Smith<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Sheryl L. Bell<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Allison Thompson<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, David Hoyt<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Malak M. Tfaily<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Kirsten S. Hofmockel<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, (2)EMSL, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, (3)Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Integrating evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by rising atmospheric CO<\/span>2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Anthony P. Walker<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Martin G. De Kauwe<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Ana Bastos<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Soumaya Belmecheri<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Katerina Georgiou<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Ralph Keeling<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, Sean M McMahon<\/span><\/i>7<\/span><\/i>, Belinda E. Medlyn<\/span><\/i>8<\/span><\/i>, David Moore<\/span><\/i>9<\/span><\/i>, Richard J. Norby<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and S\u00f6nke Zaehle<\/span><\/i>10<\/span><\/i>, (1)Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (2)University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, (3)Universitat Muenchen, (4)Laboratory of Tree Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, (5)Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, (6)Scripps Inst. Oceanography\/ UC San Diego, (7)Center for Tropical Forest Science-Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, (8)Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Australia, (9)Environmental Research Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, (10)Department of Biogeochemical Systems, Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Species richness impacts total soil carbon more than 19 years of CO<\/span>2<\/span> enrichment or soil nitrogen addition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Melissa A. Pastore<\/i><\/b>, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, Sarah E. Hobbie, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, Kally Worm, Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN and Peter B. Reich, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN; Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, Australia<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Experimental effects of soil heterogeneity and aggregated seed arrival on plant community assembly<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Esben L. Kjaer<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Gregory R. Houseman<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Bryan L. Foster<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Lauri Laanisto<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Antonio J. Golubski<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biological Sciences, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, (2)Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, (3)Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia, (4)Biological Sciences, Delaware State University, Dover, DE<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Phosphorus and AM fungal communities affect performance of blanketflower, <\/span>Gaillardia aristata<\/span><\/i>, across the northern Great Plains<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Alison Long<\/i><\/b>, Environmental & Conservation Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, Ylva Lekberg, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, University of Montana and MPG Ranch, Missoula, MT, Deirdre Prischmann-Voldseth, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND and Laura Aldrich-Wolfe, Biology Department, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Evidence for soil phosphorus resource partitioning in a tropical rain forest tree community<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Robert M\u00fcller<\/i><\/b>, Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, Benjamin L. Turner, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama and Helmut Elsenbeer, Institut f\u00fcr Erd- und Umweltwissenschaften, Universit\u00e4t Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Bison grazing effects soil microbial communities across Great Plains prairies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jaide H. Allenbrand<\/i><\/b> and Lydia H. Zeglin, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Welcome to the concrete fungal: Land-use impacts to soil-fungal communities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Steve Kutos<\/i><\/b>, Elle M. Barnes, Marissa Mesko and J.D. Lewis, Biological Sciences, Fordham University, Bronx, NY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Freshwater forested wetland surprisingly resistant to large-scale salt and nutrient addition experiment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Emily A. Ury<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Steven M. Anderson<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Justin P. Wright<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Emily S. Bernhardt<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, (2)Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Exotic plant invasions are associated with decreased soil microbial carbon-use efficiency in semiarid grasslands<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Morgan Luce McLeod<\/i><\/b>, MPG Ranch, Missoula, MT, Megan K. Nasto, Utah Forest Institute, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT, Lorinda Bullington, Molecular Ecology and Bioinformatics, MPG Ranch, Missoula, MT, Ylva Lekberg, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, University of Montana and MPG Ranch, Missoula, MT and John M. Stark, Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Nitrogen availability modulates the impacts of plant invasion on the chemical composition of soil organic carbon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ziliang Zhang<\/i><\/b>, Vidya Suseela and Nishanth Tharayil, Dept. Plant & Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Invader legacies: Spatial and temporal development of <\/span>Oncosiphon piluliferum <\/span><\/i>soil legacies deferentially inhibit native forb performance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Stuart Schwab Jr.<\/i><\/b>, Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California \u2013 Riverside, Riverside, CA, G. Darrel Jenerette, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA and Loralee Larios, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Community diversity and carbon footprint of soil nematodes along spatial and temporal precipitation gradients<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Andr\u00e9 L.C. Franco<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Pingting Guan<\/span><\/i>2,3<\/span><\/i>, Shuyan Cui<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Cecilia M. de Tomasel<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Laureano A. Gherardi<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Osvaldo E. Sala<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i> and Diana H. Wall<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, (2)School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China, (3)Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, (4)School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, (5)School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, (6)Department of Biology & School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Nitrogen addition increase community-level N uptake from ammonium or nitrate by positive intraspecific variability in Tibetan alpine meadow<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Li Zhang<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Shurong Zhou<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Bill Shipley<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Fudan University, Shanghai, China, (2)Biology, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Wild robots: Developing DIY technology to investigate soil carbon flux in a long-term, landscape-scale, large herbivore exclosure experiment in a central Kenya savanna<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Elizabeth S. Forbes<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Kelly K. Caylor<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Mark E. Hirsch<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Joshua P. Schimel<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Truman P. Young<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i> and Hillary S. Young<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, (2)Earth Research Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, CA, (3)Media Arts and Technology, University of California, Santa Barbara, (4)Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, (5)Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Reduction in microbial diversity decrease carbon use efficiency in soil<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Chansotheary Dang<\/i><\/b> and Ember M. Morrissey, Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The effect of volatile organic compounds and dissolved organic carbon on soil chemistry, and microbial communities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Steven G. McBride II<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Jane M. Lucas<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Ernest D. Osburn<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, J. E. Barrett<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Michael S Strickland<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, VA, (2)Biology, University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, OK, (3)Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, (4)Soil and Water Systems, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Looking beyond leaves: Community composition and potential nutrient leaching from litterfall within an urban forest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sophie Hill<\/i><\/b> and Rebecca L. Hale, Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Plant-mycorrhizal-decomposer interactions and their impacts on terrestrial biogeochemistry<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nahuel Policelli<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Colin Averill<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Edward R. Brzostek<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Hui-Ling Liao<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Ko-Hsuan Chen<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Ryan Tappero<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Joseph E. Carrara<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Corinne Vietorisz<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Jake Nash<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, Rytas Vilgalys<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i> and Jennifer M. Bhatnagar<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA, (2)Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, ETH Z\u00fcrich, Z\u00fcrich, MA, Switzerland, (3)Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, (4)North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Quincy, FL, (5)Photon Sciences Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, (6)Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Assessing biological soil crust recovery from wildfires across the five deserts of North America<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Cara Lauria<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Akasha Faist<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Rachel Hosna<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Ellie McCann<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Armin Howell<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Nick Melone<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Robin Reibold<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Jenny Shostrand<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Megan Starbuck<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i> and Sasha C. Reed<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Moab, UT, (2)Department Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, (3)Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, (4)Southwest Biological Science Center, US Geological Survey, Moab, UT, (5)Southwestern Biological Science Center, US Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Post-fire recovery in ecosystem structure, function, and community composition in five North American deserts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Brandon E. McNellis<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Eva Strand<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Nick Melone<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Cara Lauria<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Armin Howell<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Robin Reibold<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Michala L. Phillips<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Pradip Saud<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Akasha Faist<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i> and Sasha C. Reed<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Forest Range and Fire Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, (2)Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, (3)Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Moab, UT, (4)Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, (5)Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, (6)Department Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Understanding seedbank bias: How and why functional traits in the seedbank differ from the vegetation across a soil gradient<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Julie E. Larson<\/i><\/b>, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO and Katharine N. Suding, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil bacterial traits mediate plant growth and plastic responses to drought<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lana G. Bolin<\/i><\/b> and Jennifer A. Lau, Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Evolutionary responses to artificial drought treatment in plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Christoph Z. Hahn<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, George A. Airey<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Andrew P. Askew<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Steve Paterson<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Sophie Rustidge<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Emma J. Sayer<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Carly J. Stevens<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i> and Raj Whitlock<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Institute of Integrative Biolgy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (2)Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (3)Institute of Integrative Biology, Univeristy of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (4)Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, United Kingdom, (5)Lancaster Environment Center, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Quantifying the factors affecting wood decomposition across a tropical forest disturbance gradient<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Gbadamassi G.O. Dossa<\/i><\/b>1,2,3<\/span><\/i>, Ekananda Paudel<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Douglas A. Schaefer<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Jiao-Lin Zhang<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, Kunfang Cao<\/span><\/i>7<\/span><\/i>, Jianchu Xu<\/span><\/i>3,8<\/span><\/i> and Rhett D. Harrison<\/span><\/i>9<\/span><\/i>, (1)Center of Plant Ecology, CAS-Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Menglun, China, (2)Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Menglun, China, (3)Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming, China, (4)Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Nepal, (5)Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China, (6)CAS-Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Menglun, China, (7)Ecophysiology and Evolution Group, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, China, (8)World Agroforestry Centre, East & Central Asia Regional Office, Kunming, Kunming, China, (9)East & Southern Africa Region, World Agroforestry Centre, Lusaka, Zambia<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Wind disturbance impacts on nutrient cycling across tropical forests<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Barbara Bomfim<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, William H. McDowell<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Jess Zimmerman<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Anthony P. Walker<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Lara M. Kueppers<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, (2)Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, (3)Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras, PR, (4)Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Distinct active and total bacterial and fungal communities are similarly affected by crop and soil type<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sarah Leichty<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Christopher P. Kasanke<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Sheryl L. Bell<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Kirsten S. Hofmockel<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, WA, (2)Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Available phosphorus and nitrogen in canopy soils of old-growth <\/span>Acer macrophyllum <\/span><\/i>provide a nutrient reserve for adventitious roots and contribute to forest floor nutrient dynamics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Korena Mafune<\/i><\/b>, Kristiina Vogt and Daniel Vogt, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Ecological, topographic and climatic effects on soil carbon in interior Alaska<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sean M.P. Cahoon<\/i><\/b>, Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Anchorage, AK and Andrew N. Gray, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Green roof mycorrhizal communities determined by plant host and inoculation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Paul Metzler<\/i><\/b>, Environmental Science and Studies, DePaul Metzler, Chicago, IL, Kelly Ksiazek-Mikenas, Biology, Elmhurst University, Elmhurst, IL and Bala Chaudhary, Department of Environmental Science and Studies, DePaul University, Chicago, IL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Data informed adaptive management in agriculture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Paul Hegedus<\/i><\/b>, Land Resources & Environmental Sciences, Montana State University and Bruce Maxwell, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Data intensive adaptive management in organic agriculture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sasha Loewen<\/i><\/b> and Bruce D. Maxwell, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Intercropping improves resource use efficiency, yield and resilience in agriculture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Wopke van der Werf<\/i><\/b>, Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Improving soil quality: A time series comparison of agroecology and industrial agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mauricio Betancourt<\/i><\/b>, University of Oregon<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Trait based approach of phosphorus cycling to unravel multispecies systems functioning<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nicolas Honvault<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, David Houben<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Astrid Oberson<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Timothy McLaren<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Emmanuel Frossard<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Hans Lambers<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Michel-Pierre Faucon<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Agrosciences, Unilasalle, Beauvais, France, (2)Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Lindau (ZH), Switzerland, (3)School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Rapid estimates of leaf litter chemistry and decomposition using reflectance spectroscopy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Shan Kothari<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Sarah E. Hobbie<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Jeannine M. Cavender-Bares<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Plant Biology, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Saint Paul, MN, (2)Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Size-related decline in relative nitrogen access and demand by trees explained by ontogeny and soil nutrients<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Palani R. Akana<\/i><\/b> and Duncan N. L. Menge, Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Interactive global change impacts on Amazon biogeochemical cycles<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Fiona M. Soper<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Kristofer R. Covey<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Sunitha Pangala<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Angelo Bernadino<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Zoe Pagliaro<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Luana Basso<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, Henrique Cassol<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, Phillip Fearnside<\/span><\/i>7<\/span><\/i>, Sidney Novoa<\/span><\/i>8<\/span><\/i>, Henrique Sawakuchi<\/span><\/i>9<\/span><\/i>, Thomas Lovejoy<\/span><\/i>10<\/span><\/i>, Jose Marengo<\/span><\/i>11<\/span><\/i>, Carlos Peres<\/span><\/i>12<\/span><\/i>, Paula Bernasconi<\/span><\/i>13<\/span><\/i>, Gabriella Nardoto<\/span><\/i>14<\/span><\/i>, Ismael Nobre<\/span><\/i>15<\/span><\/i>, Rita Mesquita<\/span><\/i>16<\/span><\/i>, Flavia Pinto<\/span><\/i>17<\/span><\/i>, Bruce Hoffman<\/span><\/i>18<\/span><\/i>, Carolina Freitas<\/span><\/i>7<\/span><\/i>, Ricardo Assis Mello<\/span><\/i>19<\/span><\/i>, Alexis Bahl<\/span><\/i>20<\/span><\/i>, Alexis Elmore<\/span><\/i>20<\/span><\/i> and Jonathon Baillie<\/span><\/i>20<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, (2)Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, (3)University of Lancaster, United Kingdom, (4)Universidade Federal do Esp\u00edrito Santo, Brazil, (5)Skidmore College, (6)National Institute for Space Research, Brazil, (7)Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaz\u00f4nia, Brazil, (8)Asociaci\u00f3n para la Conservaci\u00f3n de la Cuenca Amaz\u00f3nica, Peru, (9)Link\u00f6ping University, Sweden, (10)George Mason University & Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, (11)Minist\u00e9rio da Ci\u00eancia, Tecnologia e Inova\u00e7\u00e3o (CEMADEN), Brazil, (12)School Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, (13)Instituto Centro de Vida (ICV), Brazil, (14)Universidade de Bras\u00edlia, Brazil, (15)Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil, (16)Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Institute Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaz\u00f4nia, Manaus, Brazil, (17)The Nature Conservancy, Brazil, (18)The Amazon Conservation Team, Suriname, (19)WWF, Brazil, (20)National Geographic Society<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Does species of slow bulk-soil nutrient cycling rely more on rhizosphere effect?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lijuan Sun<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Yuki Tsujii<\/span><\/i>2,3<\/span><\/i>, Rui Li<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Biao Zhu<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Institute of Ecology, Peking University, Beijing, China, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, (3)Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, Japan<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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A novel method for reducing greenhouse gas emissions? Amending soils with organic C to stimulate N<\/span>2<\/span>O consumption<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Emily R. Stuchiner<\/i><\/b>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Torrey J. Stephenson<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Zachary D. Weller<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Joseph C. von Fischer<\/span><\/i>1,2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, (2)Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, (3)Department of Statistics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Microbial control over soil carbon saturation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Matthew E. Craig<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Melanie A. Mayes<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Benjamin N. Sulman<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Anthony P. Walker<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (2)Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (3)Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Nitrogen deposition and invasive herbivores alter mycorrhizal colonization and soil carbon in the developing ecosystem of Mount St. Helens<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Rebecca Evans<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, John Bishop<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Tanya E. Cheeke<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Mailea Miller-Pierce<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA, (2)School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Richland, WA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Digging into the soil associations of ground-nesting bees on farms in the Ottawa region, Canada<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Cecile Antoine<\/i><\/b> and Jessica Forrest, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Low temperature sensitivity of autotrophic and heterotrophic soil respiration components in tropical grasslands under warming<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Eduardo A. Dias de Oliveira<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Carlos A Martinez y Huaman<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Michael P. Ricketts<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, (2)Department of Biology, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao-Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil, (3)Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil microbiomes from fallow agricultural fields improve the herbivore resistance of goldenrod\u2026 But what about crops?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mia M Howard<\/i><\/b>, Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Christian Mu\u00f1oz, Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Jenny Kao-Kniffin, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and Andre Kessler, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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An evaluation of mycorrhizal responsiveness in plants native and non-native to the Palouse<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Tanya E. Cheeke<\/i><\/b>, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Richland, WA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil native microbes for enhancing restoration of arid landscapes: Biotechnological and eco-engineering approaches<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Miriam Mu\u00f1oz-Rojas<\/i><\/b>1,2,3<\/span><\/i>, Nathali Machado de Lima<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Frederick Dadzie<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Todd E. Erickson<\/span><\/i>2,3<\/span><\/i>, Angela M. Chilton<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Jose R. Roman<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, James Charlesworth<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Mark Ooi<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i> and David J. Merritt<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia, (2)School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia, (3)Kings Park Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Kings Park, Australia, (4)Agronomy Department, University of Almeria, Almeria, Spain, (5)Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW, Sydney, Australia<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Earthworm assemblages in the urban landscape: A multi-city comparison<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Katalin Szlavecz<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Dietrich Epp Schmidt<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Elisabeth Hornung<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Heikki Setala<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Ian D. Yesilonis<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Johan Kotze<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Miklos Dombos<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, Richard V. Pouyat<\/span><\/i>7<\/span><\/i>, Sarel S. Cilliers<\/span><\/i>8<\/span><\/i>, Stephanie A. Yarwood<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Zsolt Toth<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i> and Csaba Csuzdi<\/span><\/i>9<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, (2)University of Maryland, College Park, MD, (3)Szent Istv\u00e1n University, Budapest, Hungary, (4)University of Helsinki, Lahti, Finland, (5)USDA Forest Service, Baltimore, MD, (6)Institute for Soil Sciences and Agricultural Chemistry, Budapest, Hungary, (7)Emeritus, USDA Forest Service, (8)North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa, (9)Eszterh\u00e1zy K\u00e1roly University, Eger, Hungary<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Simulations of inorganic nitrogen dynamics and loss in topsoil at a watershed scale<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Shen Yu<\/i><\/b>, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Deepened snow cover alters grassland nitrogen cycling by modifying the balance between biotic and abiotic process during non-growing season<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Zhou Jia, Ping Li and <\/span><\/i>Lingli Liu<\/i><\/b>, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Effects of plant-microbe interactions and management practices on soil carbon storage in biofuel crop systems<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Stephanie M. Juice<\/i><\/b>, Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, Kara E. Allen, Manaaki Whenua\u2013Landcare Research, Lincoln, WV, New Zealand and Edward R. Brzostek, Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Resiliency of the microbiome in grasslands: Can they recover after a long-term drought?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Leena L. Vilonen<\/i><\/b>, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Melinda D. Smith, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO and Pankaj Trivedi, Colorado State University<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Extreme precipitation interacts with N cycling in a semi-arid grassland<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Courtney M. Currier<\/i><\/b>, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ and Osvaldo E. Sala, School of Life Sciences, School of Sustainability, and Global Drylands Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Pulsed emissions of nitric and nitrous oxide from dryland soils have distinct responses to nitrogen addition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Alexander Krichels<\/i><\/b>, Center for Conservation Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, Pete M Homyak, Department of Environmental Science, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA, Hannah B. Shulman, Microbiology & Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, Stephanie Piper, University of Calidornia Riverside, Riverside, CA, James O. Sickman, Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA, Emma L. Aronson, University of California Riverside and G. Darrel Jenerette, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Modeling microbial functional diversity mitigates projected soil carbon loss in response to climate warming<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Yang Song<\/i><\/b>, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil-vegetation dynamics during early natural regeneration in canopy gaps of a tropical rainforest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Am\u00e9rica Bale\u00f3n-Sep\u00falveda<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Irene S\u00e1nchez-Gallen<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Mayra E. Gavito<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Javier \u00c1lvarez-S\u00e1nchez<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Ecology and Natural Resources, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico, Mexico City, Mexico, (2)Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Understanding the soil nutrients that predict the species richness across a productivity gradient in a semi-arid grassland<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Morodoluwa Akin-Fajiye<\/i><\/b>, Amanda C. Schmidt and Lauchlan H. Fraser, Natural Resource Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Can root traits predict communities of soil nematodes in restored northern prairies?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Rafael Otfinowski<\/i><\/b> and Victory Coffey, Biology, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, Canada<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Linking fine-root traits in shallow soils to sap flow reductions in response to mild drought among 7 temperate tree species<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Newton Tran<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Marvin Lo<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Meghan G. Midgley<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Christine R Rollinson<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Ray Dybzinski<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and M. Luke McCormack<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Center for Tree Science, The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL, (2)Institute of Environmental Sustainability, Loyola University Chicago, IL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Rooting profiles and biomass in surface soils linked to deep carbon stocks across fertility gradients in humid tropical lowland forests<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Daniela F. Cusack<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Amanda Longhi Cordeiro<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Lee H. Dietterich<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Benjamin L. Turner<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, (2)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Tree seedling shade tolerance arises from interactions between light availability, soil-borne microbes, and plant defense\/recovery traits<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Katherine E. A. Wood<\/i><\/b>, Richard K. Kobe and Sarah McCarthy-Neumann, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Exploring the plant microbiome: Using NGS technology to investigate the Puget Prairie plant endophyte community<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Victoria G. J. Fox<\/i><\/b> and Jonathan D. Bakker, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Nitrate accumulation, nitrate sorption capacity, and anion exchange capacity in Oxisol soils across native forest to intensive cropping gradient in the southeast Amazon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Alexandra Huddell<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Christopher Neill<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Cheryl Palm<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Duncan N. L. Menge<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, (2)Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA, (3)Institute for Sustainable Food Systems, University of Florida, FL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The complex effects of forest fragmentation and urbanization on soil respiration<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sarah M. Garvey<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Pamela H. Templer<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Erin A. Pierce<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Lucy R. Hutyra<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Earth & Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA, (2)Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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High Hg input from artisanal and small-scale gold mining disproportionally threatens intact forests in the Peruvian Amazon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jacqueline R. Gerson<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, William Pan<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Claudia Vega<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Luis Fernandez<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Natalie Szponar<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Bridget Bergquist<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Charles T. Driscoll<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Heileen Hsu-Kim<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Emily S. Bernhardt<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, (2)Duke University, (3)CINCIA, (4)University of Toronto, (5)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Whole-profile soil carbon and nitrogen change after 25 years of differential agricultural management<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Carolina C\u00f3rdova<\/i><\/b>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Alexandra N. Kravchenko<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and G. Philip Robertson<\/span><\/i>1,2,3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI, (2)W. K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI, (3)Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Global change in mountain grasslands: Effects on plant diversity and soil organic carbon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Antonio Rodr\u00edguez<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Rosa Mar\u00eda Canals<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Josefina Plaixats<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Elena Albanell<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Haifa Debouk<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Jordi Garc\u00eda-Pausas<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Leticia San Emeterio<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Juan Jos\u00e9 Jim\u00e9nez<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i> and Maria-Teresa Sebasti\u00e0<\/span><\/i>7<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Horticulture, Botany and Landscaping, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain, (2)Universidad P\u00fablica de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, (3)Department of Animal and Food Sciences, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Cerdanyola, Spain, (4)Forest Sciences Centre of Catalonia (CTFC), Solsona, Spain, (5)Departamento de Agronom\u00eda, Biotecnolog\u00eda y Alimentaci\u00f3n, Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, (6)ARAID\/IPE-CSIC, Huesca, Spain, (7)Forest Technology Centre of Catalonia, Solsona, Spain<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Response of microbial functional composition to long-term warming along a soil depth gradient<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Qi Qi<\/i><\/b> and Yunfeng Yang, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Climate change may affect extinctions via altered plant-soil feedback<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Karina M. Cortijo-Robles<\/i><\/b>, University of Puerto Rico R\u00edo Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR and Meredith A. Zettlemoyer, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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From phenomenon to mechanism: Are plant-soil feedbacks maintaining coexistence in the sagebrush steppe?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Anny Chung<\/i><\/b>, Departments of Plant Biology and Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Thomas A. Monaco, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Logan, UT, J. Bret Taylor, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Dubois, ID and Peter B. Adler, Department of Wildland Resources and the Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Okay microbes, now let\u2019s get in formation: Assembly of bacteria from soil to amphibian skin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Elle M. Barnes<\/i><\/b>, Steve Kutos, Nina Naghshineh, Marissa Mesko, Qing You and J.D. Lewis, Biological Sciences, Fordham University, Bronx, NY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Microbial phosphorus immobilization slows soil phosphorus cycling in tropical secondary succession<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Johann Puespoek<\/i><\/b>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Wolfgang Wanek<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Jefferson Hall<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Michiel van Breugel<\/span><\/i>3,4<\/span><\/i> and Benjamin L. Turner<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, (1)Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA, (2)Department of Microbiology & Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Austria, (3)Center for Tropical Forest Sciences, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama, (4)Yale-NUS College, Singapore, Singapore, (5)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Long-term drought increases soil dark-septate fungi and fungal community turnover, and alters biogeochemical processes in Amazon rain forest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Erika Buscardo<\/i><\/b>, Faculty of Forest Sciences, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Romulo C. Souza, Department of Plant Biology, University of Campinas, Patrick Meir, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland; Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, Jozsef Geml, Environmental Microbiome Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; Eszterh\u00e1zy K\u00e1roly University, Eger, Hungary, Antonio CL da Costa, Ecology and Earth Sciences Division, Em\u00edlio Goeldi Museum, Bel\u00e9m, Brazil and Laszlo Nagy, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Juniperus virginiana<\/span><\/i> encroachment into Nebraska grasslands alters soil properties and microbial community with implications for invasion management in the Great Plains<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Julie Fowler<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Shaokun Wang<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Rhae A Drijber<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Joshua R. Herr<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Dirac Twidwell<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Jeremy T. Hiller<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Ping Yue<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Anastasios Mazis<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Tala Awada<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska \u2013 Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, (2)Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, (3)Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska \u2013 Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, (4)Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska \u2013 Lincoln, Lincoln, NE<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Fighting fungi with fungi: Can fungal endophytes help white pines defend against blister rust disease?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Emily A. Martin<\/i><\/b>, Molecular Ecology, MPG Ranch, Missoula, MT, Beau G. Larkin, Forestry and Conservation, MPG Ranch, Missoula, MT and Lorinda Bullington, Molecular Ecology and Bioinformatics, MPG Ranch, Missoula, MT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Natural recovery patterns of biological soil crusts on the Colorado Plateau: The role of aeolian processes and overland flow in controlling microbial dispersal<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sierra Jech<\/i><\/b>, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, Caroline A. Havrilla, Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ and Nichole N. Barger, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Plant-soil interactions and the efficacy of N-fixing species in restoration<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Clarice M. Esch<\/i><\/b>, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University and Stephanie G. Yelenik, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaii National Park, HI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Does increasing tree diversity restore multifunctionality in forests planted for carbon sequestration?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kristin B. Hulvey<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Richard J. Hobbs<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Michael P. Perring<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Rachel J. Standish<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Lori Lach<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Rebecca Parsons<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i> and Tim Morald<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, (1)Working Lands Conservation, Logan, UT, (2)School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia, (3)School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Australia, (4)Environmental & Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, (5)College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia, (6)School of Plant Biology, M090, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Nitrogen inputs are quickly lost from a semiarid grassland on the Colorado Plateau<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Brooke B. Osborne<\/i><\/b>, Carla Roybal, Erika Geiger, Michala L. Phillips and Sasha Reed, Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Moab, UT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Microbial diversity drives specialization in litter decomposition and metabolic products<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nanette C. Raczka<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Ember M. Morrissey<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Edward R. Brzostek<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, (2)Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Harnessing taxon-specific microbial data to understand the temperature sensitivity of soil carbon cycling across biomes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Chao Wang<\/span><\/i>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Rebecca L. Mau<\/span><\/i>3,4<\/span><\/i>, Michaela Hayer<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Michelle C. Mack<\/span><\/i>3,5<\/span><\/i>, Jane C. Marks<\/span><\/i>3,6<\/span><\/i>, Sheryl L. Bell<\/span><\/i>7<\/span><\/i>, Samantha N. Miller<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Egbert Schwartz<\/span><\/i>3,5<\/span><\/i>, Paul Dijkstra<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Benjamin J. Koch<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Bram W. G. Stone<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Alicia M. Purcell<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Steven Blazewicz<\/span><\/i>8<\/span><\/i>, Kirsten S. Hofmockel<\/span><\/i>7<\/span><\/i>, Jeniffer Pett-Ridge<\/span><\/i>8<\/span><\/i>, Bruce A. Hungate<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i> and <\/span><\/i>Ember M. Morrissey<\/i><\/b>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Instituted of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China, (2)Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, (3)Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, (4)Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, (5)Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, (6)Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, (7)Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, (8)Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Prescribed fire alters ecosystem consequences of plant-soil feedbacks along a coastal elevation gradient<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Julia A. Cherry<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Pamela Weisenhorn<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Lorae\u2019 T. Simpson<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Mollie A. Nugent<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Loretta L. Battaglia<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, (2)Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, (3)Plant Biology & Center for Ecology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Differential recovery of soil microbial functional groups and ecosystem functions following cessation of chronic fertilization<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Matthew A. Nieland<\/i><\/b>, Priscilla Moley, Jaide H. Allenbrand, Janaye Hanschu and Lydia H. Zeglin, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Moving beyond site-specific relationships to unifying links between microbial structure and ecosystem functions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kusum Naithani<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Ayanna St. Rose<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Renee F. Sniegocki<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Jessica B. Moon<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, (2)Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, (3)Biology Department, Murray State University, Murray, KY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Do higher-quality plant tissue inputs promote organic matter accumulation more efficiently than lower-quality inputs? Insights from a dual-isotope pulse-chase experiment in subtropical pasture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Chris H. Wilson<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Michael S Strickland<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Jose Dubeux<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Lynn E. Sollenberger<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Stacy A. Smith<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Gabriel Maltais-Landry<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Stefan Gerber<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, (1)Agronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, (2)Soil and Water Systems, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, (3)Agronomy, University of Florida, FL, (4)Soil and Water Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, (5)Soil and Water Sciences, University of Florida IFAS, Gainesville, FL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Nitrogen inputs and losses following disturbance: A slippery slope<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jessie I. Motes<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Ernest D. Osburn<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Katherine J. Elliott<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Chelcy F. Miniat<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, J. E. Barrett<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Nina Wurzburger<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, (2)Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, (3)USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Otto, NC<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Grass cover and soil microbes affect native plant reestablishment after fires<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Christopher R. Warneke<\/i><\/b>, Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Stephanie G. Yelenik, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaii National Park, HI and Lars A. Brudvig, Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The ubiquity of flammability: Fire drives predictable changes to fungal communities across pyrophilic ecosystems<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jacob R. Hopkins<\/i><\/b>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Tatiana Semenova-Nelsen<\/span><\/i>1,2<\/span><\/i> and Benjamin A. Sikes<\/span><\/i>1,2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, (2)Kansas Biological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Plant-soil feedbacks explain competitive success of exotic plants in mixed communities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lauren P. Waller<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Warwick J. Allen<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Jonathan D. Tonkin<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Jason Tylianakis<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Ian A. Dickie<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)The Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand, (2)School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Contributed Posters<\/b><\/h2>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Above and belowground community responses to infrequent compost applications in semi-native and improved pastures<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Shelby C. McClelland<\/i><\/b>, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO and Meagan Schipanski, Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The contribution of foliar fungi to agricultural soil microbiomes in an organic cropping system<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Derek R. Newberger<\/i><\/b> and Naupaka Zimmerman, Biology, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Heterosis in the maize B73 x Mo17 cross depends on soil microbiota<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Maggie Wagner<\/span><\/i>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Clara Tang<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Fernanda Salvato<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, <\/span><\/i>Kayla Clouse<\/i><\/b>2<\/span><\/i>, Alexandria Bartlett<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Shannon Sermons<\/span><\/i>3,4<\/span><\/i>, Mark Hoffmann<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Peter J. Balint-Kurti<\/span><\/i>3,4<\/span><\/i> and Manuel Kleiner<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS, (2)Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, (3)NCSU, (4)USDA-ARS, Raleigh, NC<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Chemical and organic farming methods alter ant activity during the Michigan growing season<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Stephanie Clark<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Jackson A Helms IV<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Jamie Smith<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Kathleen Knupp<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Nick M. Haddad<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Michigan State University \u2013 Kellogg Biological Station, (2)Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI, (3)Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Carbon and water use efficiencies under rainfed cropping practices in a semiarid region<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nicanor Z. Saliendra<\/i><\/b>, Mark A. Liebig and David W. Archer, USDA ARS Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, Mandan, ND<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Sustainable land management in South Carolina: Implementing cover crops for increased ecosystem health<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lucas Clay<\/i><\/b>, Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, J. Carl Ureta, Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, Katharine Perkins, Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Clemson University and Marzieh Motallebi, Clemson University<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Mixed cover crops on Mycorrhizal fungi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Yvonne N. Byrd<\/i><\/b>, Life Science, Weatherford College, Weatherford, TX<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Linking the host-plant ecotype and its associated rhizobiome to drought resistance in a dominant prairie grass <\/span>Andropogon gerardii<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Shiva Thapa<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Abigail Kamke<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Kaitlyn Ward<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Qinghong Ran<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Lauren Anderson<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Loretta Johnson<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Mathew Galliart<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Sonny T M Lee<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, (2)Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Rhizobiome diversity and its impact on drought resistance in dominant prairie grass big bluestem <\/span>Andropogon gerardii<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Abigail Kamke<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Shiva Thapa<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Qinghong Ran<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Kaitlyn Ward<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Lauren Anderson<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Matthew Galliart<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Loretta Johnson<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Sonny T M Lee<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, (2)Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Mycorrhizal drivers of non-native pest richness in US forests<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Rachel T. Cook<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Samuel J. Ward<\/span><\/i>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Andrew M. Liebhold<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Songlin Fei<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, (2)Forestry & Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, (3)Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Morgantown, WV<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The effects of ecosystem management on the nitrogen input in a system<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Gina Profetto<\/i><\/b>, Integrative Biology, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA and Jerome J. Howard, Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>Understanding the role of brown lemming (<\/span>Lemmus trimucronatus<\/span><\/i>) activities in soil nutrient cycling<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Austin N. Roy<\/i><\/b> and Jennie R. McLaren, Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Increased precipitation variability alters the composition and function of the soil mycobiome<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nicolas L. Louw<\/i><\/b>, Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Laureano A. Gherardi, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Osvaldo E. Sala, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ and Y. Anny Chung, Departments of Plant Biology and Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Nitrogen demand shifts carbon belowground allocation, but not nutrient acquisition in cotton and soybean<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Evan A. Perkowski<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Elizabeth F. Waring<\/span><\/i>1,2<\/span><\/i> and Nicholas G. Smith<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, (2)Department of Natural Sciences, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Understanding the role of nitrogen fertilization on plant-microbe interactions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Eric Johnston<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Emilie Sidelinger<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Brittany Hicks<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Sara Jawdy<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Mindy Clark<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Dawn Klingeman<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i> and <\/span><\/i>Melissa A. Cregger<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (2)Clemson University, (3)University of Michigan, (4)Plant Systems Biology Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (5)Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Physiological implications of acid mediated nutrient stress on sugar maple (<\/span>Acer saccharum<\/span><\/i>) in the Adirondack Mountains of New York<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Arianna Wills<\/i><\/b>, FNRM, SUNY-ESF, Syracuse, NY, Gregory B. Lawrence, New York Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Troy, NY, Colin M. Beier, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY and John E. Drake, Sustainable Resources Management, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The effects of high protein (IHP) and Illinois low protein (ILP) maize on the rhizosphere microbiome<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Niuniu Ji<\/i><\/b>, DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, URBANA, IL and Angela D. Kent, Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Seasonal shifts in soil carbon fractions in moist tropical forests of Panama<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lee H. Dietterich<\/i><\/b>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Benjamin L. Turner<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Jason Karpman<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Avishesh Neupane<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Daniela F. Cusack<\/span><\/i>2,5<\/span><\/i>, (1)Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, (2)Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, (3)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama, (4)Geography, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, (5)Geography, University of California \u2013 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Increases in C3 grass biomass explain soil respiration trends across a gradient of nitrogen addition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Megan E. Wilcots<\/i><\/b>, Katherine M. Schroeder, Eric W. Seabloom and Elizabeth T. Borer, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Common large scale importance of microbial anabolism and necromass to soil organic carbon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Chao Wang<\/i><\/b>, Lingrui Qu and Edith Bai, State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Instituted of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Assessing the evidence basis for forest soil carbon accounting<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Leehi Yona<\/i><\/b>, School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Robert B. Jackson, Earth System Science, Woods Institute for the Environment, and Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Christopher B. Field, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Joseph Garner, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA and Katharine J Mach, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Not all soil carbon is made equal: Using meta-analytical techniques to understand differential effects of global environmental change on soil organic matter components<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Katherine Rocci<\/i><\/b>, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Jocelyn M. Lavallee, Natural Resource Ecology Lab, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO and M. Francesca Cotrufo, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Effects of precipitation intensity, frequency and nitrogen on soil nitrous oxide (N<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>O) emission: Model simulations using the DNDC<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Dafeng Hui<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Huiling Zhang<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Qi Deng<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Christopher W. Schadt<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Melanie A. Mayes<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Deqiang Zhang<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Biological Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, (2)South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China, (3)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, (4)Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Effects of long-term, experimental drought and nitrogen addition on above and belowground carbon stocks in Mediterranean coastal sage scrub and grasslands<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nicole M. Fiore<\/i><\/b>, Earth System Science, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA and Michael Goulden, Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Legacy effects of past climate affect responses of N cycling to current climate in tallgrass prairie<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Caitlin M. Broderick<\/i><\/b> and John M. Blair, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Impact of long-term warming and wetting on carbon sequestration and nitrogen dynamics in High Arctic tundra soils<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Malissa Ann G Tayo<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Cindy C Yanez<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Aubrey K Fine<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Claudia Czimczik<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Xiaomei Xu<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Sean M. Schaeffer<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Jeffrey M. Welker<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, (1)Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, (2)Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, (3)University of California, Irvine, (4)Department of Biosystems Engineering & Soil Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, (5)Ecology and Genetics Research Unit and UArctic, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Effects of fire on soil NO<\/span>x<\/span> and N<\/span>2<\/span>O emissions in chaparral ecosystems<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Elizah Stephens<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Aral Greene<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Karen Argumedo<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Nikki Shelton<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Heather Haro<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Alexander Krichels<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, M. Fabiola Pulido-Chavez<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Loralee Larios<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, Cassandra Zalman<\/span><\/i>7<\/span><\/i>, Sydney I. Glassman<\/span><\/i>8<\/span><\/i> and Pete M Homyak<\/span><\/i>9<\/span><\/i>, (1)Environmental Science, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA, (2)Environmental Science, Univeristy of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, (3)University of California Riverside, (4)Center for Conservation Biology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, (5)Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA, (6)Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA, (7)Schmid College of Science and Technology; Biological Sciences, Chapman University, Orange, CA, (8)Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, (9)Department of Environmental Science, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The responses of nutrient cycling dynamics to warming and the feedbacks to carbon cycling in peatland ecosystems<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Xiaojuan Yang<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Dan M. Ricciuto<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Paul J. Hanson<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Colleen M. Iversen<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Richard J. Norby<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Verity G. Salmon<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Xiaoying Shi<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Peter E. Thornton<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (2)Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Impacts of drought and nitrogen on soil bacterial communities in a grassland ecosystem<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Andie Nugent<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Steven D. Allison<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Nicole M. Fiore<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, (2)Earth System Science, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Systematic variations in the contribution of rainfall-driven soil respiration pulses to soil carbon cycling in North American deserts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Gregory E. Maurer<\/i><\/b>, Jornada Basin LTER, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Dynamic bioavailable N in a deep unsaturated zone shows evidence of N cycling and plant and microbe use<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kelsey Crutchfield-Peters<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Alison Tune<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Daniella Rempe<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Todd E. Dawson<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, (2)Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, (3)Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Depth profile of soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation over two decades in a prairie reconstruction experiment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kaitlin M. Libbey<\/i><\/b> and Daniel L. Hernandez, Biology, Carleton College, Northfield, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Abundance of comammox bacteria in an Adirondack soil system<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Megan Demcevski<\/i><\/b>, EFB, SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY and Hyatt Green, Environmental and Forest Biology, SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil microbial community responses to changes in rainfall variability across a monsoon season in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ren\u00e9e F. Brown<\/i><\/b>, Cristina D. Takacs-Vesbach and Scott L. Collins, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Plant traits predict persistence of nutrient enrichment effects in arctic tundra<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Chhaya M. Werner<\/i><\/b>, Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany, Maria Tuomi, Biology, University of Turku and Anu Eskelinen, Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research \u2013 UFZ, Leipzig, Germany<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The fate of biological soil crusts and their plant communities after fire: A meta-analysis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Brianne R Palmer<\/i><\/b>, Plant Science, University of California, Davis, San Diego, CA; Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, Rebecca R. Hernandez, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA and David Lipson, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Assessing the role of ecosystem nitrogen cycling in insect defoliation and tree recovery across multiple scales during a severe invasive insect outbreak<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Emma Conrad-Rooney<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Jaclyn Hatala Matthes<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Audrey A. Barker Plotkin<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Valerie Pasquarella<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, (2)Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA, (3)Earth & Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil microbial biomass and community structure response to variation in climate during restoration establishment year<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kathryn D. Eckhoff<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Drew A. Scott<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Sara G. Baer<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, (2)Plant Biology and Center for Ecology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Wildfires in the Southern Appalachian Mountains increases soil microbial nutrient scavenging with burn severity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Megan Schill<\/i><\/b>, Environmental Science and Ecology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, Allison M. Veach, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Shawn Brown, Biology, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN and Richard Baird, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Starksville, MS<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Testing the fast-slow economic spectrum hypothesis in plant communities of the Atacama Desert located along rainfall and nutrient gradients: linking above- and below-ground functional traits<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Francisco A. Squeo<\/i><\/b>1,2,3<\/span><\/i>, Danny E. Carvajal<\/span><\/i>2,4<\/span><\/i>, Cristian A. Delpiano<\/span><\/i>1,2<\/span><\/i> and Andrea P. Loayza<\/span><\/i>2,5<\/span><\/i>, (1)Departamento de Biolog\u00eda, Universidad de La Serena, La Serena, Chile, (2)Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB), Chile, (3)Center for Advanced Studies in Arid Zones (CEAZA), Chile, (4)Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile, (5)Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Multidisciplinario en Ciencia y Tecnolog\u00eda, Universidad de La Serena, La Serena, Chile<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The impact of dominant prairie grasses and native soil inoculation on microbial metabolic diversity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Eliana M. Durnbaugh<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Daniel L. Hern\u00e1ndez<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Raka M. Mitra<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biology, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, (2)Department of Biology, Carleton College, Northfield, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Impacts of grazing on the structure and function of soil nematode communities in wet meadow rangelands<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Rafael Otfinowski, Ryan Nykvist and <\/span><\/i>Victory Coffey<\/i><\/b>, Biology, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, Canada<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Does chronic nitrogen fertilization affect tradeoffs between soil bacterial growth rate and growth efficiency?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Brett Nave<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Matthew Nieland<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Lydia H. Zeglin<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, (2)Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Understanding trait linkages of soil microbiomes and plant phenotypes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kendall K. Beals<\/i><\/b>, Joseph K. Bailey and Jennifer A. Schweitzer, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Effect of extreme drought on arbuscular mycorrhizal root colonization and functional traits of two C4 dominant grasses<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Smriti Pehim Limbu<\/i><\/b>, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD and Meghan L. Avolio, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Abiotic variables \u2013 not anthropogenic plastics \u2013 drive invertebrate abundance and diversity in urban soils<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Annie Stoeth<\/i><\/b>, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Does nitrogen pollution lead to adaptation among forest decomposer fungi?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nora Duncritts<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Shana Whitney<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Eric W. Morrison<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Serita D. Frey<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Anne Pringle<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, (2)Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Tracking fire recovery and plant-soil feedbacks in a watershed in Eastern Nevada, USA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Katherine K. Strain<\/i><\/b>, NRES, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV and Erin Hanan, Natural Resources & Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Environmental heterogeneity increases resilience of a restored grassland to interannual variability in precipitation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ashley A. Wojciechowski<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, John M. Blair<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Scott L. Collins<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Sara G. Baer<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Kansas Biological Survey and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, (2)Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, (3)Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Fire and grazing management affect root-associated fungal communities more than plant species identity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nicholas Vega Anguiano<\/i><\/b>, Biology, Kansas State University; Rangeland Science, Humboldt State University, Los Angeles, CA, Ari Jumpponen, Department of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS and Lydia H. Zeglin, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Grazing and nitrogen deposition do not synergistically modify ecosystem C, N and P storages in typical steppe of the Loess Plateau<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lan Li<\/i><\/b> and Fujiang Hou, State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Eragrostis lehmanniana <\/span><\/i>confers a benefit to <\/span>Bouteloua gracilis <\/span><\/i>through plant-soil feedback, but still outcompetes it<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sherri L. Buerdsell<\/i><\/b>, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, Brook Milligan, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University and Erik A. Lehnhoff, Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The role of mutualisms in driving species invasions: A global meta-analysis of legumes and their rhizobial associates<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kathryn J. Bloodworth<\/i><\/b>, Biology Department, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC and Kimberly J. Komatsu, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Legume response to microbial communities from grasslands varying in land-use history<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Susan M. Magnoli<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Anna Larimer<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and James D. Bever<\/span><\/i>1,3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Kansas Biological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, (2)Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, (3)Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The carbon dynamics of mutualism disruption: Invasive ants reduce carbon storage by East African acacia trees<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Gabriella Mizell<\/i><\/b>, Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, Todd M. Palmer, Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Elizabeth G. Pringle, Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Mycorrhizas can reduce negative environmental impacts of turfgrass management<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Elizabeth A. Haymaker<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Adam B. Cobb<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Yanqi Q. Wu<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Gail W.T. Wilson<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Natural Resources Ecology & Mangement, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, (2)Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, (3)Plant and Soil, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Separating the effects of mycorrhizal status and litter chemistry on soil C and N stocks in a tropical montane forest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Georgia Seyfried<\/i><\/b>, Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL and Wendy H. Yang, Departments of Plant Biology and Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The cuisine or the community: Substrate quality and fungal community structure differentially affect soil microbial function along an EcM basal area gradient<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Amelia Fitch<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Emily D. Whalen<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, K. M. Geyer<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Caitlin Hicks Pries<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, (2)Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, (3)Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Mycorrhizal community response to light and nitrogen conditions in a Costa Rican lowland tropical rainforest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nikayla Ficano<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Lindsay McCulloch<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Stephen Porder<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Brown University, Providence, RI, (2)Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Mycorrhizal fungal response to elevated CO\u2082 concentrations in the Mojave desert<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jesse A. Goodfellow<\/i><\/b> and Audrey Ellis, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Does the importance of nutrient limitation and pathogen damage on root growth depend on AM or ECM-dominance of forest plots?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sara M Moledor<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Andrew C. Eagar<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Kurt A. Smemo<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Richard P. Phillips<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Christopher B. Blackwood<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, (3)Environmental Studies and Sciences, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, (4)Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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AMF mutualism and parasitism across a nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization gradient<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Veronica M. Briggs<\/i><\/b>, Institute for the Environment and Sustainability and Department of Biology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, Jonathan T. Bauer, Miami University, Oxford, OH and Emily Grman, Biology Department, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Tri-trophic interactions alter above- and belowground switchgrass productivity and associated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi growth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Matthew L. Reid<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Amanda L. Lietz<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Douglas A. Landis<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Lisa K. Tiemann<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, (2)Biological Sciences, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI, (3)Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Controls of corn stomatal closure point across ontogenic stages, generations, soil microbiomes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kelsey R. Carter<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Dea Musa<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, John Heneghan<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Emma Lathrop<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, L. Turin Dickman<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, John Dunbar<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Sanna A. Sevanto<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, (2)Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Exploring the influence of maize genotype and rhizosphere microbiome on herbivory-induced volatile organic compounds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sierra S. Raglin<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Esther N. Ngumbi<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Angela D. Kent<\/span><\/i>1,3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, (2)Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, (3)Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Untamed genes: Structural, mechanistic, and functional impacts of teosinte loci on the rhizosphere microbiome of maize<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Alonso Favela<\/i><\/b>, Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, Martin O. Bohn, Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL and Angela D. Kent, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Assessing the relationship between biological nitrification inhibition of field-grown sorghum and rhizosphere microbial communities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sandra Simon<\/i><\/b>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Rachel Waltermire<\/span><\/i>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Mark Burnham<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, D.K. Lee<\/span><\/i>2,3<\/span><\/i>, Evan H. DeLucia<\/span><\/i>2,4<\/span><\/i>, Wendy H. Yang<\/span><\/i>2,4,5<\/span><\/i> and Angela D. Kent<\/span><\/i>1,2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, (2)DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, (3)Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (4)Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, (5)Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Differentiating bulk soil from tare soil effects on the potato (<\/span>Solanum tuberosum<\/span><\/i>) rhizosphere microbiome<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kayla D. Delventhal<\/i><\/b>, Kenneth E. Frost and Posy E. Busby, Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Long\u2010term optimization of crop yield while concurrently improving soil quality<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Junxiao PAN<\/i><\/b>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Zhenling Cui<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Shuli Niu<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, (2)China Agricultural University, BEIJING, China, (3)Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Disturbance intensity affects the distribution of soil bacterial, fungal and animal community differently in adjacent native forest and agricultural soils<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Tiehang Wu<\/i><\/b>, Michael Sabula and Holli Milner, Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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A model of soil subsidence for a subtropical drained peatland<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Andres F. Rodriguez<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Stefan Gerber<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Samira H. Daroub<\/span><\/i>1,3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Everglades Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Belle Glade, FL, (2)Soil and Water Sciences, University of Florida IFAS, Gainesville, FL, (3)Soil and Water Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Response of two pheretimoid earthworms, <\/span>Amynthas tokioensis<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Amynthas agrestis<\/span><\/i> to different litter types<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Bradley M. Herrick<\/i><\/b> and Marie R. Johnston, Arboretum, University of Wisconsin \u2013 Madison, Madison, WI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Impacts of changing land use on soil bacterial and fungal communities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Matthew Gacura<\/i><\/b>, Ariana Mayher, Mike Ganger and Russell Minton, Biology Department, Gannon University, Erie, PA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Fungal community relation to soil carbon stocks across tropical forest succession<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Emily J. Diaz-Vallejo<\/i><\/b>, Geography, University of Wisconsin \u2013 Madison, Madison, WI and Erika Marin-Spiotta, Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Comparison of soil moisture measurements from various spatial scales for an agricultural ecosystem<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sungsik Cho<\/i><\/b>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Minseok Kang<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Sung-Won Choi<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Jongho Kim<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Juhan Park<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Seungwon Sohn<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Interdiciplinary Program in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), (2)National Center for AgroMeteorology, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Understanding the role of methoxylated aromatic compounds in methanogenesis from peatland ecosystems<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Rachel N. Andrews<\/i><\/b>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Eric R. Johnston<\/span><\/i>2,3<\/span><\/i> and Christopher W. Schadt<\/span><\/i>2,3,4<\/span><\/i>, (1)Roane State Community College, Harriman, TN, (2)Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (3)Climate Change Sciences Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (4)Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil origin and ecotypic variation determine plant\u2013soil feedback of a keystone species in longleaf pine savannas of the southeastern U.S.A.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Carolina Baruzzi<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Cesar Zamora<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Jessica Hong<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Claudia Stein<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Raelene M. Crandall<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, (2)Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Auburn University in Montgomery, Montgomery, AL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil carbon in ponderosa pine forest following three prescribed fires 1998-present<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Robert L. Sanford Jr.<\/i><\/b>, School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Drying effects on root dynamics in tropical forest soils<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Amanda Cordeiro<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Lee H. Dietterich<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Benjamin L. Turner<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, S. Joseph Wright<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Daniela F. Cusack<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, (2)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama, (3)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Rhizobia nodulation delays seedling establishment in wild indigo (<\/span>Baptisa: <\/span><\/i>Fabaceae) and reduces performance of adapted herbivores<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Monica Velasco<\/i><\/b>, California Baptist University, Riverside, CA and Rebecca E. Forkner, Department of Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Nutrient additions have direct and indirect effects on biocrust biomass in a long-term Chihuahuan Desert grassland experiment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lauren M Baldarelli<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Heather L. Throop<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Scott L. Collins<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and David Ward<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, (2)School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, (3)Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Alleviation of light competition increases species richness and ecosystem carbon sequestration under nitrogen enrichment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Fangfang Ma<\/i><\/b>1,2<\/span><\/i> and Shuli Niu<\/span><\/i>1,2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Tracking soil carbon processes with stable and radioactive carbon isotopes in temperate forest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kaibo Wang<\/i><\/b>, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Science and Weiyu Shi, Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Remote Sensing Big Data Application, Southwest University<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Earth\u2019s natural fertilizer: Foliar uptake of insoluble phosphorus from desert dust stimulate plant growth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sudeep Tiwari<\/span><\/i>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Ran Erel<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and <\/span><\/i>Avner Gross<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)The Department of Geograpy, Ben Gurion University, Israel, (2)Gilat Reaserch Center, Israel<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Resource stoichiometry drives changes in dissolved organic matter production by heterotrophic bacteria<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Seth K. Thompson<\/i><\/b>, Biology Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota- Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN and James B. Cotner, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota \u2013 Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Increased crop rotational diversity influences bioavailable N cycling<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lauren C. Breza<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Maria Mooshammer<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Timothy M. Bowles<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Virginia L. Jin<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Marty Schmer<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and A. Stuart Grandy<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, (2)Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, (3)Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, (4)Agroecosystem Management Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Ecology for the greater good: Applying biogeochemical theory and practice to climate change mitigation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Whendee L. Silver<\/i><\/b>, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, Allegra Mayer, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Tibisay Perez, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Investigating the formation and transformation of iron monosulfides in soils<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Chelsea E. Duball<\/i><\/b> and Karen Vaughan, Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Differential responses to drought and post-drought conditions by three conifer species: The effects of water and nitrogen availability<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Yuriko Yano<\/i><\/b>, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Jia Hu, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil nutrient availability affects growth and recruitment of saplings of six northern hardwood species<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Dainel S. Hong<\/i><\/b>, GPES, SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY and Ruth D. Yanai, Sustainable Resources Management, SUNY-ESF, Syracuse, NY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Effects of plant neighborhood on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal attributes in afforested zones<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Min M. Sheng<\/i><\/b> and Xuedong X. Chen, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil microbiome and the American chestnut<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sarah Andrews<\/i><\/b>, Geoffrey Eger and Paula C. Jackson, Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Decomposition rate changes at forest ecotones as a function of leaf chemistry and microbial community composition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Colleen Cosgrove<\/i><\/b>, Andrew C. Eagar, Mark W. Kershner and Christopher B. Blackwood, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The impact of variable versus constant winter snow cover on maple leaf litter decomposition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Abbey R. Yatsko<\/i><\/b> and Marc Goebel, Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Presence of manganese(II) confers growth benefit to litter-degrading Ascomycete fungi on recalcitrant, but not labile, carbon sources<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ethan Lynch and <\/span><\/i>Carolyn A. Zeiner<\/i><\/b>, Department of Biology, University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Homogenisation of soil microbial functions along a gradient of agro-pastoral land-use<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Shamik Roy<\/i><\/b> and Sumanta Bagchi, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Disturbance decreases soil microbial diversity and litter decomposition in tropical montane forests of Malaysian Borneo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Renee F. Sniegocki<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Jessica B. Moon<\/span><\/i>2,3<\/span><\/i>, Abigail Rutrough<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Jude Gireneus<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Jaya S. S. Seelan<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, David Weindorf<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Michael Farmer<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Kusum J. Naithani<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, (2)Murray State University, Murray, KY, (3)Biology Department, Murray State University, Murray, KY, (4)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, (5)Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Carbon storage and stabilization in boreal forest soils: A tool for fighting climate change<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Veronique Rouleau<\/i><\/b>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Christine Martineau<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Jeanette Whitaker<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Jerome Laganiere<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, David Par\u00e9<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Armand S\u00e9guin<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Evelyne Thiffault<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Renewable Materials Research Centre, Department of Wood and Forest Sciences, Laval University, Qu\u00e9bec, QC, Canada, (2)Laurentian Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Qu\u00e9bec, QC, Canada, (3)Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster, United Kingdom<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Management history and carbon density in a central Adirondack forest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ry Patton<\/i><\/b>, John E. Drake and Diane Kiernan, Sustainable Resources Management, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Assessing rangeland management practices and ecosystem services<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sheila M. Cloud<\/i><\/b> and Kevin Wilcox, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Consequences of climate change, land management, and disturbances on the carbon sink potential of Pacific Northwest forests<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kristina J. Bartowitz<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Michael Case<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Tara Hudiburg<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, (2)The Nature Conservancy, Seattle, WA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Experimentally reduced snowcover decreases soil respiration in an oak-pine forest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Gregory Zogg<\/i><\/b>, Biology, University of New England, Biddeford, ME and Elliott Boardman, Environmental Studies, University of New England, Biddeord, ME<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Intraspecific variation in plant-microbe interactions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Scott J. Meiners<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Bryan S. Foster II<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Brendan B. Haile<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Justin T. Campnell<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Tom Canam<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Marci J. Gallagher<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, (2)Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, charleston, IL, (3)Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, (4)Department of Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Foliar pathogens and drought alter the strength and direction of plant-soil feedbacks in two herbaceous plants<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Rhiannon C. Vargas<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Mahal J. Bugay<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Claudia Stein<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Gautam Dantas<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Rachel M. Penczykowski<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Scott A. Mangan<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, (1)Evolution, Ecology, and Population Biology program, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, (2)Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, AL, (3)Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, (4)Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil nutrients and plant functional traits mediate plant-fungi associations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lei Chen<\/i><\/b>, State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soils Data Harmonization (SoDaH): A framework and tools for harmonizing and aggregating cross-study soil organic matter data<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Stevan R. Earl<\/i><\/b>, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Will R. Wieder, INSTAAR, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO and Derek N. Pierson, Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Effects of grazing and nitrogen deposition on soil methane and nitrous oxide: A 6-year experimental evidence from typical grassland<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Fujiang Hou<\/i><\/b>, State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730020, China, Zhen Wang, Lanzhou University, China, Xiumin Zhang, Lanzhou University and Mengyuan Wang, Ulster University<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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How do soil temperature and moisture regulate N<\/span>2<\/span>O flux from an urban lawn?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Liukang Xu<\/i><\/b>, Kristen Minish and Derek Trutna, LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, NE<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Use a new soil biogeochemical model to understand carbon responses to whole soil profile warming<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Zhou Lyu<\/i><\/b>, EESA, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, William J. Riley, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, Jinyun Tang, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, Rose Zheng Abramoff, Le Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l\u2019Environnement, Paris, France, Jennifer L. Soong, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, Cristina Castanha, Earth Science, Berkeley Lab, Berkeley, CA and Margaret S. Torn, Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Effects of switchgrass cultivation on deep soil carbon stock and long-term carbon dynamics in marginal lands<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jialiang Kuang<\/i><\/b>, Institute for Environmental Genomics, Consolidated Core Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, and School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Influence of microbial surface litter decomposer communities on CO<\/span>2<\/span> emissions from natural soils<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

John Heneghan<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Sanna Sevanto<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Rae DeVan<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Brent D. Newman<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, M. Francesca Cotrufo<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, George Perkins<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Michaeline Nelson Albright<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and John Dunbar<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Earth and Environmental Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, (2)Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, (3)Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Species and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi effects on accumulation of soil carbon and nitrogen in a forest biodiversity experiment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Rebekah L.A. Bryant<\/i><\/b>, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, University of Minnesota, East Bethel, MN, Grace Neumiller, Environmental Science, Colby College, Waterville, ME, Stephanie Curran, Biology, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, Charlotte Nash, Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME and Craig R. See, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Experimental evidence for tree species, but not ectomycorrhizal effects on soil aggregate pools<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Grace Neumiller<\/i><\/b>, Environmental Science, Colby College, Waterville, ME, Rebekah L.A. Bryant, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve, University of Minnesota, East Bethel, MN, Stephanie Curran, Biology, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, Charlotte Nash, Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME and Craig R. See, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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A first look at the fungal community of the world\u2019s most massive organism \u2013 An ancient aspen clone<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jake Nash<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Karen E. Mock<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Nicholas C. Dove<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Christopher W. Schadt<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Rytas Vilgalys<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, (2)The Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, (3)Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Respiration and fungal necromass decomposition in two contrasting mycorrhizal hyphospheres<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Hanan Cabdi Farah<\/i><\/b>, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Craig R. See, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil microbial community shift and its edaphic control across US<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Olivia Jean Yang<\/i><\/b>, Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, CA, Liyuan He, Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA and Xiaofeng Xu, Biology, San Diego State University, SAN DIEGO, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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How soil respiration changes over seasons and across depths in response to long term soil warming and nitrogen addition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Genevieve Goebel<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Serita D. Frey<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Melissa A. Knorr<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Caitlin Hicks Pries<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, (2)Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, (3)Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Long-term warming accelerates soil carbon degradation in the temperate grassland by increasing the functional diversity and abundance of active bacteria<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Xuanyu Tao<\/i><\/b>, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Jiajie Feng, Institute for Environmental Genomics and Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Yunfeng Yang, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China and Jizhong Zhou, Institute for Environmental Genomics, Consolidated Core Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, and School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Elevation-dependent soil organic carbon dynamics under future climate change in a semiarid alpine region, Northwest China<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Meng Zhu<\/i><\/b>, Wei Liu, Qi Feng, Bing Jia and Chengqi Zhang, Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Influence of grazing and nitrogen addition on the spatial variability of soil microbial community structure and enzymatic activities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Chengliang Wang, <\/span><\/i>Baoku Shi<\/i><\/b> and Wei Sun, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Responses of biocrust and root-associated microbial communities to water and nitrogen additions in a semiarid grassland<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Catherine Cort<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Vanessa Fernandes<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Mariah Patton<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Eva Stricker<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Jennifer A. Rudgers<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i> and Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, (2)School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, (3)Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, (4)Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, (5)Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil heterogeneity dictates the microbial species-time-area relationship during the conversion of marginal lands into biofuel crop (switchgrass, <\/span>Panicum virgatum<\/span><\/i> L.)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Colin Bates<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Jialiang Kuang<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Arthur Escalas<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Lauren Hale<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Yuan Wang<\/span><\/i>5<\/span><\/i>, Don Herman<\/span><\/i>6<\/span><\/i>, Ying Fu<\/span><\/i>7<\/span><\/i>, Renmao Tian<\/span><\/i>8<\/span><\/i>, Liyou Wu<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Jeniffer Pett-Ridge<\/span><\/i>9<\/span><\/i>, Malay Saha<\/span><\/i>10<\/span><\/i>, Kelly Craven<\/span><\/i>11<\/span><\/i>, Mary K. Firestone<\/span><\/i>12<\/span><\/i> and Jizhong Zhou<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Institute of Environmental Genomics, University of Oklahoma, (2)Institute for Environmental Genomics, Consolidated Core Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, and School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, (3)University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, (4)Institute for Environmental Genomics and Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, (5)The Noble Research Institute, Ardmore, OK, (6)Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, (7)Plant and Microbiology, The University of Oklahoma, NORMAN, OK, (8)The University of Oklahoma, The Institute of Environmental Genomics, NORMAN, OK, (9)Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, (10)Forage Improvement Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, (11)Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, (12)University of California, Berkeley<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil-geomorphic properties mediate plant community resilience to land use and drying climate on the Colorado Plateau<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Anna C. Knight<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Michael C. Duniway<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, John B. Bradford<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Seth M. Munson<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Travis W. Nauman<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Christopher Benson<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Dana L. Witwicki<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Matthew W. Van Scoyoc<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i> and Terry Fisk<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, (1)Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Moab, UT, (2)Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, (3)Northern Colorado Plateau Network, Inventory and Monitoring, National Park Service, Moab, UT, (4)Southeast Utah Group, National Park Service, Moab, UT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Network architecture and community composition of root endophytes across an environmental gradient in the alpine tundra<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Monica V Brady<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Clifton P. Bueno de Mesquita<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Dorota L. Porazinska<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Marko J. Spasojevic<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Jane G. Smith<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Steven K. Schmidt<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Katharine N. Suding<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Emily C. Farrer<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, (2)Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, (3)Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, (4)Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

What factors best predict the diversity and composition of mycorrhizal fungi across the eastern temperate forests of the United States?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kathleen Thompson<\/i><\/b>, Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Fungal succession after wildfire reveals significant changes in fungal richness and composition<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Fabiola Pulido-Chavez<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, James W. J. Randolph<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Aral C. Greene<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Sameer S. Saroa<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Cassandra Zalman<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Loralee Larios<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Pete M. Homyak<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Sydney I. Glassman<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA, (2)Environmental Science, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA, (3)Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA, (4)Schmid College of Science and Technology; Biological Sciences, Chapman University, Orange, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil microbes from grasses affect the performance of later colonizing prairie plants<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Anthony C. Yannarell<\/i><\/b>, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, Kevin D. Ricks, Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL and Alexandra N. Harmon-Threatt, University of Illinois<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil microbial diversity and activity in a recently deglaciated landscape in Wyoming<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Elizabeth Traver<\/i><\/b> and Linda T.A. van Diepen, Program in Ecology and Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Effect of manure application on bacterial community in soil layers and leachate from varying management histories<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Fernando Igne Rocha<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Thomas B. Moorman<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Michelle L. Soupir<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Adina C. Howe<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, (2)National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, USDA ARS, Ames, IA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Mycorrhizal growth response and allocation in native shrubs help explain invader dominance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Alexander R. Ebert<\/i><\/b>, Douglas A. Frank and Jason D. Fridley, Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Do coastal reclaimed lands have deterministic soil microbial community assemblies?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Namjoo Heo<\/i><\/b>, Agriculture Engineering Research Group, Rural Research Institute, Ansan, Korea, Republic of (South) and Seona Yun, biology, Sungkyunkwan university, Suwon, Korea, Republic of (South)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Changes in soil microbial communities following the vegetation restoration of degraded sandy grassland<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Haiming Kan<\/i><\/b>, Juying Wu, Tiejun Sun and Zhuo Pang, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Science, Beijing, China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Tallgrass prairie plant responses to inoculation with native microbes: Implications for restoration success<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Heath A. McDonald<\/i><\/b>, Eric B. Duell, Adam B. Cobb and Gail W.T. Wilson, Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Working backwards: Enhancing forest restoration by reversing effects of reclamation on soil bulk density<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Michael P. Back<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Anne J. Jefferson<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Catherine T. Ruhm<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Christopher B. Blackwood<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, (2)Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH, (3)Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Amendments of lime and mycorrhizae improve first-year plant success in an experimental planting on abandoned coal mine overburden in Appalachia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Hannah K. Robart<\/i><\/b>, Enviromental Studies Program, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA and Jason S. Kilgore, Biology Department, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Prairie legumes need soil microbes: a species specific approach to successful prairie restorations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Janae J. White<\/i><\/b>, Biology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI and Emily Grman, Biology Department, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Effects of soil amendments and crop varieties on evapotranspiration in an urban garden and potential for urban heat island mitigation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Gaston E. Small<\/i><\/b>, Department of Biology, University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN, Ivan Jimenez, University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN, Michael Salzl, University of St. Thomas, MN and Paliza Shrestha, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, MN<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Baltimore forest fragment soils: Changes in nutrients over 17 years<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ian Yesilonis<\/i><\/b>, Earth and Planetary Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Katalin Szlavecz, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Yinhong Hu, State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Vincent Giorgio, Bureau of Water Supply, NYC Environmental Protection, New York, NY and Richard V. Pouyat, Emeritus, USDA Forest Service<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Quantifying the trade-offs of native and non-native heavy metal hyperaccumulating weeds (<\/span>Plantago <\/span><\/i>spp.) and their influence on rhizospheric soil microarthropod communities in contaminated sites in Baltimore<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Eric Yee<\/i><\/b>, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Meghan L. Avolio, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD and Katalin Szlavecz, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Using biosolids and compost to restore urban soil function and improve conditions for tree establishment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Emily C. Keener<\/i><\/b>, ENST, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD and Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman, University of Maryland, College Park, MD<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Latebreaking Posters<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Bacterial communities of the <\/span>Salvia lyrata<\/span><\/i> rhizosphere explained by spatial structure and sampling grain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jonathan Dickey<\/i><\/b>, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, James A. Fordyce, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Sarah L. Lebeis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Contrasting drivers of soil and root microbial assembly in wetland systems<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Susannah R. Halbrook<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Carolyn Schroeder<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Christina Birnbaum<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Monica V Brady<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Caitlin Bumby<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Danielle Kulick<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Helena Candaele<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Sean F.H. Lee<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, McKenzie Smith<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Pawel Waryszak<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, William Wilber<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Emily C. Farrer<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, (2)Blue Carbon Lab, Deakin University, Melboune, Australia<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Drivers of soil functioning within riparian agroforestry buffers: A structural equation modelling approach<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Serra-Willow Buchanan<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Tolulope Mafa-Attoye<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Kari E. Dunfield<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Naresh V Thevathasan<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Marney E. Isaac<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada, (2)School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Forest floor manipulation effects on the relationship between aggregate stability and ectomycorrhizal fungi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

David Dick<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Zakiya Leggett<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Terrence Gardner<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Josh Heitman<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Juan Frene<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Eric B. Sucre<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (2)Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (3)Western Timberlands, Weyerhaeuser Company, Springfield, OR<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Contrasting responses of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to warming and precipitation alterations in semi-arid Loess Plateau and Tibetan alpine grasslands<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Xinyu Xu<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Yunpeng Qiu<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Shuijin Hu<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China, (2)Department of Plant of Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Response of soil microbial communities to plant diversity and drought<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Philippa Tanford<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Christine Edwards<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Rachel M. Penczykowski<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Claudia Stein<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i> and Scott A. Mangan<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, (2)Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO, (3)Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, AL, (4)Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Impacts of forest harvest practices on soil health parameters 15-27 years following disturbance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jordan H. Kersey<\/i><\/b> and David D. Myrold, Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Soil nutrients and microbial communities on patch-burn grazing pastures in the northern Great Plains<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jonathan Spiess<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Caley K. Gasch<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Devan Allen McGranahan<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Benjamin Geaumont<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Range Science, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, (2)Soil Science, North Dakota State University, (3)Hettinger Research Extension Center<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Dominant mycorrhizal type influences microbial community plant soil feedback in montane tropical forests<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Joseph D. Edwards<\/i><\/b>, Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, James W. Dalling, Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, Angela D. Kent, Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL and Wendy H. Yang, DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Amazonian forest canopy reflectance explains soil properties and understory species distribution and composition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jasper Van doninck<\/i><\/b>1,2<\/span><\/i>, Mirkka M. Jones<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, Gabriela Zuquim<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Kalle Ruokolainen<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Gabriel Moulatlet<\/span><\/i>4<\/span><\/i>, Anders Sir\u00e9n<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Glenda C\u00e1rdenas<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, Samuli Lehtonen<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Hanna Tuomisto<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, (2)University of Turku, (3)Dept. of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Finland, (4)IKIAM University, Tena, Ecuador<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Use of microdialysis to assess short-term soil soluble N dynamics with biochar additions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Si Gao<\/i><\/b> and Thomas H. DeLuca, College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Evaluating impacts of forest floor manipulation on soil carbon and nutrients in a loblolly pine (<\/span>Pinus taeda<\/span><\/i>) plantation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Zakiya Leggett<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, David Dick<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Alison Plumley<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i> and Eric B. Sucre<\/span><\/i>3<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (2)Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (3)Western Timberlands, Weyerhaeuser Company, Springfield, OR<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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A greenhouse study evaluating fiber quality and production of industrial hemp in loblolly pine soils<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Tyrik Cooper<\/i><\/b>, Forestry and Environmental Resources, NCSU, Raleigh, NC, Alison Plumley, Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and Zakiya Leggett, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Evaluation of various heterotrophic culture media differing in nutrient composition to isolate more diverse communities of soil bacteria<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jos\u00e9 A. Siles<\/i><\/b> and Norman Terry, Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Root architectural traits determine cover-plant diversity effects on soil physicochemical heterogeneity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Rachana Pandit<\/i><\/b> and Saleem Muhammad, Biological Sciences, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The effects of mutualistic relationships with arbuscular mycorrhizae and rhizobial bacteria on ant defense and herbivore performance on <\/span>Chamaecrista fasciculata<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Ilana Zeitzer<\/i><\/b>, Environmental Forest Biology, SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, Thomas R. Horton, Environmental and Foresty Biology, State University of New York \u2013 College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY and Rebecca E. Forkner, Department of Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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In a field transplant experiment plant-soil feedback is widespread in temperate tree species regardless of light availability<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sarah McCarthy-Neumann<\/i><\/b>1<\/span><\/i>, Katherine E. A. Wood<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i>, Richard K. Kobe<\/span><\/i>1<\/span><\/i> and Ines Ibanez<\/span><\/i>2<\/span><\/i>, (1)Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, (2)University of Michigan<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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