Movement of Organic Matter
Understanding litter decomposition in drylands: Is litter abrasion an important abiotic factor?
Poster Number: 156 Presenter/Primary Author: Melanie Peterson Drylands comprise approximately 40% of the global land cover and about 20% of the global soil organic carbon (C) pool (Lal, 2004).
Root Production in Annual and Perennial Agroecosystems: Implications for Carbon Storage
Poster Number: 152 Presenter/Primary Author: Christine Sprunger Agriculture has a tremendous ‘ecological footprint’ as it is a leading contributor to carbon dioxide emissions, and other potent greenhouse gases.
Effects of environmental spatial variation in structuring ammonia-oxidizing microbial communities in arid grassland
Poster Number: 144 Presenter/Primary Author: Paul Brewer The enormous biodiversity of soil microbial communities is likely caused, in part, by a similar diversity of soil microhabitats. Understanding how the environmental properties that create div
Controls on leaf breakdown rates along inundation gradients in perennial Appalachian stream ecosystems
Poster Number: 138 Presenter/Primary Author: Robert Northington Changes to water availability potentially affect important ecosystem functions such as in-stream organic matter processing.
Investigating tree species effects on plant-soil-microbial feedbacks in Alaskan boreal forest
Poster Number: 115 Presenter/Primary Author: April Melvin In Alaskan boreal forest, fire is a common disturbance that can alter successional trajectories and plant-soil-microbial (PSM) feedbacks.
