261 Symposium--Ecosystem Resilience: Influence of Soil Microbial and Biophysical Processes On Ecosystem Function

Oral Session
SSSA Division: Soil Biology & Biochemistry
This symposium will highlight key soil processes and the metrics needed that will allow the resilience of soil ecosystems to be determined.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 10:15 AM-12:15 PM
Tampa Convention Center, Room 1

Organizer:
Vadakattu Gupta
10:15 AM
Introductory Remarks
11:00 AM
Microbial Resilience and Redundancy In Response To Global Change.
Jennifer Martiny, University of California - Irvine
11:20 AM
Break
11:50 AM
African Green Revolution Interventions and the Functional Diversity of Soil Microbial Communities.
Stephen Wood, Columbia University; Shahid Naeem, Columbia University; Mark Bradford, Yale University; Krista McGuire, Barnard College; Jack Gilbert, Argonne National Laboratory; Jizhong Zhou, University of Oklahoma; Katherine Tully, Columbia University; Cheryl A. Palm, University of Florida
12:10 PM
Concluding Remarks
12:15 PM
Adjourn