252 Symposium--Soil Mechanisms Controlling Forest Responses to Management and Environmental Change: 2

Oral Session
SSSA Division: Forest, Range & Wildland Soils
Soils are the hub of physical, chemical, and biological processes in forest ecosystems. A mechanistic understanding of how soil processes respond to changing environmental conditions is required in order to predict how forest ecosystems will function and respond to different management regimes and environmental change. We invite presentations that highlight processes in forest soils as they respond to changes in forest management (e.g., harvesting, fertilization, site preparation, long-term soil productivity) or other environmental changes (e.g., land use, global, climate, fire) and how those soil processes affect larger scale phenomena (e.g. tree and stand productivity, water quality, long-term soil productivity, biodiversity).
Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 8:30 AM-11:10 AM
Tampa Convention Center, Room 5

Community Leader:
Daniel Richter
Organizer:
Jeff A. Hatten
Moderator:
Brian D. Strahm
8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:35 AM
Forest Management Effects On Soil Organic Matter Chemistry and Turnover in Loblolly Pine Stands.
Jason G. Vogel, Texas A&M University; Eric J. Jokela, University of Florida; Chelsea G. Drum, University of Florida; William C Hockaday, Baylor University; Honghua Ruan, Nanjing Forestry University; Dongmei He, Nanjing Forestry University; Edward A.G. Schuur, University of Florida
8:55 AM
Microbial Carbon Cycling Along a Drainage Sequence In a New England Forested Watershed.
Farrah Fatemi, Saint Michael's College; Jay E. Raymond, Virginia Tech; Michael D. Sanclements, NEON Project Office; Ivan J. Fernandez, University of Maine
9:15 AM
Distinct Soil Nitrogen Transformation Patterns in Adjacent Forest and Grassland Ecosystems in Central Alberta, Canada.
Scott X. Chang, University of Alberta; Man Lang, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology; Yi Cheng, Institute of Soil Science; Bruno J. M. Mary, INRA Unité d’Agronomie; JinBo Zhang, Nanjing Normal University; Zucong Cai, Nanjing Normal University
9:35 AM
Gross and Net Rates of Soil N Transformations in a Southern Pine Forest Managed for Bioenergy Production.
Kevan J. Minick, North Carolina State University; Brian D. Strahm, Virginia Tech; Thomas R. Fox, Virginia Tech; Eric B. Sucre, Weyerhaeuser Co.; Zakiya H. Leggett, Weyerhaeuser Co.
9:55 AM
Break
10:10 AM
Belowground Processes Regulate Ecosystem Nitrogen Retention During a Multi-Year Forest Dieback Event.
Lucas E. Nave, University of Michigan Biological Station; Knute Nadelhoffer, University of Michigan; Jim Le Moine, University of Michigan; Chris Gough, Virginia Commonwealth University
10:30 AM
Drought Enhances Symbiotic Di-Nitrogen Fixation and Competitive Ability of a Temperate Forest Tree.
Nina Wurzburger, University of Georgia; Chelcy F. Miniat, USDA Forest Service
10:50 AM
Consequences of Warming and Altered Snowmelt Timing On Soil N Cycling and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in the Sierra Nevada Rain-Snow Transition Zone.
Stephen Hart, University of California Merced; Joseph Blankinship, University of Arizona Soil Water & Environmental Science; Emma P. McCorkle, University of California-Merced; Ryan G. Lucas, University of California-Merced; Matthew W. Meadows, University of California-Merced
11:10 AM
Adjourn