Session: Symposium--Advances in Understanding Impacts of Organic Matter Removal on Soils and Forest Productivity: I (ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meetings (2015))

105 Symposium--Advances in Understanding Impacts of Organic Matter Removal on Soils and Forest Productivity: I

Oral Session

SSSA Division: Forest, Range & Wildland Soils

This session explores advances in our understanding of removals or organic matter on forest productivity.

Monday, November 16, 2015: 1:00 PM-4:55 PM

Minneapolis Convention Center, 101 A

Organizers:

Jeff Hatten and Adrian C. Gallo

1:00 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:05 PM

105-1

Organic Matter Removal from Forest Soils: Lessons from the Long-Term Soil Productivity Study.
Andy Scott, USDA Forest Service; Mary Beth Adams, USDA Forest Service (FS); Shannon Berch, British Columbia Ministry of the Environment; Matt D. Busse, USDA Forest Service (FS); Rob Fleming, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service; Robert B. Harrison, University of Washington; Scott M. Holub, Weyerhaeuser Co.; John M. Kabrick, USDA Forest Service (FS); David M. Morris, Government of Ontario; Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, USDA Forest Service (FS); Brian Palik, USDA Forest service; Jianwei Zhang, USDA Forest Service

1:25 PM

105-2

Soil Organic Matter Stabilization/Destabilization: Input Removal Exposes the Controls.
Susan E. Crow, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa; Kate Lajtha, Oregon State University; Marc Kramer, Washington State University

Audio File Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

105-3

Soil C and N Storage and Microbial Biomass Responses to Forest Management in Southern Pine Forests.
Thomas W. Boutton, Texas A&M University; Julie A. Foote, University of Texas at San Antonio; Ryan M. Mushinski, Texas A&M University; D. Andrew Scott, USDA Forest Service

Audio File Recorded Presentation

2:05 PM

Break

2:20 PM

105-4

Soil Physical, Biological, Ecological, and Chemical Effects of Litter Manipulation.
Emma Sayer, Lancaster University

Audio File Recorded Presentation

2:40 PM

105-5

Tree Growth, Soil Quality and Biodiversity Response to Forest Biomass Removal in the Inland Northwest.
Mark D. Coleman, University of Idaho; Terry Shaw, University of Idaho; Mark Kimsey, University of Idaho; Martin F. Jurgensen, Michigan Technological University; Steve Cook, University of Idaho; Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, USDA Forest Service (FS); Dan Lindner, USDA Forest Service; Alan Talhelm, University of Idaho; Jessica Sarauer, University of Idaho; Lauren Sherman, University of Idaho

Audio File Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM

105-6

Belowground Wood Decomposition Rates on LTSP Plots Along a Climatic Gradient from British Columbia to the Central California Sierras.
Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, USDA Forest Service (FS); Martin F. Jurgensen, Michigan Technological University; Matt D. Busse, USDA Forest Service (FS); Thomas A. Terry, Weyerhaeuser Co. (retired) and USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station; James Archuleta, USDA Forest Service; Mike Curran, British Columbia Ministry of Range and Forests (retired)

Audio File Recorded Presentation

3:20 PM

Break

3:35 PM

105-7

Quantifying Genotype x Silviculture Interaction on Productivity and Carbon Allocation By Manipulating Soil Organic Matter, N Supply and Demand.
Chris Maier, USFS; Phillip Dougherty, Dougherty and Dougherty Forestry Services; Kurt Johnsen, USDA Forest Service; Michael Tyree, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

3:55 PM

105-8

Response of Forest Productivity to Organic-Matter Removal Depends on Soil Properties at Six Long-Term Soil Productivity (LTSP) in British Columbia, Canada.
Anya Reid, University of British Columbia

Audio File Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

105-9

Organic Matter Retention after Harvesting Coast Douglas-fir: Altered Microclimate, Vegetation Structure, and Soil Nutrient Pools Interact to Regulate Forest Productivity.
Timothy B. Harrington, U.S. Forest Service; Robert A. Slesak, University of Minnesota; Scott M. Holub, Weyerhaeuser Co.; Stephen H. Schoenholtz, Virginia Tech; David H. Peter, U.S. Forest Service

Audio File Recorded Presentation

4:35 PM

105-10

Aspen-Dominated Forest Response to Harvest Residue Removal and Compaction Varies with Site Conditions.
Miranda Curzon, University of Minnesota; Anthony D'Amato, University of Vermont; Brian Palik, USDA Forest service

Audio File Recorded Presentation

4:55 PM

Adjourn

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