Session: Soils Under Changing Land Use

Tuesday, November 3, 2009: 9:55 AM-12:15 PM

Convention Center, Room 401, Fourth Floor

Presiding:

Michael Blazier

9:55 AM

Introductory Remarks

10:00 AM

Carbon Sequestration in Urban Forest Soils.
Klaus Lorenz, Ohio State Univ.; Rattan Lal, Ohio State Univ.

Audio File Recorded presentation

10:15 AM

Amendments for Reforestation On a Reclaimed West Virginia Surface Mine.
Curtis DeLong, West Virginia Univ.; Jeffrey Skousen, West Virginia Univ.

10:30 AM

Mine Soil Suitability for Native Appalachian Forest Trees.
James A. Burger, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech); Julia Showalter, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech)

Audio File Recorded presentation

10:45 AM

Soil Carbon Quantities and Quality From Post-Agricultural Forests in Western New England.
John D. Clark, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Arthur Johnson, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Alain Plante, Univ. of Pennsylvania

11:00 AM

Break

11:15 AM

Tree Species Drive Differences in Soil Acidity and Soil Carbon in the A Horizon Via Variation in Nutrient Stoichiometry of Different Plant Organs.
Kevin Mueller, Pennsylvania State Univ.; Jon Chorover, Univ. of Arizona; Sarah E. Hobbie, Univ. of Minnesota; Jacek Oleksyn, Polish Acad. of Sciences; Peter Reich, Univ. of Minnesota; David Eissenstat, Pennsylvania State Univ.

Audio File Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

The Effect of Forest Road Density On Stream Discharge as Calculated by the Distributed Hydrology-Soil-Vegetation Model.
Salli Dymond, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech); W. Michael Aust, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech); Stephen P. Prisley, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech); Mark Eisenbies, USDA, Forest Service; James Vose, USDA-Forest Service; C. Andrew Dolloff, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech)

Audio File Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

Tree Encroachment and Organic Matter Dynamics in a Remnant Dry Prairie in the Lower Wisconsin River Valley, WI, USA.
Bryant C. Scharenbroch, The Morton Arboretum; Mario Flores, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; Brian Lepore, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; James Bockheim, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; Birl Lowery, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison

Audio File Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

Discussion

12:15 PM

Adjourn

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