Session: Land Use Change and Soil Responses (2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008))

S07 Forest, Range & Wildland Soils

The session combines a number of longer term soil change studies with some others looking at largescale manipulations of the landscape.

Monday, 6 October 2008: 1:10 PM-3:45 PM

George R. Brown Convention Center, 362C

Presiding:

Judith Turk

1:10 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:15 PM

The Relationship Between Forest Productivity Decline and Soil Acidity Status on the Monongahela National Forest.
Patricia Elias, Virginia Tech; James Burger, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech); Mary Beth Adams, USDA-Forest Service

1:30 PM

Soil Carbon Chronosequences from Post-Agricultural Forests in Western New England.
John Clark, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Arthur Johnson, University of Pennsylvania; Suzanna Richter, University of Pennsylvania; Henry W. Art, Williams College

1:45 PM

Assessment of Stand History Using Lignin Phenols and Cutin- and Suberin-Derived Aliphatic Monomers as Biomarkers.
Sandra Spielvogel, GERMANY,Tech.Univ.-Munich; Joerg Prietzel, GERMANY,Tech.Univ.-Munich; Ingrid Kogel-Knabner, GERMANY,Tech.Univ.-Munich

2:00 PM

Break

2:15 PM

Persistence of Resource Islands Following Juniperus occidentalis (Western Juniper) Canopy Removal.
Ronald Reuter, Oregon State Univ.; Chris Miwa, Oregon State University

2:30 PM

Water Repellency in Soils after Cool and Warm Season Prescribed Fires in Emory Oak Savannas of Southwest New Mexico.
Daniel Neary, USDA-FS (Forest Service); Gerald J. Gottfried, USDA-FS (Forest Service); Peter F. Ffolliott, Univ. of Arizona; Karen Koestner, USDA-FS (Forest Service); Jackson Leonard, USDA-FS (Forest Service)

2:45 PM

Soil Properties Influencing Restoration of Oil Access Roads in Western North Dakota.
Heather Matthees-Dose, North Dakota State University; David Hopkins, North Dakota State University; Francis Casey, North Dakota State University

3:00 PM

Converting the Great Deserts of the World into Verdant Forests, and Grassy Meadows.
Adel Zeggaf Tahiri Jr., Centre Manzanar pour le developpement et l'environnement; Gordon H. Sato Sr., Manzanar Mangrove Project Foundation

3:15 PM

Discussion

3:30 PM

Adjourn

598 Land Use Change and Soil Responses