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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… early research transformed how scientists calculate forest nitrogen budgets. He was among the first to document that … Gary also advanced scientific understanding of nutrient cycling in forests, in particular how trees, soils, and … to control nitrogen, and how this regulates forest growth, carbon sequestration, and nitrogen pollution to streams. …
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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
… could impair soils’ ability to cycle nutrients and trap carbon Research assistant Peter Hoch collects prairie … of Ecosystem Studies, investigated the interactive effects of rising temperatures and a common livestock … microbial community composition and function, carbon and nitrogen cycling, and interactions among microbes. They …
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Dr. Jane M. Lucas
… in nearly every environment and play a key role in nutrient cycling. These tiny and abundant microorganisms help … how livestock antibiotics affect soil microbes, soil carbon storage, nitrogen cycling, and the rise of antibiotic resistance. …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:12
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In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients
In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce … By enriching soils, they benefit forest recovery and carbon storage Photo by Sarah Batterman March 10, … fertilize other plants throughout the forest, with broad effects on nutrient cycling in the forest community.” …
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Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon
Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon Planting fixers could benefit … trees in a tropical forest, we need to isolate their effects. We can't do that in a real forest because adding or …
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Beech Bark Disease
… tree species in the forest. Such shifts have important effects on soil development and nutrient cycling 2 . … understood, but it may be affected by the level of nitrogen in the tree 1 . Like many plant-eating insects, … and J. M. Griffin. 2010. Long-term changes in forest carbon and nitrogen cycling caused by an introduced …
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Soil carbon sequestration as a climate change solution
Soil carbon sequestration as a climate change solution … that soil carbon sequestration is slow stems from its nitrogen and phosphorus contents, which are also lost … (and thus CO2) cost. While we can encourage the rapid cycling of P in soils, there is no good way to increase the …
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Peter Groffman elected president of the Ecological Society of America
… progress.” Groffman’s research focuses on climate effects on ecosystem biogeochemical processes related to carbon and nitrogen cycles. In addition to his role at Cary, he is a …
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Dr. Evan Gora
… play crucial roles in global biodiversity and nutrient cycling. However, plant mortality rates are shifting with … landscape and beyond. Much of this research focuses on the effects of a rarely studied phenomenon – lightning – and … the composition of our forests and their capacity to store carbon. After plants die, they decompose with major …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:10
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In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores
In the tropics, nitrogen-fixing trees take a hit from herbivores … The ability of tropical forests to grow and store carbon is limited, in part, by herbivory. Insects and other … to plants. When fixers shed their leaves, they enrich soils with nitrogen, benefitting nearby plants. In …
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