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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… adopter of using computer models to understand ecosystem processes. He also turned out to have a gift for bringing … 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 …
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Antidepressant pollution alters crayfish behavior, with impacts to stream ecosystems
… to disrupt stream ecosystem processes like nutrient cycling, oxygen levels, and algal growth. Coauthor … in streams, where they eat invertebrates, break down leaf litter, and cycle nutrients. They are stress-tolerant and … crayfish foraging to lead to higher rates of leaf litter decomposition and biofilm turnover, altering in-steam …
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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 … antibiotics affect soil microbes, soil carbon storage, nitrogen cycling, and the rise of antibiotic resistance. … looked at how antifungal and antibacterial compounds affect decomposition in soils, and how activities of a tropical ant …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:12
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Dr. Evan Gora
… forest ecology, lightning, plant death, decomposition 845 677-7600 … play crucial roles in global biodiversity and nutrient cycling. However, plant mortality rates are shifting with … approach to understand how plant death influences ecosystem processes. He studies local patterns and processes of plant …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:10
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… recent Lyme disease epidemic does not reflect evolutionary processes,” the scientists wrote, “but rather was driven … 700 years ago.” If the Lyme pathogen has been here all along, why was the disease absent—or at least not … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Beech Bark Disease
… have important effects on soil development and nutrient cycling 2 . White waxy coating of … populations, including lowland and coastal plain forests along the US East Coast. It is not known whether these trees … understood, but it may be affected by the level of nitrogen in the tree 1 . Like many plant-eating insects, …
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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
… Microbial Processes , … microbial community composition and function, carbon and nitrogen cycling, and interactions among microbes. They found …
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Dr. Danielle Hare
… studying the response of stream ecosystems to climatic and land use changes. Her research interests are generally … influence of groundwater on stream water patterns and processes; and (3) the effect of climate change on stream … how changing stream temperature affects organic carbon cycling and stream ecosystems, and methods to use stream …
ltumblety - 02/05/2024 - 09:36
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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 … Nutrients & Ecosystem Processes , … throughout the forest, with broad effects on nutrient cycling in the forest community.” Lead author Dimitar …
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Measuring the moisture in forest soils from space
… and heat exchange between the Earth and atmosphere – processes that determine weather patterns. Measuring … is an important indicator for growing season and carbon cycling. Sensors housed in stations on … critical to knowing the potential for floods and droughts, along with agricultural productivity and weather …
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