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  1. Agriculture without weeds and bugs

    … the fields weed-free. The diversity of soil bacteria and fungi is sacrificed and replaced with fertilizer. Planting … replaces N supplied to switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Ecological Applications …

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  2. Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend

    … of the kindest and most supportive mentors and a wonderful role model. I began working with him as an undergraduate in … & enjoyed very much our discussions about the fate of soil C and N on those plots. I will always remember you! …

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  3. Beech Bark Disease

    Beech Bark Disease The fungi cause bark lesions that grow and eventually girdle the … in the forest. Such shifts have important effects on soil development and nutrient cycling 2 . … to find other foods. Despite its important ecological role, beech is not a particularly valuable timber tree in …

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  4. How Lyme disease became unstoppable

    … the Northeast’s depleted lands for the rich post-glacial soil of the Midwest. The forests came back in a big way. By … missing many ecological influences that may have played a role in regulating the various components of the Lyme … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …

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  5. Why oceanic islands buck biodiversity trends

    … Delavaux et al./Nature 2024 “Many plants rely on fungi to access soil nutrients, or on specialized pollinators to … factors. To solve this mystery, the researchers started by comparing the number of species on oceanic islands versus …

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  6. 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 professor at the City University of … cycles, from urban to forest ecosystems, from soil to water, from national environmental policy to media, …

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  7. How Tropical Trees Overcome Nutrient Limitations

    … to get around nutrient deficiencies include utilizing mycorrhizal fungi, adjusting phosphatase enzyme activity … nodules. Credit: Michelle Wong Resolving the role of nutrient strategies in tropical forests will provide … be expected to absorb in the future. Publications

  8. Dr. Jane M. Lucas

    … ecology of antibiotics, agricultural ecosystems and soil health, global change ecology, ecology of microbiomes, … which exist in nearly every environment and play a key role in nutrient cycling. These tiny and abundant … tools, Lucas is examining how livestock antibiotics affect soil microbes, soil carbon storage, nitrogen cycling, and …

    ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:12

  9. Dr. Sarah Batterman

    … to understand how the evolution of plant symbioses with fungi and nitrogen-fixing bacteria changed the climate … discovered that symbiotic nitrogen fixation holds a key role during tropical rainforest recovery from disturbance, …

    ltumblety - 01/03/2024 - 10:11

  10. Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities

    Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities Combined stressors … of Ecosystem Studies, investigated the interactive effects of rising temperatures and a common livestock … heat and antibiotic additions, bacteria collapsed, allowing fungi to dominate and homogenize – resulting in fewer …

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