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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… (1975) and a PhD from Dartmouth College in Biology and Plant Ecology (1981). Before being hired at Cary Institute, … early research transformed how scientists calculate forest nitrogen budgets. He was among the first to document that … & 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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Dr. Jane M. Lucas
… ecology of antibiotics, agricultural ecosystems and soil health, global change ecology, ecology of microbiomes, … antibiotics affect soil microbes, soil carbon storage, nitrogen cycling, and the rise of antibiotic resistance. … the University of Oklahoma, where she studied how nutrient availability and antibiotics influence tropical soil …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:12
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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 … Sarah Batterman. Nitrogen-fixing plants partner with soil microbes to turn atmospheric nitrogen gas into a form … would alter other aspects of the ecosystem, such as light availability, which would skew findings. It would also take …
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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 … white-footed mouse abundance is heavily influenced by the availability of acorns and other foods on the forest floor. … 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
… 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, the beech scale’s population growth …
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Dr. Arielle Biro
… ranging from climate, fire, species composition, and soil nutrients, affect the future of boreal forests under … University where she worked on nutrient acquisition and plant-microbe interactions in African savannas. Her research … understanding how soil nutrients, soil microbes, fire, and nitrogen fixation affect savanna tree growth and ecosystem …
ltumblety - 12/06/2023 - 08:49
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Soil carbon sequestration as a climate change solution
Soil carbon sequestration as a climate change solution … agree) that soils with lots of organic matter are good for plant growth, retention of water and nutrients, and soil … that soil carbon sequestration is slow stems from its nitrogen and phosphorus contents, which are also lost …
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Measuring the moisture in forest soils from space
… This water provides critical support for life on Earth. Soil moisture regulates plant growth, affecting wildlife and ecosystems. It also … weather forecasting and hone crop yield and seasonal water availability projections. Soil moisture can foreshadow …
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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 … “We’ve long known that nitrogen-fixing trees work with soil microbes to make atmospheric nitrogen available to … is very limited in tropical forest soils and important to plant growth.” In this study, the team compared the …
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Agriculture without weeds and bugs
… emissions, about 80 percent of the emissions of reactive nitrogen, and huge amounts of pesticides in the environment. … free—such as the recycling of nitrogen from decomposing plant remains—with exogenous inputs, like nitrogen … are applied to keep the fields weed-free. The diversity of soil bacteria and fungi is sacrificed and replaced with …
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