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Dr. Evan Gora
… bottom-up approach to understand how plant death influences ecosystem processes. He studies local patterns and processes … research describing the vertical dimension of microbial diversity and function that extends from the forest floor to … essential to understanding forest nutrient cycling and its response to global change. News & Multimedia Videos …
ltumblety - 11/15/2023 - 14:10
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What’s killing giant tropical trees? With $1.7M in awards, a Cary-led team aims to find out
… forest ecologist Evan Gora from Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies is co-leading a new project that will … hundreds of years of carbon and all the connections and diversity built around it.” A giant … Gora. The project’s results could help foresters focus on species that will be best adapted to future conditions. …
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Dr. Danielle Hare
… Ecologist Expertise aquatic ecology, ecosystem ecology, stream ecology, hydrology, … Currently, Dr. Hare’s research focuses on studying the response of stream ecosystems to climatic and land use … examined how changing stream temperature affects organic carbon cycling and stream ecosystems, and methods to use …
ltumblety - 02/05/2024 - 09:36
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Dr. Sarah Batterman
… terrestrial carbon sink, tropical ecosystems, biodiversity, land use change, climate change, symbiotic … aims to solve this problem. Batterman uses large-scale ecosystem experiments, field observations, and modeling to analyze how the biodiversity of tropical tree species, their microbial partners, and nutrients govern …
ltumblety - 01/03/2024 - 10:11
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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… and Senior Scientist Emeritus at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, died on December 17, while skiing with … to control nitrogen, and how this regulates forest growth, carbon sequestration, and nitrogen pollution to streams. … into account the different sensitivities of ecosystems and biodiversity that received this pollution when it fell back …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… showed that the disease wasn’t caused by a virus but by a species of spirochete bacterium, a type that shares a … fragmented or perforated, low on predator and competitor diversity, and riddled with human developments. And it’s … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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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 … Jane Lucas , a community ecologist at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, investigated the interactive effects of … – resulting in fewer total microbes and less microbial diversity overall. Antibiotics alone increased bioavailable …
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Why oceanic islands buck biodiversity trends
… oceanic islands buck biodiversity trends Plant diversity is generally much higher near the equator than the … A new paper reveals that plants’ relationships with other species help to explain why. February 28, 2024 … ; forest ecologist Evan Gora of Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies is the senior author on the paper. …
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Ocean acidification
… mussels and clams, it is worth noting that many of these species are unable to form their carbonate shells as pH … 2020. The impacts of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems and reliant human communities. Annual Review of … Morel. 2000. Reduced calcification of marine plankton in response to increased atmospheric CO2. Nature 407: …
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Peter Groffman elected president of the Ecological Society of America
… Groffman’s research focuses on climate effects on ecosystem biogeochemical processes related to carbon and nitrogen cycles. In addition to his role at Cary, … on issues such as open access, participatory science, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. In a lecture on …
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