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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 … kindest and most supportive mentors and a wonderful role model. I began working with him as an undergraduate in Cary …
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Dr. Danielle Hare
… Expertise aquatic ecology, ecosystem ecology, stream ecology, hydrology, hydrogeology … stream biogeochemical fluxes at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest and Dr. Solomon and Dr. Stuart Jones in lake … 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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Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and store more carbon
Nitrogen-fixing trees help tropical forests grow faster and … decades to centuries to measure. Instead, we developed a model to quantify ecosystem processes, like nitrogen cycling, that affect forest growth and carbon …
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Beech Bark Disease
… to deteriorate slowly. Photo by Joseph O’Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org July 1, 2022 … have important effects on soil development and nutrient cycling 2 . White waxy coating of … 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 community composition and function, carbon and nitrogen cycling, and interactions among microbes. They found … communities. These findings highlight the importance of testing multiple stressors simultaneously to more fully …
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Dr. Arielle Biro
… Winslow Hansen at the Cary Institute. Her research in the Forest Futures Lab focuses on using simulation modeling to understand how top-down and bottom-up ecosystem … 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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Dr. Ian McGregor
Dr. Ian McGregor Forest Ecologist, Remote Sensing Scientist845 677-7600 … with other sites across the Tropics and involves analyses using a mixture of drone flights, multi-source satellite … adaptive capacity to have a continuously improving model. Prior to his PhD, Dr. McGregor worked as a …
ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:41
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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 By enriching soils, they benefit forest recovery and carbon storage Photo by Sarah … 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
Measuring the moisture in forest soils from space NASA satellite can … is an important indicator for growing season and carbon cycling. Sensors housed in stations on … a prolonged drought doesn’t change the water level in a stream. But a light rain after a long wet period will cause …
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Dr. Jazlynn Hall
Dr. Jazlynn Hall Forest and Landscape Ecologisthallj@caryinstitute.org … from DYNAFFOREST, a state of the art forest and fire model, against those from forest inventory data to test the … disturbance from extreme events on carbon sequestration and streamflow in Puerto Rico. Through funding from the NSF-GRFP …
ltumblety - 11/10/2023 - 15:34