Pattern and control of organic matter accumulation in surface layers and sediments
The entire ecosystem relies on the recycling of organic matter (and the nutrients it contains), including dead plants, animals, and other organisms. Decomposition of organic matter and its movement through the ecosystem is an important component of the food web.
Density fractionation and 13C reveal changes in soil carbon following woody encroachment in a desert ecosystem
Poster Number: 58 Presenter/Primary Author: Kate Lajtha Woody encroachment has dramatically changed land cover patterns in arid and semiarid systems (drylands) worldwide over the past 150 years.
Science in the time of Big Data: what happens when Google meets the Jornada LTER?
Poster Number: 48 Presenter/Primary Author: Debra Peters Big Data - large quantities of data of more types moving at faster rates – may be the greatest technological advance of the early 21st century.
Jornada Basin LTER: Landscape linkages and state changes across spatial and temporal scales
Poster Number: 47 Presenter/Primary Author: Debra Peters Chihuahuan Desert landscapes exemplify the ecological conditions, vulnerability, and management challenges in arid and semi-arid regions around the world.
Identifying thresholds in pattern-process relationships: a new cross-scale interactions experiment at the Jornada Basin LTER
Poster Number: 43 Presenter/Primary Author: Finn Pillsbury Interactions among ecological patterns and processes at multiple scales play a significant role in threshold behaviors in arid systems.
The EcoTrends Project: long-term data provide ecological insights to scientists and non-scientists
Poster Number: 42 Presenter/Primary Author: Stacey Peters Environmental drivers are changing at local to global scales with corresponding effects on ecological dynamics. Large amounts of data have been collected to document these changes.
