Core Research Areas
Riparian Nitrogen Dynamics in Tropical Forest Groundwaters: A Challenge to Our Understanding of Near-Stream Ecosystem Function
Poster Number: 402 Presenter/Primary Author: Richard Brereton Riparian zones are widely understood to control the flux of water, nutrients, and carbon from terrestrial to aquatic ecosystems.
Forest metacommunity structure along an elevational gradient in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico (LUQ)
Poster Number: 394 Presenter/Primary Author: Jess Zimmerman Metacommunity theory provides a rich framework for identifying structure along environmental gradients and for evaluating the relative contributions of local and regional processes in molding biolo
Increased Connectivity in a Polar Desert Resulting from Climate Warming: McMurdo Dry Valley LTER Program
Poster Number: 392 Presenter/Primary Author: Diane McKnight The McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV) is a polar desert on the coast of East Antarctica, a region that has not yet experienced the climate warming that is now occurring elsewhere.
No fertilization effects on soil respiration and root respiration in northern hardwoods of New Hampshire.
Poster Number: 355 Presenter/Primary Author: Kikang Bae Soil respiration has received a great deal of attention recently because it is a major pathway of flux in the terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycle.
Regional Consequences of Changing Climate-Disturbance Interactions for the Resilience of Alaska's Boreal Forest
Poster Number: 337 Presenter/Primary Author: Roger Ruess Rapid environmental change in interior Alaska over the past century has altered the interrelationships among physical, biological and social drivers of the regional system.