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Involving middle and high school teachers in Andrews LTER research
Poster Number: 55 Presenter/Primary Author: Kari O'Connell The goal of our Schoolyard LTER program is to increase K-12 teachers’ understanding of environmental science research by involving them in LTER research projects, and to expand their capacity to in
Effects of increasing shrubs in arctic tundra on associated arthropods and migratory songbirds
Poster Number: 54 Presenter/Primary Author: Laura Gough In areas across the Arctic, shrubs are becoming more abundant, altering habitat for consumer species.
Stream Ecosystem Metabolism at the Virginia Coast Reserve: A Comparison of the Conventional Open Water Technique and Eddy Correlation
Poster Number: 53 Presenter/Primary Author: Dirk Koopmans Inland waters transform or store over half of the carbon they receive, making their benthic metabolism significant to the global carbon budget.
Low biodiversity stable state persists two decades after cessation of nutrient enrichment
Poster Number: 52 Presenter/Primary Author: Forest Isbell Human activities are causing many gradual, but chronic, environmental changes worldwide, such as an increase in atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition rates, which decreases biodiversity.
Local adaptation and genome size do not impact Panicum virgatum (switchgrass) responses to variable precipitation timing
Poster Number: 51 Presenter/Primary Author: Kimberly O'Keefe Responses of the genetically and phenotypically diverse C4 grass species, Panicum virgatum L.