Colorado mountains
 

Community Ecology

Legacy effects of an ecosystem stress experiment on a shortgrass-steppe consumer community

Poster Number:  256 Presenter/Primary Author:  Paul Stapp In a classic experiment of the US IBP Grassland Biome Studies, nitrogen and water were added singly and in combination over a 5-year period (1971-1975) to replicated 1-ha plots of shortgrass steppe

Widespread abrupt shifts of grasslands to a wooded state: woody encroachment in a stable-state and socio-economic framework

Poster Number:  236 Presenter/Primary Author:  Zak Ratajczak Woody encroachment of global grasslands and savannas affects biodiversity and a variety of vital ecosystem services.

The Luquillo LTER Program

Poster Number:  223 Presenter/Primary Author:  Nicholas Brokaw The Luquillo LTER Program (LUQ) focuses on understanding long-term change in tropical ecosystems and the consequences of change for ecosystem services.

Population, Community, and Metacommunity Dynamics of Terrestrial Gastropods in the Luquillo Mountains: A Gradient Perspective

Poster Number:  210 Presenter/Primary Author:  Michael Willig Elevational variation in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico creates strong environmental gradients that affect the abundance and distribution of species.  Moreover, the geographic mappings

 
 
Background Photo by: Nicole Hansen - Jornada (JRN) LTER