Site Science
Microbial functional response to altered precipitation timing and duration – implications for the soil carbon cycle
Poster Number: 331 Presenter/Primary Author: Lydia Zeglin A significant amount of carbon (C) is processed and stored in prairie soils: grasslands cover 6.1-7.4% of the earth’s land surface and hold 7.3-11.4% of global soil C.
Changes in crop productivity as a result of shallow groundwater, Yahara Watershed, Wisconsin
Poster Number: 330 Presenter/Primary Author: Samuel Zipper A primary limitation on agricultural yields in many parts of the world, including the US Corn Belt, is the quantity and temporal distribution of water resources.
The Science of Water Art: A Citizen Science Project
Poster Number: 329 Presenter/Primary Author: Holly Vins The Science of Water Art project is a collaborative work that brings together professionals, c
Adélie Penguin Colony Size and Local Population Extinction: A Predation-Induced Tipping Point
Poster Number: 328 Presenter/Primary Author: William Fraser Adélie penguin research in the Palmer LTER (PALTER) region has historically focused on five island rookeries that at the inception of investigations in 1974 held 15,202 breeding pairs. During
The relationships between SOM quality and decomposition across a gradient of increasing shrub abundance in the Alaskan Arctic
Poster Number: 325 Presenter/Primary Author: Jennie DeMarco Warming arctic temperatures are shifting dominant vegetation from graminoids to deciduous shrubs whose functional traits can alter the quality of soil organic matter (SOM) via litter inputs and roo
