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Variation in carbon cycling impacts of an invasive grass (Microstegium vimineum) across an urban-rural gradient in Southern Appalachian forests
Poster Number: 157 Presenter/Primary Author: Matt Craig Although there is broad recognition that invasive species can alter ecosystem processes, little is known about how other factors influence such impacts.
Understanding litter decomposition in drylands: Is litter abrasion an important abiotic factor?
Poster Number: 156 Presenter/Primary Author: Melanie Peterson Drylands comprise approximately 40% of the global land cover and about 20% of the global soil organic carbon (C) pool (Lal, 2004).
Soil memory: a tool for understanding vegetation change during the Anthropocene
Poster Number: 155 Presenter/Primary Author: Curtis Monger Referring to his memory, Abraham Lincoln said that “My mind is like a piece of steel—very hard to scratch anything on it, but almost impossible, after you get it there, to rub it out.” Soils, metap
Grass-shrub interactions in a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem: can vegetation structure predict state-transitions?
Poster Number: 154 Presenter/Primary Author: Nate Pierce State transition from perennial grassland to woody plant domination is synonymous with land degradation and desertification in many arid and semiarid ecosystems.
Root Production in Annual and Perennial Agroecosystems: Implications for Carbon Storage
Poster Number: 152 Presenter/Primary Author: Christine Sprunger Agriculture has a tremendous ‘ecological footprint’ as it is a leading contributor to carbon dioxide emissions, and other potent greenhouse gases.
