2012 LTER ASM - SEV

Experimental Macroecology: Effects of Temperature on Biodiversity

rwaide — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 22:52:24 +0000

Poster Number:

387

Presenter/Primary Author:

Robert Waide

Co-Authors:

S. T. Hammond

Co-Authors:

J. W. Voordeckers

Co-Authors:

J. H. Brown

Co-Authors:

B. J. Enquist

Co-Authors:

Z. He

Co-Authors:

M. Kaspari

Co-Authors:

J. Zhou

The acknowledgement of biodiversity gradients, such as the latitudinal gradient, pre-date modern ecology, however the cause(s) of this pervasive pattern remain elusive and controversial.

Potential Roles of Gypsophilic fungal endophytes at the Sevilleta LTER

aporras-alfaro — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:55:04 +0000

Poster Number:

351

Presenter/Primary Author:

Terri Tobias

Co-Authors:

Andrea Porras-Alfaro

Co-Authors:

Srivathsan Raghavan

Co-Authors:

Timothy Lowrey

Co-Authors:

Margaret Garcia

Gypsophilic soils are mainly composed of calcium sulfate and plants in this environment form associations with a diverse community of mycorrhizal and other endophytic fungi.

Isolation of Fungi from Healthy and Blue-Stain Infected Piñon at the Sevilleta LTER

aporras-alfaro — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:37:59 +0000

Poster Number:

349

Presenter/Primary Author:

Andrea Porras-Alfaro

Co-Authors:

Zachary T. Gossage

Co-Authors:

Joanna Redfern

Co-Authors:

Paulette Ford

Co-Authors:

William Pockman

Co-Authors:

Nate McDowell

Co-Authors:

Donald Natvig

Piñon trees in piñon-juniper woodlands in the Southwest have been showing increase mortality due in part to major droughts that have been impacting this area.

Soil and endophytic fungal associations with grama at the Sevilleta LTER

aporras-alfaro — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:34:16 +0000

Poster Number:

348

Presenter/Primary Author:

Andrea Porras-Alfaro

Co-Authors:

Donald O Natvig

Co-Authors:

Robert Sinsabaugh

Co-Authors:

Jose Herrera

Plant and soil fungi are fundamental in different ecological processes.

Thermophilic Fungi in Biological Soil Crust at the Sevilleta LTER

aporras-alfaro — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:31:50 +0000

Poster Number:

347

Presenter/Primary Author:

Andrea Porras-Alfaro

Co-Authors:

Katrina Sandona

Co-Authors:

Donald O. Natvig

Co-Authors:

Amy Powell

Co-Authors:

Miriam Hutchinson

Co-Authors:

Zachary Gossage

Biological soil crust are common in arid ecosystems, they are mainly form by the association of a community of microorganisms including fungi, lichens and cyanobacteria.

Characterization of Endophytic Cellulose Degrading Fungi at the Sevilleta LTER site.

aporras-alfaro — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:27:45 +0000

Poster Number:

345

Presenter/Primary Author:

Andrea Porras-Alfaro

Co-Authors:

Zachary T. Gossage

Co-Authors:

Carolyn Weber

Co-Authors:

Cheryl Kuske

Very few microorganisms are currently used in bioethanol production and the discovery of novel species with the capacity to degrade cellulose could impact directly the biofuel industry.

Population dynamics of reintroduced Gunnison’s prairie dogs in a semi-arid grassland environment

mfriggens — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:56:41 +0000

Poster Number:

342

Presenter/Primary Author:

Mike Friggens

Co-Authors:

Ana Davidson

Co-Authors:

Charles Hayes

Co-Authors:

Jon Erz

Prairie dog (Cynomys spp. ) populations have declined by 98% across their range.

Nitrous Oxide (N2O) production by Rhizosphere fungi from Nitrogen fertilized grasslands

slopez — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:01:29 +0000

Poster Number:

304

Presenter/Primary Author:

Sara Lopez

Co-Authors:

Robert Sinsabaugh

Co-Authors:

David Hanson

Co-Authors:

Andrea Porras-Alfaro

The use of nitrogen (N) fertilizers has created international concern as denitrification of fertilizer-derived nitrate could result in higher rates of N₂O release to the atmosphere.

Student Poster:

Yes

Sevilleta Schoolyard LTER and the Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program (BEMP): Partnering environmental education, ecosystem monitoring, and stewardship of the Middle Rio Grande riparian forest

keichhorst1 — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:17:25 +0000

Poster Number:

296

Presenter/Primary Author:

Kim Eichhorst

Co-Authors:

Kimi Scheerer

The Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program (BEMP)/Sevilleta schoolyard LTER is long-term ecological research done by K-12 students and their teachers to monitor key indicators of structural and functi

The Sevilleta LTER Wireless Data Acquisition Network

rbrown — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:29:12 +0000

Poster Number:

281

Presenter/Primary Author:

Renée F. Brown

Co-Authors:

Donald O. Natvig

Over the past eight years we have constructed a large-scale wireless telemetry network that connects research experiments and wildlife monitoring webcams to the Internet via links to the University