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
Soil animal community structuring along an LTER cross-site moisture gradient
Poster Number: 245 Presenter/Primary Author: Zach Sylvain Changes to precipitation regimes are forecasted in many climate models.
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
