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Ecosystem Ecology

Earthworms effects on soil respiration in a sub-tropical wet forest in Puerto Rico

Poster Number:  254 Presenter/Primary Author:  Grizelle Gonzalez Carbon storage, as well as other ecosystem services of soils, is an emergent property on the landscape scale that can be attributed to mechanisms occurring on scales orders of magnitude smaller.

Organic matter contribution and decomposition by ectomycorrhizal fungi in response to chronic nitrogen deposition in a temperate mixed-hardwood forest

Poster Number:  248 Presenter/Primary Author:  Jesse Sadowsky Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi comprise a large proportion of total soil microbial biomass, contribute belowground inputs as mycelia that may equal or surpass those of roots, and secrete enzymes that

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