Plant Ecology
PDTNet Working Group
The Productivity-Diversity-Traits Network was formed through LTER Network Office funding in 2004. Session: Working Group Session 1 - Monday Working Group Session 2 - Monday Room Assignment: Eastside - Deer Ridge Fireside (75)
Investigating tree species effects on plant-soil-microbial feedbacks in Alaskan boreal forest
Poster Number: 115 Presenter/Primary Author: April Melvin In Alaskan boreal forest, fire is a common disturbance that can alter successional trajectories and plant-soil-microbial (PSM) feedbacks.
Synthesizing long-term phenology data: Perspectives across the International Long Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER)
Working Group Reports Final reports: Phenology report Phenology is strongly linked with ecosystem structure, function, biogeochemical cycles and global climate change. A sensitive indicator of climate change, phenology has shifted in recent decades. Session: Working Group Session 4 Tuesday Room Assignment: Longs Peak - Granite Pass (85)
Getting to the root of the matter: Fire effects on mycorrhizal seedling establishment and tree migration in Alaska
Poster Number: 81 Presenter/Primary Author: Rebecca Hewitt Fire is the primary landscape-scale disturbance in the boreal forest, and in the last half-century fires have increased in severity and extent in the boreal forest and tundra.
Classification of salt marsh vegetation using edaphic and remote sensing-derived variables
Poster Number: 77 Presenter/Primary Author: Christine Hladik Salt marshes are well known for their striking macrophyte zonation patterns. Although many variables affect species distribution, soil salinity and waterlogging have been shown to be two of t
