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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

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