Brush management is considered important for restoring desert grasslands, but aerial herbicide applications can have limited effects on the targeted species. Read more in a recent publication co-published by Dr. Enrique Vivoni (GDC Committee Member) that discusses the issue.
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Take a Listen! “In Their Own Words: Osvaldo Sala”
Hungry for More: Dr. Ball contributes to a publication in SBB on linking Phosphorus to evolution traits in Nematodes
Dr. Becky Ball, GDC Committee member, recently published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry. Read the entire text here on the effects of phosphorous-dense environments vs. phosphorus-deficient on growth and development in free-living soil nematodes. Read the abstract below: “Ecological stoichiometry is a useful theoretical framework for understanding the sources and controls on nutrient availability that structure the composition and diversity…
ISME Communications publication explores biocrust research with GDC Committee Member, Dr. Garcia- Pichel
Feeling blue? So are these cyanobacteria! Dr. Ferran Garcia-Pichel recently published in ISME Communications, access the entire article here to explore his latest research on self-organizing microbial communities.
Article: Stronger fertilization effects on aboveground versus belowground plant properties across nine U.S. grasslands
Featured in an ESA publication, Scott Collins, along with several other contributors, takes a look at nutrient supply across several different ecosystems. Read the entire publication here.