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Mysterious Mycorrhizae? A Field Trip And Classroom Experiment To Demystify The Symbioses Formed Between Plants And Fungi, Nancy C. Johnson, V. Bala Chaudhary, Jason D. Hoeksema, John C. Moore, Anne Pringle
Mysterious Mycorrhizae? A Field Trip And Classroom Experiment To Demystify The Symbioses Formed Between Plants And Fungi, Nancy C. Johnson, V. Bala Chaudhary, Jason D. Hoeksema, John C. Moore, Anne Pringle
School of Environmental Sustainability: Faculty Publications and Other Works
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Untangling The Biological Contributions To Soil Stability In Semiarid Shrublands, V. Bala Chaudhary, Matthew A. Bowker, Thomas E. O'Dell, James B. Grace, Andrea E. Redman, Mathias C. Rillig, Nancy C. Johnson
Untangling The Biological Contributions To Soil Stability In Semiarid Shrublands, V. Bala Chaudhary, Matthew A. Bowker, Thomas E. O'Dell, James B. Grace, Andrea E. Redman, Mathias C. Rillig, Nancy C. Johnson
School of Environmental Sustainability: Faculty Publications and Other Works
Communities of plants, biological soil crusts (BSCs), and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are known to influence soil stability individually, but their relative contributions, interactions, and combined effects are not well understood, particularly in arid and semiarid ecosystems. In a landscape-scale field study we quantified plant, BSC, and AM fungal communities at 216 locations along a gradient of soil stability levels in southern Utah, USA. We used multivariate modeling to examine the relative influences of plants, BSCs, and AM fungi on surface and subsurface stability in a semiarid shrubland landscape. Models were found to be congruent with the data and explained …
Soil Nutrient Changes Following A Typha X Glauca Invasion In A Great Lakes Coastal Wetland, Lane Marie Vail
Soil Nutrient Changes Following A Typha X Glauca Invasion In A Great Lakes Coastal Wetland, Lane Marie Vail
Master's Theses
Invasive species are one of the major threats to the integrity and health of Great Lakes coastal wetlands. Plant invaders, such as the hybrid cattail Typha x glauca, threaten wetlands, as they can cause shifts in ecosystem structure and function and modify biogeochemical cycles and nutrient availability. Cheboygan Marsh on the coast of Lake Huron is currently undergoing invasion by T. x glauca, and soils in T. x glauca-dominated areas of the marsh have greater soil carbon and nitrogen concentrations than in areas dominated by native vegetation. This study investigated whether T. x glauca is affecting the accumulation of carbon …