Climate and Ecosystem Biogeochemistry
This research theme advance fundamental understanding of climate-biogeochemistry interactions, with wide applicability to virtually all terrestrial ecosystems.
Precipitation and nitrogen are key drivers of carbon sequestration in temperate forests. Interactions between these factors can however lead to complex feedbacks between plants and soils that result in unanticipated shifts in carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon stores of forests in the Pacific Northwest exceed those of any other biome, anywhere on Earth, and are highly sensitive to current and future anticipated changes in precipitation.
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Terrestrial Ecosystems Laboratory (FRESC)
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Decadal-scale decoupling of soil phosphorus and molybdenum cycles by temperate nitrogen-fixing trees
Centennial-scale reductions in nitrogen availability in temperate forests of the United States
Nutrient feedbacks to soil heterotrophic nitrogen fixation in forests
Mechanisms of nitrogen deposition effects on temperate forest lichens and trees
Decomposition drives convergence of forest litter nutrient stoichiometry following phosphorus addition
A framework to assess biogeochemical response to ecosystem disturbance using nutrient partitioning ratios
Response of the nitrogen-fixing lichen Lobaria pulmonaria to phosphorus, molybdenum, and vanadium
Soil organic matter regulates molybdenum storage and mobility in forests
Convergence of soil nitrogen isotopes across global climate gradients
Thresholds for protecting Pacific Northwest ecosystems from atmospheric deposition of nitrogen: state of knowledge report
Biogeochemistry of a temperate forest nitrogen gradient
Unearthing Secrets of the Forest
This research theme advance fundamental understanding of climate-biogeochemistry interactions, with wide applicability to virtually all terrestrial ecosystems.
Precipitation and nitrogen are key drivers of carbon sequestration in temperate forests. Interactions between these factors can however lead to complex feedbacks between plants and soils that result in unanticipated shifts in carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon stores of forests in the Pacific Northwest exceed those of any other biome, anywhere on Earth, and are highly sensitive to current and future anticipated changes in precipitation.
Click here to return to FRESC Terrestrial Ecosystems Laboratory.
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Terrestrial Ecosystems Laboratory (FRESC)
Below are publications associated with this project.