Research Projects
Temperature Sensitivity of Substrate Decomposition from Enzymes to Microbial Communities
A recently funded project explores how substrate stoichiometry and architecture influence the C and N released via mineralization, and the temperature sensitivity of these fluxes. This avenue of research will ...
| Date | August 2010 - present |
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| Location | Northeast Kansas |
| Contact | Sharon Billings |
Landscape Legacies in Rivers: Retrospective Analyses of Changes in Ecosystem Function across Two Centuries
| Date | January 2010 - present |
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| Location | Kansas and Missouri |
| Contact | James H. Thorp |
The Biogeochemistry of Soil Nitrogen Cycling with Changing Precipitation Regimes
Current climate models predict that the Central Plains of North America will likely experience similar rainfall amounts with climate change, with longer dry periods and more intense events. Little is ...
| Date | September 2009 - present |
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| Location | Central Plains |
| Contact | Sharon Billings |
Linking Whole Ecosystem Stoichiometry to Individual-level Nutrient Dynamics
The availability of nitrogen (N) and/or phosphorus (P) constrains primary production in most ecosystems worldwide. As a consequence, the fluxes of N and P through ecosystems are tightly linked. Thus, ...
| Date | September 2009 - present |
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| Location | International |
| Contact | Ford Ballantyne |
Vegetation and Moisture Heterogeneity as Influences on Mass and Energy Fluxes and Lower Boundary Layer Turbulence
In this project we are using a large eddy simulation model under "real" conditions in which I force the model with satellite imagery coupled with a land-surface model. In order ...
| Date | September 2009 - present |
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| Location | Statewide |
| Contact | Nate Brunsell |
Soil Organic Matter Processing with Warming in the Moist Boreal Forests of Eastern Canada
Understanding how the vast reservoir of soil organic carbon in boreal systems will respond to warming is critical for predicting future climate. As the boreal forests of eastern North America ...
| Date | September 2009 - present |
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| Location | Eastern Canada |
| Contact | Sharon Billings |