Global Change Biology 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 |
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 |
Regional Impacts of Global Climate Change
We are using global climate models to ascertain the local impacts of climate change in the central United States. We do this by coupling GCM output with regional climate models ...
| Date | August 2009 - present |
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| Location | Central US |
| Contact | Nate Brunsell |
Tree Susceptibility to Insect-Driven Disturbance
Climate models predict that disturbances for North American forests will likely be more frequent and intense as a result of anthropogenic climate change. A recent outbreak of a native insect, ...
| Date | August 2009 - present |
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| Location | Ozark Mountains |
| Contact | Sharon Billings |
Stable Isotopes of Carbon and Oxygen as Indicators of Tree Response to Climate
Assessing δ13C and δ18O of tree-rings in co-occurring species and relating these parameters to known environmental conditions can tell us much about variation between species in their response to climate. ...
| Date | July 2009 - present |
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| Location | North America |
| Contact | Sharon Billings |
Soil Organic Matter Dynamics and Microbial Activity with Elevated CO2 and Altered N Availability in a Pine Forest
Past funding provided the opportunity to explore how soil microbial groups alter their activity levels with elevated CO2 and altered nitrogen availability, in conjunction with Dr. Susan Ziegler at Memorial ...
| Date | July 2009 - present |
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| Location | North America |
| Contact | Sharon Billings |