Can Microbial Ecology and Mycorrhizal Functioning Inform Climate Change Models?
- Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States)
Our funded research focused on soil organic matter dynamics and plant-microbe interactions by examining the role of belowground processes and mechanisms across scales, including decomposition of organic molecules, microbial interactions, and plant-microbe interactions associated with a changing climate. Research foci included mycorrhizal mediated priming of soil carbon turnover, organic N use and depolymerization by free-living microbes and mycorrhizal fungi, and the use of isotopes as additional constraints for improved modeling of belowground processes. This work complemented the DOE’s mandate to understand both the consequences of atmospheric and climatic change for key ecosystems and the feedbacks on C cycling.
- Research Organization:
- Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Earth and Environmental Systems Science Division
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0008324
- OSTI ID:
- 1427520
- Report Number(s):
- SC0008324
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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