Widespread loss of management (irrigation, weeding, planting, fertilizing) occurred when people were forced to leave their homes, driving an increase in post-recession plant species richness and community homogeneity as abandoned yards were taken over by weedy annual species.
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Plant Mediated Control of Surface Hydrology in a Constructed Wetland
Plants at the Tres Rios constructed wastewater treatment wetland were found to be highly productive, transpiring large volumes of water, particularly in the hot, dry summer. A plant driven “biological tide” brings new water and nutrients into the marshes to replace these transpiration losses, making a treatment wetland more effective than if it were located… Read more »
Urbanization Patterns and their Impacts on Biotic Diversity
An experiment that manipulated food resources and predation showed that different factors regulate plant-associated arthropod communities in desert and urban habitats. Bottom up factors were most influential in desert habitats, while urban arthropods responded to a complex set of relationships among climate, plant growth, and predation. Long term research at 12 riparian sites showed that… Read more »
CoronaPod: How has lockdown affected fieldwork?
Publications Committee Annual Report (2020)
Produced by the Publications Committee for the 2020 Science Council Meeting, held May 4, 2020, online.
A bug’s life proves endlessly fascinating for one BGSU student
LTER Network News | June 2020
This month, as some LTER researchers made their way back into the field, lab, or just the outdoors, Jane Tucker and Eric Seabloom went the extra mile in protection and style with their LTER face masks! Be sure to tag @USLTER in your tweets for a chance to be featured in future newsletters. … Read more »
LTER Graduate Student Spotlight: Allison Swartz
This spotlight is part of an ongoing series featuring many of our wonderful LTER Network graduate student representatives who contribute valuable research and leadership across the network. To learn more about graduate research in the LTER network, visit this page. Allison Swartz is in her first year of a PhD after completing her Master’s degree… Read more »