A5087140286- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
North Idaho College
2024
University of Idaho
2022-2024
Kansas State University
2021-2023
Abstract Aim Roots and rhizospheres host diverse microbial communities that can influence the fitness, phenotypes, environmental tolerances of plants. Documenting biogeography these microbiomes detect potential for a changing environment to disrupt host‐microbe interactions, particularly in cases where microbes buffer hosts against abiotic stressors. We evaluated whether root‐associated fungi had poleward declines diversity, tested fungal roots shifted near plant range edges, determined...
Abstract Smoke from wildland fires contains more diverse, viable microbes than typical ambient air, yet little is known about the sources and sinks of smoke‐borne microorganisms. Data molecular‐based surveys suggest that microorganisms originate material associated with vegetation underlying soils becomes aerosolized during combustion, however, in smoke have not been experimentally assessed. To elucidate this link, we studied high‐intensity forest Fishlake National Forest, Utah, USA applied...
Fire can impact terrestrial ecosystems by changing abiotic and biotic conditions. Short fire intervals maintain grasslands communities adapted to frequent, low-severity fires. Shrub encroachment that follows longer accumulates fuel increase severity. This patchily distributed biomass creates mosaics of burn severities in the landscape-pyrodiversity. Afforded a scheduled watershed protected from fires for 27 years, we investigated effects woody severity on soil chemistry soil-inhabiting...
Prescribed fires are common in forest management, yet we lack a clear picture of how different fire frequencies impact soil systems. Here, present evidence microbial community and chemistry shifts following sixty years continuous prescribed interval manipulation at the Olustee Experimental Forest Northeastern Florida. We investigated three treatments (1year, 2 years, 4 years) addition to an unburned control treatment. sampled mineral horizons (A, E, Bh) elucidate impacts across profile. Our...