microbial community

Bach et al. 2008. Variation in soil microbial communities across a boreal spruce forest landscape. Canadian Journal of Forest Research:
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com.proxy.lib.iastate.edu:2048/doi/abs/10.11...

Bach et al. 2009. Site identity and moss species as determinants of soil microbial community structure. . . Plant & Soil:
http://www.springerlink.com.proxy.lib.iastate.edu:2048/content/d4027500g...

http://www.sciencemag.org.proxy.lib.iastate.edu:2048/content/332/6025/106

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02334.x/full

Human activities are altering global carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles at an unprecedented rate.  It is unclear how significant changes in global elemental cycles will affect ecosystem functions, such as primary productivity or C storage over the long-term.  My research aims to understand how plant-microbe interactions mediate ecosystem-specific responses to global climate change.  This research connects microbial processes to ecosystem functions to yield new insights into microbial ecology and elemental cycling.  Research in my laboratory focuses on three main question