Search Results - "LAMB, ERIC G."

Effects of plant species richness and evenness on soil microbial community diversity and function by Lamb, Eric G., Kennedy, Nabla, Siciliano, Steven D.

“…Understanding the links between plant diversity and soil communities is critical to disentangling the mechanisms by which plant communities modulate ecosystem…”
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Plants Integrate Information About Nutrients and Neighbors by Cahill, James F. Jr, McNickle, Gordon G, Haag, Joshua J, Lamb, Eric G, Nyanumba, Samson M, St. Clair, Colleen Cassady

“…Animals regularly integrate information about the location of resources and the presence of competitors, altering their foraging behavior accordingly. We…”
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Rocks, lichens, and woody litter influenced the soil invertebrate density in upland tundra heath by Jegede, Olukayode O, Standen, Katherine M, Siciliano, Steven, Lamb, Eric G, Stewart, Katherine J

“…Soil invertebrates are an integral part of Arctic ecosystems through their roles in the breakdown of litter, soil formation, and nutrient cycling. However,…”
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Linking niche size and phylogenetic signals to predict future soil microbial relative abundances by Bissett, Andrew, Mamet, Steven D., Lamb, Eric G., Siciliano, Steven D.

“…Bacteria provide ecosystem services (e.g., biogeochemical cycling) that regulate climate, purify water, and produce food and other commodities, yet their…”
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A High Arctic soil ecosystem resists long-term environmental manipulations by LAMB, ERIC G., HAN, SUKKYUN, LANOIL, BRIAN D., HENRY, GREG H. R., BRUMMELL, MARTIN E., BANERJEE, SAMIRAN, SICILIANO, STEVEN D.

“…We evaluated above‐ and belowground ecosystem changes in a 16 year, combined fertilization and warming experiment in a High Arctic tundra deciduous shrub heath…”
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Core and Differentially Abundant Bacterial Taxa in the Rhizosphere of Field Grown Brassica napus Genotypes: Implications for Canola Breeding by Taye, Zelalem M, Helgason, Bobbi L, Bell, Jennifer K, Norris, Charlotte E, Vail, Sally, Robinson, Stephen J, Parkin, Isobel A P, Arcand, Melissa, Mamet, Steven, Links, Matthew G, Dowhy, Tanner, Siciliano, Steven, Lamb, Eric G

“…Modifying the rhizosphere microbiome through targeted plant breeding is key to harnessing positive plant-microbial interrelationships in cropping…”
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Litter accumulation drives grassland plant community composition and functional diversity via leaf traits by Letts, Brittany, Lamb, Eric G, Mischkolz, Jenalee M, Romo, James T

“…Direct physical interference from litter is an important mechanism driving changes in the diversity and composition of plant communities dominated by perennial…”
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The Influence of Matrix Size on Statistical Properties of Co-Occurrence and Limiting Similarity Null Models by Lavender, Thomas Michael, Schamp, Brandon S, Lamb, Eric G

“…Null models exploring species co-occurrence and trait-based limiting similarity are increasingly used to explore the influence of competition on community…”
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When Competition Does Not Matter: Grassland Diversity and Community Composition by Lamb, Eric G., Cahill Jr, James F.

“…We examined whether the intense root competition in a rough fescue grassland plant community in central Alberta, Canada, was important in structuring plant…”
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Patterns of cross-continental variation in tree seed mass in the Canadian Boreal Forest by Liu, Jushan, Bai, Yuguang, Lamb, Eric G, Simpson, Dale, Liu, Guofang, Wei, Yongsheng, Wang, Deli, McKenney, Daniel W, Papadopol, Pia

“…Seed mass is an adaptive trait affecting species distribution, population dynamics and community structure. In widely distributed species, variation in seed…”
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Global pattern and associated drivers of grassland productivity sensitivity to precipitation change by Wang, Chao, Vera-Vélez, Roy, Lamb, Eric G., Wu, Juying, Ren, Fei

“…Precipitation is a primary climatic determinant of grassland productivity, with many global change experiments manipulating precipitation. Here we examine the…”
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An intensive multilocation temporal dataset of fungal communities in the root and rhizosphere of Brassica napus by Bazghaleh, Navid, Mamet, Steven D., Bell, Jennifer K., Moreira, Zayda Morales, Taye, Zelalem M., Williams, Shanay, Arcand, Melissa, Lamb, Eric G., Shirtliffe, Steve, Vail, Sally, Siciliano, Steven D., Helgason, Bobbi

“…The plant microbiome has been recently recognized as a plant phenotype to help in the food security of the future population. However, global plant microbiome…”
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An intensive multilocation temporal dataset of fungal and bacterial communities in the root and rhizosphere of Brassica napus by Bazghaleh, Navid, Bell, Jennifer K., Mamet, Steven D., Moreira, Zayda Morales, Taye, Zelalem M., Williams, Shanay, Norris, Charlotte, Dowhy, Tanner, Arcand, Melissa, Lamb, Eric G., Links, Matthew, Shirtliffe, Steve, Vail, Sally, Siciliano, Steven D., Helgason, Bobbi

“…The plant microbiome has been recently recognized as a plant phenotype to help in the food security of the future population. However, global plant microbiome…”
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Nitrogen addition impacts on soil microbial stoichiometry are driven by changes in plant resource stoichiometry not by the composition of main microbial groups in an alpine meadow by Liu, Xiaochen, Lamb, Eric G., Zhang, Shiting

“…Increased nitrogen (N) inputs and subsequent effects on soil microbial stoichiometry have strong influences on organic matter decomposition and nutrient…”
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Seasonal patterns of forage quality in six native forb species by Vera-Velez, Roy, Lamb, Eric G

“…The forage value of native forbs is rarely considered in pasture mixtures, even though such species can make up a substantial proportion of the diet of cattle…”
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Direct and indirect control of grassland community structure by litter, resources, and biomass by Lamb, Eric G.

“…Multiple factors linked through complex networks of interaction including fertilization, aboveground biomass, and litter control the diversity of plant…”
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Structural equation modeling of a winnowed soil microbiome identifies how invasive plants re-structure microbial networks by Mamet, Steven D., Redlick, Ellen, Brabant, Michelle, Lamb, Eric G., Helgason, Bobbi L., Stanley, Kevin, Siciliano, Steven D.

“…The development of microbial networks is central to ecosystem functioning and is the hallmark of complex natural systems. Characterizing network development…”
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Vegetative growth and belowground expansion from transplanted low‐arctic tundra turfs by Hnatowich, Ian G., Lamb, Eric G., Stewart, Katherine J.

“…Whole‐turf transplantation is a restoration method used to restore plant communities within disturbed arctic environments. Transplant expansion and restoration…”
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Yak Dung Deposition Affects Litter Mixing Effects on Mass Loss in Tibetan Alpine Grassland by Liang, Defei, Lamb, Eric G., Zhang, Shiting

“…Plant litter and livestock excreta are two important ways of carbon and nutrient input to soil in grassland grazing systems. Grazing livestock often deposit…”
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A shift from individual species to ecosystem services effect: Introducing the Eco‐indicator Sensitivity Distribution (EcoSD) as an ecosystem services approach to redefining the species sensitivity distribution (SSD) for soil ecological risk assessment by Fajana, Hamzat O., Lamb, Eric G., Siciliano, Steven D.

“…Incorporating the ecosystem services (ES) approach into soil ecological risk assessment (ERA) has been advocated over the years, but implementing the approach…”
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