by David Lipson | Jan 12, 2019 | Global Change, Plant Ecology, Research, SMER, Soils
We recently completed an NSF-funded rainfall manipulation experiment at Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve. The experiment is investigation the interactive effects of plant functional type (native shrubs vs. exotic annual species) and altered rainfall. This is a...
by David Lipson | Jan 12, 2019 | Global Change, Research, Sky Oaks, Soils
In collaboration with the Global Change Research Group (GCRG) and Cheryl Kuske at LANL, we studied the effects of free air CO2 enrichment (FACE) on soil fungal communities in a chaparral ecosystem. We found that elevated CO2 increased root production, which led to an...
by admin | Sep 15, 2011 | Fire, Global Change, Research, Sky Oaks
The SDSU Global Change Research Group recently presented results of research conducted at the Sky Oaks Field Station at the MEDECOS XII conference in Los Angeles, CA. The presentation was titled, “The effects of elevated CO2, climate variability, and fire on the...
