Our group investigates the ecological impacts of climate variability and climate change on ecosystems in the US desert southwest, tallgrass prairie in Kansas, and savanna grasslands in South Africa.

Laura Ladwig to receive NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant!

Three cheers for Laura! Her DDIG, "DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Semiarid Soil Microbial Response to Global
Change" will be recommended for funding by the Population and Community Ecology Program at NSF. The non-technical abstract for her award says:

EDGE construction is moving along at SEV

Construction of our EDGE rainout shelters at SEV was completed this fall. Manufacturing the roof panels is underway and all sensors have been ordered! Shelters have also been constructed at the other study sites in Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming. Our goal is to be ready to start the rainfall manipulation treatments in April 2013.

Blue grama EDGE site at SEV

Matt Petrie is now ABD!

PhD candidate Matt Petrie successfully passed his qualifying exams last week.  He is now fully occupied in preparing his Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant proposal for the upcoming NSF deadline. Congratulations to Matt!

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