Effects of Invasive Rats and Forest F...

Effects of Invasive Rats and Forest Fragmentation on Hawaiian Birds
The Interactive Effects of Invasive Rats and Forest Fragmentation on Nest Survival, Density, Foraging Behavior, and Site Fidelity of Native Hawaiian Birds is a project aimed at understanding how introduced rats influence bird demography and food web characteristics in naturally fragmented Hawaiian forests.  This 5-year project involves removal of non-native rats from forest fragments of [...]
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Acclimation of Roots and Microbes to ...

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Acclimation of Roots and Microbes to Soil Warming investigates respiratory temperature acclimation in roots, mycorrhizae and the microbial community and whether such acclimation is a short-term, direct physiological adjustment to warmer temperatures (days to months) or a longer term response to changes in nutrient, moisture and C availability and mycorrhizal status as the ecosystem adjusts to [...]
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