Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve

17 Feb, 05 AM - 17 Feb, 06 AM

My research focuses on how soil fungal communities are structured by biotic and abiotic influences. Specifically, I will test the relative strength of dispersal limitation, environmental parameters and biotic interactions in structuring soil fungal community composition in Southern California. This research is cutting edge as it will employ high-throughput sequencing and isotopic tracking of soil fungi in both air and soil to build models of metacommunity dynamics. I will be collecting 25 10cm deep soil cores at four time points throughout the next year. I will additionally be placing .45um pore size litter bags at the site containing fungi from other areas around Southern California. Because these litter bags are made out of small pore size mesh, the fungi will not contaminate the soil at the reserve. I will also place a small mesh cage (15cm x 15cm x 2cm) over each litter bag to protect it from animal disturbances.

Visit #20608 @Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve

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Under Project # 20685 | Research

How well can fungi migrate under a changing climate?

graduate_student - University of California, Irvine

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Stephanie Kivlin Feb 17, 2010 (1 days)
Group of 2 Volunteer Feb 17, 2010 (1 days)

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