Testing the Drivers and Scale-dependency of Plant-Fungal-Bacterial Community Co-assembly

Plant community composition and growth rates are strongly influenced by their interactions with mutualistic and pathogenic microbes. Carbon return from terrestrial systems to the atmosphere occurs via respiration, the bulk of which is due to microbial break down of dead plant material. To understand Arctic contributions to the global climate system, we must understand the ecologies of the plant and microbial communities in the Arctic.

 

Previous Publications & Outreach

Distribution and drivers of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities across the North American Arctic

  Ecosphere 3(11):1-25

Proposal: Testing the drivers and scale-dependency of plant-fungal-bacterial community co-assembly across the Arctic

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Donald Lee Taylor

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    Department of Biology
    1 University of New Mexico
    MSC03 2020
    Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
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    505 / 252-3510
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Donald A. (Skip) Walker

Donald A. (Skip) Walker

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    Department of Biology and Wildlife
    Institute of Arctic Biology
    University of Alaska
    902 N Koyukuk Drive
    311 Irving I, PO Box 757000
    Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-7000
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    907 / 474-2460
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    www.geobotany.uaf.edu
Ina Timling

Ina Timling

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    Department of Biology and Wildlife
    Institute of Arctic Biology
    University of Alaska
    902 N Koyukuk Drive
    311 Irving I, PO Box 757000
    Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-7000
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    907 / 474-5606
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The Alaska Geobotany Center is located on the West Ridge of the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. Our office is located in room 252, on the second floor of the Arctic Health Research Building.

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    Institute of Arctic Biology
    311 Irving
    P.O. Box 757000
    Fairbanks, Alaska
    United States
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    907 / 474-2459
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