December 14, 2017 – Kristina M Wolf

Outside the envelope: rare events disrupt the relationship between climate factors and species interactions

Abstract The order in which species arrive during community assembly can be an important driver of community composition and function. However, the strength of these priority effects can be variable, in part because of strong site and year effects. To understand how priority effects vary in importance with abiotic conditions, we initiated identical community assembly…

Long-term agricultural experiments inform the development of climate-smart agricultural practices

Abstract California’s Mediterranean agro-ecosystems are a major source of U.S. fruits and vegetables, and vulnerable to future extremes of precipitation and temperature brought on by climate change, including increased drought and flooding, and more intense and longer heat waves. To develop resilience to these threats, strategies are necessary for climate-smart management of soil and water….