Daniela Cusack

Effects of Nitrogen Additions on Soil Carbon Pools in Two Humid Tropical Forest Types

Lead Institution

Colorado State University

Principal Investigator

Daniela Cusack

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Human activity has greatly increased available nitrogen (N) on Earth, with N deposition rates in tropical regions predicted to be the highest globally in coming decades. Because plant growth is not…

Rapid Access: Consequences of Drying and Fungal Symbiont for Tropical Plant Root Exudate Production and Chemistry

Lead Institution

Colorado State University

Principal Investigator

Daniela Cusack

Project type

Limited Scope

Carbon storage in tropical forests is likely to respond to expected reductions in rainfall. Tropical forests are of particular importance in the global carbon cycle because they contain > 25% of…

What are the effects of drying, soil fertility, and mycorrhizal colonization on root exudate chemistry for the tropical tree Tabebuia rosea?

Lead Institution

Colorado State University

Principal Investigator

Daniela Cusack

Project type

Limited Scope

The specific aim of this experiment is to assess the effects of soil moisture, fertility and fungal symbiont on root exudate activity for an abundant tropical tree species (Tabebuia rosea). The…

From The Top: Surface Peat Drives Below Ground Carbon Cycling

Lead Institution

Colorado State University

Principal Investigator

Daniela Cusack

Project type

Limited Scope

Carbon-cycling processes within tropical peat soils are necessary to understand in order to predict what is going to happen to the 104 Pg of global carbon stored in their waterlogged soils. Carbon…

EMSL Science Overview

Daniela Cusack

Projects

Effects of Nitrogen Additions on Soil Carbon Pools in Two Humid Tropical Forest Types

Rapid Access: Consequences of Drying and Fungal Symbiont for Tropical Plant Root Exudate Production and Chemistry

What are the effects of drying, soil fertility, and mycorrhizal colonization on root exudate chemistry for the tropical tree Tabebuia rosea?

From The Top: Surface Peat Drives Below Ground Carbon Cycling