Derek Pierson

Oregon State University

0000-0003-3413-1693

Projects

Biomolecular linkages between detrital inputs and soil organic matter decomposition across temperate forest regions

Lead Institution

Oregon State University

Principal Investigator

Kate Lajtha

Project type

Exploratory Research

Limited knowledge of the molecular mechanisms behind soil organic matter (SOM) stabilization and destabilization processes impedes improving models of earth systems and global carbon dynamics, as…

Biomolecular linkages between detrital inputs and soil organic matter decomposition in temperate forests

Lead Institution

Oregon State University

Principal Investigator

Kate Lajtha

Project type

Limited Scope

The DIRT project is a multi-decade experiment that manipulates litter inputs to large plots in a western coniferous forest by increasing needle litter or woody debris inputs, eliminating aboveground…