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SUMMARY:Linkages between plants\, microbes and ecosystem processes
DTSTART:20110321T161500
DTSTAMP:20260407T210950Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Richard D. BARDGETT\; Soil and Ecosystem Ecology Laborat
 ory\, Lancaster University\nOur understanding of how organisms\, and their
  interactions with each other and their abiotic environment\, govern the f
 unctioning of terrestrial ecosystems has advanced rapidly over the last tw
 o decades. This has been driven by a number of issues\, the most significa
 nt being the need to better understand the consequences for ecosystems and
  the Earth-system of the dramatic changes in biological communities that h
 ave resulted from human activity. An important development in this area ha
 s been a growing recognition that terrestrial ecosystems consist of both a
 boveground and belowground subsystems\, and that feedbacks between these s
 ubsystems play a crucial role in regulating community structure and ecosys
 tem functioning. As a consequence\, it is now widely recognised that bioti
 c interactions between aboveground and belowground communities play a fund
 amental role in regulating the response of terrestrial ecosystems and the 
 Earth-system to human-induced global change.  In this talk\, I will presen
 t findings from our recent studies which explore different routes by which
  linkages between aboveground and belowground communities regulate the str
 ucture and function of terrestrial ecosystems. I will also consider how an
  understanding of such linkages can be applied to the issue of ecosystem s
 ervices\, and especially the sequestration of carbon in soil. 
LOCATION:GR B3 30
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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