EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar / student evalution - Hybrid: Seasonal shifts in a montane meadow ecosystem above and belowground with climate change

Our weekly lunch seminar series featuring internal speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology.

Abstract
Climate change is impacting temperature and moisture conditions across the seasons in montane meadows, from accelerating snowmelt date early in the growing season to greater drying of the soil in the later part of the growing season. Though there are distinct impacts throughout a growing season, we know little about how climate change will impact ecosystem function, such as productivity and nutrient cycling, beyond when these processes are typically measured during peak seasonal productivity. Additionally, a growing body of work acknowledges the linkage between plants and soil and shows that an impact on one has cascading effects on the other either bottom-up or top-down. During the seminar, I will discuss how climate change, through abiotic and biotic effects, is impacting plant and soil conditions at a fine-scale resolution throughout the growing season.

This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page). Contact eebsemaccess@umich.edu for passcode at least two hours prior to the event.