@elibward

Assistant Scientist in Forest Ecology @CT_CAES studying plant-soil interactions in forests | she/her

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Joined August 2013
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New paper is out! We show how interactions between AM vs EcM canopy trees and ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs alter the accumulation of soil organic matter at different depths and in different pools.
Global Change Biology@GlobalChangeBio25 Jul 2023
|| NEW RESEARCH || Depth‐dependent effects of ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs on soil carbon and nitrogen pools are accentuated under arbuscular mycorrhizal trees 📃 buff.ly/3QdJ2Po @elibward @bradfordlab @ypolussa @YaleEnvironment
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|| NEW RESEARCH || Depth‐dependent effects of ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs on soil carbon and nitrogen pools are accentuated under arbuscular mycorrhizal trees 📃 buff.ly/3QdJ2Po @elibward @bradfordlab @ypolussa @YaleEnvironment
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Eli Ward retweeted
CAES@CT_CAES19 Jul 2023
CAES Press Release--"Plant Science Day 2023 Open House Presented by The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station," Wednesday, July 19, 2023. See the announcement on our website: portal.ct.gov/-/media/CAES/D…
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What roles do ericoid mycorrhizal fungi play in the carbon-nutrient cycling in ombrotrophic peatlands? Check out our new article in @NewPhyt modeling how fertilization affects bogs via ERM fungi! This is part of my PhD thesis @mcgillgeography I did with @NRoulet and many others.
New Phytologist@NewPhyt31 Oct 2022
Recent #PlantScience accepted in New Phyt Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi mediate the response of ombrotrophic peatlands to fertilization: a modeling study Shao et al @Siya_Shao 🌱 ow.ly/73x250LoaiE
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My latest for @ScienceMagazine on a surprising effect that the nearly century-old housing policy known as redlining has had on present-day tree biodiversity in Baltimore. science.org/content/article/…

Racial discrimination has decimated Baltimore’s tree diversity

Biased housing policies have left neighborhoods with smaller trees and fewer species

science.org
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Creating useful models that explore how animals impact environments is tricky. But, we got your back! Check out our roadmap for creating applied models to explore how animals impact nutrient cycles, led by @EcologyRoo
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Eli Ward retweeted
BGSA@munbgsa19 Sep 2022
Our first seminar of the semester is this Friday, September 23 at 12:00 PM - CSF 1302 . Our first speaker is @KristyFerraro. To learn more about how large mammal movements impact nutrient cycling within ecosystems and to attend a great presentation, join us this friday.
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Do you like learning about how animals impact ecosystems and nutrient cycles? OR! Do you like pictures of cute caribou? If either of these apply, come check out my talk Tuesday at 1:30 at #ESA2022 #CSEE2022 – at Montréal, Québec
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Interested in how interactions between co-occurring ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs and arbuscular versus ectomycorrhizal trees influence soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in forests? Come to my #ESA2022 #CSEE2022 talk on Tuesday at 10:45am in room 512A! Hope to see you there
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The functional role of ericoid mycorrhizal plants and fungi on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in forests @elibward @marlyseaceae @SaraKuebbing @bradfordlab #TansleyReview ow.ly/iy3W50KcGOZ
Read (1991) and Read & Perez-Moreno (2003) hypothesized that the relative abundance of arbuscular (AM), ecto- (EcM) and ericoid mycorrhizal (ErM) plants vary predictability across broad, climate-associated gradients of decomposition rates, soil organic matter (SOM) accumulation and inorganic nitrogen (N) limitation owing to differences in plant and fungal functional traits among these groups.

ALT Read (1991) and Read & Perez-Moreno (2003) hypothesized that the relative abundance of arbuscular (AM), ecto- (EcM) and ericoid mycorrhizal (ErM) plants vary predictability across broad, climate-associated gradients of decomposition rates, soil organic matter (SOM) accumulation and inorganic nitrogen (N) limitation owing to differences in plant and fungal functional traits among these groups.

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Gadgil effect of shrub removals: increasing abundance of ericaceous shrubs and ericoids contributes to OM accumulation, not only through necromass accumulation, but also through impairment of decomposition processes due to increasing nutrient limitation nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
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The functional role of ericoid mycorrhizal plants and fungi on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in forests @elibward @marlyseaceae @SaraKuebbing @bradfordlab #TansleyReview ow.ly/V7HA50JRzrP
Read (1991) and Read & Perez-Moreno (2003) hypothesized that the relative abundance of arbuscular (AM), ecto- (EcM) and ericoid mycorrhizal (ErM) plants vary predictability across broad, climate-associated gradients of decomposition rates, soil organic matter (SOM) accumulation and inorganic nitrogen (N) limitation owing to differences in plant and fungal functional traits among these groups.

ALT Read (1991) and Read & Perez-Moreno (2003) hypothesized that the relative abundance of arbuscular (AM), ecto- (EcM) and ericoid mycorrhizal (ErM) plants vary predictability across broad, climate-associated gradients of decomposition rates, soil organic matter (SOM) accumulation and inorganic nitrogen (N) limitation owing to differences in plant and fungal functional traits among these groups.

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Wet day out in the woods with @bradfordlab, but we found plenty in the understory to keep our spirits high! What drives the recovery of surface organic matter accumulation in managed forest stands? —stay tuned!
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Just out! Check out the early view of our Tansley Review where we discuss how interactions between understory ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs and AM versus EcM trees could influence carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests globally. doi.org/10.1111/nph.18307
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ErM (F) = ericoid mycorrhizal (fungi) (e.g. mountain laurel, blueberries, rhododendron, heather) AM (F) = arbuscular mycorrhizal (fungi) (e.g. maple, ash, cherry, most tropical trees) EcM (F) = ectomycorrhizal (fungi) (e.g. oak, hickory, most gymnosperms) SAP = saprotrophs
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My first, first author paper is out! 🍃🌞 @JEcology @mycopat "Ericaceous dwarf shrubs contribute a significant but drought‐sensitive fraction of soil respiration in a boreal pine forest" besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…

Ericaceous dwarf shrubs contribute a significant but drought‐sensitive fraction of soil respiration...

Understorey shrubs contribute to soil respiration in proportion to their share of fine root biomass, but they are more affected by drought than heterotrophs and pine root-associated organisms.

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Given latitudinal variation in the relative abundance of AM versus EcM trees, the presence of co-occurring understory ErM shrubs could have different implications for carbon and nitrogen cycling within and among forest biomes at the global scale.
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Check out the full paper for details on these hypotheses and more: doi.org/10.1111/nph.18307 Big shout out to all my collaborators, mentors, and friends who helped me through the writing process. @bradfordlab @marlyseaceae @SaraKuebbing @YaleEnvironment @yaleforestry @NewPhyt
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