Research in Soil Ecology Group at UC Santa Cruz

I was told that “soil generates all the things,” and I believe it is true, because, after all, soil is still regarded as “the last frontier” in science. For this we do research on soils. Please click on one of the titles listed below if you would like to know about our research:

Global Environmental Change and Soil Processes

Grassland Degradation and Recovery in Inner Mongolia, China

Rhizosphere Effects on Soil Organic Matter Decomposition

Root Growth, Turnover, and Production

Linkages Between Vegetation Aboveground and Processes Belowground

Method Development for Rhizosphere Research

Partition Soil Carbon Dioxide Efflux by Origins

Santa Cruz Coastal Terraces

Arctic Soil Biology

 

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