Global change impacts below ground
Effects of global change are poorly understood in belowground systems. In particular, it remains unclear how multiple global change drivers can interact and lead to synergistic effects on soil organisms. We are investigating effects of earthworm invasions on soil carbon storage as well as using meta-analyses to examine effects of global change drivers on soil fauna.
Key questions we're working on include:
How do climate change, land use change, and other global change drivers interact (synergistically or antagonistically) to affect soil fauna?
How do earthworm invasions affect soil carbon storage, and can eDNA methods be used to track earthworm distributions at large scales?
How does road salt affect soil and water properties?