Preliminary Proposal: Collaborative Proposal: Effect of Invasive Herbivores on Conifer Litterfall Dynamics and Decomposition are the Impacts and Ecosystem Processes Synergistic
- HF-ID: HF2012-02
- Category: Research Files
- Creator: Orwig, D.A., Preisser, E.L.
- Date: January 5, 2012-February 28, 2016
- Location: New England
- Media: Paper
- Contents:
- Preliminary Proposal NSF number 1219929. 1 File Folder. 8.5 inches x 11 inches.
- Keywords: decomposition, invasive species, leaf litter
- Abstract:
- The presence of two invasive pests that share a common coniferous host provides and excellent opportunity to build extensively on prior work and make a fundamental shift in research from solely documenting the patterns of forest response to invasive species to investigating how invasive insects interact to trigger ecosystem responses, especially changes in decomposition and nutrient release. We propose to integrate experimental work and landscape-level surveys of naturally-infested hemlocks in New England to address two questions. 1. How do HWA and EHS affect litterfall mass, timing and quality? 2. Does the combined influence of HWA and EHS lead to additive or non-additive effects on host litter quality, decomposition dynamics and nutrient release?
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