by Curtis MongerProfessor Emeritus, New Mexico State University The Jornada Basin LTER study area has some of the oldest and youngest soils in North America. What does it mean that a soil is old or young? It refers to the time when erosion and sedimentation ceased, the landscape stabilized, and soil horizons formed. The basin […]
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Every year, we ask graduate students from across Jornada Research Network (JRN) Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)-affiliated institutions to apply for our summer Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The chosen recipients receive funding through support of the US National Science Foundation LTER Program to conduct research at the Jornada, with an additional student funded by the
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A multiomics approach to understand how soil metabolites and microbial communities contribute to phosphorus acquisition strategies in dryland soils
How habitat change due to shrub encroachment is impacting breeding songbird’s diet and body condition
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Investigating Predictors of Soil Microbial Diversity and Composition Across Four Dryland Regions