Cottonwood Research Project

An interdisciplinary research team composed of scientists from NAU and the University of Wisconsin. Emphasizing the need to understand how genetic variation in primary producers structures communities, affects species distribution, and alters ecosystem-level processes, current research focuses on the interactive effect of genetics and hybrid fitness in cottonwoods, arthropod diversity and community structure, plant defensive chemistry, and evolution.
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San Francisco Volcanic Field Soil Chronosequence

The San Francisco Peaks Volcanic Field Chronosequence is a natural laboratory for the study of the effects of soil age on many environmental parameters. It consists of four sites located in Northern Arizona along a sequence of soils ranging from approximately 930 to 3 million years old.
Merriam-Powell Center for Environmental Research

Pinyon Ecology Research Group

This study examines how two insect herbivores regulate ecosystem function in a major ecosystem of the Southwest.
Pinyon Ecology Research Group

Fire and Fire Surrogate Project

A network of long term monitering sites throughout the United States that look at the effects of management practices such as fire and harvest on nutrient cycling, seed scarification, plant diversity, disease and insect abundance, and wildlife.
Forest Service FFS Site

Gus Pearson Natural Area

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Eddy Covariance

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Hawaii Natural Abundance

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