Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
| 项目编号 | 0742933 |
| Collaborative Proposal: Distribution and Dynamics of Belowground Carbon in Savannas | |
| Kelly Caylor | |
| 主持机构 | Princeton University |
| 开始日期 | 2007-09-15 |
| 结束日期 | 2010-08-31 |
| 资助经费 | 208344(USD) |
| 项目类别 | Continuing Grant |
| 资助机构 | US-NSF（美国国家科学基金会） |
| 项目所属计划 | ECOSYSTEM STUDIES |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 国家 | 美国 |
| 英文简介 | This project will map root and soil carbon in three dimensions at sites across a regional climate gradient in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana. The Kalahari is one of the only places on Earth where this type of natural experiment can be conducted without having to worry about problems of variations in soil characteristics. This research seeks to understand 1) how the distribution of roots in the soil varies among different plant species and across large distances, and 2) how carbon found in soils changes in response to climate change at multiple timescales. Arid and semiarid regions, such as the Kalahari, cover over 40% of the Earth's land surface. Roots are an important component of the productivity and composition of these ecosystems, and play an important role in their response to climate variability. Thus, understanding the root structure of water-limited vegetation is vital to the study of the global biosphere?which includes its human inhabitant?and global carbon budgets amidst a changing climate. This research will address how belowground plant processes in water-limited ecosystems control belowground carbon dynamics under different climate conditions. The interdisciplinary nature of this research will include mentoring of graduate and undergraduate students from Botswana and the U.S., and collaborations with colleagues in Botswana. A short course on the research and related fields will be offered to high-school science teachers to encourage the discussion of plant-water interactions and active research in high school classrooms. |
| 来源学科分类 | Biological Sciences |
| URL | https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0742933 |
| 资源类型 | 项目 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/341395 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Kelly Caylor.Collaborative Proposal: Distribution and Dynamics of Belowground Carbon in Savannas.2007. |
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