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Research Highlights 2023
Time flies when you’re having fun! A little delayed but here are the 2023 teaching and research highlights from the KSU PlantEcoFizz lab. Graduate Research We finished another trial in our USDA funded phyllosphere research and Collin (now a Ph.D. … Continued
Research Highlights 2022
Another year has passed and a lot has happened at the PlantEcoFizz lab at Kennesaw State University! From now on, I am going to try to make it a tradition to post a recap at the end of each year. … Continued
Beetles, Bark, Burning
When fueling your campfire, you usually use dry, dead timber over fresh wood from a living tree. By extension, many people think that forests killed by bark beetles will burn more readily. However, the reality is a little more complicated. … Continued
It’s all in the soils!
The vast majority of plants require soil to grow in. It is no surprise then that the physical and chemical properties of the soil directly impact what types of plants can grow in them. Take a sand for example. Because … Continued
The Forest Sponge
We all agree that forests are important for wildlife, air quality, and recreation. One of the lesser known benefits of forests is their ability to act similar to sponges when it comes to water! They can absorb water when it … Continued
Wyoming Sagebrush and the 2017 Solar Eclipse
The “Great American Eclipse” of 2017 was certainly a sight to behold. Together with Daniel Beverly, a graduate student and long term friend of mine, we ventured to Dubois, WY to measure how sagebrush, an important and common species in … Continued
First Beetles, now Fire!
The bark beetle epidemic of the late 2000s and early 2010s has has left few forests unaffected in the Southern Rocky Mountains. As a result, fires that burn in beetle-affected forests will undoubtably be the norm for some time. Considering … Continued
2018 Annual Aspen Days
From July 31st to August 2nd 2018, the 6th Annual Aspen Days will be held in Laramie, Wyoming. This event is open to the public and will include interactive field trips in the Medicine Bow National Forest and presentations at … Continued
Tropical forests and drought in Panama
Due to deforestation and human land use, about half of today’s tropical forests in Panama are relatively young, regrowing forests, so-called secondary forests. In order to protect and manage these forests, it is important to understand how they cope with increasingly … Continued
