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Study focuses on effect of climate change on California’s grasslands
You might think watching grass grow is boring, but grasslands have a lot to tell us about climate change. While it might take years for forests to respond to climate…
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Climate change swiftly remaking region’s grasslands
John Steinbeck once described the corridor between Monterey and Salinas as the “pastures of heaven” for the grasslands flowering with blazing orange California poppies and other local species. But his…
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Grasslands live in the climate change fast lane
Although all ecosystems are affected by a changing climate, the impacts can take a while to appear. Changes in forest biodiversity, for example, are known to lag behind changes in…
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Tong Qiu visit
On September 26-27, 2024, the lab (coordinated by Yiluan Song) was pleased to host Dr. Tong Qiu from Duke University. During his visit to MIDAS and IGCB, Dr. Qiu presented…
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Lab members attended ESIIL macrophenology workshop
During the week of July 15, Kai Zhu and Yi Liu participated in a macrophenology workshop at the Environmental Data Science Innovation & Inclusion Lab (ESIIL) in Boulder, Colorado. Throughout…
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Honorable Mention for Landscape Ecology’s Best Article Award
We are excited to announce that our paper, Prediction-based approach for quantifying phenological mismatch across landscapes under climate change, by Drs. Yiluan Song, Steven B. Munch, and Kai Zhu, has…
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New soil fungi paper published in PNAS
Most plants form belowground partnerships with mycorrhizal fungi, microscopic, filamentous fungi that grow in the soil and connect with plant roots to supply plants with critical nutrients in exchange for…
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Farewell to Carolina and Ruoyu
The lab is celebrating the successful completion of two remarkable students, Carolina Arguiano and Ruoyu Wu. Carolina was a visiting PhD student from the National University of La Plata in…
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Peter Adler visit
Peter Adler and Michael Stemkovski from Utah State University visited the lab and IGCB to discuss the collaborative project on ecological acclimation.
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Lab visited UMich Herbarium
On April 12, the lab visited the University of Michigan Herbarium, guided by Dr. Brad Ruhfel. We were impressed by the vast collection of specimens and the potential that the…