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Kulmatiski cites new explanation for plant productivity

Fellow(s): Andrew Kulmatiski
Topic(s): Natural Resource Management, Conservation Science, Natural Resource Management

Current ecological thought suggests the more diverse a plant community is, the more productive it is. But scientists don’t fully understand why this is so.

“We’re exploring the possibility that plant-soil feedbacks may also be a critical but underappreciated factor in plant community development,” says Andrew Kulmatiski, assistant research professor in Utah State University’s Ecology Center and Department of Plants, Soils and Climate.

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Andrew Kulmatiski

2001 Fellow
Andrew Kulmatiski's Switzer supported dissertation research compared the relationship between native plants and their soils to the relationship between exotic plants and their soils. Andrew found that exotic plants created soils that...