Kate L. Bradley
Michigan Technological University
5 Papers
Kate L. Bradley is an academic researcher from Michigan Technological University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Soil water & Biology. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications.
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Increased N availability in grassland soils modifies their microbial communities and decreases the abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
TL;DR: The results indicate that high rates of anthropogenic N deposition can lead to significant changes in the composition of soil microbial communities over short periods and can even disrupt the relationship between AMF and plants.
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Ecosystem assembly and terrestrial carbon balance under elevated CO(2).
TL;DR: It is asserted that the unique combination of inter- and intraspecific traits in these ecosystem assemblages ultimately determine how ecosystems respond to elevated atmospheric CO(2), and the identity of species and genotypes in an ecosystem is a crucial element to consider in forecasts of global carbon balance.
Soil microbial community responses to altered lignin biosynthesis in Populus tremuloides vary among three distinct soils
Kate L. Bradley,Jessica E. Hancock,Jessica E. Hancock,Christian P. Giardina,Kurt S. Pregitzer +4 more
TL;DR: Evaluation of the effects of altered stem lignin in trembling aspen on soil microbial communities in three soils which differed in their chemical and physical properties found large differences in microbial community composition between the three soils.
13C labeling of plant assimilates using a simple canopy-scale open air system
Alan F. Talhelm,Samir A. Qadir,Matthew D. Powers,Kate L. Bradley,Alexander L. Friend,Alexander L. Friend,Kurt S. Pregitzer +6 more
TL;DR: A simple system based on web-FACE technology was designed and implemented as an approach to label plant-assimilated carbon with 13C, and temporal and spatial variation in the strength of the isotopic label did occur, and modifications to the system are suggested to limit the variation.
The influence of soil type and altered lignin biosynthesis on the growth and above and belowground biomass allocation of Populus tremuloides
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of altered lignin biosynthesis and soil type on biomass partitioning (above vs. belowground) and soil carbon (C) processes were examined in greenhouse mesocosms containing a sandy loam, a silt loam or a clay loam soil.