Publications by authors named "Alexander R Young"
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- The study investigates how leaf characteristics of sugar maple vary with nutrient availability and crown depth, highlighting the species' sensitivity to light and soil nutrients.
- Researchers conducted a nitrogen and phosphorus addition experiment in New Hampshire, analyzing leaves from different heights within the tree canopy.
- Key findings revealed that depth in the crown significantly affected various leaf traits linked to photosynthesis, with nitrogen and phosphorus additions altering nutrient concentrations and distributions, suggesting the importance of considering vertical gradients in canopy studies.
Branches and boles of trees in wet forests are often carpeted with lichens and bryophytes capable of providing periodically saturated habitat suitable for microfauna, animals that include tardigrades, rotifers, nematodes, mites, and springtails. Although resident microfauna likely exhibit habitat preferences structured by fine-scale environmental factors, previous studies rarely report associations between microfaunal communities and habitat type (e.g.
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