David J. Castillo

Affiliation
Location
Phoenix, Arizona / Mexico City
Research Description

We use low-cost remote, modular sensing devices to measure how environmental variables modulate the abundance of microbial population and their impact on vegetation growth in difficult settings, addressing unknown interactions between soil bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi in complex ecosystems dynamics like soil respiration, carbon cycle and nitrogen fixation.

specializations
Carbon Cycle
Climate Change
Fungal Biodiversity
Fungal Physiology
Mapping
Spatial Statistics
biomes
Chapparal
Cities/Urban
Deserts
Paramo
Temperate Forests