Science Associates
Press coverage around SPUN and mycorrhizal fungal networks.

Louise Rütting
Affiliation
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
Location
Germany
Research Description
Overall research question is: how is the plant – soil nitrogen cycle in Montane cloud forest in Peru affected by lack of rain and clouds
1) Are plants and microbes in canopy soil and in ground soil N or P limited ? 2) Does drought by rain removal - decrease or increase gross N mineralization ?
3) and has stronger impact in the epiphytes N uptake than in ground-living herbs ?