Louise Rütting

Affiliation
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 ?

specializations
Carbon Cycle
Climate Change
Nitrogen Cycle
Nutrient Cycling
Plant-Soil Feedback
Plant microbe interactions
biomes
Afromontane
Boreal Forests
Cloud Forests
Grasslands
Heathlands
Temperate Forests
Tundra