Browsing by Author "Poirson, Evan"
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Detritivores and Plant Biodiversity at La Selva, Costa Rica
Poirson, Evan (2007-01-01)I spent two months completing field research at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica, where my work under professors Terry McGlynn and Beth Braker focuses on varying decomposition rates of leaf litter on the forest ... -
The Role of Litter Decomposition, Fertility, and Litter-Dwelling Animals in the Carbon Cycle of a Tropical Rain Forest
Poirson, Evan (2008-01-01)Understanding the global carbon cycle is a crucial step in confronting one of the foremost concerns of our era: the unprecedented rate of worldwide climate change. Tropical rainforests, which process more carbon than any ...