Research Interests: I am interested in how plant traits under genetic control affect both ecosystem processes and the soil micro-organisms that perform those processes. Specifically, I plan to explore how genetic-based changes in foliar chemistry along a cottonwood hybridization gradient influence rates of nitrification (the biological oxidation of ammonium to nitrate) and the community structure of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in the soil.
2008
Selmants, P.C. and S.C. Hart 2008. Substrate age and tree islands influence carbon and nitrogen dynamics across a semiarid retrogressive chronosequence. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 22:doi:10.1029/200.fulltext PDF.
Selmants, P.C., S.C. Hart, S.I. Boyle, C.A. Gehring, and B.A. Hungate 2008. Restoration of a ponderosa pine forest increases soil CO2 efflux more than either water or nitrogen additions. Journal of Applied Ecologyfulltext PDF.
