Diana Wall

“Improving soil health can lead to healthier people, according to a new paper published by a Colorado State University professor”. Colorado Public Radio covers recent study by Dr. Diana Wall and former Wall lab postdoc Dr. Uffe Nielsen.

The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI), chaired by Dr. Diana Wall, and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of European Commission announce the launch of the Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas (GSBA) in the frame of the Global Soil Biodiversity Assessment. Assess this page for digital download (free) or to order a print copy (€25/$28).

Colorado State researchers, including Dr. Diana Wall and her team of “Wormherders,” are on location at the McMurdo Dry Valley Long-Term Ecological Research Station on Ross Island, Antarctica. Dr. Wall’s team is working on a project that looks at what happens to soil and the many microscopic species living within it when permafrost melts and the

Water Availability Controls on Above-Belowground Productivity Partitioning: Herbivory versus Plant Response Net primary productivity is the sum of aboveground net primary production (ANPP: leaves etc.) and the less frequently studied belowground net primary productivity (BNPP: roots etc.). Understanding of BNPP is a key process in terrestrial ecosystem functioning because in most water-limited ecosystems, BNPP accounts

Water Availability Controls on Above-Belowground Productivity Partitioning: Herbivory versus Plant Response. The objective of this newly funded study is to elucidate the differential effects of temporal and spatial changes in water availability on belowground net primary productivty and the ecological mechanisms behind those patterns. See more…

Ashley and Andre collecting samples to survey soil food webs in the Rocky Mountains. (Featured image: Ashley and Andre hiking to the field site; Lower image: Ashley labeling a sample bag).

Surveying unexplored soil biodiversity in Sub-Saharan Africa to enhance agricultural productivity

The soils of Antarctica are home to some of the toughest animals on the planet. The slideshow below features some images of the key species in this simple ecosystem. [slideshow_deploy id=’1851′]