How gut microbial community dynamics modifly sap-feeder fitness is less well understood

For those less familiar with the Apprenticeship, it is a six month, full-time organic training for up to 38 apprentices from around the world. The roots of the program extend to the arrival of Alan Chadwick at UCSC 40 years ago, when he and a group of student “apprentices” created the Student Garden Project . Apprentices …

Pore space is where soil air is located and where plant roots actually grow

Jardineand Sampson were quickly elevated from “special agents” to permanent positions in the Forest Service, becoming “the two pioneers in national forest-range research” . Jardine was promoted to Inspector of Grazing in charge of the new Office of Grazing Studies in 1910, overseeing range research and directing the monumental task of “range reconnaissance” throughout the …