Matt Nieland
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Matt Nieland
@mnieland.bsky.social
USDA-NIFA Postdoctoral Scholar at UMass Amherst Stockbridge School of Agriculture / soil ecologist
Reposted by Matt Nieland
Combining LTER sites (as this group of grads and postdocs did) -> even more powerful insights.

Multiple Community Properties Drive Ecosystem Resistance and Resilience to Extreme Climate Events Across Mesic Grasslands - Ajowele - 2026 - Ecology Letters onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Multiple Community Properties Drive Ecosystem Resistance and Resilience to Extreme Climate Events Across Mesic Grasslands
Using nearly 40 years of data from naturally-assembled plant communities, we found that while richness is important for resistance to extreme dry events, dominance is important for resistance to extr....
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April 7, 2026 at 10:24 PM