Belowground Biomass Dynamics Along a Temperate Forest Edge

Authors

Lara Holbrook Roelofs, Dartmouth CollegeFollow
S. Grady Welsh, Dartmouth CollegeFollow
Junior Burks, Dartmouth CollegeFollow
Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila, Dartmouth CollegeFollow

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Student Class

2025

Student Affiliation

Senior Honors Thesis

Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0990-8767

First Advisor

Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila

First Advisor Department

Environmental Studies Program

Description

Temperate forests are one of the most fragmented ecosystems globally. Anthropogenic forest edges expose fragmented forests to a range of unique abiotic and biotic conditions. While aboveground tree response to these conditions are relatively well studied, the impact of edge conditions on belowground processes and systems remains less understood. This project examines how forest edge creation affects the rooting distribution and biomass of dominant temperate tree species, as well as soil microbial functional group biomass.

Publication Date

Spring 2025

Keywords

disturbance ecology, root ecology, forest ecology

Disciplines

Biology | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Ecology | Forest Biology

Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation

Roelofs, Lara Holbrook; Welsh, S. Grady; Burks, Junior; and Tumber-Dávila, Shersingh Joseph, "Belowground Biomass Dynamics Along a Temperate Forest Edge" (2025). Wetterhahn Science Symposium Posters 2025. 12.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/wetterhahn_2025/12