Daniel L. Hernández

TL;DR: It is found that labile C and nutrient-acquiring enzymes, not those involved in the degradation of recalcitrant compounds, were the best predictors of respiration rates.

TL;DR: The usefulness to conservation and restoration practice of community disassembly as a concept is evaluated, and it is asked whether and how community dis assembly can provide guidance about species loss order, its consequences, and whether a positive link exists between vulnerability and contribution to function—a link that would exacerbate the consequences of the ongoing extinction crisis.

TL;DR: To explore how specific types and amounts of carbon compounds influence Streptomyces in soil, glucose, cellulose, and lignin were added alone and in combination with six other carbon substrates of varying complexity to mesocosms of native prairie soil for 9 months at amounts equivalent to natural inputs from plants.

TL;DR: The results illustrate that the functional consequences of realistic species losses can differ distinctly from those of randomized species losses and that incorporation of realisticspecies loss scenarios can increase the relevance of experiments linking biodiversity and ecosystem functioning to conservation in the face of anthropogenic global change.

TL;DR: It is hypothesized that the reduced temporal variability in serpentine plant communities managed by grazing may directly benefit populations of the threatened Edith's Bay checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha bayensis).