ALIVIA NYTKO
Research
My research spans ecosystem ecology, microbial soil ecology, global change biology, and plant-soil feedbacks. I am interested in asking questions about the interactions between soil microbial communities and their hosts to predict range shifts and ecosystem functions associated with global change factors. To approach these questions, I use environmental & latitudinal gradients in the Western U.S. using Populus angustifolia and rarity gradients in Tasmania using a variety of Eucalyptus species.
Bailey Lab & Study Systems
Connecting eco-evo dynamics and soil microbiomes to predict the effects of climate change
Narrowleaf Cottonwood
(Populus angustifolia)
Populations of Populus angustifolia spanning a gradient from northern WY to southern AZ are used to characterize mycorrhizal communities and demonstrate connections between plant-soil and plant-atmosphere feedbacks.
Tasmanian Eucalyptus
Twenty-nine native Tasmanian Eucalyptus species are used to link species interactions and genes to ecosystem functions under progressive rarity across the landscape