Partnership for International Research and Education (PIRE): Land Use, Ecosystem Services and Human Wellbeing: Responses to Millennium Village Interventions

SPONSOR:

Brown University

ORIGINATING SPONSOR:

National Science Foundation

FUNDED AMOUNT:

$484,106

RESEARCH TEAM:

Shahid Naeem

EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS:

Brown University, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL)

WEBSITE:

https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0968211

PUBLICATIONS:

Wood SA, Karp DS, DeClerck F, Kremen C, Palm CA, Naeem S. "Functional traits in agriculture: agrobiodiversity and ecosystem services," Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2015. doi:doi: 10.1016/j.tree. 2015.06.013

Wood, S. A., M. A. Bradford, J. A. Gilbert, K. L. McGuire, C. A. Palm, K. L. Tully, J. Zhou, and S. Naeem. "Efforts to increase crop yield on smallholder African farms are synergistic with the functional capacity of soil microbial communities," Journal of Applied Ecology, v.52, 2015, p. 744. doi:doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12416

Wood, S. A., M. Almaraz, M. A. Bradford, S. Naeem, K. L. Tully and J. Zhou.. "Nutrient loss from smallholder African farms: assessing the relative importance of soil microbial diversity and farm management," Frontiers in Terrestrial Microbiology, v.6, 2015, p. 1. doi:doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00090.

Tully, K. L., J. Hickman, M. McKenna, C. Neill and C. A. Palm. "Effects of increased fertilizer application on inorganic soil N in East African maize systems: vertical distributions and temporal dynamics," Ecological Applications, v.26, 2016, p. 1907.

Tully, K. L., S. A. Wood, M. Almaraz, C. Neill and C. A. Palm. "The effect of the African Green Revolution interventions on yields and nitrogen balances in smallholder maize farms in Western Kenya.," Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment., v.214, 2015, p. 10.

Wood S.A., C. Bell, M. A. Bradford, S. Naeem, N. Sokol and M. D. Wallenstein. "Opposing effects of different soil organic matter fractions on crop yields," Ecological Applications, v.26, 2015, p. 2072.
Wood SA, Karp DS, DeClerck F, Kremen C, Palm CA, Naeem S. "Functional traits in agriculture: agrobiodiversity and ecosystem services," Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2015. doi:doi: 10.1016/j.tree. 2015.06.013

Wood, S. A., M. A. Bradford, J. A. Gilbert, K. L. McGuire, C. A. Palm, K. L. Tully, J. Zhou, and S. Naeem. "Efforts to increase crop yield on smallholder African farms are synergistic with the functional capacity of soil microbial communities," Journal of Applied Ecology, v.52, 2015, p. 744. doi:doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12416

Wood, S. A., M. Almaraz, M. A. Bradford, S. Naeem, K. L. Tully and J. Zhou.. "Nutrient loss from smallholder African farms: assessing the relative importance of soil microbial diversity and farm management," Frontiers in Terrestrial Microbiology, v.6, 2015, p. 1. doi:doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00090.

Tully, K. L., J. Hickman, M. McKenna, C. Neill and C. A. Palm. "Effects of increased fertilizer application on inorganic soil N in East African maize systems: vertical distributions and temporal dynamics," Ecological Applications, v.26, 2016, p. 1907.

Tully, K. L., S. A. Wood, M. Almaraz, C. Neill and C. A. Palm. "The effect of the African Green Revolution interventions on yields and nitrogen balances in smallholder maize farms in Western Kenya.," Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment., v.214, 2015, p. 10.

Wood S.A., C. Bell, M. A. Bradford, S. Naeem, N. Sokol and M. D. Wallenstein. "Opposing effects of different soil organic matter fractions on crop yields," Ecological Applications, v.26, 2015, p. 2072.
Wood SA, Karp DS, DeClerck F, Kremen C, Palm CA, Naeem S. "Functional traits in agriculture: agrobiodiversity and ecosystem services," Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2015. doi:doi: 10.1016/j.tree. 2015.06.013

Wood, S. A., M. A. Bradford, J. A. Gilbert, K. L. McGuire, C. A. Palm, K. L. Tully, J. Zhou, and S. Naeem. "Efforts to increase crop yield on smallholder African farms are synergistic with the functional capacity of soil microbial communities," Journal of Applied Ecology, v.52, 2015, p. 744. doi:doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12416

Wood, S. A., M. Almaraz, M. A. Bradford, S. Naeem, K. L. Tully and J. Zhou.. "Nutrient loss from smallholder African farms: assessing the relative importance of soil microbial diversity and farm management," Frontiers in Terrestrial Microbiology, v.6, 2015, p. 1. doi:doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00090.

Tully, K. L., J. Hickman, M. McKenna, C. Neill and C. A. Palm. "Effects of increased fertilizer application on inorganic soil N in East African maize systems: vertical distributions and temporal dynamics," Ecological Applications, v.26, 2016, p. 1907.

Tully, K. L., S. A. Wood, M. Almaraz, C. Neill and C. A. Palm. "The effect of the African Green Revolution interventions on yields and nitrogen balances in smallholder maize farms in Western Kenya.," Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment., v.214, 2015, p. 10.

Wood S.A., C. Bell, M. A. Bradford, S. Naeem, N. Sokol and M. D. Wallenstein. "Opposing effects of different soil organic matter fractions on crop yields," Ecological Applications, v.26, 2015, p. 2072.

KEYWORDS

human wellbeing biodiversity agriculture ecology food crop yields land use nutrition

THEMES

Stewardship of the planet