Desert Research Institute
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Paul Verburg
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Dr. Paul Verburg
Title: Acting Executive Director of DEES Professional Interests
Paul Verburg (left) and former postdoc Bryan Stevenson (now at Landcare, New Zealand) in a soilpit in the Mojave desert.
My research focuses on the effects of large-scale perturbations such as climate change and acid rain on nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems with an emphasis on soil biogeochemical processes. Recent projects involved experimental studies focusing on the impacts of increased N deposition and precipitation on Mojave Desert ecosystems. More specifically, I was interested in assessing potential linkages between below-ground biotic processes including fine root dynamics and microbial decomposition and abiotic processes such as carbonate weathering and precipitation. This project was in collaboration with Jay Arnone, Giles Marion and Eric McDonald at DRI. In another project we assessed the effects of inter-annual climate variability on C and N dynamics in tallgrass prairie using DRI’s EcoCELL facility (with Jay Arnone at DRI, Dale Johnson at UNR, Yiqi Luo at OU, Linda Wallace at OU, and Dave Schimel at NCAR). Recently, I have become involved in research addressing the impacts of forest management on soils in the Lake Tahoe Basin in collaboration with Rick Susfalk. Finally, I am involved in a new project studying the environmental aspects of biomass production for use as biofuels in collaboration with Kent Hoekman, Jay Arnone, Tim Minor, Richard Jasoni and Amber Broch at DRI. 
When Temperatures Warm, Plants Take in Less CO2 - from the November 2008 issue of EARTH.
Research Areas of Interest and Expertise
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