User:David S LeBauer

Contact Info

David LeBauer and son Emil enjoy a walk on the beach in Oceanside, Februray 6, 2009

• David S LeBauer, PhD
• Postdoctoral Research Associate
• Dietze Lab
• Energy Biosciences Institute
• Institute for Genomic Biology
• [www.illinois.edu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]
• Email me through OpenWetWare

Education

• 2008, PhD, Earth System Science, University of California at Irvine
• 2003, MS, Agriculture and Ecology, University of California at Davis
• 1998, BS, Biology, conc. Ecology, Duke University

Research Interests

1. Biogeochemistry
2. Interactions between plant production and heterotrophic decomposition

Projects

=== Database of plant trait data===:(coming soon) real time streaming and extensive ecological monitoring data from the energy farm.

What are plant traits?

Examples

Contents

1. Prior Information: family or biome level trait values multiparameter distributions calculated from previous meta-analyses and.
2. Trait Data: species to genotype level values from literature searches (e.g. Wang et. al 200x, Miguez et al, 2008, Dietze, DeLucia, Dohlman, Leakey, Miguez, Wang, LeBauer and many affiliates in the Energy Biosciences Institute, and other collaborators)
3. Yield Data i.e., Aboveground (harvestable) biomass and other ecosystem products and fluxes

1. Streaming raw data: and extensive ecological monitoring data from the energy farm.
2. Site Information
3. Management and Experimental Treatment

1. Predicting crop growth and ecosystem functioning from integrated physical, chemical, and ecophysiological models

• • Objective: generate posteriors from meta-analysis of plant traits for specific species
  • Approach: Bayesian meta-analysis of plant traits to simulate trait values from posterior joint distributions

1. Sedgwick Grassland
2. Decomposition = f ( Fungal Diversity ) [1]

Classes

• COSMOS Global Change Biology Summer 2009
• Experimental Biology Laboratory (UC Irvine BIO 100LW)

Protocols

• Enzyme Assay
• PLFA

Publications

1. Allison, S.A., D.S. LeBauer, M.R. Ofrecio, R. Reyes, A. Ta and T.M. Tran. Low levels of nitrogen addition stimulate decomposition by boreal forest fungi. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 41(2):293-302

2. LeBauer DS and Treseder KK. Nitrogen limitation of net primary productivity in terrestrial ecosystems is globally distributed. Ecology. 2008 Feb;89(2):371-9. DOI:10.1890/06-2057.1 |
3. Okano Y, Hristova KR, Leutenegger CM, Jackson LE, Denison RF, Gebreyesus B, Lebauer D, and Scow KM. Application of real-time PCR to study effects of ammonium on population size of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in soil. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2004 Feb;70(2):1008-16. DOI:10.1128/AEM.70.2.1008-1016.2004 |

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• Introductory tutorial
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