Forest Soil and water Laboratory

Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources - The University of Georgia

New Project: Soil-site productivity

Playing in the dirt

Terra Preta in Brazil

The forest soil and water laboratory group quantifies how nutrient and hydrologic cycles control the chemistry of forest soils, drainage waters, and forest productivity. Our research focuses on the management of the soil resource in an effort to maximize forest growth and to maintain ecosystem quality. At the stand level this includes questions of fertilizer use efficiency, soil nutrient supplies, and long-term soil quality. At the landscape level this includes the effects of land management, land applications, and land use change on soil and stream water chemistry, and watershed integrity.

News:

Feb 2025 - Temitope Showunmi presented Oak and Tulip poplar work at Warnell Graduate Student symposium and wins 2nd place poster presentation award, nice.
Jan 2025 - Past MS student Shea Hoffman get soil C and N change paper accept, well done!
Jan 2025 - Megan Aslinger joins the lab to start her MS, welcome Megan.
August 2024- Past PhD student Aaron Joslin gets Brazil agroforestry paper published:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-024-01053-z
August 2024 - New PhD students Isabella Vahle and Temitope Showunmi join the lab
August 2024 - Morgan Bettcher official starts as new laboratory manager,
May 2023 - Jacob Mobley joins the lab as a Master's student working on the CAPPS project.