Lead researcher: Chung-Wing Ko, Ph.D.
Project Objectives:
This project investigates how belowground ecological function changes across a forest-agroforestry-agricultural landscape through the following steps:
Establishing a baseline of soil nutrients across different land-use types;
Characterizing shifts in microbial community structure, composition, and function;Â
Testing plant-soil feedbacks and nutrient economy frameworks within the Philippine context.