Projects

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  Untangling multiple ecological drivers of rhizobium evolution under nitrogen enrichment

  Core Project

  Mackenzie Caple and collaborators study how nitrogen enrichment, light, and legume density affect rhizobium evolution. They examine if rhizobium quality recovers after stopping nitrogen addition.

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  Interactive effects of light, nitrogen, and a keystone species on plant-soil feedbacks

  Seed Project

  Investigating how ecological changes that weaken pairwise mutualisms affect the broader community.

Publications

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  Caple et al., 2025

  Caple, M. & Lau, J. (2025). Plant adaptation to soil nitrogen: the role of microbes versus the abiotic environment. Proc Biol Sci. 2025 Dec 17;292(2061):20252019.

   

  https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2019