Melanie K. Taylor

Athens, GA 30602-2044
United States
Forest ecosystem response to changes in tree species composition; Disturbance effects on fauna and nutrient-cycling of forest soils; restoration of degraded soils; Controls on root litter decomposition and the fate of decomposed products
- University of Georgia, M.S., Ecology, 2015
- Concord University, B.S., Biology, 2012
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Ecologist,
USDA-FS-SRS,
2015 -
- Carpenter, Dana O.; Taylor, Melanie K.; Callaham, Mac A.; Hiers, J. Kevin; Loudermilk, E. Louise; O’Brien, Joseph J.; Wurzburger, Nina. 2021. Benefit or Liability The Ectomycorrhizal Association May Undermine Tree Adaptations to Fire After Long-term Fire Exclusion
- Carpenter, Dana; Taylor, Melanie; Callaham, Mac; Hiers, J. Kevin; Loudermilk, E. Louise; O'Brien, Joseph; Wurzburger, Nina. 2020. Benefit or Liability The Ectomycorrhizal Association May Undermine Tree Adaptations to Fire After Long-term Fire Exclusion
- Blackmon IV, James H.; Taylor, Melanie K.; Carrera-Martinez, Roberto ; Snyder, Bruce A.; Callaham Jr., Mac A.. 2019. Temperature affects hatching success of cocoons in the invasive Asian earthwork Amynthas agrestis from the southern Appalachians
- Gao, Meixiang; Taylor, Melanie K.; Callaham, Mac A.. 2017. Trophic dynamics in a simple experimental ecosystem: Interactions among centipedes, Collembola and introduced earthworms
- Ulyshen, Michael D.; Shefferson, Richard; Horn, Scott; Taylor, Melanie K.; Bush, Bryana; Brownie, Cavell; Seibold, Sebastian; Strickland, Michael S.. 2017. Below- and above-ground effects of deadwood and termites in plantation forests
- Coyle, David R.; Nagendra, Uma J.; Taylor, Melanie K.; Campbell, J. Holly; Cunard, Chelsea E.; Joslin, Aaron H.; Mundepi, Abha; Phillips, Carly A.; Callaham, Mac A.. 2017. Soil fauna responses to natural disturbances, invasive species, and global climate change: Current state of the science and a call to action
- Taylor, Melanie K.; Lankau, Richard A.; Wurzburger, Nina; de Vries, Franciska. 2016. Mycorrhizal associations of trees have different indirect effects on organic matter decomposition
