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Grizelle González

Grizelle González

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
39
Citations
5102
World Ranking
6448
National Ranking
2180

Overview

Grizelle González is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Soil Science.

The scientist's work addresses a range of main topics such as Fire effects on ecosystems, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest ecology and management, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies, and Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies.

Grizelle González has contributed to multiple publication venues. Frequent venues include Forest Service Research Data Archive, Ecosphere, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), ZooKeys, and Soil Erosion Research Under a Changing Climate, January 8-13, 2023, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, USA.

Notable recent papers include:

  • The contribution of insects to global forest deadwood decomposition (2021, Nature)
  • Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates (2022, Science)
  • Global data on earthworm abundance, biomass, diversity and corresponding environmental properties (2021, Scientific Data)
  • Disturbance and resilience in the Luquillo Experimental Forest (2020, Biological Conservation)
  • Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes (2021, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with González include Ashley E. Van Beusekom, Wei Huang, Xiaoming Zou, María Fernanda Barberena-Arias, and Claudia M. Ospina-Sánchez.

Best Publications

  • SOIL FAUNA AND PLANT LITTER DECOMPOSITION IN TROPICAL AND SUBALPINE FORESTS

    Grizelle González;Timothy R. Seastedt

  • Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

    Ika Djukic;Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas;Inger Kappel Schmidt;Klaus Steenberg Larsen

  • Arctic patterned-ground ecosystems: A synthesis of field studies and models along a North American Arctic Transect

    D. A. Walker;H. E. Epstein;V. E. Romanovsky;C. L. Ping

  • The contribution of insects to global forest deadwood decomposition

    Sebastian Seibold;Werner Rammer;Torsten Hothorn;Rupert Seidl

  • Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates

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  • Invasion of exotic earthworms into ecosystems inhabited by native earthworms

    P. F. Hendrix;G. H. Baker;M. A. Callaham;G. A. Damoff

  • CHANGES IN EARTHWORM DENSITY AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE DURING SECONDARY SUCCESSION IN ABANDONED TROPICAL PASTURES

    Xiaoming Zou;Grizelle Gonzalez

  • Structure and composition of vegetation along an elevational gradient in Puerto Rico.

    W.A. Gould;G. González;G. Carrero Rivera

  • Earthworm invasions in the tropics

    Grizelle González;Ching Yu Huang;Xiaoming Zou;Carlos Rodríguez

  • Leaffall Phenology in a Subtropical Wet Forest in Puerto Rico: From Species to Community Patterns

    Marcela Zalamea;Grizelle González

  • Earthworm abundance and functional group diversity regulate plant litter decay and soil organic carbon level: A global meta-analysis

    Wei Huang;Wei Huang;Grizelle González;Xiaoming Zou;Xiaoming Zou

  • Earthworm abundance and species composition in abandoned tropical croplands: comparisons of tree plantations and secondary forests.

    G. Gonzalez;X. Zou;S. Borges

  • Policy and management responses to earthworm invasions in North America

    Mac A. Callaham;Grizelle González;Cynthia M. Hale;Liam Heneghan

  • A Canopy Trimming Experiment in Puerto Rico: The Response of Litter Invertebrate Communities to Canopy Loss and Debris Deposition in a Tropical Forest Subject to Hurricanes

    Barbara A. Richardson;Michael J. Richardson;Grizelle González;Aaron B. Shiels

  • Soil ecological interactions: comparisons between tropical and subalpine forests

    Grizelle González;Ruth E. Ley;Steven K. Schmidt;Xiaoming Zou

  • Improving predictions of tropical forest response to climate change through integration of field studies and ecosystem modeling.

    Xiaohui Feng;María Uriarte;Grizelle González;Sasha C. Reed

  • Earthworm communities along an elevation gradient in Northeastern Puerto Rico

    Grizelle Gonzalez;Emédrita Garcia;Veronica Cruz;Sonia Borges

  • Comparison of the abundance and composition of litter fauna in tropical and subalpine forests

    G. González;T.R. Seastedt

  • Plant and Litter Influences on Earthworm Abundance and Community Structure in a Tropical Wet Forest1

    Grizelle Gonzalez;Xiaoming Zou

  • Populations are not declining and food webs are not collapsing at the Luquillo Experimental Forest.

    M. R. Willig;L. Woolbright;S. J. Presley;T. D. Schowalter

  • Understanding the key mechanisms of tropical forest responses to canopy loss and biomass deposition from experimental hurricane effects

    Aaron B. Shiels;Grizelle González

  • Cascading Effects of Canopy Opening and Debris Deposition from a Large-Scale Hurricane Experiment in a Tropical Rain Forest

    Aaron B. Shiels;Grizelle González;D. Jean Lodge;Michael R. Willig

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaoming Zou
Xiaoming Zou University of Puerto Rico
Ariel E. Lugo
Ariel E. Lugo US Forest Service
Jess K. Zimmerman
Jess K. Zimmerman University of Puerto Rico
Michael R. Willig
Michael R. Willig University of Connecticut
William H. McDowell
William H. McDowell University of New Hampshire
Robert B. Waide
Robert B. Waide University of New Mexico
Donald A. Walker
Donald A. Walker University of Alaska Fairbanks
Jill Thompson
Jill Thompson University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras
Whendee L. Silver
Whendee L. Silver University of California, Berkeley
Timothy R. Seastedt
Timothy R. Seastedt University of Colorado Boulder

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