Personal website https://alexiscarter.github.io Our work on soil micorbes and macrobes during ecosystem development has been officially accepted and published in Molecular Ecology. A great work led Alessia Guerrieri and the IceCommunities team directed by Francesco Ficetola at the University of Milan. The reconstruction of soil development after the retreat of Alpine glaciers allows... Sat, 27 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0700 https://alexiscarter.github.io/2022-08-27-molecular/ https://alexiscarter.github.io/2022-08-27-molecular/ I am very happy and grateful to have been awarded the SPUN scholar grant from the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks to attend the Ecological Society of America 2022 annual meeting! Find out more about SPUN Credit: Victor Caldas Thu, 23 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0700 https://alexiscarter.github.io/2022-06-23-spun/ https://alexiscarter.github.io/2022-06-23-spun/ Myths and realities about mycorrhizas in forests (2) - What if mycorrhizal dominance actually reduces forest-tree species diversity? Find out more about our new results => Published article, with free access here => The main analyses and conclusions can also be found in the preprint => Access to code and data Don’t hesitate to contact me for more infos!... Thu, 24 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0800 https://alexiscarter.github.io/2022-02-24-diversity/ https://alexiscarter.github.io/2022-02-24-diversity/ Excellence award - I am very honored to received the 2021 J. André Fortin excellence award! Link to announcement André Fortin is a living legend for the study of mycorrhiza in Québec… Fri, 26 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0800 https://alexiscarter.github.io/2021-11-26-Award/ https://alexiscarter.github.io/2021-11-26-Award/ Mycorrhizal dominance as a local determinant of forest ecological processes - My thesis is finally online! If you want to read about the effects of mycorrhizas on ecological processes it’s here: http://hdl.handle.net/1866/25266 Four chapters in English and Introduction + Discussion in French! Abstract Mycorrhizas, which involve plants and fungi, are probably the most important and widespread mutual symbioses in terrestrial ecosystems.... Mon, 07 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0700 https://alexiscarter.github.io/2021-06-07-these/ https://alexiscarter.github.io/2021-06-07-these/ Myths and realities about mycorrhizas in forests (1) - What if ectomycorrhizas actually accelerate decomposition to a greater extent than arbuscular mycorrhizas in a northern deciduous forest? Find out more about our new results -> Preprint ❌ No “Gadgil effect” was observed in ectomycorrhizal (EcM) forests 🍄 Decomposition was faster in EcM vs. arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) forests 🐌 Restricting... Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0800 https://alexiscarter.github.io/2021-02-10-decomposition/ https://alexiscarter.github.io/2021-02-10-decomposition/ Using an elevational gradient - Mountane ecosystems provide amazing opportunities to study the responses of plant along environmental gradients. Almost 10 years of research on this theme has been led by the group of Mark Vellend in Mont Mégantic National Park (Québec, Canada). A synthesis paper is on its way, with a particular focus on... Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0800 https://alexiscarter.github.io/2021-01-10-megantic/ https://alexiscarter.github.io/2021-01-10-megantic/ Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab - Chaudhary VB, Berhe AA (2020) Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab. PLoS Comput Biol 16(10): e1008210. DOI Debate about racial inequities in the Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has marked the year 2020. Hopefully, positive and constructive things will emerge from this year and will allow to... Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800 https://alexiscarter.github.io/2020-12-31-Most/ https://alexiscarter.github.io/2020-12-31-Most/ I successfully defended my PhD and received an exceptional mention! It took a whole village to carry out this thesis, which is above all a team effort. I would therefore like to sincerely thank all the people who participated in this adventure from near and far.I have been blessed to... Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0800 https://alexiscarter.github.io/2020-12-11-defense/ https://alexiscarter.github.io/2020-12-11-defense/ I just submitted the first version of my thesis! Here is the abstract: Mycorrhizas, which involve plants and fungi, are probably the most important and widespread mutual symbioses in terrestrial ecosystems. Since most trees form arbuscular mycorrhizas or ectomycorrhizas that are ecophysiologically distinct from each other, it is useful to... Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0700 https://alexiscarter.github.io/2020-09-01-subm/ https://alexiscarter.github.io/2020-09-01-subm/ Build Better Tomorrows - #ShutDownAcademia #ShutDownSTEM https://www.shutdownstem.com/action Wed, 10 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0700 https://alexiscarter.github.io/2020-06-10-Shutdown/ https://alexiscarter.github.io/2020-06-10-Shutdown/ Under construction - This website is under construction. I am planning to complete it as I learn more about markdown, etc. Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 -0700 https://alexiscarter.github.io/2020-05-01-under_c/ https://alexiscarter.github.io/2020-05-01-under_c/