Research interests
My research focuses on plant-soil interactions, and in particular how changes in plant communities influence ecosystem processes such as carbon and nutrient cycling. Examples of recent research include looking at how broom invasion alters soil processes and biota, how changes in plant species evenness and spatial arrangement modifies above and belowground processes, and linking plant traits to soil processes in grassland ecosystems.Qualifications
Canterbury
PhDSci Botany
2004
Canterbury
B.Sc. Degree
1999
Publications
Broadbent AAD, Orwin KH, Peltzer DA, Dickie IA, Mason NWH, Ostle NJ, Stevens CJ 2017. Invasive N-fixer impacts on litter decomposition driven by changes to soil properties not litter quality. Ecosystems 20(6): 1151–1163. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-016-0099-3
Mason NWH, Orwin K, Lambie S, Woodward SL, McCready T, Mudge P 2016. Leaf economics spectrum–productivity relationships in intensively grazed pastures depend on dominant species identity. Ecology and Evolution 6(10): 3079–3091. http://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1964