Michael S. Strickland
Michael S. Strickland
Research Associate Professor
Office
Ag Science, Room 109
Phone
208-885-0960
Email
Mailing Address
Department of Soil and Water Systems
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Dr. MS 2340
Moscow, ID 83844-2340
My research interests are the interface between soil, microbial and ecosystem ecology. Soils, as well as the microbial communities and ecosystem processes supported by soils, are some of the most imperiled systems on the planet.
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2009
B.A., William Jewell College, 2005
Courses
- SOILS 425/525: Microbial Ecology
- Microbial ecology
- Soil ecology
- Ecosystem ecology
- Benbow, M.E., Barton, P.S., Ulyshen, M.D., Beasley, J.C., DeVault, T.L., Strickland, M.S., Tomberlin, J.K., Jordan, H.R., Pechal, J.L. 2018. A necrobiome framework for bridging decomposition ecology of autotrophically- and heterotrophically-derived organic matter. Ecological Monographs, IN PRESS.
- Wilson, C., Strickland, M.S., Hutchings, J., Bianchi, T., Flory, S. 2018. Grazing enhances belowground carbon allocation, microbial biomass, and soil carbon in a subtropical grassland. Global Change Biology, 24: 2997-3009.
- Strickland, M.S., Callaham, M.A., Gardiner, E.S., Stanturf, J.A., Leff, J.W., Fierer, N., Bradford, M.A. 2017. Response of soil microbial community composition and function to bottomland forest restoration. Applied Soil Ecology, 119: 317-326.
- Wepking, C., Avera, B., Badgley, B., Barrett, J.E., Franklin, J., Knowlton, K.F., Ray, P.P., Smitherman, C., Strickland, M.S. 2017. Increased antibiotic resistance − Effects on microbial communities and ecosystem function. Proceedings of the Royal Society – B, 284: 1851.