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Grizelle González

Grizelle González is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Grizelle González rather than just read about it. In short: Grizelle González is a soil ecologist working for the United States Forest Service in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is known for her work on soil ecology, nutrient cycling, and ecosystem ecology at the Sabana Field Research Station in Puerto Rico.

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Grizelle González is a soil ecologist working for the United States Forest Service in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is known for her work on soil ecology, nutrient cycling, and ecosystem ecology at the Sabana Field Research Station in Puerto Rico.

Early life and education González obtained her B.S. in biology (1993) and her M.S. in soil ecology (1996) from the University of Puerto Rico. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado-Boulder in soil ecology and biology in 1999. Her dissertation was focused on microbes, plant litter, and soil fauna in both tropical and subalpine forests. Grizelle started her professional career as a research associate at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1999. In 2000, she began her career at the United States Forest Service (USFS) International Institute of Tropical Forests (IITF), and in 2003 she became the director of the Sabana Field Research Station in Puerto Rico. She is also associated faculty at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus.

Research González's research has been focused on soil ecology, biogeochemistry, and nutrient cycling in tropical forests involving earthworms, and plant litter and decomposition in tropical environments. She has also examined earthworms as invasive species, and the role of elevation in controlling the distribution of earthworms. Her more recent work in Puerto Rico focuses on tropical forest ecology, where she focuses on research in El Yunque National Forest and an experimental forest on St. Thomas. González also served as science coordinator for the "Poetic Science" exhibits Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico which won awards from the United States' Forest Service and the International Association of Art Critics. Following the 2017 Hurricane Maria, González has been examining the immediate impact of the hurricane on Puerto Rico, and its recovering in 2018 into 2019.

Selected publications González, Grizelle; Seastedt, Timothy R. (2001). "Soil fauna and plant litter decomposition in tropical and subalpine forests". Ecology. 82 (4): 955–964. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[0955:sfapld]2.0.co;2. ISSN 0012-9658. Zou, Xiaoming; Gonzalez, Grizelle (1997-03-01). "Changes in earthworm density and community structure during secondary succession in abandoned tropical pastures". Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 5th International Symposium on Earthworm Ecology. 29 (3): 627–629. Bibcode:1997SBiBi..29..627Z. doi:10.1016/S0038-0717(96)00188-5. ISSN 0038-0717. González, Grizelle; Huang, Ching Yu; Zou, Xiaoming; Rodríguez, Carlos (2006), "Earthworm invasions in the tropics", in Hendrit, Paul F. (ed.), Biological Invasions Belowground: Earthworms as Invasive Species, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 47–56, doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-5429-7_6, ISBN 978-1-4020-5428-0, retrieved 2022-01-22 Prather, Chelse M.; Belovsky, Gary E.; Cantrell, Sharon A.; González, Grizelle (2018). "Tropical herbivorous phasmids, but not litter snails, alter decomposition rates by modifying litter bacteria". Ecology. 99 (4): 782–791. Bibcode:2018Ecol...99..782P. doi:10.1002/ecy.2169. ISSN 1939-9170. PMID 29603190.

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In the classroom: Grizelle González is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century American earth scientists, 21st-century American women scientists, American ecologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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