Biogeosciences

Laynara F. Lugli

Dr Laynara F. Lugli is a postdoctoral researcher at the Technical University of Munich as part of the Amazon-FLUX project. She also collaborates with the AFEX and AmazonFACE projects and with the National Institute of Amazonian Research in Manaus, Brazil. Her main interests are on how plants can adapt to a changing climate (e.g., increasing CO2, nutrient limitation, drought) from the belowground perspective, using roots and soils to understand nutrient cycling and ecosystem functioning. Her work involves fieldwork in different parts of Central Amazon, both on natural forests and large-scale manipulation experiments.

The hidden importance of Amazon forests

Laynara F. Lugli, Caroline Miron and Tatiana Reichert September 29, 2022

Figure 1. Minirhizotron image acquisition in the field near Manaus, Brazil (photo credit Caroline Miron From different parts of continental Brazil, now working in different areas of Germany, we, three women scientists, share one more thing in common: our interest in making the hidden importance of the Amazon forest visible. In other words, we are root-nerds! Studying something that cannot i ...[Read More]