Anna Herzberger
PhD Oct. 2020
Major Advisor:
Jianguo "Jack" Liu
Research:
Anna's dissertation research combined telecoupling, network analysis, agent based modeling with microbial ecology to study the impact international soybean trade, specifically imported soybeans from Brazil and the USA, are having on domestic soybean production in China.
Imported soybeans are cheaper than domestically produced soybeans, which disincentives Chinese farmers from planting soybeans (a legume). Areas that were originally planted with soybeans are being converted to rice and corn (grasses) as they are more profitable crops. In order to quantify the impact of these changes on the soil-microbial community, our research team traveled around Heilongjiang, the far northeastern province, surveying farmers and sampling their soil.
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Affiliated Pages:
SUSTAINABILITY -- Through the Lens of Telecoupling and Metacoupling: New Perspectives for Global Sustainability
Published on March 9, 2021
JASSS - Land-Use Changes in Distant Places: Implementation of a Telecoupled Agent-Based Model
Published on January 31, 2020
NATURE -- Assessing progress towards sustainable development over space and time
Published on January 3, 2020
CHINESE GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE - Spatial and Temporal Changes of Arable Land Driven by Urbanization and Ecological Restoration in China
Published on October 21, 2019
SUSTAINABILITY - Telecoupled Food Trade Affects Pericoupled Trade and Intracoupled Production
Published on May 22, 2019
JOURNAL OF TRAVEL RESEARCH - International Tourism Dynamics in a Globalized World: A Social Network Analysis Approach
Published on May 16, 2019
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT - Interactive National Virtual Water-Energy Nexus Networks
Published on March 29, 2019