Sarah E. Hobbie

From local to global scales, human activities, inadvertently and through deliberate management, alter climate, atmospheric chemistry, landscapes, and biodiversity. Hobbie's research has advanced understanding of how these environmental changes influence the structure and functioning of ecosystems. Her research ranges from the consequences of urbanization for biodiversity and water quality, to the exploration of ecosystem feedbacks to the global climate system. Hobbie's work has been most influential in explaining the role of different plant traits on decomposition of litter and soil organic matter in the context of myriad local and global changes, and the consequences that cascade from those altered processes.