List of works - Donald R. Zak

A molecular dawn for biogeochemistry

scientific article published on 2 May 2006

Active microorganisms in forest soils differ from the total community yet are shaped by the same environmental factors: the influence of pH and soil moisture

scientific article published on 6 July 2016

Anthropogenic N Deposition Slows Decay by Favoring Bacterial Metabolism: Insights from Metagenomic Analyses.

scientific article

Anthropogenic N deposition alters soil organic matter biochemistry and microbial communities on decaying fine roots

scientific article published on 14 August 2019

Anthropogenic N deposition increases soil organic matter accumulation without altering its biochemical composition

scientific article published on 26 August 2016

Anthropogenic N deposition, fungal gene expression, and an increasing soil carbon sink in the Northern Hemisphere

scientific article published on 19 July 2019

Are basidiomycete laccase gene abundance and composition related to reduced lignolytic activity under elevated atmospheric NO3(-) deposition in a northern hardwood forest?

scientific article published on 13 September 2008

Atmospheric CO2 and O3 alter the flow of 15N in developing forest ecosystems.

scientific article published on October 2007

Atmospheric N deposition alters connectance, but not functional potential among saprotrophic bacterial communities.

scientific article published on 5 June 2015

Atmospheric N deposition increases bacterial laccase-like multicopper oxidases: implications for organic matter decay

scientific article

Belowground competition and the response of developing forest communities to atmospheric CO2and O3

article

Changes in forest soil organic matter pools after a decade of elevated CO2 and O3

article

Chronic nitrogen deposition alters the structure and function of detrital food webs in a northern hardwood ecosystem.

scientific article published in September 2013

Comment on "Mycorrhizal association as a primary control of the CO2 fertilization effect".

scientific article

Common bacterial responses in six ecosystems exposed to 10 years of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide

scientific article

Coupled Shifts in Ectomycorrhizal Communities and Plant Uptake of Organic Nitrogen Along a Soil Gradient: An Isotopic Perspective

scientific article published on 26 April 2021

Decadal biomass increment in early secondary succession woody ecosystems is increased by CO enrichment

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Dispersal limitation and the assembly of soil Actinobacteria communities in a long-term chronosequence.

scientific article

Dispersal limitation structures fungal community assembly in a long-term glacial chronosequence

scientific article

Does Atmospheric NO 3 − Deposition Alter the Abundance and Activity of Ligninolytic Fungi in Forest Soils?

article

Ectomycorrhizal access to organic nitrogen mediates CO2 fertilization response in a dominant temperate tree

scientific article published on 13 September 2021

Ectomycorrhizal fungal decay traits along a soil nitrogen gradient

scientific article published in 2021

Elevated atmospheric CO2 affects soil microbial diversity associated with trembling aspen

scientific article published on 24 January 2008

Elevated carbon dioxide and ozone alter productivity and ecosystem carbon content in northern temperate forests.

scientific article

Elk, sagebrush, and saprotrophs: indirect top-down control on microbial community composition and function

scientific article published in September 2015

Exploring the role of ectomycorrhizal fungi in soil carbon dynamics

scientific article published on 08 February 2019

Extracellular Enzyme Activities and Soil Organic Matter Dynamics for Northern Hardwood Forests receiving Simulated Nitrogen Deposition

article

Fine root chemistry and decomposition in model communities of north-temperate tree species show little response to elevated atmospheric CO2 and varying soil resource availability.

scientific article published on 28 October 2005

Fine-root biomass and fluxes of soil carbon in young stands of paper birch and trembling aspen as affected by elevated atmospheric CO2 and tropospheric O3.

scientific article published on July 2001

Forest productivity under elevated CO₂ and O₃: positive feedbacks to soil N cycling sustain decade-long net primary productivity enhancement by CO₂.

scientific article published on 10 October 2011

Fungal community composition and metabolism under elevated CO(2) and O(3).

scientific article

Increases in nitrogen uptake rather than nitrogen-use efficiency support higher rates of temperate forest productivity under elevated CO2.

scholarly article

Initial colonization, community assembly and ecosystem function: fungal colonist traits and litter biochemistry mediate decay rate.

scientific article published on September 2015

Interpreting ecological diversity indices applied to terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism data: insights from simulated microbial communities

scientific article

Isolation of fungal cellobiohydrolase I genes from sporocarps and forest soils by PCR

scientific article

Microbial Community Functional Potential and Composition Are Shaped by Hydrologic Connectivity in Riverine Floodplain Soils.

scientific article

Microbial Mechanisms Mediating Increased Soil C Storage under Elevated Atmospheric N Deposition.

scientific article published in April 2013

Microbial Potential for Ecosystem N Loss Is Increased by Experimental N Deposition

scientific article

Microbial assimilation of new photosynthate is altered by plant species richness and nitrogen deposition

article

Microbial community composition and function beneath temperate trees exposed to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone

scientific article published in April 2002

Microbial community response to nitrogen deposition in northern forest ecosystems

article

Microbial community structure and oxidative enzyme activity in nitrogen-amended north temperate forest soils.

scientific article published on 10 June 2004

Microbial mechanisms mediating increased soil C storage under elevated atmospheric N deposition

scientific article

Molecular analysis of fungal communities and laccase genes in decomposing litter reveals differences among forest types but no impact of nitrogen deposition

scientific article published in May 2007

Nitrogen deposition effects on soil organic matter chemistry are linked to variation in enzymes, ecosystems and size fractions

article

Nitrogen mineralization, nitrification and denitrification in upland and wetland ecosystems

scientific article published in October 1991

Nitrogen turnover in the leaf litter and fine roots of sugar maple.

scientific article published on December 2010

Phylogenetic similarity and structure of Agaricomycotina communities across a forested landscape

scientific article

Plant effects on and response to soil microbes in native and non‐native <i>Phragmites australis</i>

scientific article published on 29 March 2022

Plant species richness, elevated CO2, and atmospheric nitrogen deposition alter soil microbial community composition and function

article

Relationships between plant nitrogen economy and life history in three deciduous-forest herbs

article

Resource availability controls fungal diversity across a plant diversity gradient

scientific article published in October 2006

Response of Oxidative Enzyme Activities to Nitrogen Deposition Affects Soil Concentrations of Dissolved Organic Carbon

article

Responses of soil cellulolytic fungal communities to elevated atmospheric CO₂ are complex and variable across five ecosystems.

scientific article

Seedling survival in a northern temperate forest understory is increased by elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and atmospheric nitrogen deposition

Simulated atmospheric N deposition alters fungal community composition and suppresses ligninolytic gene expression in a northern hardwood forest.

scientific article

Simulated atmospheric NO3- deposition increases soil organic matter by slowing decomposition

scientific article published on 01 December 2008

Sinks for nitrogen inputs in terrestrial ecosystems: a meta-analysis of 15N tracer field studies

scientific article published in August 2012

Slowed decomposition is biotically mediated in an ectomycorrhizal, tropical rain forest.

scientific article

Soil bacterial communities are shaped by temporal and environmental filtering: evidence from a long-term chronosequence

scientific article published on 11 January 2015

Soil fertility increases with plant species diversity in a long-term biodiversity experiment

scientific article

Soil microbial communities and elk foraging intensity: implications for soil biogeochemical cycling in the sagebrush steppe

scientific article published in February 2017

Soil nutrients and beta diversity in the Bornean Dipterocarpaceae: evidence for niche partitioning by tropical rain forest trees

article

Soil respiration in northern forests exposed to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone

scientific article published on 18 February 2006

Soil respiration, root biomass, and root turnover following long-term exposure of northern forests to elevated atmospheric CO2 and tropospheric O3.

scientific article published on 14 July 2008

Species-specific responses to atmospheric carbon dioxide and tropospheric ozone mediate changes in soil carbon

scientific article published on 15 September 2009

Stoichiometry of soil enzyme activity at global scale

scientific article published on 25 September 2008

Widespread occurrence of expressed fungal secretory peroxidases in forest soils.

scientific article

List of works by Donald R. Zak

A molecular dawn for biogeochemistry

Active microorganisms in forest soils differ from the total community yet are shaped by the same environmental factors: the influence of pH and soil moisture

Anthropogenic N Deposition Slows Decay by Favoring Bacterial Metabolism: Insights from Metagenomic Analyses.

Anthropogenic N deposition alters soil organic matter biochemistry and microbial communities on decaying fine roots

Anthropogenic N deposition increases soil organic matter accumulation without altering its biochemical composition

Anthropogenic N deposition, fungal gene expression, and an increasing soil carbon sink in the Northern Hemisphere

Are basidiomycete laccase gene abundance and composition related to reduced lignolytic activity under elevated atmospheric NO3(-) deposition in a northern hardwood forest?

Atmospheric CO2 and O3 alter the flow of 15N in developing forest ecosystems.

Atmospheric N deposition alters connectance, but not functional potential among saprotrophic bacterial communities.

Atmospheric N deposition increases bacterial laccase-like multicopper oxidases: implications for organic matter decay

Belowground competition and the response of developing forest communities to atmospheric CO2and O3

Changes in forest soil organic matter pools after a decade of elevated CO2 and O3

Chronic nitrogen deposition alters the structure and function of detrital food webs in a northern hardwood ecosystem.

Comment on "Mycorrhizal association as a primary control of the CO2 fertilization effect".

Common bacterial responses in six ecosystems exposed to 10 years of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide

Coupled Shifts in Ectomycorrhizal Communities and Plant Uptake of Organic Nitrogen Along a Soil Gradient: An Isotopic Perspective

Decadal biomass increment in early secondary succession woody ecosystems is increased by CO enrichment

Dispersal limitation and the assembly of soil Actinobacteria communities in a long-term chronosequence.

Dispersal limitation structures fungal community assembly in a long-term glacial chronosequence

Does Atmospheric NO 3 − Deposition Alter the Abundance and Activity of Ligninolytic Fungi in Forest Soils?

Ectomycorrhizal access to organic nitrogen mediates CO2 fertilization response in a dominant temperate tree

Ectomycorrhizal fungal decay traits along a soil nitrogen gradient

Elevated atmospheric CO2 affects soil microbial diversity associated with trembling aspen

Elevated carbon dioxide and ozone alter productivity and ecosystem carbon content in northern temperate forests.

Elk, sagebrush, and saprotrophs: indirect top-down control on microbial community composition and function

Exploring the role of ectomycorrhizal fungi in soil carbon dynamics

Extracellular Enzyme Activities and Soil Organic Matter Dynamics for Northern Hardwood Forests receiving Simulated Nitrogen Deposition

Fine root chemistry and decomposition in model communities of north-temperate tree species show little response to elevated atmospheric CO2 and varying soil resource availability.

Fine-root biomass and fluxes of soil carbon in young stands of paper birch and trembling aspen as affected by elevated atmospheric CO2 and tropospheric O3.

Forest productivity under elevated CO₂ and O₃: positive feedbacks to soil N cycling sustain decade-long net primary productivity enhancement by CO₂.

Fungal community composition and metabolism under elevated CO(2) and O(3).

Increases in nitrogen uptake rather than nitrogen-use efficiency support higher rates of temperate forest productivity under elevated CO2.

Initial colonization, community assembly and ecosystem function: fungal colonist traits and litter biochemistry mediate decay rate.

Interpreting ecological diversity indices applied to terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism data: insights from simulated microbial communities

Isolation of fungal cellobiohydrolase I genes from sporocarps and forest soils by PCR

Microbial Community Functional Potential and Composition Are Shaped by Hydrologic Connectivity in Riverine Floodplain Soils.

Microbial Mechanisms Mediating Increased Soil C Storage under Elevated Atmospheric N Deposition.

Microbial Potential for Ecosystem N Loss Is Increased by Experimental N Deposition

Microbial assimilation of new photosynthate is altered by plant species richness and nitrogen deposition

Microbial community composition and function beneath temperate trees exposed to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone

Microbial community response to nitrogen deposition in northern forest ecosystems

Microbial community structure and oxidative enzyme activity in nitrogen-amended north temperate forest soils.

Microbial mechanisms mediating increased soil C storage under elevated atmospheric N deposition

Molecular analysis of fungal communities and laccase genes in decomposing litter reveals differences among forest types but no impact of nitrogen deposition

Nitrogen deposition effects on soil organic matter chemistry are linked to variation in enzymes, ecosystems and size fractions

Nitrogen mineralization, nitrification and denitrification in upland and wetland ecosystems

Nitrogen turnover in the leaf litter and fine roots of sugar maple.

Phylogenetic similarity and structure of Agaricomycotina communities across a forested landscape

Plant effects on and response to soil microbes in native and non‐native <i>Phragmites australis</i>

Plant species richness, elevated CO2, and atmospheric nitrogen deposition alter soil microbial community composition and function

Relationships between plant nitrogen economy and life history in three deciduous-forest herbs

Resource availability controls fungal diversity across a plant diversity gradient

Response of Oxidative Enzyme Activities to Nitrogen Deposition Affects Soil Concentrations of Dissolved Organic Carbon

Responses of soil cellulolytic fungal communities to elevated atmospheric CO₂ are complex and variable across five ecosystems.

Seedling survival in a northern temperate forest understory is increased by elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and atmospheric nitrogen deposition

Simulated atmospheric N deposition alters fungal community composition and suppresses ligninolytic gene expression in a northern hardwood forest.

Simulated atmospheric NO3- deposition increases soil organic matter by slowing decomposition

Sinks for nitrogen inputs in terrestrial ecosystems: a meta-analysis of 15N tracer field studies

Slowed decomposition is biotically mediated in an ectomycorrhizal, tropical rain forest.

Soil bacterial communities are shaped by temporal and environmental filtering: evidence from a long-term chronosequence

Soil fertility increases with plant species diversity in a long-term biodiversity experiment

Soil microbial communities and elk foraging intensity: implications for soil biogeochemical cycling in the sagebrush steppe

Soil nutrients and beta diversity in the Bornean Dipterocarpaceae: evidence for niche partitioning by tropical rain forest trees

Soil respiration in northern forests exposed to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone

Soil respiration, root biomass, and root turnover following long-term exposure of northern forests to elevated atmospheric CO2 and tropospheric O3.

Species-specific responses to atmospheric carbon dioxide and tropospheric ozone mediate changes in soil carbon

Stoichiometry of soil enzyme activity at global scale

Widespread occurrence of expressed fungal secretory peroxidases in forest soils.