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List of works by Sarah E. Hobbie

A multi-city comparison of front and backyard differences in plant species diversity and nitrogen cycling in residential landscapes

scientific article published in 2018

A reply to Jarchow and Liebman

scientific article published in 2011

A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

scientific article published on 07 October 2021

A synthesis: The role of nutrients as constraints on carbon balances in boreal and arctic regions

A tale of two studies: Detection and attribution of the impacts of invasive plants in observational surveys

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Allometry of fine roots in forest ecosystems

scientific article published on 28 November 2018

An experimental test of limits to tree establishment in Arctic tundra

article published in 1998

Antagonistic effects of species on C respiration and net N mineralization in soils from mixed coniferous plantations

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Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition predicts local grassland primary production worldwide

scientific article published in June 2015

Arctic shrub growth trajectories differ across soil moisture levels.

scientific article

Assessing the homogenization of urban land management with an application to US residential lawn care

scientific article published on 10 March 2014

BII-Implementation: The causes and consequences of plant biodiversity across scales in a rapidly changing world

scientific article published on 5 February 2021

Belowground Biomass Response to Nutrient Enrichment Depends on Light Limitation Across Globally Distributed Grasslands

scientific article published on 11 March 2019

Bioavailability of dissolved organic carbon across a hillslope chronosequence in the Kuparuk River region, Alaska

scholarly article by Kyle A. Whittinghill et al published December 2014 in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Biodiversity, Nitrogen Deposition, and CO2 Affect Grassland Soil Carbon Cycling but not Storage

Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Soils from Acidic and Nonacidic Tundra with Different Glacial Histories in Northern Alaska

scholarly article by Sarah Hobbie et al published 1 December 2002 in Ecosystems

Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus fluxes in household ecosystems in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, urban region.

scientific article

Century-scale wood nitrogen isotope trajectories from an oak savanna with variable fire frequencies

scientific article

Climate and lawn management interact to control C4 plant distribution in residential lawns across seven U.S. cities

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Climate change–induced stress disrupts ectomycorrhizal interaction networks at the boreal–temperate ecotone

Climate, soil and plant functional types as drivers of global fine-root trait variation

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Consequences of changing biodiversity.

scientific article

Consistent responses of soil microbial communities to elevated nutrient inputs in grasslands across the globe

scientific article published in September 2015

Continental-scale homogenization of residential lawn plant communities

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Contrasting Effects of Substrate and Fertilizer Nitrogen on the Early Stages of Litter Decomposition

Contrasting dynamics and trait controls in first-order root compared with leaf litter decomposition

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Contrasting effects of plant species traits and moisture on the decomposition of multiple litter fractions

scientific article

Contrasting influences of stormflow and baseflow pathways on nitrogen and phosphorus export from an urban watershed

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Contrasting nitrogen and phosphorus budgets in urban watersheds and implications for managing urban water pollution

scientific article

Contribution of Leaf Litter to Nutrient Export during Winter Months in an Urban Residential Watershed

scientific article published on 19 February 2017

Contribution of non‐native plants to the phylogenetic homogenization of U.S. yard floras

scientific article published on 12 March 2019

Controls over carbon storage and turnover in high-latitude soils

Controls over leaf and litter calcium concentrations among temperate trees

Conversion from agriculture to grassland builds soil organic matter on decadal timescales

scientific article published in February 2006

Decadal changes in fire frequencies shift tree communities and functional traits

scientific article published on 25 February 2021

Decade-long soil nitrogen constraint on the CO2 fertilization of plant biomass

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Decomposition of the finest root branching orders: linking belowground dynamics to fine-root function and structure

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Decomposition of tree leaf litter on pavement: implications for urban water quality

article published in 2013

Design and performance of combined infrared canopy and belowground warming in the B4WarmED (Boreal Forest Warming at an Ecotone in Danger) experiment

scientific article

Disease and fire interact to influence transitions between savanna–forest ecosystems over a multi‐decadal experiment

scientific article published on 11 March 2021

Disentangling species and functional group richness effects on soil N cycling in a grassland ecosystem.

scientific article

Divergent effects of elevated CO2, N fertilization, and plant diversity on soil C and N dynamics in a grassland field experiment

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Diversity-dependent soil acidification under nitrogen enrichment constrains biomass productivity

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Do evergreen and deciduous trees have different effects on net N mineralization in soil?

scientific article

Drivers of plant diversity, community composition, functional traits, and soil processes along an alpine gradient in the central Chilean Andes

Drivers of plant species richness and phylogenetic composition in urban yards at the continental scale

scientific article published on 23 November 2018

Dynamics of organic matter molecular composition under aerobic decomposition and their response to the nitrogen addition in grassland soils

scientific article published in 2022

ERADICATION OF INVASIVE TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA ALONG A DESERT STREAM INCREASES NATIVE FISH DENSITY

scholarly article by Theodore A. Kennedy et al published December 2005 in Ecological Applications

Early stages of root and leaf decomposition in Hawaiian forests: effects of nutrient availability

scientific article published in 1999

Ecological homogenization of residential macrosystems

scientific article published on 22 June 2017

Ecological homogenization of urban USA

scientific article published in 2014

Ectomycorrhizal fungal response to warming is linked to poor host performance at the boreal-temperate ecotone

scientific article

Effect of Simulated Climate Warming on the Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Community of Boreal and Temperate Host Species Growing Near Their Shared Ecotonal Range Limits

scientific article published on 25 July 2017

Effect of consumption choices on fluxes of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus through households

Effects of Landscape Age on Soil Organic MatterProcessing in Northern Alaska

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Effects of Long-Term Nitrogen Addition on Microbial Enzyme Activity in Eight Forested and Grassland Sites: Implications for Litter and Soil Organic Matter Decomposition

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Effects of climate warming on photosynthesis in boreal tree species depend on soil moisture

scientific article published in Nature

Effects of fire frequency on oak litter decomposition and nitrogen dynamics.

scientific article published on 11 October 2008

Effects of litter traits, soil biota, and soil chemistry on soil carbon stocks at a common garden with 14 tree species

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Effects of pH and calcium on soil organic matter dynamics in Alaskan tundra

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Effects of plant diversity, N fertilization, and elevated carbon dioxide on grassland soil N cycling in a long-term experiment

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Effects of plant species diversity, atmospheric [CO2], and N addition on gross rates of inorganic N release from soil organic matter

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Effects of plant species on nutrient cycling

scientific article published in October 1992

Effects of soil warming history on the performances of congeneric temperate and boreal herbaceous plant species and their associations with soil biota

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Elevated CO2 stimulates grassland soil respiration by increasing carbon inputs rather than by enhancing soil moisture

Elevated CO₂ influences microbial carbon and nitrogen cycling

scientific article (publication date: 29 May 2013)

Elevated carbon dioxide accelerates the spatial turnover of soil microbial communities

scientific article published on 28 September 2015

Elevated carbon dioxide alters the structure of soil microbial communities

scientific article

Elevating the biogeosciences within environmental research networks

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Estimating litter decomposition rate in single-pool models using nonlinear beta regression

scientific article

Evapotranspiration of Residential Lawns Across the United States

scientific article published in June 2023

Even modest climate change may lead to major transitions in boreal forests

scientific article published in 2022

Evolutionary Legacy Effects on Ecosystems: Biogeographic Origins, Plant Traits, and Implications for Management in the Era of Global Change

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Exchangeable manganese regulates carbon storage in the humus layer of the boreal forest

Experimental nitrogen fertilisation globally accelerates, then slows decomposition of leaf litter

scientific article published on 14 February 2021

Exploring the impact of trait number and type on functional diversity metrics in real-world ecosystems

scientific article published in 2022

Fine root decomposition rates do not mirror those of leaf litter among temperate tree species

scientific article published on 31 October 2009

Fire effects on insect herbivores in an oak savanna: the role of light and nutrients

article by ADAM D. KAY et al published December 2007 in Ecological Entomology

Fire frequency drives decadal changes in soil carbon and nitrogen and ecosystem productivity.

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

Foliar and soil nutrients in tundra on glacial landscapes of contrasting ages in northern Alaska

scientific article published in May 2002

Frequent burning causes large losses of carbon from deep soil layers in a temperate savanna

scientific article published on 19 February 2020

Functional diversity of leaf litter mixtures slows decomposition of labile but not recalcitrant carbon over two years

scientific article published on 24 February 2020

Fungal communities respond to long-term CO2 elevation by community reassembly

scientific article

General reversal of N-decomposition relationship during long-term decomposition in boreal and temperate forests

Geographic range predicts photosynthetic and growth response to warming in co-occurring tree species

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Global patterns in fine root decomposition: climate, chemistry, mycorrhizal association and woodiness

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

Harnessing plant spectra to integrate the biodiversity sciences across biological and spatial scales

scientific article published on 19 July 2017

Herbaceous vegetation responses to experimental fire in savannas and forests depend on biome and climate

Homogenization of plant diversity, composition, and structure in North American urban yards

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Horticultural availability and homeowner preferences drive plant diversity and composition in urban yards

scientific article published on 23 January 2020

Hyphae move matter and microbes to mineral microsites: Integrating the hyphosphere into conceptual models of soil organic matter stabilization

scientific article

Ideas and perspectives: Strengthening the biogeosciences in environmental research networks

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Identifying environmental drivers of greenhouse gas emissions under warming and reduced rainfall in boreal-temperate forests

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Impacts of biodiversity loss escalate through time as redundancy fades

scientific article

Impacts of nutrient addition on soil carbon and nitrogen stoichiometry and stability in globally-distributed grasslands

scientific article published in 2022

Increasing effects of chronic nutrient enrichment on plant diversity loss and ecosystem productivity over time

scientific article published on 15 October 2020

Influence of Terrestrial Vegetation on Sediment-Forming Processes in Kettle Lakes of West-Central Minnesota

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Interactions between Litter Lignin and Nitrogenitter Lignin and Soil Nitrogen Availability during Leaf Litter Decomposition in a Hawaiian Montane Forest

Interactive Effects of Time, CO2, N, and Diversity on Total Belowground Carbon Allocation and Ecosystem Carbon Storage in a Grassland Community

article by E. Carol Adair et al published September 2009 in Ecosystems

Interactive effects of elevated CO2 , warming, reduced rainfall, and nitrogen on leaf gas exchange in five perennial grassland species

scientific article published on 13 May 2020

Interactive effects of plants, decomposers, herbivores, and predators on nutrient cycling

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Legume species identity and soil nitrogen supply determine symbiotic nitrogen-fixation responses to elevated atmospheric [CO2]

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Legumes regulate grassland soil N cycling and its response to variation in species diversity and N supply but not CO2

scientific article published on 29 April 2019

Life-history evolution in the anthropocene: effects of increasing nutrients on traits and trade-offs

scientific article (publication date: August 2015)

Light, earthworms, and soil resources as predictors of diversity of 10 soil invertebrate groups across monocultures of 14 tree species

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Limited potential for terrestrial carbon sequestration to offset fossil-fuel emissions in the upper midwestern US

scholarly article by Cinzia Fissore et al published October 2010 in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Linkages between plant functional composition, fine root processes and potential soil N mineralization rates

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Linking litter calcium, earthworms and soil properties: a common garden test with 14 tree species

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Linking yard plant diversity to homeowners’ landscaping priorities across the U.S

scientific article published on 23 December 2019

Litter decomposition in moist acidic and non-acidic tundra with different glacial histories

scientific article published on 26 May 2004

Long-lasting effects on nitrogen cycling 12 years after treatments cease despite minimal long-term nitrogen retention

Long-term burning interacts with herbivory to slow decomposition.

scientific article published in May 2008

Mapping foliar functional traits and their uncertainties across three years in a grassland experiment

scientific article published in 2019

Mechanisms driving the soil organic matter decomposition response to nitrogen enrichment in grassland soils

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Metagenomic analysis reveals a marked divergence in the structure of belowground microbial communities at elevated CO2.

scientific article published on 23 March 2010

Metagenomic reconstruction of nitrogen cycling pathways in a CO 2 -enriched grassland ecosystem

scholarly article by Qichao Tu et al published March 2017 in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Microbial community attributes supersede plant and soil parameters in predicting fungal necromass decomposition rates in a 12-tree species common garden experiment

scientific article published in 2023

Microbial functional genes commonly respond to elevated carbon dioxide

scientific article published on 29 August 2020

Microbial processing of plant remains is co-limited by multiple nutrients in global grasslands

scientific article published on 10 June 2020

Moving Towards a New Urban Systems Science

Municipal regulation of residential landscapes across US cities: Patterns and implications for landscape sustainability

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Nature-based approaches to managing climate change impacts in cities

scientific article published on 27 January 2020

Neighborhood diversity simultaneously increased and decreased susceptibility to contrasting herbivores in an early stage forest diversity experiment

scientific article published on 14 November 2018

Nematode community shifts in response to experimental warming and canopy conditions are associated with plant community changes in the temperate-boreal forest ecotone.

scientific article published on 26 March 2014

Nitrate is an important nitrogen source for Arctic tundra plants

scientific article published on 14 March 2018

Nitrogen addition changes grassland soil organic matter decomposition

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Nitrogen deposition and plant species interact to influence soil carbon stabilization

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Nitrogen effects on decomposition: a five-year experiment in eight temperate sites

scientific article published in September 2008

Nitrogen increases early‐stage and slows late‐stage decomposition across diverse grasslands

scientific article published on 26 March 2022

Nitrogen limitation constrains sustainability of ecosystem response to CO2.

scientific article published on April 2006

Non-symbiotic soil microbes are more strongly influenced by altered tree biodiversity than arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi during initial forest establishment

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Nutrient and mineralogical control on dissolved organic C, N and P fluxes and stoichiometry in Hawaiian soils

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Nutrient availability controls the impact of mammalian herbivores on soil carbon and nitrogen pools in grasslands

scientific article published on 03 February 2020

Nutrient enrichment, biodiversity loss, and consequent declines in ecosystem productivity

scientific article

Oxygen-isotope record of Late-Glacial climatic change in western Ireland

Past, Present, and Future Roles of Long-Term Experiments in the LTER Network

Patterns and trends of organic matter processing and transport: Insights from the US long-term ecological research network

scientific article published in 2021

Phylogenetic and functional characteristics of household yard floras and their changes along an urbanization gradient

scientific article published on 19 March 2012

Plant Responses to Species Removal and Experimental Warming in Alaskan Tussock Tundra

scientific article published on 02 February 2007

Plant diversity effects on soil food webs are stronger than those of elevated CO2 and N deposition in a long-term grassland experiment

scientific article (publication date: 23 April 2013)

Plant diversity maintains multiple soil functions in future environments

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Plant diversity, CO2, and N influence inorganic and organic N leaching in grasslands

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Plant functional types as predictors of transient responses of arctic vegetation to global change

scientific article published on 07 May 2006

Plant growth enhancement by elevated CO2 eliminated by joint water and nitrogen limitation

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Plant nitrogen concentration and isotopic composition in residential lawns across seven US cities

scientific article published on 4 February 2016

Plant species effects on nutrient cycling: revisiting litter feedbacks

scientific article published on 19 April 2015

Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

scientific article

Plant spectral diversity integrates functional and phylogenetic components of biodiversity and predicts ecosystem function

scientific article published on 14 May 2018

Positive feedbacks between decomposition and soil nitrogen availability along fertility gradients

article by Mark D. Norris et al published 5 October 2012 in Plant and Soil

Potential impacts of emerald ash borer invasion on biogeochemical and water cycling in residential landscapes across a metropolitan region

Realistic rates of nitrogen addition increase carbon flux rates but do not change soil carbon stocks in a temperate grassland

scientific article published in 2022

Reduced feeding activity of soil detritivores under warmer and drier conditions

scientific article published on 18 December 2017

Regional contingencies in the relationship between aboveground biomass and litter in the world's grasslands

scientific article published on 6 February 2013

Remotely detected aboveground plant function predicts belowground processes in two prairie diversity experiments

scientific article published on 09 October 2021

Repeated fire shifts carbon and nitrogen cycling by changing plant inputs and soil decomposition across ecosystems

scientific article

Residential household yard care practices along urban-exurban gradients in six climatically-diverse U.S. metropolitan areas

scientific article published on 13 November 2019

Residential yard management and landscape cover affect urban bird community diversity across the continental USA

scientific article published on 15 September 2021

Resilience: insights from the U.S. LongTerm Ecological Research Network

scientific article published on 17 May 2021

Resource amendments influence density and competitive phenotypes of Streptomyces in soil

scientific article published on 13 August 2008

Resource availability underlies the plant-fungal diversity relationship in a grassland ecosystem

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Response of decomposing litter and its microbial community to multiple forms of nitrogen enrichment

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Response to Comment on "Unexpected reversal of C3 versus C4 grass response to elevated CO2 during a 20-year field experiment"

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Response to Comment on “Unexpected reversal of C3 versus C4 grass response to elevated CO2 during a 20-year field experiment”

scientific article published in Science

Restoring Abandoned Farmland to Mitigate Climate Change on a Full Earth

scientific article published on 21 August 2020

Root depth distribution and the diversity–productivity relationship in a long-term grassland experiment

scientific article published in 2013

Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

scientific article published on 07 November 2020

Saltcedar (Tamarix ramosissima) invasion alters organic matter dynamics in a desert stream

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Satisfaction, water and fertilizer use in the American residential macrosystem

Single-pool exponential decomposition models: potential pitfalls in their use in ecological studies

scientific article published on April 2010

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

scientific article published in August 2012

SoDaH: the SOils DAta Harmonization database, an open-source synthesis of soil data from research networks, version 1.0

scientific article

Social-ecological and technological factors moderate the value of urban nature

scholarly article

Soil Processes Affected by Sixteen Grassland Species Grown under Different Environmental Conditions

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Soil carbon stocks in temperate grasslands differ strongly across sites but are insensitive to decade‐long fertilization

scientific article published in 2021

Soil carbon storage capacity of drylands under altered fire regimes

scientific article published in 2023

Soil enzymes as indicators of soil function: A step toward greater realism in microbial ecological modeling

scientific article published on 14 December 2021

Soil organic carbon is not just for soil scientists: measurement recommendations for diverse practitioners

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Soil organic carbon stability in forests: Distinct effects of tree species identity and traits

scientific article published on 16 December 2018

Some plants like it warmer: Increased growth of three selected invasive plant species in soils with a history of experimental warming

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Spatial and temporal variation in islands of fertility in the Sonoran Desert

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Spatially disjunct effects of co-occurring competition and facilitation

scientific article published in November 2005

Species compositional differences on different-aged glacial landscapes drive contrasting responses of tundra to nutrient addition

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Species interactions amplify functional group responses to elevated CO<sub>2</sub> and N enrichment in a 24‐year grassland experiment

scientific article published in 2024

Species richness and traits predict overyielding in stem growth in an early-successional tree diversity experiment

scientific article published on 20 July 2017

Stimulation of soil respiration by elevated CO<sub>2</sub> is enhanced under nitrogen limitation in a decade-long grassland study

scientific article published on 14 December 2020

Stoichiometric relations in an ant-treehopper mutualism

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Stoichiometric response of nitrogen-fixing and non-fixing dicots to manipulations of CO2, nitrogen, and diversity

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Stoichiometry of soil enzyme activity at global scale

scientific article published on 25 September 2008

Strong mineralogic control of soil organic matter composition in response to nutrient addition across diverse grassland sites

scientific article published on 06 April 2020

Strong photosynthetic acclimation and enhanced water-use efficiency in grassland functional groups persist over 21 years of CO2 enrichment, independent of nitrogen supply

scientific article published on 24 June 2019

Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional composition and homogenization of residential yard vegetation with contrasting management

scientific article published on 27 June 2020

Temperature and Plant Species Control Over Litter Decomposition in Alaskan Tundra

scientific article published on 26 April 2006

Terrestrial Ecosystems at Toolik Lake, Alaska

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The Diversity and Co-occurrence Patterns of N₂-Fixing Communities in a CO₂-Enriched Grassland Ecosystem

scientific article published on 18 August 2015

The Response of Tundra Plant Biomass, Aboveground Production, Nitrogen, and CO 2 Flux to Experimental Warming

scientific article published on 26 April 2006

The effect of experimental warming and precipitation change on proteolytic enzyme activity: positive feedbacks to nitrogen availability are not universal

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The effects of substrate composition, quantity, and diversity on microbial activity

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The residential landscape: fluxes of elements and the role of household decisions

Tree Patches Show Greater N Losses but Maintain Higher Soil N Availability than Grassland Patches in a Frequently Burned Oak Savanna

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Tree Species Effects on Soil Organic Matter Dynamics: The Role of Soil Cation Composition

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Tree species effects on coupled cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and acidity in mineral soils at a common garden experiment

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Tree species effects on decomposition and forest floor dynamics in a common garden

scientific article published in September 2006

Trees and Streets as Drivers of Urban Stormwater Nutrient Pollution

scientific article

Unexpected reversal of C3 versus C4 grass response to elevated CO2 during a 20-year field experiment

scientific article

Uniform shrub growth response to June temperature across the North Slope of Alaska

scholarly article by Daniel E Ackerman et al published 27 March 2018 in Environmental Research Letters

Urban plant diversity in Los Angeles, California: Species and functional type turnover in cultivated landscapes

scientific article published on 17 September 2019

Urban soil carbon and nitrogen converge at a continental scale

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Urban trees reduce nutrient leaching to groundwater.

scientific article published on July 2016

Warming and disturbance alter soil microbiome diversity and function in a northern forest ecotone

scientific article published on 30 May 2020

Why “Feed the Lawn”? Exploring the Influences on Residential Turf Grass Fertilization in the Minneapolis−Saint Paul Metropolitan Area