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List of works by Asmeret Asefaw Berhe

A new method for rapid determination of carbohydrate and total carbon concentrations using UV spectrophotometry

scientific article published on 7 May 2013

Active microbial biomass decreases, but microbial growth potential remains similar across soil depth profiles under deeply-vs. shallow-rooted plants

scientific article

Application of ultrasound to disperse soil aggregates of high mechanical stability

article published in 2012

Beyond clay: towards an improved set of variables for predicting soil organic matter content

Biogeochemical Feedbacks

Biogeochemical Feedbacks

Can SOC modelling be improved by accounting for pedogenesis?

scholarly article

Changes in belowground biodiversity during ecosystem development

scientific article published on 15 March 2019

Characterizing dissolved organic matter in eroded sediments from a loess hilly catchment using fluorescence EEM-PARAFAC and UV–Visible absorption: Insights from source identification and carbon cycling

scholarly article

Climate Warming Alters Nutrient Storage in Seasonally Dry Forests: Insights From a 2,300 m Elevation Gradient

scientific article published in 2022

Climatic Data, Sediment Records

Climatic Data, Sediment Records

Continental-scale controls on soil organic carbon across sub-Saharan Africa

Contingency in the direction and mechanics of soil organic matter responses to increased rainfall

article

Decomposition of distinct organic matter pools is regulated by moisture status in structured wetland soils

Decomposition of organic substrates at eroding vs. depositional landform positions

article

Decreases in soil moisture and organic matter quality suppress microbial decomposition following a boreal forest fire

article

Deep in the Sierra Nevada critical zone: saprock represents a large terrestrial organic carbon stock

scientific article published in December 2021

Depth dependence of climatic controls on soil microbial community activity and composition

scientific article published in December 2021

Distinct bioenergetic signatures in particulate versus mineral-associated soil organic matter

scholarly article

Divergent controls of soil organic carbon between observations and process-based models

Early spring, severe frost events, and drought induce rapid carbon loss in high elevation meadows

scientific article

Effect of Cover Crop on Carbon Distribution in Size and Density Separated Soil Aggregates

scientific article

Effect of litterbags on rate of organic substrate decomposition along soil depth and geomorphic gradients

article

Effectiveness of biochar for sorption of ammonium and phosphate from dairy effluent

scientific article

Effects of soiling and cleaning on the reflectance and solar heat gain of a light-colored roofing membrane

Erosion, deposition and soil carbon: A review of process-level controls, experimental tools and models to address C cycling in dynamic landscapes

Erosion, deposition, and the persistence of soil organic matter: mechanistic considerations and problems with terminology

scientific article published in 2013

Erosional redistribution of topsoil controls soil nitrogen dynamics

article

Fire severity, time since fire, and site-level characteristics influence streamwater chemistry at baseflow conditions in catchments of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA

scientific article published in 2019

Global ecological predictors of the soil priming effect

scientific article published on 02 August 2019

How air-drying and rewetting modify soil organic matter characteristics: An assessment to improve data interpretation and inference

article published in 2015

How does sonication affect the mineral and organic constituents of soil aggregates?-A review

article

Hydraulic redistribution by deeply rooted grasses and its ecohydrologic implications in the southern Great Plains of North America

Impact of Biochar Enriched with Dairy Manure Effluent on Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

scientific article published on July 1, 2012

Impact of fire on active layer and permafrost microbial communities and metagenomes in an upland Alaskan boreal forest.

scientific article

Impacts of climate and disturbance on nutrient fluxes and stoichiometry in mixed-conifer forests

scientific article published in 2022

Impacts of organic matter amendments on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in grassland soils

article

Improving understanding of soil organic matter dynamics by triangulating theories, measurements, and models

Influence of Calcium Carbonate and Charcoal Applications on Organic Matter Storage in Silt-Sized Aggregates Formed during a Microcosm Experiment

article

Key drivers of pyrogenic carbon redistribution during a simulated rainfall event

scientific article published in 2021

Lignin from white-rotted European beech deadwood and soil functions

scientific article published in 2019

Linking soil organic matter dynamics and erosion-induced terrestrial carbon sequestration at different landform positions

scholarly article

Multiple elements of soil biodiversity drive ecosystem functions across biomes

scientific article published on 03 February 2020

On the role of soil water retention characteristic on aerobic microbial respiration

On the role of soil water retention characteristic on aerobic microbial respiration

scientific article published in 2019

Persistence of soil organic matter in eroding versus depositional landform positions

scholarly article

Politicizing Indiscriminate Terror: Imagining an Inclusive Framework for the Anti-Landmines Movement

Pyrogenic carbon erosion after the Rim Fire, Yosemite National Park: The Role of Burn Severity and Slope

Pyrolysis temperature and soil depth interactions determine PyC turnover and induced soil organic carbon priming

Reflections on Earth surface research

scientific article

Restoring function: Positive responses of carbon and nitrogen to 20 years of hydrologic restoration in montane meadows

scientific article published on 19 May 2022

Scientists from historically excluded groups face a hostile obstacle course

scientific article

Soil Erosion: Data Say C Sink

scientific article

Soil depth gradients in microbial growth kinetics under deeply- vs. shallow-rooted plants

preprint

Soil geochemistry as a driver of soil organic matter composition: insights from a soil chronosequence

scientific article published in 2022

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

scientific article

Stabilization Mechanisms and Decomposition Potential of Eroded Soil Organic Matter Pools in Temperate Forests of the Sierra Nevada, California

scientific article

Stream Water Chemistry in Mixed-Conifer Headwater Basins: Role of Water Sources, Seasonality, Watershed Characteristics, and Disturbances

Synergy between compost and cover crops leads to increased subsurface soil carbon storage

Temperature Increases Soil Respiration Across Ecosystem Types and Soil Development, But Soil Properties Determine the Magnitude of This Effect

Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Ten simple rules for creating and sustaining antiracist graduate programs

scientific article published in 2022

The Significance of the Erosion-induced Terrestrial Carbon Sink

article

The contribution of landmines to land degradation

scholarly article by Asmeret Asefaw Berhe et al published January 2007 in Land Degradation and Development

The future of ecology is collaborative, inclusive and deconstructs biases

article

The influence of soil age on ecosystem structure and function across biomes

scientific article published on 18 September 2020

The role of the physical properties of soil in determining biogeochemical responses to soil warming

Thermal alteration of soil organic matter properties: a systematic study to infer response of Sierra Nevada climosequence soils to forest fires

Thermal alteration of soil physico-chemical properties: a systematic study to infer response of Sierra Nevada climosequence soils to forest fires

scientific article

Thermal alteration of water extractable organic matter in climosequence soils from the Sierra Nevada, California

scholarly article

Towards diverse representation and inclusion in soil science in the United States

Tracing the source of soil organic matter eroded from temperate forest catchments using carbon and nitrogen isotopes

scholarly article

What’s Soil Got to Do with Climate Change?

scientific article published in January 2022