List of works - Nicholas Ostle

13CO2 pulse labelling of plants in tandem with stable isotope probing: methodological considerations for examining microbial function in the rhizosphere.

scientific article published in July 2004

Active root-inhabiting microbes identified by rapid incorporation of plant-derived carbon into RNA

scholarly article

An enzymic 'latch' on a global carbon store

scientific article

Aridity influences root versus shoot contributions to steppe grassland soil carbon stock and its stability

scientific article published in 2022

Belowground competition drives invasive plant impact on native species regardless of nitrogen availability

scientific article

Biogeographic differences in soil biota promote invasive grass response to nutrient addition relative to co-occurring species despite lack of belowground enemy release

scientific article

Biotic and Abiotic Factors Interact to Regulate Northern Peatland Carbon Cycling

Boreal Forest Floor Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across a Pleurozium schreberi-Dominated, Wildfire-Disturbed Chronosequence

scientific article

Carbon assimilation and turnover in grassland vegetation using an in situ (13)CO(2) pulse labelling system

scientific article

Combatting global grassland degradation

Completing the FACE of elevated CO₂ research

scientific article (publication date: December 2014)

Composition and concentration of root exudate analogues regulate greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical peat

article

Contrasting growth responses of dominant peatland plants to warming and vegetation composition.

scientific article published on 18 February 2015

Decoupled Spatial Distribution of PAHs Degraders Determined by Taxonomic 16S rRNA and Degrading Genes Across Chinese Forest Soils

scientific article published in 2020

Determination of rhizosphere13C pulse signals in soil thin sections by laser ablation isotope ratio mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Direct isotopic evidence of biogenic methane production and efflux from beneath a temperate glacier

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Does agri-environmental management enhance biodiversity and multiple ecosystem services?: A farm-scale experiment

scientific article published in 2021

Dominant native and non‐native graminoids differ in key leaf traits irrespective of nutrient availability

scientific article published on 12 March 2020

Drought soil legacy overrides maternal effects on plant growth

scientific article published on 29 April 2019

Earthworm extraction by electroshocking does not affect canopy CO2 exchange, root respiration, mycorrhizal fungal abundance or mycorrhizal fungal vitality

Effects of sieving, drying and rewetting upon soil bacterial community structure and respiration rates.

scientific article

Effects of species evenness and dominant species identity on multiple ecosystem functions in model grassland communities

scientific article published on 9 November 2013

Elevated CO2 Effects on Peatland Plant Community Carbon Dynamics and DOC Production

article

Flux and turnover of fixed carbon in soil microbial biomass of limed and unlimed plots of an upland grassland ecosystem

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

Fungal diversity regulates plant-soil feedbacks in temperate grassland

article

Grassland biodiversity restoration increases resistance of carbon fluxes to drought

scientific article published on 19 April 2019

Grazing increases the temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition in a temperate grassland

Ground-level climate at a peatland wind farm in Scotland is affected by wind turbine operation

scientific article published in 2016

Gully hotspot contribution to landscape methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes in a northern peatland.

scientific article

Harmonising conflicts between science, regulation, perception and environmental impact: the case of soil conditioners from bioenergy.

scientific article

Historical context modifies plant diversity–community productivity relationships in alpine grassland

scientific article published in 2022

Imaging spectroscopy reveals the effects of topography and logging on the leaf chemistry of tropical forest canopy trees

scientific article published on 17 December 2019

Impact of plant species evenness, dominant species identity and spatial arrangement on the structure and functioning of soil microbial communities in a model grassland

scientific article

Insights into the fate of a 13C labelled phenol pulse for stable isotope probing (SIP) experiments.

scientific article published on 21 February 2007

Integrating plant-soil interactions into global carbon cycle models

article

Interactions between climate warming and land management regulate greenhouse gas fluxes in a temperate grassland ecosystem

scientific article published on 12 April 2022

Interactive biotic and abiotic regulators of soil carbon cycling: evidence from controlled climate experiments on peatland and boreal soils

scientific article

Invasive N-fixer Impacts on Litter Decomposition Driven by Changes to Soil Properties Not Litter Quality

Isotopic evidence of biotrophy and unusual nitrogen nutrition in soil-dwelling Hygrophoraceae

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Key impacts of climate engineering on biodiversity and ecosystems, with priorities for future research

article

Land use driven change in soil pH affects microbial carbon cycling processes

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Land use not litter quality is a stronger driver of decomposition in hyperdiverse tropical forest.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Land-use changes alter soil bacterial composition and diversity in tropical forest soil in China

scientific article published on 07 January 2020

Logging and soil nutrients independently explain plant trait expression in tropical forests

scientific article published on 20 September 2018

Long term changes in the distribution and delta(15)N values of individual soil amino acids in the absence of plant and fertiliser inputs.

scientific article published in December 2004

Methane indicator values for peatlands: a comparison of species and functional groups ⬇️

scientific article published on January 20, 2013

Microbial carbon mineralization in tropical lowland and montane forest soils of Peru

scientific article

Microbial community composition explains soil respiration responses to changing carbon inputs along an Andes-to-Amazon elevation gradient

scientific article

Microbial contributions to climate change through carbon cycle feedbacks

scientific article

Microbial responses to warming enhance soil carbon loss following translocation across a tropical forest elevation gradient

scientific article published on 06 September 2019

Moss species effects on peatland carbon cycling after fire

scientific article published in 2012

Plant functional type indirectly affects peatland carbon fluxes and their sensitivity to environmental change

scientific article published in 2020

Plant soil interactions alter carbon cycling in an upland grassland soil.

scientific article

Plant-soil interactions and the carbon cycle

article

Plastic and genetic responses of a common sedge to warming have contrasting effects on carbon cycle processes

scientific article published on 22 November 2018

Predicting the structure of soil communities from plant community taxonomy, phylogeny, and traits.

scientific article published on 9 March 2018

Relationships between plant traits, soil properties and carbon fluxes differ between monocultures and mixed communities in temperate grassland

scientific article published on 25 March 2019

Respiration of the external mycelium in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis shows strong dependence on recent photosynthates and acclimation to temperature

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Revealing the uncultivated majority: combining DNA stable-isotope probing, multiple displacement amplification and metagenomic analyses of uncultivated Methylocystis in acidic peatlands.

scientific article

Root Herbivores Drive Changes to Plant Primary Chemistry, but Root Loss Is Mitigated under Elevated Atmospheric CO2.

scientific article

Root exudate analogues accelerate CO 2 and CH 4 production in tropical peat

scholarly article by N.T. Girkin et al published February 2018 in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Root oxygen mitigates methane fluxes in tropical peatlands

scientific article published in 2020

Root-derived CO2 flux from a tropical peatland

scientific article published in 2018

Seasonal variations in decomposition processes in a valley-bottom riparian peatland.

scientific article

Soil Methane Sink Capacity Response to a Long-Term Wildfire Chronosequence in Northern Sweden.

scientific article published on 15 September 2015

Soil bacterial networks are less stable under drought than fungal networks

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Soil multifunctionality and drought resistance are determined by plant structural traits in restoring grassland

scientific article published on 20 August 2018

Solar park microclimate and vegetation management effects on grassland carbon cycling

scientific article published on 13 July 2016

Spatial heterogeneity in the relocation of added 13C within the structure of an upland grassland soil

Spatial variability of organic matter properties determines methane fluxes in a tropical forested peatland

scientific article published on 26 November 2018

Technical considerations for RNA-based stable isotope probing: an approach to associating microbial diversity with microbial community function.

scientific article published in January 2002

Temporal and spatial influences incur reconfiguration of Arctic heathland soil bacterial community structure

scientific article

The Influence of Dung Amendments on Dissolved Organic Matter in Grassland Soil Leachates - Preliminary Results from a Lysimeter Study

scientific article published in September 1999

The speed of soil carbon throughput in an upland grassland is increased by liming

scientific article published on 01 May 2003

Tracing nitrogen derived from slurry in earthworms using 15N/14N stable isotope ratios at natural abundances

scientific article published in 1999

Vascular plants promote ancient peatland carbon loss with climate warming

scientific article

Vegetation affects the relative abundances of dominant soil bacterial taxa and soil respiration rates in an upland grassland soil.

scientific article published on 25 August 2009

Vegetation exerts a greater control on litter decomposition than climate warming in peatlands

scientific article

Warming effects on greenhouse gas fluxes in peatlands are modulated by vegetation composition

scientific article published on 18 August 2013

Wind farm and solar park effects on plant-soil carbon cycling: uncertain impacts of changes in ground-level microclimate.

scientific article

β-Glucosidase activity in pasture soils

article published in 2002

List of works by Nicholas Ostle

13CO2 pulse labelling of plants in tandem with stable isotope probing: methodological considerations for examining microbial function in the rhizosphere.

Active root-inhabiting microbes identified by rapid incorporation of plant-derived carbon into RNA

An enzymic 'latch' on a global carbon store

Aridity influences root versus shoot contributions to steppe grassland soil carbon stock and its stability

Belowground competition drives invasive plant impact on native species regardless of nitrogen availability

Biogeographic differences in soil biota promote invasive grass response to nutrient addition relative to co-occurring species despite lack of belowground enemy release

Biotic and Abiotic Factors Interact to Regulate Northern Peatland Carbon Cycling

Boreal Forest Floor Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across a Pleurozium schreberi-Dominated, Wildfire-Disturbed Chronosequence

Carbon assimilation and turnover in grassland vegetation using an in situ (13)CO(2) pulse labelling system

Combatting global grassland degradation

Completing the FACE of elevated CO₂ research

Composition and concentration of root exudate analogues regulate greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical peat

Contrasting growth responses of dominant peatland plants to warming and vegetation composition.

Decoupled Spatial Distribution of PAHs Degraders Determined by Taxonomic 16S rRNA and Degrading Genes Across Chinese Forest Soils

Determination of rhizosphere13C pulse signals in soil thin sections by laser ablation isotope ratio mass spectrometry

Direct isotopic evidence of biogenic methane production and efflux from beneath a temperate glacier

Does agri-environmental management enhance biodiversity and multiple ecosystem services?: A farm-scale experiment

Dominant native and non‐native graminoids differ in key leaf traits irrespective of nutrient availability

Drought soil legacy overrides maternal effects on plant growth

Earthworm extraction by electroshocking does not affect canopy CO2 exchange, root respiration, mycorrhizal fungal abundance or mycorrhizal fungal vitality

Effects of sieving, drying and rewetting upon soil bacterial community structure and respiration rates.

Effects of species evenness and dominant species identity on multiple ecosystem functions in model grassland communities

Elevated CO2 Effects on Peatland Plant Community Carbon Dynamics and DOC Production

Flux and turnover of fixed carbon in soil microbial biomass of limed and unlimed plots of an upland grassland ecosystem

Fungal diversity regulates plant-soil feedbacks in temperate grassland

Grassland biodiversity restoration increases resistance of carbon fluxes to drought

Grazing increases the temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition in a temperate grassland

Ground-level climate at a peatland wind farm in Scotland is affected by wind turbine operation

Gully hotspot contribution to landscape methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes in a northern peatland.

Harmonising conflicts between science, regulation, perception and environmental impact: the case of soil conditioners from bioenergy.

Historical context modifies plant diversity–community productivity relationships in alpine grassland

Imaging spectroscopy reveals the effects of topography and logging on the leaf chemistry of tropical forest canopy trees

Impact of plant species evenness, dominant species identity and spatial arrangement on the structure and functioning of soil microbial communities in a model grassland

Insights into the fate of a 13C labelled phenol pulse for stable isotope probing (SIP) experiments.

Integrating plant-soil interactions into global carbon cycle models

Interactions between climate warming and land management regulate greenhouse gas fluxes in a temperate grassland ecosystem

Interactive biotic and abiotic regulators of soil carbon cycling: evidence from controlled climate experiments on peatland and boreal soils

Invasive N-fixer Impacts on Litter Decomposition Driven by Changes to Soil Properties Not Litter Quality

Isotopic evidence of biotrophy and unusual nitrogen nutrition in soil-dwelling Hygrophoraceae

Key impacts of climate engineering on biodiversity and ecosystems, with priorities for future research

Land use driven change in soil pH affects microbial carbon cycling processes

Land use not litter quality is a stronger driver of decomposition in hyperdiverse tropical forest.

Land-use changes alter soil bacterial composition and diversity in tropical forest soil in China

Logging and soil nutrients independently explain plant trait expression in tropical forests

Long term changes in the distribution and delta(15)N values of individual soil amino acids in the absence of plant and fertiliser inputs.

Methane indicator values for peatlands: a comparison of species and functional groups ⬇️

Microbial carbon mineralization in tropical lowland and montane forest soils of Peru

Microbial community composition explains soil respiration responses to changing carbon inputs along an Andes-to-Amazon elevation gradient

Microbial contributions to climate change through carbon cycle feedbacks

Microbial responses to warming enhance soil carbon loss following translocation across a tropical forest elevation gradient

Moss species effects on peatland carbon cycling after fire

Plant functional type indirectly affects peatland carbon fluxes and their sensitivity to environmental change

Plant soil interactions alter carbon cycling in an upland grassland soil.

Plant-soil interactions and the carbon cycle

Plastic and genetic responses of a common sedge to warming have contrasting effects on carbon cycle processes

Predicting the structure of soil communities from plant community taxonomy, phylogeny, and traits.

Relationships between plant traits, soil properties and carbon fluxes differ between monocultures and mixed communities in temperate grassland

Respiration of the external mycelium in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis shows strong dependence on recent photosynthates and acclimation to temperature

Revealing the uncultivated majority: combining DNA stable-isotope probing, multiple displacement amplification and metagenomic analyses of uncultivated Methylocystis in acidic peatlands.

Root Herbivores Drive Changes to Plant Primary Chemistry, but Root Loss Is Mitigated under Elevated Atmospheric CO2.

Root exudate analogues accelerate CO 2 and CH 4 production in tropical peat

Root oxygen mitigates methane fluxes in tropical peatlands

Root-derived CO2 flux from a tropical peatland

Seasonal variations in decomposition processes in a valley-bottom riparian peatland.

Soil Methane Sink Capacity Response to a Long-Term Wildfire Chronosequence in Northern Sweden.

Soil bacterial networks are less stable under drought than fungal networks

Soil multifunctionality and drought resistance are determined by plant structural traits in restoring grassland

Solar park microclimate and vegetation management effects on grassland carbon cycling

Spatial heterogeneity in the relocation of added 13C within the structure of an upland grassland soil

Spatial variability of organic matter properties determines methane fluxes in a tropical forested peatland

Technical considerations for RNA-based stable isotope probing: an approach to associating microbial diversity with microbial community function.

Temporal and spatial influences incur reconfiguration of Arctic heathland soil bacterial community structure

The Influence of Dung Amendments on Dissolved Organic Matter in Grassland Soil Leachates - Preliminary Results from a Lysimeter Study

The speed of soil carbon throughput in an upland grassland is increased by liming

Tracing nitrogen derived from slurry in earthworms using 15N/14N stable isotope ratios at natural abundances

Vascular plants promote ancient peatland carbon loss with climate warming

Vegetation affects the relative abundances of dominant soil bacterial taxa and soil respiration rates in an upland grassland soil.

Vegetation exerts a greater control on litter decomposition than climate warming in peatlands

Warming effects on greenhouse gas fluxes in peatlands are modulated by vegetation composition