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List of works by Christopher B. Blackwood

A global Fine-Root Ecology Database to address below-ground challenges in plant ecology

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A molecular dawn for biogeochemistry

scientific article published on 2 May 2006

A toolkit for ARB to integrate custom databases and externally built phylogenies

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A worldview of root traits: the influence of ancestry, growth form, climate and mycorrhizal association on the functional trait variation of fine-root tissues in seed plants.

scientific article published on 25 April 2017

Aggregated and complementary: symmetric proliferation, overyielding, and mass effects explain fine-root biomass in soil patches in a diverse temperate deciduous forest landscape.

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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Tree Communities Have Greater Soil Fungal Diversity and Relative Abundances of Saprotrophs and Pathogens than Ectomycorrhizal Tree Communities

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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

Assessment of bias associated with incomplete extraction of microbial DNA from soil.

scientific article published on 26 June 2009

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

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Comparison of pectin-degrading fungal communities in temperate forests using glycosyl hydrolase family 28 pectinase primers targeting Ascomycete fungi.

scientific article published on 17 February 2016

Conspecific plant-soil feedback scales with population size in Lobelia siphilitica (Lobeliaceae).

scientific article published on 10 July 2013

Coordination between compound‐specific chemistry and morphology in plant roots aligns with ancestral mycorrhizal association in woody angiosperms

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Cultivable bacteria from ancient algal mats from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

scientific article published on 8 November 2011

Decay of ecosystem differences and decoupling of tree community–soil environment relationships at ecotones

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

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Dominant community mycorrhizal types influence local spatial structure between adult and juvenile temperate forest tree communities

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Effect of single-species and mixed-species leaf leachate on bacterial communities in biofilms

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Eubacterial communities in different soil macroaggregate environments and cropping systems

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Eubacterial community structure and population size within the soil light fraction, rhizosphere, and heavy fraction of several agricultural systems

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Evaluating the physical capture method of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism for comparison of soil microbial communities

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Evolutionary analysis of glycosyl hydrolase family 28 (GH28) suggests lineage-specific expansions in necrotrophic fungal pathogens.

scientific article published on 25 February 2011

Fine root morphology is phylogenetically structured, but nitrogen is related to the plant economics spectrum in temperate trees

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Impacts of prairie grass species restoration on plant community invasibility and soil processes in abandoned agricultural fields

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Independent evolutionary changes in fine-root traits among main clades during the diversification of seed plants

scientific article published on 13 June 2020

Initial nitrogen enrichment conditions determines variations in nitrogen substrate utilization by heterotrophic bacterial isolates

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

scientific article published on 29 June 2007

Metacommunity organization of soil microorganisms depends on habitat defined by presence of Lobelia siphilitica plants

scientific article published in January 2011

Microbial community structure and abundance in the rhizosphere and bulk soil of a tomato cropping system that includes cover crops

scholarly article by Jude E. Maul et al published May 2014 in Applied Soil Ecology

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

Molecular characterization of ancient algal mats from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

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Patterns in spatial distribution and root trait syndromes for ecto and arbuscular mycorrhizal temperate trees in a mixed broadleaf forest

scientific article published on 14 December 2017

Phylogenetically structured traits in root systems influence arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in woody angiosperms

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Phylum- and class-specific PCR primers for general microbial community analysis

scientific article published in October 2005

Physical and microbial mechanisms of decomposition vary in importance among root orders and tree species with differing chemical and morphological traits

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Phytobeneficial Properties of Bacteria Isolated from the Rhizosphere of Maize in Southwestern Nigerian Soils.

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Placing the effects of leaf litter diversity on saprotrophic microorganisms in the context of leaf type and habitat

scientific article published on 23 October 2010

Plant diversity on green roofs in the wild: Testing practitioner and ecological predictions in three midwestern (USA) cities

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Potential microbial bioindicators of phosphorus mining in a temperate deciduous forest

scientific article published on 03 July 2020

Resource availability controls fungal diversity across a plant diversity gradient

scientific article published in October 2006

Root traits are multidimensional: specific root length is independent from root tissue density and the plant economic spectrum: Commentary on Kramer-Walter et al . (2016)

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Short-term drought and long-term climate legacy affect production of chemical defenses among plant ecotypes

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

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Soil microbial communities associated with Bt and non-Bt corn in three soils.

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Suitability of PCR primers for characterizing invertebrate communities from soil and leaf litter targeting metazoan 18S ribosomal or cytochrome oxidase I (COI) genes

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Surface mines show little progress towards native species forest restoration following 35 years of passive management after initial reclamation

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Taxa-area relationship and neutral dynamics influence the diversity of fungal communities on senesced tree leaves

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Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism data analysis for quantitative comparison of microbial communities

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The distribution of below-ground traits is explained by intrinsic species differences and intraspecific plasticity in response to root neighbours

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The genetic characterization of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tagetis based on the 16S–23S rDNA intergenic spacer regions

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The spatial scaling of saprotrophic fungal beta diversity in decomposing leaves

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