List of works - M. Francesca Cotrufo

A new conceptual model on the fate and controls of fresh and pyrolized plant litter decomposition

scientific article published in 2015

A new technique to measure soil CO2 efflux at constant CO2 concentration

A question of litter quality

scientific article published in Nature

Adaptive multi-paddock grazing enhances soil carbon and nitrogen stocks and stabilization through mineral association in southeastern U.S. grazing lands

scientific article published in June 2021

An integrated spectroscopic and wet chemical approach to investigate grass litter decomposition chemistry

Associated vascular lesions in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

scientific article published on 01 April 2001

Author Correction: Different climate sensitivity of particulate and mineral-associated soil organic matter

correction of a scholarly article

Belowground carbon allocation patterns as determined by the in-growth soil core 13C technique across different ecosystem types

scholarly article by Cristina Martinez et al published February 2016 in Geoderma

Below‐ground biological responses to pyrogenic organic matter and litter inputs in grasslands

scientific article published on 30 May 2016

Biochar and nitrogen fertilizer alters soil nitrogen dynamics and greenhouse gas fluxes from two temperate soils

article

Biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity as key drivers of ecosystem services provided by soils

scholarly article

Civil disobedience movements such as School Strike for the Climate are raising public awareness of the climate change emergency

scientific article published on 23 January 2020

Climate, carbon content, and soil texture control the independent formation and persistence of particulate and mineral-associated organic matter in soil ⬇️

scholarly article

Conceptualizing soil organic matter into particulate and mineral-associated forms to address global change in the 21st century

scientific article published on 02 November 2019

Constraints on mineral-associated and particulate organic carbon response to regenerative management: carbon inputs and saturation deficit

scholarly article

Current status, uncertainty and future needs in soil organic carbon monitoring.

scientific article published on 13 September 2013

Decomposition of birch leaf litters with varying C-to-N ratios

article

Different climate sensitivity of particulate and mineral-associated soil organic matter

scientific article published in 2021

Dissolved Organic Matter Chemistry and Transport Along an Arctic Tundra Hillslope

scientific article published in 2019

Distribution of black carbon in ponderosa pine forest floor and soils following the High Park wildfire

scholarly article by C. M. Boot et al published 22 May 2015 in Biogeosciences

Does elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations affect wood decomposition?

article published in 2000

Effects of past, present and future atmospheric CO2 concentrations on soil organic matter dynamics in a chaparral ecosystem

article

Elevated CO2 reduces the nitrogen concentration of plant tissues

article

Elevated temperature increases the accumulation of microbial necromass nitrogen in soil via increasing microbial turnover

scientific article published on 07 June 2020

Feedback interactions between needle litter decomposition and rhizosphere activity

scientific article published in 2004

Fire affects root decomposition, soil food web structure, and carbon flow in tallgrass prairie

Forest soil carbon cycle under elevated CO2 - a case of increased throughput?

article by Martin Lukac et al published 1 January 2009 in Forestry

Formation of soil organic matter via biochemical and physical pathways of litter mass loss

Global change pressures on soils from land use and management

scientific article published on 24 August 2015

Grassland soil carbon sequestration: Current understanding, challenges, and solutions

scientific article published in 2022

I n ‐N‐O ut: A hierarchical framework to understand and predict soil carbon storage and nitrogen recycling

scientific article

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

scientific article published in 2022

Important constraints on soil organic carbon formation efficiency in subtropical and tropical grasslands

scientific article published in 2021

Infrequent compost applications increased plant productivity and soil organic carbon in irrigated pasture but not degraded rangeland

scientific article published in 2022

Inter-comparison of methods for quantifying above-ground leaf litter decomposition rates

Interactions between aged biochar, fresh low molecular weight carbon and soil organic carbon after 3.5 years soil-biochar incubations

scholarly article

Irrigation effects on the formation of soil organic matter from aboveground plant litter inputs in semiarid agricultural systems

scientific article published in 2022

Isolating organic carbon fractions with varying turnover rates in temperate agricultural soils – A comprehensive method comparison

Isotopic evidences for microbiologically mediated and direct C input to soil compounds from three different leaf litters during their decomposition

scientific article published on 15 February 2008

Leaf litter production and decomposition in a poplar short-rotation coppice exposed to free air CO2 enrichment (POPFACE)

article

Managing plant surplus carbon to generate soil organic matter in regenerative agriculture

scientific article

More new carbon in the mineral soil of a poplar plantation under Free Air Carbon Enrichment (POPFACE): Cause of increased priming effect?

scientific article published in 2004

Mycorrhizal Hyphal Turnover as a Dominant Process for Carbon Input into Soil Organic Matter

article

Naphthalene addition to soil surfaces: A feasible method to reduce soil micro-arthropods with negligible direct effects on soil C dynamics

scientific article published in 2014

Networking our science to characterize the state, vulnerabilities, and management opportunities of soil organic matter

scientific article published on 5 October 2017

Nitrogen Dynamics in an Established Alfalfa Field under Low Biochar Application Rates ⬇️

scholarly article

Palatability trials on hardwood leaf litter grown under elevated CO2: a stable carbon isotope study

Persistent soil carbon enhanced in Mollisols by well-managed grasslands but not annual grain or dairy forage cropping systems

scientific article published in 2022

Quantity of Standing Litter: A Driving Factor of Root Dynamics

article

Reply to Lajtha and Silva: Agriculture and soil carbon persistence of grassland-derived Mollisols

scientific article published in 2022

Simulating measurable ecosystem carbon and nitrogen dynamics with the mechanistically defined MEMS 2.0 model

scientific article published on 26 May 2021

Soil C storage following salvage logging and residue management in bark beetle-infested lodgepole pine forests

scientific article published in 2020

Soil carbon storage informed by particulate and mineral-associated organic matter ⬇️

scholarly article

Soil microarthropods support ecosystem productivity and soil C accrual: Evidence from a litter decomposition study in the tallgrass prairie

article by Jennifer L. Soong et al published January 2016 in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Soil microbial CNP and respiration responses to organic matter and nutrient additions: Evidence from a tropical soil incubation

article

Soil organic matter dynamics: land use, management and global change

Soil organic matter pools under management intensification of loblolly pine plantations

scholarly article

Sorption to Biochar Impacts β-Glucosidase and Phosphatase Enzyme Activities

The Microbial Efficiency-Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?

scientific article published on 05 February 2013

The ability of soils to aggregate, more than the state of aggregation, promotes protected soil organic matter formation

scholarly article published in February 2024

The likely impact of elevated [CO2], nitrogen deposition, increased temperature and management on carbon sequestration in temperate and boreal forest ecosystems: a literature review

scientific article published on January 2007

Trade-off between ‘new’ SOC stabilisation from above-ground inputs and priming of native C as determined by soil type and residue placement

scientific article published in 2020

Transfer of 137Cs and 60Co from irrigation water to a soil-tomato plant system

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Trends and methodological impacts in soil CO2 efflux partitioning: A metaanalytical review

article

Unifying soil organic matter formation and persistence frameworks: the MEMS model

scientific article published in 2019

Universality of priming effect: An analysis using thirty five soils with contrasted properties sampled from five continents

Using litter chemistry controls on microbial processes to partition litter carbon fluxes with the Litter Decomposition and Leaching (LIDEL) model

scientific article published on 24 June 2016

List of works by M. Francesca Cotrufo

A new conceptual model on the fate and controls of fresh and pyrolized plant litter decomposition

A new technique to measure soil CO2 efflux at constant CO2 concentration

A question of litter quality

Adaptive multi-paddock grazing enhances soil carbon and nitrogen stocks and stabilization through mineral association in southeastern U.S. grazing lands

An integrated spectroscopic and wet chemical approach to investigate grass litter decomposition chemistry

Associated vascular lesions in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

Author Correction: Different climate sensitivity of particulate and mineral-associated soil organic matter

Belowground carbon allocation patterns as determined by the in-growth soil core 13C technique across different ecosystem types

Below‐ground biological responses to pyrogenic organic matter and litter inputs in grasslands

Biochar and nitrogen fertilizer alters soil nitrogen dynamics and greenhouse gas fluxes from two temperate soils

Biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity as key drivers of ecosystem services provided by soils

Civil disobedience movements such as School Strike for the Climate are raising public awareness of the climate change emergency

Climate, carbon content, and soil texture control the independent formation and persistence of particulate and mineral-associated organic matter in soil ⬇️

Conceptualizing soil organic matter into particulate and mineral-associated forms to address global change in the 21st century

Constraints on mineral-associated and particulate organic carbon response to regenerative management: carbon inputs and saturation deficit

Current status, uncertainty and future needs in soil organic carbon monitoring.

Decomposition of birch leaf litters with varying C-to-N ratios

Different climate sensitivity of particulate and mineral-associated soil organic matter

Dissolved Organic Matter Chemistry and Transport Along an Arctic Tundra Hillslope

Distribution of black carbon in ponderosa pine forest floor and soils following the High Park wildfire

Does elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations affect wood decomposition?

Effects of past, present and future atmospheric CO2 concentrations on soil organic matter dynamics in a chaparral ecosystem

Elevated CO2 reduces the nitrogen concentration of plant tissues

Elevated temperature increases the accumulation of microbial necromass nitrogen in soil via increasing microbial turnover

Feedback interactions between needle litter decomposition and rhizosphere activity

Fire affects root decomposition, soil food web structure, and carbon flow in tallgrass prairie

Forest soil carbon cycle under elevated CO2 - a case of increased throughput?

Formation of soil organic matter via biochemical and physical pathways of litter mass loss

Global change pressures on soils from land use and management

Grassland soil carbon sequestration: Current understanding, challenges, and solutions

I n ‐N‐O ut: A hierarchical framework to understand and predict soil carbon storage and nitrogen recycling

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

Important constraints on soil organic carbon formation efficiency in subtropical and tropical grasslands

Infrequent compost applications increased plant productivity and soil organic carbon in irrigated pasture but not degraded rangeland

Inter-comparison of methods for quantifying above-ground leaf litter decomposition rates

Interactions between aged biochar, fresh low molecular weight carbon and soil organic carbon after 3.5 years soil-biochar incubations

Irrigation effects on the formation of soil organic matter from aboveground plant litter inputs in semiarid agricultural systems

Isolating organic carbon fractions with varying turnover rates in temperate agricultural soils – A comprehensive method comparison

Isotopic evidences for microbiologically mediated and direct C input to soil compounds from three different leaf litters during their decomposition

Leaf litter production and decomposition in a poplar short-rotation coppice exposed to free air CO2 enrichment (POPFACE)

Managing plant surplus carbon to generate soil organic matter in regenerative agriculture

More new carbon in the mineral soil of a poplar plantation under Free Air Carbon Enrichment (POPFACE): Cause of increased priming effect?

Mycorrhizal Hyphal Turnover as a Dominant Process for Carbon Input into Soil Organic Matter

Naphthalene addition to soil surfaces: A feasible method to reduce soil micro-arthropods with negligible direct effects on soil C dynamics

Networking our science to characterize the state, vulnerabilities, and management opportunities of soil organic matter

Nitrogen Dynamics in an Established Alfalfa Field under Low Biochar Application Rates ⬇️

Palatability trials on hardwood leaf litter grown under elevated CO2: a stable carbon isotope study

Persistent soil carbon enhanced in Mollisols by well-managed grasslands but not annual grain or dairy forage cropping systems

Quantity of Standing Litter: A Driving Factor of Root Dynamics

Reply to Lajtha and Silva: Agriculture and soil carbon persistence of grassland-derived Mollisols

Simulating measurable ecosystem carbon and nitrogen dynamics with the mechanistically defined MEMS 2.0 model

Soil C storage following salvage logging and residue management in bark beetle-infested lodgepole pine forests

Soil carbon storage informed by particulate and mineral-associated organic matter ⬇️

Soil microarthropods support ecosystem productivity and soil C accrual: Evidence from a litter decomposition study in the tallgrass prairie

Soil microbial CNP and respiration responses to organic matter and nutrient additions: Evidence from a tropical soil incubation

Soil organic matter dynamics: land use, management and global change

Soil organic matter pools under management intensification of loblolly pine plantations

Sorption to Biochar Impacts β-Glucosidase and Phosphatase Enzyme Activities

The Microbial Efficiency-Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?

The ability of soils to aggregate, more than the state of aggregation, promotes protected soil organic matter formation

The likely impact of elevated [CO2], nitrogen deposition, increased temperature and management on carbon sequestration in temperate and boreal forest ecosystems: a literature review

Trade-off between ‘new’ SOC stabilisation from above-ground inputs and priming of native C as determined by soil type and residue placement

Transfer of 137Cs and 60Co from irrigation water to a soil-tomato plant system

Trends and methodological impacts in soil CO2 efflux partitioning: A metaanalytical review

Unifying soil organic matter formation and persistence frameworks: the MEMS model

Universality of priming effect: An analysis using thirty five soils with contrasted properties sampled from five continents

Using litter chemistry controls on microbial processes to partition litter carbon fluxes with the Litter Decomposition and Leaching (LIDEL) model