List of works - Alan Townsend

A comparison of plot-based satellite and Earth system model estimates of tropical forest net primary production

article

Accumulation of atmospheric sulfur in some Costa Rican soils

scholarly article

Agricultural legacies, food production and its environmental consequences ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 17 April 2012)

Assessing nutrient limitation in complex forested ecosystems: alternatives to large-scale fertilization experiments

scientific article

Boundary issues

Changes in assembly processes in soil bacterial communities following a wildfire disturbance

scientific article

Climate, Topography, and Canopy Chemistry Exert Hierarchical Control Over Soil N Cycling in a Neotropical Lowland Forest

scientific article published in 2017

Climatic, edaphic, and biotic controls over storage and turnover of carbon in soils

article

Controls over foliar N:P ratios in tropical rain forests

scientific article

Controls over leaf litter decomposition in wet tropical forests

scientific article published on December 2009

Decreases in average bacterial community rRNA operon copy number during succession

scientific article

Disease Ecology Meets Ecosystem Science

scientific article published on 23 February 2016

Do we need to understand microbial communities to predict ecosystem function? A comparison of statistical models of nitrogen cycling processes

article

Ecological Science and Sustainability for the 21st Century

scientific article published in 2005

Ecological science and sustainability for the 21st century

article

Ecology. Ecology for a crowded planet

scientific article

Effects of canopy tree species on belowground biogeochemistry in a lowland wet tropical forest

scientific article published in 2013

Environmental controls on canopy foliar nitrogen distributions in a Neotropical lowland forest

scientific article published on 04 August 2016

Erosion and landscape development decouple strontium and sulfur in the transition to dominance by atmospheric inputs

article

Experimental drought in a tropical rain forest increases soil carbon dioxide losses to the atmosphere.

scientific article published on August 2010

Experimental litterfall manipulation drives large and rapid changes in soil carbon cycling in a wet tropical forest

scientific article published on 25 June 2012

Experimental removal and addition of leaf litter inputs reduces nitrate production and loss in a lowland tropical forest

article

Fixing the global nitrogen problem.

scientific article

Global patterns in the biogeography of bacterial taxa

scientific article published in January 2011

Global patterns of terrestrial biological nitrogen (N<sub>2</sub>) fixation in natural ecosystems

scientific article published on 08 December 2003

Greater stem growth, woody allocation, and aboveground biomass in Paleotropical forests than in Neotropical forests

scientific article published on 22 February 2019

Impacts of biomass burning emissions and land use change on Amazonian atmospheric phosphorus cycling and deposition

article by Natalie M. Mahowald et al published December 2005 in Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Increases in soil respiration following labile carbon additions linked to rapid shifts in soil microbial community composition

scientific article published in 2006

Intentional versus unintentional nitrogen use in the United States: trends, efficiency and implications

Interactions among nitrogen fixation and soil phosphorus acquisition strategies in lowland tropical rain forests

scientific article published on 28 July 2014

Land use effects on atmospheric13C imply a sizable terrestrial CO2sink in tropical latitudes

scholarly article

Landscape-Scale Controls on Aboveground Forest Carbon Stocks on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

scientific article

Leaf litter arthropod responses to tropical forest restoration

scientific article

Leaf litter inputs reinforce islands of nitrogen fertility in a lowland tropical forest

scientific article published in 2020

Linking environmental nutrient enrichment and disease emergence in humans and wildlife

scientific article (publication date: 2010)

Microbial community shifts influence patterns in tropical forest nitrogen fixation

scientific article

Multi-element regulation of the tropical forest carbon cycle

scientific article published in 2011

Multiple dimensions of resource limitation in tropical forests

scientific article

Native tree species regulate nitrous oxide fluxes in tropical plantations

scientific article

Nitrogen limitation of pond ecosystems on the plains of Eastern Colorado

scientific article

Nutrient acquisition, soil phosphorus partitioning and competition among trees in a lowland tropical rain forest

scientific article published on 6 March 2017

Nutrient additions to a tropical rain forest drive substantial soil carbon dioxide losses to the atmosphere

scientific article

Nutrient regulation of organic matter decomposition in a tropical rain forest.

scientific article published on February 2006

Organic forms dominate hydrologic nitrogen export from a lowland tropical watershed

scientific article published on May 2015

Organic matter inputs shift soil enzyme activity and allocation patterns in a wet tropical forest

article

Palm oil wastewater methane emissions and bioenergy potential

article

Parasite infection alters nitrogen cycling at the ecosystem scale

scientific article

Pasture degradation in the central Amazon: linking changes in carbon and nutrient cycling with remote sensing

Perspectives on the Modern Nitrogen Cycle1

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Phosphorus fertilization stimulates nitrogen fixation and increases inorganic nitrogen concentrations in a restored prairie

scientific article published in 2007

Physical and biogeochemical controls over terrestrial ecosystem responses to nitrogen deposition

article

Plot-scale manipulations of organic matter inputs to soils correlate with shifts in microbial community composition in a lowland tropical rain forest

article

Relationships among net primary productivity, nutrients and climate in tropical rain forest: a pan-tropical analysis

scientific article published on 12 July 2011

Relationships among net primary productivity, nutrients and climate in tropical rain forest: a pan-tropical analysis

article

Relationships among phosphorus, molybdenum and free-living nitrogen fixation in tropical rain forests: results from observational and experimental analyses

scientific article published in 2013

Remotely sensed canopy nitrogen correlates with nitrous oxide emissions in a lowland tropical rainforest

scholarly article by Fiona M Soper et al published September 2018 in Ecology

Satellite observation of El Niño effects on Amazon Forest phenology and productivity

scholarly article

Soil Microbial Dynamics in Costa Rica: Seasonal and Biogeochemical Constraints

scholarly article by Cory C Cleveland et al published June 2004 in Biotropica

Soil Microbial Dynamics in Costa Rica: Seasonal and Biogeochemical Constraints1

scientific article published in 2004

Soil Organic Matter Dynamics Along Gradients in Temperature and Land Use on the Island of Hawaii

scientific article published in 1995

Sources of reactive nitrogen affecting ecosystems in Latin America and the Caribbean: current trends and future perspectives

article

Spatially robust estimates of biological nitrogen (N) fixation imply substantial human alteration of the tropical N cycle

scientific article

Spectrometry of pasture condition and biogeochemistry in the central Amazon

scientific article published in 1999

Stoichiometric control of organic carbon-nitrate relationships from soils to the sea.

scientific article published in April 2010

Stoichiometric patterns in foliar nutrient resorption across multiple scales

scientific article

Temperature and rainfall interact to control carbon cycling in tropical forests

scientific article

The Decoupling of Terrestrial Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles

The Effects of Soil Bacterial Community Structure on Decomposition in a Tropical Rain Forest

scholarly article by Jonathan W. Leff et al published 21 December 2011 in Ecosystems

The biogeochemical heterogeneity of tropical forests

scientific article published on 24 June 2008

The effects of chronic nitrogen fertilization on alpine tundra soil microbial communities: implications for carbon and nitrogen cycling.

scientific article

The globalization of N deposition: ecosystem consequences in tropical environments

article

The globalization of N deposition: ecosystem consequences in tropical environments

scientific article published in 1999

The importance of interdisciplinary communication with patients about complex, chronic illnesses: our experiences as parents of a child with a craniopharyngioma

scientific article published in January 2015

The lessons of biogeochemistry

scientific article published in 2017

The role of nitrogen in climate change and the impacts of nitrogen–climate interactions in the United States: foreword to thematic issue

scientific article published in 2012

Topographic controls on soil nitrogen availability in a lowland tropical forest

scientific article published in 2015

Topographic distributions of emergent trees in tropical forests of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

scientific article published on 30 May 2016

Tree species control rates of free-living nitrogen fixation in a tropical rain forest

scientific article

Tropical tree species composition affects the oxidation of dissolved organic matter from litter

article

UNEXPECTED DOMINANCE OF PARENT-MATERIAL STRONTIUM IN A TROPICAL FOREST ON HIGHLY WEATHERED SOILS

scientific article published in 2005

Uncertainties in the temperature sensitivity of decomposition in tropical and subtropical ecosystems: Implications for models

article

Unexpected changes in soil phosphorus dynamics along pasture chronosequences in the humid tropics

article

Using indirect methods to constrain symbiotic nitrogen fixation rates: a case study from an Amazonian rain forest

scholarly article by Cory C Cleveland et al published 5 December 2009 in Biogeochemistry

Variable effects of nitrogen additions on the stability and turnover of soil carbon

scientific article published in October 2002

Variations in the predicted spatial distribution of atmospheric nitrogen deposition and their impact on carbon uptake by terrestrial ecosystems

article published in 1997

List of works by Alan Townsend

A comparison of plot-based satellite and Earth system model estimates of tropical forest net primary production

Accumulation of atmospheric sulfur in some Costa Rican soils

Agricultural legacies, food production and its environmental consequences ⬇️

Assessing nutrient limitation in complex forested ecosystems: alternatives to large-scale fertilization experiments

Boundary issues

Changes in assembly processes in soil bacterial communities following a wildfire disturbance

Climate, Topography, and Canopy Chemistry Exert Hierarchical Control Over Soil N Cycling in a Neotropical Lowland Forest

Climatic, edaphic, and biotic controls over storage and turnover of carbon in soils

Controls over foliar N:P ratios in tropical rain forests

Controls over leaf litter decomposition in wet tropical forests

Decreases in average bacterial community rRNA operon copy number during succession

Disease Ecology Meets Ecosystem Science

Do we need to understand microbial communities to predict ecosystem function? A comparison of statistical models of nitrogen cycling processes

Ecological Science and Sustainability for the 21st Century

Ecological science and sustainability for the 21st century

Ecology. Ecology for a crowded planet

Effects of canopy tree species on belowground biogeochemistry in a lowland wet tropical forest

Environmental controls on canopy foliar nitrogen distributions in a Neotropical lowland forest

Erosion and landscape development decouple strontium and sulfur in the transition to dominance by atmospheric inputs

Experimental drought in a tropical rain forest increases soil carbon dioxide losses to the atmosphere.

Experimental litterfall manipulation drives large and rapid changes in soil carbon cycling in a wet tropical forest

Experimental removal and addition of leaf litter inputs reduces nitrate production and loss in a lowland tropical forest

Fixing the global nitrogen problem.

Global patterns in the biogeography of bacterial taxa

Global patterns of terrestrial biological nitrogen (N<sub>2</sub>) fixation in natural ecosystems

Greater stem growth, woody allocation, and aboveground biomass in Paleotropical forests than in Neotropical forests

Impacts of biomass burning emissions and land use change on Amazonian atmospheric phosphorus cycling and deposition

Increases in soil respiration following labile carbon additions linked to rapid shifts in soil microbial community composition

Intentional versus unintentional nitrogen use in the United States: trends, efficiency and implications

Interactions among nitrogen fixation and soil phosphorus acquisition strategies in lowland tropical rain forests

Land use effects on atmospheric13C imply a sizable terrestrial CO2sink in tropical latitudes

Landscape-Scale Controls on Aboveground Forest Carbon Stocks on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Leaf litter arthropod responses to tropical forest restoration

Leaf litter inputs reinforce islands of nitrogen fertility in a lowland tropical forest

Linking environmental nutrient enrichment and disease emergence in humans and wildlife

Microbial community shifts influence patterns in tropical forest nitrogen fixation

Multi-element regulation of the tropical forest carbon cycle

Multiple dimensions of resource limitation in tropical forests

Native tree species regulate nitrous oxide fluxes in tropical plantations

Nitrogen limitation of pond ecosystems on the plains of Eastern Colorado

Nutrient acquisition, soil phosphorus partitioning and competition among trees in a lowland tropical rain forest

Nutrient additions to a tropical rain forest drive substantial soil carbon dioxide losses to the atmosphere

Nutrient regulation of organic matter decomposition in a tropical rain forest.

Organic forms dominate hydrologic nitrogen export from a lowland tropical watershed

Organic matter inputs shift soil enzyme activity and allocation patterns in a wet tropical forest

Palm oil wastewater methane emissions and bioenergy potential

Parasite infection alters nitrogen cycling at the ecosystem scale

Pasture degradation in the central Amazon: linking changes in carbon and nutrient cycling with remote sensing

Perspectives on the Modern Nitrogen Cycle1

Phosphorus fertilization stimulates nitrogen fixation and increases inorganic nitrogen concentrations in a restored prairie

Physical and biogeochemical controls over terrestrial ecosystem responses to nitrogen deposition

Plot-scale manipulations of organic matter inputs to soils correlate with shifts in microbial community composition in a lowland tropical rain forest

Relationships among net primary productivity, nutrients and climate in tropical rain forest: a pan-tropical analysis

Relationships among net primary productivity, nutrients and climate in tropical rain forest: a pan-tropical analysis

Relationships among phosphorus, molybdenum and free-living nitrogen fixation in tropical rain forests: results from observational and experimental analyses

Remotely sensed canopy nitrogen correlates with nitrous oxide emissions in a lowland tropical rainforest

Satellite observation of El Niño effects on Amazon Forest phenology and productivity

Soil Microbial Dynamics in Costa Rica: Seasonal and Biogeochemical Constraints

Soil Microbial Dynamics in Costa Rica: Seasonal and Biogeochemical Constraints1

Soil Organic Matter Dynamics Along Gradients in Temperature and Land Use on the Island of Hawaii

Sources of reactive nitrogen affecting ecosystems in Latin America and the Caribbean: current trends and future perspectives

Spatially robust estimates of biological nitrogen (N) fixation imply substantial human alteration of the tropical N cycle

Spectrometry of pasture condition and biogeochemistry in the central Amazon

Stoichiometric control of organic carbon-nitrate relationships from soils to the sea.

Stoichiometric patterns in foliar nutrient resorption across multiple scales

Temperature and rainfall interact to control carbon cycling in tropical forests

The Decoupling of Terrestrial Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles

The Effects of Soil Bacterial Community Structure on Decomposition in a Tropical Rain Forest

The biogeochemical heterogeneity of tropical forests

The effects of chronic nitrogen fertilization on alpine tundra soil microbial communities: implications for carbon and nitrogen cycling.

The globalization of N deposition: ecosystem consequences in tropical environments

The globalization of N deposition: ecosystem consequences in tropical environments

The importance of interdisciplinary communication with patients about complex, chronic illnesses: our experiences as parents of a child with a craniopharyngioma

The lessons of biogeochemistry

The role of nitrogen in climate change and the impacts of nitrogen–climate interactions in the United States: foreword to thematic issue

Topographic controls on soil nitrogen availability in a lowland tropical forest

Topographic distributions of emergent trees in tropical forests of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Tree species control rates of free-living nitrogen fixation in a tropical rain forest

Tropical tree species composition affects the oxidation of dissolved organic matter from litter