Publications

Gao F., Fan H.X, Chapman S.J, Yao H.Y.  2022.  Changes in soil microbial community activity and composition following substrate amendment within the MicroResp (TM) system. Journal of Soils and Sediments. 22:1242-1251.

Dacal M., Garcia-Palacios P., Asensio S., Wang J.T, Singh B.K, Maestre F.T.  2022.  Climate change legacies contrastingly affect the resistance and resilience of soil microbial communities and multifunctionality to extreme drought. Functional Ecology. 36:908-920.

Holatko J., Hammerschmiedt T., Kintl A., Mustafa A., Naveed M., Baltazar T., Latal O., Skarpa P., Ryant P., Brtnicky M..  2022.  Co-composting of cattle manure with biochar and elemental sulphur and its effects on manure quality, plant biomass and microbiological characteristics of post-harvest soil. Frontiers in Plant ScienceFrontiers in Plant Science. 13:14.

Fritz A.L, Jannoura R., Beuschel R., Steiner C., Buerkert A., Joergensen R.G.  2022.  The combined application of nitrogen and biochar reduced microbial carbon limitation in irrigated soils of West African urban horticulture. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture. 9:12.

Mustafa A., Holatko J., Hammerschmiedt T., Kucerik J., Skarpa P., Kintl A., Racek J., Baltazar T., Malicek O., Brtnicky M..  2022.  Comparison of the Responses of Soil Enzymes, Microbial Respiration and Plant Growth Characteristics under the Application of Agricultural and Food Waste-Derived Biochars. Agronomy-BaselAgronomy-Basel. 12:14.

Wacker T.S, Jensen L.S, Thorup-Kristensen K..  2022.  Conservation agriculture affects soil organic matter distribution, microbial metabolic capacity and nitrogen turnover under Danish field conditions. Soil & Tillage ResearchSoil & Tillage Research. 224:13.

Schoffer J.T, Aponte H., Neaman A., De la Fuente L.M, Arellano E.C, Gil P.M, Ginocchio R..  2022.  Copper content in soils and litter from fruit orchards in Central Chile and its relationship with soil microbial activity. Plant Soil and Environment. 68:115-128.

Gergocs V., Florian N., Toth Z., Szili-Kovacs T., Mucsi M., Dombos M..  2022.  Crop species and year affect soil-dwelling Collembola and Acari more strongly than fertilisation regime in an arable field. Applied Soil Ecology. 173:11.

Al-Rabaiai A., Menezes-Blackburn D., Al-Ismaily S., Janke R., Pracejus B., Al-Alawi A., Al-Kindi M., Bol R..  2022.  Customized biochar for soil applications in arid land: Effect of feedstock type and pyrolysis temperature on soil microbial enumeration and respiration. Journal of Analytical and Applied PyrolysisJournal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 168:13.

Zhang K., Wang S., Guo P.H, Guo S.H.  2021.  Characteristics of organic carbon metabolism and bioremediation of petroleum-contaminated soil by a mesophilic aerobic biopile system. Chemosphere. 264:11.

Astacio L.MD, Prabhakara K.H, Li Z.Q, Mickalide H., Kuehn S..  2021.  Closed microbial communities self-organize to carbon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118:9.

Stegarescu G, Reintam E, Tõnutare T.  2021.  Cover crop residues effect on soil structural stability and phosphatase activity. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science. 71:992-1005.

Coonan E.C, Richardson A.E, Kirkby C.A, Macdonald L.M, Amidy M.R, Strong C.L, Kirkegaard J.A.  2020.  Carbon stability in a texture contrast soil in response to depth and long-term phosphorus fertilisation of grazed pasture. Soil Research. 58:21-34.

Schroeder J., Jannoura R., Beuschel R., Pfeiffer B., Dyckmans J., Murugan R., Chavannavar S., Wachendorf C., Joergensen R.G.  2020.  Carbon use efficiency and microbial functional diversity in a temperate Luvisol and a tropical Nitisol after millet litter and N addition. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 56:1139-1150.

Liu Y., Guo K.Y, Zhao Y.Z, Li S.H, Wu Q.F, Liang C.F, Sun X., Xu Q.F, Chen J.H, Qin H..  2020.  Change in composition and function of microbial communities in an acid bamboo (Phyllostachys praecox) plantation soil with the addition of three different biochars. Forest Ecology and Management. 473:10.

Ujvari G., Borsodi A.K, Megyes M., Mucsi M., Szili-Kovacs T., Szabo A., Szalai Z., Jakab G., Marialigeti K..  2020.  Comparison of Soil Bacterial Communities from Juvenile Maize Plants of a Long-Term Monoculture and a Natural Grassland. Agronomy-Basel. 10:15.

Bittleston L.S, Gralka M., Leventhal G.E, Mizrahi I., Cordero O.X.  2020.  Context-dependent dynamics lead to the assembly of functionally distinct microbial communities. Nature Communications. 11:10.

Dacal M, García-Palacios P, Asensio S, Cano-Díaz C, Gozalo B, Ochoa V, Maestre FT.  2020.  Contrasting mechanisms underlie short- and longer-term soil respiration responses to experimental warming in a dryland ecosystem. Global Change Biology. 26:5254-5266.

de Vries F.T, Williams A., Stringer F., Willcocks R., McEwing R., Langridge H., Straathof A.L.  2019.  Changes in root-exudate-induced respiration reveal a novel mechanism through which drought affects ecosystem carbon cycling. New Phytologist. 224:132-145.

Polain K., Joice G., Jones D., Pereg L., Nachimuthu G., Knox O.GG.  2019.  Coring lubricants can increase soil microbial activity in Vertisols. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 165:5.

Liang Z., Elsgaard L., Nicolaisen M.H, Lyhne-Kjaerbye A., Olesen J.E.  2018.  Carbon mineralization and microbial activity in agricultural topsoil and subsoil as regulated by root nitrogen and recalcitrant carbon concentrations. Plant and Soil. 433:65-82.

Yang L.Q, Li X.Y, Li X., Su Z.C, Zhang C.G, Zhang H.W.  2018.  Catabolic profiles dynamics during the bioremediation process of chlorimuron-ethyl contaminated soil by Methanolivorans CHL1(T). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 155:43-49.

Squartini A, Fusaro S, Concheri G.  2018.  Cheap and portable lab-free respiration assay. Applied Soil Ecology. 123:797-801.

Stutter M.I, Cains J..  2017.  Changes in aquatic microbial responses to C-substrates with stream water and sediment quality related to land use pressures. Chemosphere. 184:548-558.

Shihan A., Hattenschwiler S., Milcu A., Joly F.X, Santonja M., Fromin N..  2017.  Changes in soil microbial substrate utilization in response to altered litter diversity and precipitation in a Mediterranean shrubland. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 53:171-185.