2009 Publications

2009

Ayres, E., D. H. Wall and R. D. Bardgett. (2009) Trophic interactions and their implications for soil C flux. In M.Bahn, A. Heinemeyer and W. Kutsch, eds. The Role of Soils in the Terrestrial Carbon Balance. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Simmons, B. L. D. H. Wall, B. J. Adams, E. Ayres, J. E. Barrett and R.A. Virginia. 2009. Long- term experimental warming reduces soil nematode populations in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41: 2052-2060

Carpenter, S. R., V. Armbrust, P. Arzberger, F. S. Chapin III, J. Elser, E. Hackett, A. R. Ives, P. Kareiva, M. Leibold, P. Lundberg, M. Magel, N. Merchant, W. Murdoch, M. Palmer, D. Peters, S. Pickett, K. Smith, D. H. Wall, A. Zimmerman. Accelerate synthesis in Ecology and Environmental Sciences. BioScience 59:699-701

Simmons, B. L., D. H. Wall, B. J. Adams, E. Ayres, J. E. Barrett and R. A. Virginia. Above- and below-ground community structure of terrestrial mesofauna: Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Polar Biology 97:901-912

Ayres, E., H. Steltzer, S. Berg, M. D. Wallenstein, B. L. Simmons and D. H. Wall. 2009. Tree species traits influence soil physical, chemical and biological properties in high elevation forests. PLoS ONE

Ayres, E., H. Steltzer, S. Berg and D. H. Wall. 2009. Soil biota accelerate decomposition in high elevation forests by specializing in the breakdown of litter produced by the plant species above them.  Journal of Ecology 97:901-912

Ball, B. A., R. A. Virginia, J. E. Barrett, A. N. Parsons and D. H. Wall. 2009. Interactions between physical and biotic factors influence CO2 flux in Antarctic Dry Valley soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41(7): 1510-1517

Adhikari, B.N., D. H. Wall., B.J. Adams. 2009. Desiccation survival in an Antarctic nematode: molecular analysis using expressed sequenced tags. BMC Genomics 10, Article Number: 69

Ayres, E., Steltzer, H., Simmons, B.L., Simpson, R., Steinweg, J.M., Wallenstein, M.D., Mellor, N., Parton, W.J., Moore, J.C., Wall, D.H. 2009. Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 41:606-610

Palumbi, S.R., Sandifer, P.A., Allan, J.D., Beck, M.W., Fautin, D.G., Fogarty, M.J., Halpern, B.S., Incze, L.S., Leong, J.A., Norse, E., Stachowicz, J.J., Wall, D.H. 2009. Managing for ocean biodiversity to sustain marine ecosystem services. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7 (4): 204-211

Reed, H.E., Blair, J.M., Wall, D.H., Seastedt, T.R. 2009. Impacts of management legacies on litter decomposition in response to reduced precipitation in a tallgrass prairie. Applied Soil Ecology 42 (2): 79-85

Wu, T.H., Ayres, E., Li, G., Bardgett, R.D., Wall, D.H., Garey, J.R. 2009. Molecular profiling of soil animal diversity in natural ecosystems: Incongruence of molecular and morphological results. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41 (4): 849-857