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  • 2020

    Egboluche, N. P. 2020. Cover crops and cover crop residues regulate rates of soil microbial decomposition and plant available nitrogen. Thesis, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/3879)

  • Norman, J. S., D. N. Smercina, J. T. Hileman, L. K. Tiemann, and M. L. Friesen. 2020. Soil aminopeptidase induction is unaffected by inorganic nitrogen availability. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 149:107952.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/3895)
  • 2019

    Shcherbak, I. and G. P. Robertson. 2019. Data from: Nitrous oxide (N2O) from subsurface soils of agricultural ecosystems. Dryad Digital Repository. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.c6c4bt8.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/3769)

  • Shcherbak, I. and G. P. Robertson. 2019. Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from subsurface soils of agricultural ecosystems. Ecosystems 22:1650-1663.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf data (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/3768)
  • 2018

    Eagle, A. J., L. P. Olander, K. L. Locklier, J. B. Heffernan, and E. S. Bernhardt. 2018. Fertilizer management and environmental factors drive N2O and NO3 losses in corn: A meta-analysis. Soil Science Society of America 81:1191-1202.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/3747)

  • Eagle, A., C. F. Drury, A. D. Halvorson, J. P. Hoben, B. Maharjan, T. B. Parkin, G. P. Robertson, D. R. Smith, and R. T. Venterea. 2018. Data for: Fertilizer management and environmental factors drive N2O and NO3 losses in corn: A meta-analysis. Purdue University Research Repository. doi:10.4231/R7NS0S57.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/3748)

  • McGill, B. M. 2018. Climate change - groundwater interactions in a Midwestern US agricultural system and a peri-urban system in Botswana. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/3714)

  • McGill, B. M., S. K. Hamilton, N. Millar, and G. P. Robertson. 2018. The greenhouse gas cost of agricultural intensification with groundwater irrigation in a Midwest US row cropping system. Global Change Biology 24:5948-5960.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf data (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/3742)
  • 2017

    Izaurralde, C., W. B. McGill, J. Williams, C. Jones, R. Link, D. Manowitz, D. Schwab, X. Zhang, G. P. Robertson, and N. Millar. 2017. Simulating microbial denitrification with EPIC: Model description and evaluation. Ecological Modelling 359:349-362.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/3613)

  • Ruan, L. and G. P. Robertson. 2017. Reduced snow cover increases wintertime nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from an agricultural soil in the upper U.S. Midwest. Ecosystems 20:917-927.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf data (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/3580)
  • 2015

    Gelfand, I. and G. P. Robertson. 2015. A reassessment of the contribution of soybean biological nitrogen fixation to reactive N in the environment. Biogeochemistry 123:175-184.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/3423)
  • 2014

    Shcherbak, I. and G. P. Robertson. 2014. Determining the diffusivity of nitrous oxide in soil using in situ tracers. Soil Science Society of America Journal 78:79-88.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf data (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/3340)
  • 2013

    Grandy, A. S., D. S. Salam, K. Wickings, M. McDaniel, S. W. Culman, and S. S. Snapp. 2013. Soil respiration and litter decomposition responses to nitrogen fertilization rate in no-till corn systems. Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment 179:35-40.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/3246)

  • Shcherbak, I. 2013. Production and movement of N2O in the full soil profile. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/3393)
  • 2012

    Fierer, N., C. L. Lauber, K. S. Ramirez, J. Zaneveld, M. A. Bradford, and R. Knight. 2012. Comparative metagenomic, phylogenetic and physiological analyses of soil microbial communities across nitrogen gradients. The ISME Journal 6:1007-1017.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/3116)
  • 2011

    Bates, S. T., D. Berg-Lyons, J. G. Caporaso, W. A. Walters, R. Knight, and N. Fierer. 2011. Examining the global distribution of dominant archaeal populations in soil. ISME Journal 5:908-917.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/2114)

  • Gallagher, M. E., W. C. Hockaday, C. A. Masiello, S. Snapp, C. P. McSwiney, and J. A. Baldock. 2011. Biochemical suitability of crop residues for cellulosic ethanol: Disincentives to nitrogen fertilization in corn agriculture. Environmental Science and Technology 45:2013-2020.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/2101)
  • 2010

    McSwiney, C. P., S. Bohm, P. R. Grace, and G. P. Robertson. 2010. Greenhouse gas emissions calculator for grain and biofuel farming systems. Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education 39:125-131.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/2137)

  • Ramirez, K. S., C. L. Lauber, R. Knight, M. A. Bradford, and N. Fierer. 2010. Consistent effects of nitrogen fertilization on soil bacterial communities in contrasting systems. Ecology 91:3463-3470.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/2130)
  • 2005

    McSwiney, C. P. and G. P. Robertson. 2005. Non-linear response of N2O flux to incremental fertilizer addition in a continuous maize (Zea mays sp.) cropping system. Global Change Biology 11:1712-1719.

    abstract + pdf abstract pdf (https://lter.kbs.msu.edu/pub/2442)
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