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2024

Naasko, K., T. Martin, C. Mammana, J. Murray, M. Mann, and C. Sprunger. 2024. Soil protein: A key indicator of soil health and nitrogen management. Soil Science Society of America Journal 88:89-108.

2023

Arnold, M. B., M. Back, M. D. Crowell, N. Farooq, P. Ghimire, O. A. Obarein, K. E. Smart, T. Taucher, E. VanderJeugdt, K. I. Perry, D. A. Landis, and C. A. Bahlai. 2023. Coexistence between similar invaders: The case of two cosmopolitan exotic insects. Ecology 104:e3979.

Benucci, G. M., E. R. Toosi, F. Yang, T. L. Marsh, G. M. Bonito, and A. Kravchenko. 2023. The microbiome structure of decomposing plant leaves in soil depends on plant species, soil pore sizes, and soil moisture content. Frontiers in Microbiology 14:1172862.

Bressler, A. and J. Blesh. 2023. A grass–legume cover crop maintains nitrogen inputs and nitrous oxide fluxes from an organic agroecosystem. Ecosphere 14:e4428.

Kemmerling, L. R., A. C. McCarthy, C. S. Brown, and N. M. Haddad. 2023. Butterfly biodiversity increases with prairie strips and conservation management in row crop agriculture. Insect Conservation and Diversity 16:828-837.

Liptzin, D., E. L. Rieke, S. B. Cappellazzi, G. M. Bean, M. Cope, K. L. Greub, C. E. Norris, P. W. Tracy, E. Aberle, A. Ashworth, O. B. Tavarez, A. I. Bary, R. L. Baumhardt, A. B. Gracia, D. C. Brainard, J. R. Brennan, D. B. Reyes, D. Bruhjell, C. N. Carlyle, J. J. Crawford, C. F. Creech, S. W. Culman, B. Deen, C. J. Dell, J. D. Derner, T. F. Ducey, S. W. Duiker, R. S. Dungan, M. F. Dyck, B. H. Ellert, M. H. Entz, A. E. Solorio, S. J. Fonte, S. Fonteyne, A. Fortuna, J. L. Foster, L. M. Fultz, A. V. Gamble, C. M. Geddes, D. Griffin-LaHue, J. H. Grove, S. K. Hamilton, X. Hao, Z. D. Hayden, N. Honsdorf, J. A. Howe, J. A. Ippolito, G. A. Johnson, M. A. Kautz, N. R. Kitchen, S. Kumar, K. S. Kurtz, F. J. Larney, K. L. Lewis, M. Liebman, A. L. Ramirez, S. Machado, B. Maharjan, M. A. Gamiño, W. E. May, M. P. McClaran, M. D. McDaniel, N. Millar, J. P. Mitchell, A. D. Moore, P. A. Moore Jr, M. M. Gutiérrez, K. A. Nelson, E. C. Omondi, S. L. Osborne, L. O. Alcalá, P. Owens, E. M. Pena-Yewtukhiw, H. J. Poffenbarger, B. P. Lira, J. R. Reeve, T. M. Reinbott, M. S. Reiter, E. L. Ritchey, K. L. Roozeboom, Y. Rui, A. Sadeghpour, U. M. Sainju, G. R. Sanford, W. F. Schillinger, R. R. Schindelbeck, M. E. Schipanski, A. J. Schlegel, K. M. Scow, L. A. Sherrod, A. L. Shober, S. S. Sidhu, E. S. Moya, M. S. Luce, J. S. Strock, A. E. Suyker, V. R. Sykes, H. Tao, A. T. Campos, L. L. Van Eerd, H. M. van Es, N. Verhulst, T. J. Vyn, Y. Wang, D. B. Watts, D. L. Wright, T. Zhang, C. L. Morgan, and C. W. Honeycutt. 2023. An evaluation of nitrogen indicators for soil health in long-term agricultural experiments. Soil Science Society of America Journal 87:868-884.

2022

Bressler, A. and J. Blesh. 2022. Episodic N2O emissions following tillage of a legume–grass cover crop mixture. Biogeosciences 19:3169-3184.

Dangal, S. R., C. Schwalm, M. A. Cavigelli, H. T. Gollany, V. L. Jin, and J. Sanderman. 2022. Improving soil carbon estimates by linking conceptual pools against measurable carbon fractions in the DAYCENT Model Version 4.5. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 14:e2021MS002622.

Kemmerling, L. R. 2022. Diversifying agricultural landscapes for biodiversity and ecosystem services. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI.

Kemmerling, L. R., C. E. Rutkoski, S. E. Evans, J. A. Helms IV, E. S. Cordova-Ortiz, J. D. Smith, J. A. Vázquez Custodio, C. Vizza, and N. M. Haddad. 2022. Prairie strips and lower land use intensity increase biodiversity and ecosystem services. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10:833170.

Liptzin, D., C. E. Norris, S. B. Cappellazzi, G. M. Bean, M. Cope, K. L. Greub, E. L. Rieke, P. W. Tracy, E. Aberle, A. Ashworth, O. Bañuelos Tavarez, A. I. Bary, R. L. Baumhardt, A. Borbón Gracia, D. C. Brainard, J. R. Brennan, D. Briones Reyes, D. Bruhjell, C. N. Carlyle, J. J. Crawford, C. F. Creech, S. W. Culman, B. Deen, C. J. Dell, J. D. Derner, T. F. Ducey, S. W. Duiker, M. F. Dyck, B. H. Ellert, M. H. Entz, A. Espinosa Solorio, S. J. Fonte, S. Fonteyne, A. Fortuna, J. L. Foster, L. M. Fultz, A. V. Gamble, C. M. Geddes, D. Griffin-LaHue, J. H. Grove, S. K. Hamilton, X. Hao, Z. D. Hayden, N. Honsdorf, J. A. Howe, J. A. Ippolito, G. A. Johnson, M. A. Kautz, N. R. Kitchen, S. Kumar, K. S. Kurtz, F. J. Larney, K. L. Lewis, M. Liebman, A. Lopez Ramirez, S. Machado, B. Maharjan, M. A. Martinez Gamiño, W. E. May, M. P. McClaran, M. D. McDaniel, N. Millar, J. P. Mitchell, A. D. Moore, P. A. Moore, M. Mora Gutiérrez, K. A. Nelson, E. C. Omondi, S. L. Osborne, L. Osorio Alcalá, P. Owens, E. M. Pena-Yewtukhiw, H. J. Poffenbarger, B. Ponce Lira, J. R. Reeve, T. M. Reinbott, M. S. Reiter, E. L. Ritchey, K. L. Roozeboom, Y. Rui, A. Sadeghpour, U. M. Sainju, G. R. Sanford, W. F. Schillinger, R. R. Schindelbeck, M. E. Schipanski, A. J. Schlegel, K. M. Scow, L. A. Sherrod, A. L. Shober, S. S. Sidhu, E. Solís Moya, M. St Luce, J. S. Strock, A. E. Suyker, V. R. Sykes, H. Tao, A. Trujillo Campos, L. L. Van Eerd, H. van Es, N. Verhulst, T. J. Vyn, Y. Wang, D. B. Watts, D. L. Wright, T. Zhang, C. L. Morgan, and C. W. Honeycutt. 2022. An evaluation of carbon indicators of soil health in long-term agricultural experiments. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 172:108708.

Longley, R. 2022. Impact of agricultural management and microbial inoculation on soybean (Glycine max) and its associated microbiome. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI.

Martin, T. and C. Sprunger. 2022. Sensitive measures of soil health reveal carbon stability across a management intensity and plant biodiversity gradient. Frontiers in Soil Science 2:917885.

Plumhoff, M., R. K. Connell, A. Bressler, and J. Blesh. 2022. Management history and mixture evenness affect the ecosystem services from a crimson clover-rye cover crop. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 339:108155.

Rieke, E. L., D. K. Bagnall, C. L. Morgan, K. D. Flynn, J. A. Howe, K. L. Greub, G. Mac Bean, S. B. Cappellazzi, M. Cope, D. Liptzin, C. E. Norris, P. W. Tracy, E. Aberle, A. Ashworth, O. Bañuelos Tavarez, A. I. Bary, R. L. Baumhardt, A. Borbón Gracia, D. C. Brainard, J. R. Brennan, D. Briones Reyes, D. Bruhjell, C. N. Carlyle, J. J. Crawford, C. F. Creech, S. W. Culman, B. Deen, C. J. Dell, J. D. Derner, T. F. Ducey, S. W. Duiker, M. F. Dyck, B. H. Ellert, M. H. Entz, A. Espinosa Solorio, S. J. Fonte, S. Fonteyne, A. Fortuna, J. L. Foster, L. M. Fultz, A. V. Gamble, C. M. Geddes, D. Griffin-LaHue, J. H. Grove, S. K. Hamilton, X. Hao, Z. D. Hayden, N. Honsdorf, J. A. Ippolito, G. A. Johnson, M. A. Kautz, N. R. Kitchen, S. Kumar, K. S. Kurtz, F. J. Larney, K. L. Lewis, M. Liebman, A. Lopez Ramirez, S. Machado, B. Maharjan, M. A. Martinez Gamiño, W. E. May, M. P. McClaran, M. D. McDaniel, N. Millar, J. P. Mitchell, A. D. Moore, P. A. Moore, M. Mora Gutiérrez, K. A. Nelson, E. C. Omondi, S. L. Osborne, L. Osorio Alcalá, P. Owens, E. M. Pena-Yewtukhiw, H. J. Poffenbarger, B. Ponce Lira, J. R. Reeve, T. M. Reinbott, M. S. Reiter, E. L. Ritchey, K. L. Roozeboom, Y. Rui, A. Sadeghpour, U. M. Sainju, G. R. Sanford, W. F. Schillinger, R. R. Schindelbeck, M. E. Schipanski, A. J. Schlegel, K. M. Scow, L. A. Sherrod, A. L. Shober, S. S. Sidhu, E. Solís Moya, M. St. Luce, J. S. Strock, A. E. Suyker, V. R. Sykes, H. Tao, A. Trujillo Campos, L. L. Van Eerd, H. M. van Es, N. Verhulst, T. J. Vyn, Y. Wang, D. B. Watts, D. L. Wright, T. Zhang, and C. W. Honeycutt. 2022. Evaluation of aggregate stability methods for soil health. Geoderma 428:116156.

2021

Eeswaran, R., A. P. Nejadhashemi, F. C. Alves, and B. Saravi. 2021. Evaluating the applicability of soil moisture-based metrics for gauging the resiliency of rainfed agricultural systems in the midwestern United States. Soil and Tillage Research 205:104818.

Eeswaran, R., A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi, and S. R. Miller. 2021. Evaluating the climate resilience in terms of profitability and risk for a long-term corn-soybean-wheat rotation under different treatment systems. Climate Risk Management 32:100284.

Gdanetz, K., Z. A. Noel, and F. Trail. 2021. Influence of plant host and organ, management strategy, and spore traits on microbiome composition. Phytobiomes Journal 5:202-219.

Helms IV, J. A., J. Smith, S. Clark, K. Knupp, and N. M. Haddad. 2021. Ant communities and ecosystem services in organic versus conventional agriculture in the U.S. Corn Belt. Environmental Entomology 50:1276-1285.

Kim, K. 2021. Change of soil micro-environments during plant decomposition and its effect on carbon and nitrogen dynamics. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI.

Li, Z. and A. M. Cupples. 2021. Diversity of nitrogen cycling genes at a Midwest long-term ecological research site with different management practices. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 105:4309-4327.

Liang, D. and G. P. Robertson. 2021. Data from: Nitrification is a minor source of nitrous oxide (N2O) in an agricultural landscape and declines with increasing management intensity. Dryad, Dataset doi: 10.5061/dryad.37pvmcvkz

Liang, D. and G. P. Robertson. 2021. Nitrification is a minor source of nitrous oxide (N2O) in an agricultural landscape and declines with increasing management intensity. Global Change Biology 27:5599-5613.

Plumhoff, M. 2021. Management legacy effects on cover crop productivity and potential to reduce nutrient leaching from farms. Thesis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI.

Sanderman, J., K. Savage, S. R. Dangal, G. Duran, C. Rivard, M. A. Cavigelli, H. T. Gollany, V. L. Jin, M. A. Liebig, E. C. Omondi, Y. Rui, and C. Stewart. 2021. Can agricultural management induced changes in soil organic carbon be detected using mid-infrared spectroscopy? Remote Sensing 13:2265.

2020

Bahlai, C. A. and E. F. Zipkin. 2020. The Dynamic Shift Detector: An algorithm to identify changes in parameter values governing populations. PLOS Computational Biology 16:e1007542.

Kim, K., A. K. Guber, M. Rivers, and A. N. Kravchenko. 2020. Contribution of decomposing plant roots to N2O emissions by water absorption. Geoderma 375:114506.

Liang, D., O. Yang, L. Tiemann, and G. P. Robertson. 2020. Data from: Niche differentiation of bacterial versus archaeal soil nitrifiers induced by ammonium inhibition along a management gradient. Dryad, Dataset https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.573n5tb5w.

Liang, D., Y. Ouyang, L. K. Tiemann, and G. P. Robertson. 2020. Niche differentiation of bacterial versus archaeal soil nitrifiers induced by ammonium inhibition along a management gradient. Frontiers in Microbiology 11:568588.

Longley, R., Z. A. Noel, G. Benucci, M. I. Chilvers, F. Trail, and G. Bonito. 2020. Crop management impacts the soybean (Glycine max) microbiome. Frontiers in Microbiology 11:1116.

Poe, J., D. E. Reed, M. Abraha, J. Chen, K. M. Dahlin, and A. R. Desai. 2020. Geospatial coherence of surface-atmosphere fluxes in the upper Great Lakes region. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 295:108188.

Rasu, E. 2020. Innovative approaches to gauge resilience of managed rainfed agricultural systems. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

2019

Liang, D. 2019. Microbial sources of nitrous oxide emissions from diverse cropping systems. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI.

Quigley, M. Y. 2019. Contribution of soil pores to the processing and protection of soil carbon at micro-scale. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

Thelusmond, J., T. J. Strathmann, and A. M. Cupples. 2019. Carbamazepine, triclocarban and triclosan biodegradation and the phylotypes and functional genes associated with xenobiotic degradation in four agricultural soils. Science of the Total Environment 657:1138-1149.

Thompson, B. E. 2019. Microbial communities regulate nitrogen use efficiency by balancing tradeoff between resource acquisition and growth rate. Thesis, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

2018

Brewer, P. E., F. Calderón, M. Vigil, and J. C. von Fischer. 2018. Impacts of moisture, soil respiration, and agricultural practices on methanogenesis in upland soils as measured with stable isotope pool dilution. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 127:239-251.

Gdanetz MacCready, K. 2018. Crop microbiomes and the search for effective biocontrol of Fusarium graminearum on wheat. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

Kravchenko, A. N., J. E. Fry, and A. K. Guber. 2018. Water absorption capacity of soil-incorporated plant leaves can affect N2O emissions and soil inorganic N concentrations. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 121:113-119.

Quigley, M. Y., M. L. Rivers, and A. N. Kravchenko. 2018. Patterns and sources of spatial heterogeneity in soil matrix from contrasting long term management practices. Frontiers in Environmental Science 6:28.

Simic Milas, A., M. Romanko, P. Reil, T. Abeysinghe, and A. Marambe. 2018. The importance of leaf area index in mapping chlorophyll content of corn under different agricultural treatments using UAV images. International Journal of Remote Sensing 39:5415-5431.

Thelusmond, J. 2018. Biodegradation of emergin contaminants in agricultural soils and thier impact on soil microbial communities. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

2017

Brewer, P. E. 2017. Soil heterogeneity in agricultural and natural ecosystems: Relationships between anaerobic activity, organic matter, nutrients, and greenhouse gases. Dissertation, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Calderón, F. J., S. Culman, J. Six, A. J. Franzluebbers, M. Schipanski, J. Beniston, S. Grandy, and A. Y. Kong. 2017. Quantification of soil permanganate oxidizable C (POXC) using infrared spectroscopy. Soil Science Society of America Journal 81:277-288.

Ferrero, R., M. Lima, A. S. Davis, and J. L. Gonzalez-Andujar. 2017. Weed diversity affects soybean and maize yield in a long term experiment in Michigan, USA. Frontiers in Plant Science 8: 236.

Gdanetz, K. and F. Trail. 2017. The wheat microbiome under four management strategies, and potential for endophytes in disease protection. Phytobiomes 1:158-168.

Gottshall, C. B., M. Cooper, and S. M. Emery. 2017. Activity, diversity and function of arbuscular mycorrhizae vary with changes in agricultural management intensity. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 241:142-149.

Hess, L. 2017. Climate change and agriculture: The effects of extreme rainfall patterns on nitrogen leaching from field crop systems in the U.S. Midwest. Dissertation, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

Kravchenko, A. N., E. R. Toosi, A. K. Guber, N. E. Ostrom, J. Yu, K. Azeem, M. L. Rivers, and G. P. Robertson. 2017. Hotspots of soil N2O emission enhanced through water absorption by plant residue. Nature Geoscience 10:496-500.

Schmidt, J. E., D. J. Weese, and J. A. Lau. 2017. Data from: Long-term agricultural management does not alter the evolution of a soybean-rhizobium mutualism. Dryad Data Repository https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1h3k8.

Schmidt, J. E., D. J. Weese, and J. A. Lau. 2017. Long-term agricultural management does not alter the evolution of a soybean-rhizobium mutualism. Ecological Applications 27:2487-2496.

Simic Milas, A. and R. K. Vincent. 2017. Monitoring Landsat vegetation indices for different crop treatments and soil chemistry. International Journal of Remote Sensing 38:141-160.

Toosi, E. R., A. N. Kravchenko, A. K. Guber, and M. L. Rivers. 2017. Pore characteristics regulate priming and fate of carbon from plant residue. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 113:219-230.

Toosi, E. R., A. N. Kravchenko, J. Mao, M. Y. Quigley, and M. L. Rivers. 2017. Effects of management and pore characteristics on organic matter composition of macroaggregates: Evidence from characterization of organic matter and imaging. European Journal of Soil Science 68:200-211.

2016

Gelfand, I., I. Shcherbak, N. Millar, A. N. Kravchenko, and G. P. Robertson. 2016. Long-term nitrous oxide fluxes in annual and perennial agricultural and unmanaged ecosystems in the upper Midwest USA. Global Change Biology 22:3594-3607.

Hermann, S. L., S. Xue, L. Rowe, E. Davidson-Lowe, A. Myers, B. Eshchanov, and C. A. Bahlai. 2016. Thermally moderated firefly activity is delayed by precipitation extremes. Royal Society Open Science 3:160712 .

Hurisso, T. T., S. W. Culman, W. R. Horwath, J. Wade, D. Cass, J. W. Beniston, T. M. Bowles, A. S. Grandy, A. J. Franzluebbers, M. E. Schipanski, S. T. Lucas, and C. M. Ugarte. 2016. Comparison of permanganate-oxidizable carbon and mineralizable carbon for assessment of organic matter stabilization and mineralization. Soil Science Society of America Journal 80:1352-1364.

2015

Bahlai, C. A., M. Colunga-Garcia, S. H. Gage, and D. A. Landis. 2015. The role of exotic ladybeetles in the decline of native ladybeetle populations: evidence from long-term monitoring. Biological Invasions 17:1005-1024.

Gottshall, C. B. 2015. Effects of different agricultural management systems on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity, community structure, and ecosystem services. Dissertation, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.

Kallenbach, C. M., A. S. Grandy, S. D. Frey, and A. F. Diefendorf. 2015. Microbial physiology and necromass regulate agricultural soil carbon accumulation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 91:279-290.

Kallenbach, C. M. 2015. Microbial influences on decomposition and soil organic matter formation in agricultural soils. Dissertation, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire.

Kravchenko, A. N., W. C. Negassa, A. K. Guber, and M. L. Rivers. 2015. Protection of soil carbon within macro-aggregates depends on intra-aggregate pore characteristics. Scientific Reports 5:16261.

Kravchenko, A. N. and G. P. Robertson. 2015. Statistical challenges in analyses of chamber-based soil CO2 and N2O emissions data. Soil Science Society of America Journal 79:200-211.

2014

Kravchenko, A. N., W. C. Negassa, A. K. Guber, B. Hildebrandt, T. L. Marsh, and M. L. Rivers. 2014. Intra-aggregate pore structure influences phylogenetic composition of bacterial community in macroaggregates. Soil Science Society of America Journal 78:1924-1939.

Syswerda, S. P. and G. P. Robertson. 2014. Ecosystem services along a management gradient in Michigan (USA) cropping systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 189:28-35.

2013

Bahlai, C. A., M. Colunga-Garcia, S. H. Gage, and D. A. Landis. 2013. Long-term functional dynamics of an aphidophagous coccinellid community remain unchanged despite repeated invasions. PLoS ONE 8:e83407.

Srinivasiah, S., J. Lovett, S. Polson, J. Bhavsar, D. Ghosh, K. Roy, J. J. Fuhrmann, M. Radosevich, and K. E. Wommack. 2013. Direct assessment of viral diversity in soils by random PCR amplification of polymorphic DNA. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79:5450-5457.

Xue, K., L. Wu, Y. Deng, Z. He, J. V. Nostrand, G. P. Robertson, T. M. Schmidt, and J. Zhou. 2013. Functional gene differences in soil microbial communities from conventional, low-input and organic farmlands. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79:1284-1292.

2012

Culman, S. W., S. S. Snapp, M. E. Schipanski, M. A. Freeman, L. E. Beniston, L. E. Drinkwater, A. J. Franzluebbers, J. D. Glover, A. S. Grandy, R. Lal, J. Lee, J. E. Maul, S. B. Mirsky, J. Six, J. T. Spargo, and M. M. Wander. 2012. Permanganate oxidizable carbon reflects a processed soil fraction that is sensitive to management. Soil Science Society of America Journal 76:494-505.

Syswerda, S. P., B. Basso, S. K. Hamilton, J. B. Tausig, and G. P. Robertson. 2012. Long-term nitrate loss along an agricultural intensity gradient in the Upper Midwest USA. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 149:10-19.

2011

Bhardwaj, A. K., P. Jasrotia, S. K. Hamilton, and G. P. Robertson. 2011. Ecological management of intensively cropped agro-ecosystems improves soil quality with sustained productivity. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 140:419-429.

Kravchenko, A. N. and G. P. Robertson. 2011. Whole-profile soil carbon stocks: The danger of assuming too much from analyses of too little. Soil Science Society of America Journal 75:235-240.

Syswerda, S. P., A. T. Corbin, D. L. Mokma, A. N. Kravchenko, and G. P. Robertson. 2011. Agricultural management and soil carbon storage in surface vs. deep layers. Soil Science Society of America Journal 75:92-101.

2010

Gelfand, I., S. S. Snapp, and G. P. Robertson. 2010. Energy efficiency of conventional, organic, and alternative cropping systems for food and fuel at a site in the U.S. Midwest. Environmental Science and Technology 44:4006-4011.

Morales, S. E., T. F. Cosart, and W. E. Holben. 2010. Bacterial gene abundances as indicators of greenhouse gas emission in soils. The ISME Journal 4:799-808.

Munoz, J. D., A. O. Finley, R. Gehl, and S. Kravchenko. 2010. Nonlinear hierarchical models for predicting cover crop biomass using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index. Remote Sensing of Environment 114:2833-2840.

Wilke, B. 2010. Challenges for developing sustainable nitrogen sources in agriculture: Cover crops, nitrogen fixation and ecological principals. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

2009

Gao, J., X. Hao, K. D. Thelen, and G. P. Robertson. 2009. Agronomic management system and precipitation effects on soybean oil and fatty acid profiles. Crop Science 49:1049-1057.

Matis, J. H., T. R. Kiffe, W. van der Werf, A. C. Costamagna, T. J. Matis, and W. E. Grant. 2009. Population dynamics models based on cumulative density dependent feedback: A link to the logistic growth curve and a test for symmetry using aphid data. Ecological Modeling 220:1745-1751.

Quintanilla, M. 2009. Acoustical and nematode community assessment for ecosystem characterization. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

Senthilkumar, S., A. N. Kravchenko, and G. P. Robertson. 2009. Topography influences management system effects on total soil carbon and nitrogen. Soil Science Society of America Journal 73:2059-2067.

Senthilkumar, S., B. Basso, A. N. Kravchenko, and G. P. Robertson. 2009. Contemporary evidence for soil carbon loss in the U.S. corn belt. Soil Science Society of America Journal 73:2078-2086.

Syswerda, S. P. 2009. Ecosystem services from agriculture across a management intensity gradient in Southwest Michigan. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.

Wilke, B. J. and J. M. Kunkle. 2009. What does agriculture have to do with climate change? Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology, Issues Figure Set #3 6:http://tiee.ecoed.net/vol/v6/figure_sets/climate_change/abstract.html.

2008

Huang, X., L. Wang, L. Yang, and A. N. Kravchenko. 2008. Management effects on relationships of crop yields with topography represented by wetness index and precipitation. Agronomy Journal 100:1463-1471.

Kravchenko, A. N. and X. Hao. 2008. Management practice effects on spatial variability characteristics of surface mineralizable C. Geoderma 144:387-394.

Smith, R. G., C. P. McSwiney, A. S. Grandy, P. Suwanwaree, R. M. Snider, and G. P. Robertson. 2008. Diversity and abundance of earthworms across an agricultural land-use intensity gradient. Soil & Tillage Research 100:83-88.

Subramanian, S. K. 2008. Effect of topography and soil properties on spatial variability of soil carbon (C) sequestration in different crop management systems of a long-term experiment. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.

2007

Costamagna, A. C., W. Van der Werf, F. J. Bianchi, and D. A. Landis. 2007. An exponential growth model with decreasing r captures bottom-up effects on the population growth of Aphis glycines Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphiddae). Agriculture and Forest Entomology 9:297-305.

Gallaher, C. M. 2007. Phosphorus availability in annual and perennial cropping systems. MS Thesis, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

Grandy, A. S. and G. P. Robertson. 2007. Land-use intensity effects on soil organic carbon accumulation rates and mechanisms. Ecosystems 10:59-74.

Hamilton, S. K., A. L. Kurzman, C. Arango, L. Jin, and G. P. Robertson. 2007. Evidence for carbon sequestration by agricultural liming. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 21:GB2021.

Hao, X. and A. N. Kravchenko. 2007. Management practice effects on surface soil total carbon: Differences along a textural gradient. Agronomy Journal 99:18-26.

Huang, X. 2007. Analysis of effects of soil properties, topographical variables and management practices on spatial-temporal variability of crop yields. Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

Kravchenko, A. N. and G. P. Robertson. 2007. Can topographical and yield data substantially improve total soil carbon mapping by regression kriging? Agronomy Journal 99:12-17.

Menalled, F. D., R. G. Smith, J. T. Dauer, and T. B. Fox. 2007. Impact of agricultural management systems on carabid beetle communities and weed seed predation. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 118:49-54.

Smith, R. G., F. D. Menalled, and G. P. Robertson. 2007. Temporal yield variability under conventional and alternative management systems. Agronomy Journal 99:1629-1634.

2006

Butler, R., M. Servilla, S. Gage, J. Basney, V. Welch, B. Baker, T. Fleury, P. Duda, D. Gehrig, M. Bletzinger, J. Tao, and D. M. Freemon. 2006. Cyberinfrastructure for the analysis of ecological acoustic sensor data: A use case study in grid deployment. Cluster Computing 10:301-310.

Costamagna, A. C. and D. A. Landis. 2006. Predators exert top-down control of soybean aphid across a gradient of agricultural management systems. Ecological Applications 16:1619-1628.

Davis, A. S., S. G. Hallett, and K. A. Renner. 2006. Weed seed mortality in soils with contrasting agricultural management histories. Weed Science 54:291-297.

Kravchenko, A. N., G. P. Robertson, S. S. Snapp, and A. J. Smucker. 2006. Using information about spatial variability to improve estimates of total soil carbon. Agronomy Journal 98:823-829.

Kravchenko, A. N., G. P. Robertson, X. Hao, and D. G. Bullock. 2006. Management practice effects on surface total carbon: Differences in spatial variability patterns. Agronomy Journal 98:1559-1568.

Kurzman, A. L. 2006. Changes in major solute chemistry as water infiltrates soils: comparisons between managed agroecosystems and unmanaged vegetation. Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

2005

Davis, A. S., K. Renner, and K. L. Gross. 2005. Weed seedbank and community shifts in a long-term cropping systems experiment. Weed Science 53:296-306.

Grandy, A. S. 2005. Ecosystem consequences of soil aggregation following soil disturbance. Ph.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

Kravchenko, A. N., G. P. Robertson, K. D. Thelen, and R. R. Harwood. 2005. Management, topographical, and weather effects on spatial variability of crop grain yields. Agronomy Journal 97:514-523.

Robertson, G. P. and S. M. Swinton. 2005. Reconciling agricultural productivity and environmental integrity: A grand challenge for agriculture. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3:38-46.

2004

Ebert-May, D., K. S. Williams, E. P. Weber, J. Hodder, and D. Luckie. 2004. Practicing scientific inquiry: What are the rules? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2:492-493.

Robertson, G. P. and P. R. Grace. 2004. Greenhouse gas fluxes in tropical and temperate agriculture: The need for a full-cost accounting of global warming potentials. Environment, Development and Sustainability 6:51-63.

2003

McKeown, C. H. 2003. Quantifying the roles of competition and niche separation in native and exotic cocconellids, and the changes in the community in response to an exotic prey species. MS. Thesis, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

2001

Buckley, D. H. and T. M. Schmidt. 2001. The structure of microbial communities in soil and the lasting impact of cultivation. Microbial Ecology 42:11-21.

Daroub, S., B. G. Ellis, and G. P. Robertson. 2001. Effect of cropping and low-chemical input systems on soil phosphorus fractions. Soil Science 166:281-291.

Menalled, F., K. L. Gross, and M. Hammond. 2001. Weed aboveground and seedbank community responses to agricultural management systems. Ecological Applications 11:1586-1601.

Willson, T. C., E. A. Paul, and R. R. Harwood. 2001. Biologically active soil organic matter fractions in sustainable cropping systems. Applied Soil Ecology 16:63-76.

2000

Phillips, C. J., E. A. Paul, and J. I. Prosser. 2000. Quantitative analysis of ammonia oxidising bacteria using competitive PCR. FEMS Microbial Ecology 32:167-175.

Robertson, G. P., E. A. Paul, and R. R. Harwood. 2000. Greenhouse gases in intensive agriculture: Contributions of individual gases to the radiative forcing of the atmosphere. Science 289:1922-1925.

1999

Paul, E. A., D. Harris, H. P. Collins, U. Schulthess, and G. P. Robertson. 1999. Evolution of CO2 and soil carbon dynamics in biologically managed, row-crop agroecosystems. Applied Soil Ecology 11:53-65.

1998

Ambus, P. and G. P. Robertson. 1998. Automated near-continuous measurement of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide fluxes from soil. Soil Science Society of America Journal 62:394-400.

Colunga-Garcia, M. and S. H. Gage. 1998. Arrival, establishment, and habitat use of the multicolored Asian lady beetle Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera) in a Michigan landscape. Environmental Entomology 27:1574-1580.

Kellndorfer, J. M., L. E. Pierce, M. C. Dobson, and F. T. Ulaby. 1998. Toward consistent regional-to-global-scale vegetation characterization using orbital SAR systems. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 36:1396-1411.

1997

Clark, M. S., S. H. Gage, and J. R. Spence. 1997. Habitats and management associated with common ground beetles Coleoptera: Carabidae in a Michigan agricultural landscape. Environmental Entomology 26:519-527.

Robertson, G. P., K. M. Klingensmith, M. J. Klug, E. A. Paul, J. R. Crum, and B. G. Ellis. 1997. Soil resources, microbial activity, and primary production across an agricultural ecosystem. Ecological Applications 7:158-170.

1996

Thorn, R. G., C. A. Reddy, D. Harris, and E. A. Paul. 1996. Isolation of saprophytic basidiomycetes from soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 62:4288-4292.

1995

Paustian, K., E. T. Elliot, H. P. Collins, C. V. Cole, and E. A. Paul. 1995. Use of a network of long-term experiments for analysis of soil carbon dynamics and global change: the North American model. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 35:929-939.

Robertson, G. P. and D. W. Freckman. 1995. The spatial distribution of nematode trophic groups across a cultivated ecosystem. Ecology 76:1425-1432.

1993

Freckman, D. W. and C. H. Ettema. 1993. Assessing nematode communities in agroecosystems of varying human intervention. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 45:239-261.

Mokma, D. L. and J. A. Doolittle. 1993. Mapping some loamy alfisols in southwestern Michigan using ground-penetrating radar. Soil Survey Horizons 34:71-77.

1992

Maredia, K. M., S. H. Gage, D. A. Landis, and M. J. Scriber. 1992. Habitat use patterns by the seven-spotted lady beetle (Coleoptera: coccinellidae) in a diverse agricultural landscape. Biological Control 2:159-165.

1989

Gross, K. L. and K. A. Renner. 1989. A new method for estimating seed numbers in the soil. Weed Science 37:836-839.