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  • 2023

    Haan, N. L. and D. A. Landis. 2023. Pest suppression potential varies across 10 bioenergy cropping systems. GCB Bioenergy doi: 10.1111/gcbb.13053

  • 2022

    Hussain, M. Z., S. K. Hamilton, and G. P. Robertson. 2022. Data from: Soil phosphorus drawdown by perennial bioenergy cropping systems in the Midwestern US. Dryad, Dataset doi: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.dfn2z355r

  • Hussain, M. Z., S. K. Hamilton, and G. P. Robertson. 2022. Soil phosphorus drawdown by perennial bioenergy cropping systems in the Midwestern US. GCB Bioenergy doi: 10.1111/gcbb.13020

  • Lei, C. 2022. The analysis of albedo on bioenergy crops: Assessment for climate and global warming impact. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI.

  • Menefee, D., R. L. Scott, M. Abraha, J. G. Alfieri, J. Baker, D. M. Browning, J. Chen, J. Gonetg, J. M. Johnson, G. R. Miller, R. Nifong, G. P. Robertson, E. S. Ressel, N. Saliendra, A. P. Schreiner-Mcgraw, A. E. Suyker, P. Wagle, C. Wente, P. M. White, and D. Smith. 2022. Agricultural and Forest Meterology 326:109154.

  • Williams, M. R., P. Welikhe, J. H. Bos, K. W. King, M. Akland, D. J. Augustine, C. Baffaut, E. G. Beck, A. Bierer, D. Bosch, E. Boughton, C. Brandani, E. S. Brooks, A. R. Buda, M. Cavigelli, J. Faulkner, G. W. Feyereisen, A. Fortuna, J. Gamble, B. R. Hanrahan, M. Z. Hussain, M. M. Kohmann, J. L. Kovar, B. Lee, A. B. Leytem, M. A. Liebig, D. Line, M. Macrae, T. B. Moorman, D. Moriasi, N. Nelson, A. Ortega-Pieck, D. Osmond, O. Pisani, J. Ragosta, M. Reba, A. Saha, J. Sanchez, M. Silveira, D. R. Smith, S. Spiegal, H. Swain, J. Unrine, P. Webb, K. E. White, H. Wilson, and L. M. Yasarer. 2022. P-FLUX: A phosphorus budget dataset spanning diverse agricultural production systems in the United States and Canada. Journal of Environmental Quality 51:451-461.

  • 2021

    Helms IV, J. A., K. A. Roeder, S. E. Ijelu, I. Ratcliff, and N. M. Haddad. 2021. Bioenergy landscapes drive trophic shifts in generalist ants. Journal of Animal Ecology 90:738-750.

  • Hussain, M. Z., S. K. Hamilton, G. P. Robertson, and B. Basso. 2021. Data from: Phosphorus availability and leaching losses in annual and perennial cropping systems in an upper US Midwest landscape. Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.8sf7m0cpx .

  • Hussain, M. Z., S. K. Hamilton, G. P. Robertson, and B. Basso. 2021. Phosphorus availability and leaching losses in annual and perennial cropping systems in an upper US Midwest landscape. Scientific Reports 11:20367.

  • Kasanke, C. P., Q. Zhao, S. Bell, A. M. Thompson, and K. S. Hofmockel. 2021. Can switchgrass increase carbon accrual in marginal soils? The importance of site selection. GCB Bioenergy 13:320-335.

  • Kravchenko, A. N., A. K. Guber, A. Gunina, M. A. Dippold, and Y. Kuzyakov. 2021. Pore-scale view of microbial turnover: combining 14C imaging, μCT, and zymography after adding soluble carbon to soil pores of specific sizes. European Journal of Soil Science 72:593-607.

  • Saha, D., B. Basso, and G. P. Robertson. 2021. Machine learning improves predictions of agricultural nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from intensively managed cropping systems. Environmental Research Letters 16:024004.

  • Zhang, B., C. R. Penton, Z. Yu, C. Xue, Q. Chen, Z. Chen, C. Yan, Q. Zhang, M. Zhao, J. F. Quensen, and J. M. Tiedje. 2021. A new primer set for Clade I nosZ that recovers genes from a broader range of taxa. Biology and Fertility of Soils 57:523-531.

  • 2020

    Bramer, L. M., A. M. White, K. G. Stratton, A. M. Thompson, D. Claborne, K. Hofmockel, and L. A. McCue. 2020. ftmsRanalysis: An R package for exploratory data analysis and interactive visualization of FT-MS data. PLOS Computational Biology 16:e1007654.

  • Gelfand, I., S. K. Hamilton, A. N. Kravchenko, R. D. Jackson, K. D. Thelen, and G. P. Robertson. 2020. Empirical evidence for the potential climate benefits of decarbonizing light vehicle transport in the U.S. with bioenergy from purpose-grown biomass with and without BECCS. Environmental Science & Technology 54:2961-2974.

  • Gelfand, I., S. K. Hamilton, A. N. Kravchenko, R. D. Jackson, K. D. Thelen, and G. P. Robertson. 2020. Empirical evidence for the potential climate benefits of decarbonizing light vehicle transport in the U.S. with bioenergy from purpose-grown biomass with and without BECCS. Dryad, Dataset https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.44j0zpc8r.

  • Glanville, K. 2020. Impacts of changing precipitation on nitrogen cycling in different landscape positions and cropping systems. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

  • Helms IV, J. A., S. E. Ijelu, B. D. Wills, D. A. Landis, and N. M. Haddad. 2020. Ant biodiversity and ecosystem services in bioenergy landscapes. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 290:106780.

  • Hussain, M. Z., G. P. Robertson, B. Basso, and S. K. Hamilton. 2020. Data from: Leaching losses of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen from agricultural soils in the upper US Midwest. Dryad, Dataset https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.0p2ngf1xb.

  • Hussain, M. Z., G. P. Robertson, B. Basso, and S. K. Hamilton. 2020. Leaching losses of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen from agricultural soils in the upper US Midwest. Science of the Total Environment 734:139379.

  • Myers, A. T., N. L. Haan, and D. A. Landis. 2020. Video surveillance reveals a community of largely nocturnal Danaus plexippus (L.) egg predators. Journal of Insect Conservation 24:731-737.

  • Saha, D., B. Basso, and G. P. Robertson. 2020. Data from: Machine learning improves predictions of agricultural nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from intensively managed cropping systems. Dryad, Dataset https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.bnzs7h493.

  • Sprunger, C. D., T. Martin, and M. Mann. 2020. Systems with greater perenniality and crop diversity enhance soil biological health. Agricultural & Environmental Letters 5:e20030.

  • Xu, J., S. S. Roley, M. M. Tfaily, R. K. Chu, and J. M. Tiedje. 2020. Organic amendments change soil organic C structure and microbial community but not total organic matter on sub-decadal scales. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 150:107986.

  • 2019

    Duncan, D. S., L. G. Oates, I. Gelfand, N. Millar, G. P. Robertson, and R. D. Jackson. 2019. Environmental factors function as constraints on soil nitrous oxide fluxes in bioenergy feedstock cropping systems. Global Change Biology Bioenergy 11:416-426.

  • Hussain, M. Z., A. K. Bhardwaj, B. Basso, G. P. Robertson, and S. K. Hamilton. 2019. Nitrate leaching from continuous corn, perennial grasses, and poplar in the US Midwest. Journal of Environmental Quality 48:1849-1855.

  • Hussain, M. Z., S. K. Hamilton, A. K. Bhardwaj, B. Basso, K. Thelen, and G. P. Robertson. 2019. Evapotranspiration and water use efficiency of continuous maize and maize and soybean rotation in the upper Midwest U.S. Agricultural Water Management 221:92-98.

  • Kravchenko, A. N., A. K. Guber, B. S. Razavi, J. Koestel, E. V. Blagodatskaya, and Y. Kuzyakov. 2019. Spatial patterns of extracellular enzymes: Combining X-ray computed micro-tomography and 2D zymography. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 135:411-419.

  • Kravchenko, A. N., A. K. Guber, B. S. Rasavi, J. Koestel, M. Y. Quigley, G. P. Robertson, and Y. Kuzyakov. 2019. Microbial spatial footprint as a driver of soil carbon stabilization. Nature Communications 10:3121.

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

  • Szymanski, L. M., G. R. Sanford, K. A. Heckman, R. D. Jackson, and E. Marín-Spiotta. 2019. Conversion to bioenergy crops alters the amount and age of microbially-respired soil carbon. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 128:35-44.

  • von Haden, A. C., C. J. Kucharik, R. D. Jackson, and E. Marín-Spiotta. 2019. Litter quantity, litter chemistry, and soil texture control changes in soil organic carbon fractions under bioenergy cropping systems of the North Central U.S. Biogeochemistry 143:313-326.

  • Xue, C., Y. Hao, X. Pu, C. Ryan Penton, Q. Wang, M. Zhao, B. Zhang, W. Ran, Q. Huang, Q. Shen, and J. M. Tiedje. 2019. Effect of LSU and ITS genetic markers and reference databases on analyses of fungal communities. Biology and Fertility of Soils 55:79-88.

  • 2018

    Hamilton, S. K., M. Z. Hussain, C. Lowrie, B. Basso, and G. P. Robertson. 2018. Evapotranspiration is resilient in the face of land cover and climate change in a humid temperate catchment. Hydrological Processes 32:655-663.

  • Hamilton, S. K., M. Z. Hussain, C. Lowrie, B. Basso, and G. P. Robertson. 2018. Data from: Evapotranspiration is resilient in the face of land cover and climate change in a humid temperate catchment. Dryad Digital Repository, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6fm52.

  • Kravchenko, A. N., A. K. Guber, M. Y. Quigley, J. Koestel, H. Gandhi, and N. E. Ostrom. 2018. X‐ray computed tomography to predict soil N2O production via bacterial denitrification and N2O emission in contrasting bioenergy cropping systems. Global Change Biology - Bioenergy 10:894-909.

  • Sprunger, C. D. and G. P. Robertson. 2018. Early accumulation of active fraction soil carbon in newly established cellulosic biofuel systems. Geoderma 318:42-51.

  • Sprunger, C. D. and G. P. Robertson. 2018. Data from: Early accumulation of active fraction soil carbon in newly established cellulosic biofuel systems. Dryad Digital Repository. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.7jq46.

  • 2017

    Sanford, G. R., R. D. Jackson, L. G. Oates, G. P. Robertson, S. Roley, and K. D. Thelen. 2017. Biomass production a stronger driver of cellulosic ethanol yield than biomass quality. Agronomy Journal 109:1911-1922.

  • Zhang, B., C. R. Penton, C. Xue, J. F. Quensen, S. S. Roley, J. Guo, A. Garoutte, T. Zheng, and J. M. Tiedje. 2017. Soil depth and crop determinants of bacterial communities under ten biofuel cropping systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 112:140-152.

  • 2016

    Duncan, D. S. 2016. Linking soil microbiology and environmental conditions to variability in nitrous oxide production in bioenergy cropping systems. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.

  • Fox, A., T. N. Kim, C. A. Bahlai, J. M. Woltz, C. Gratton, and D. A. Landis. 2016. Cover crops have neutral effects on predator communities and biological control services in annual cellulosic bioenergy cropping systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 232:101-109.

  • Garoutte, A. 2016. Identifying the activities of rhizosphere microbial communities using metatranscriptomics. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

  • Guo, J., J. R. Cole, Q. Zhang, C. T. Brown, and J. M. Tiedje. 2016. Microbial community analysis with ribosomal gene fragments from shotgun metagenomes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82:157-166.

  • Guo, J. 2016. Rhizosphere metagenomics of three biofuel crops. Dissertation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

  • Jesus, E. C., C. Liang, F. J. Quensen, E. Susilawati, R. D. Jackson, T. C. Balser, and J. M. Tiedje. 2016. Influence of corn, switchgrass, and prairie cropping systems on soil microbial communities in the upper Midwest of the United States. Global Change Biology Bioenergy 8:481-494.

  • 2015

    Hamilton, S. K., M. Z. Hussain, A. K. Bhardwaj, B. Basso, and G. P. Robertson. 2015. Comparative water use by maize, perennial crops, restored prairie, and poplar trees in the US Midwest. Environmental Research Letters 10:064015.

  • Szymanski, L. 2015. Soil microbial respiration and carbon turnover under perennial and annual biofuel crops in two agricultural soils. Thesis, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.

  • Tiemann, L. K. and A. S. Grandy. 2015. Mechanisms of soil carbon accrual and storage in bioenergy cropping systems. Global Change Biology Bioenergy 7:161-174.

  • Wang, Q., J. A. Fish, M. Gilman, Y. Sun, C. T. Brown, J. M. Tiedje, and J. R. Cole. 2015. Xander: employing a novel method for efficient gene-targeted metagenomic assembly. Microbiome 3:32.

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