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| Costello,
E.K., C.L. Lauber, M. Hamady, N. Fierer, J.I. Gordon, R. Knight. In
Press. Bacterial variation in human body habitats across space and
time. Science. |
| Craine,
J.M., R. Spurr, K. McLauchlan, N.
Fierer. In Press. Landscape-level
variation in the temperature
sensitivity of soil organic carbon decomposition. Soil Biology &
Biochemistry |
| Strickland,
M.S., M.A. Callaham, C.A. Davies,
C.L. Lauber, K. Ramirez, D.D. Richter, N.
Fierer, M.A. Bradford. In Press.
Rates of in situ carbon mineralization in relation to land-use,
microbial
community and edaphic characteristics. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. |
| Fierer, N., M.S.
Strickland, D. Liptzin, M.A. Bradford, C.C.
Cleveland. 2009. Global
patterns in
belowground communities. Ecology Letters. 12: 1238-1249. [pdf] |
| Wiedinmyer,
C., R. Bowers, N. Fierer, E. Horanyi, M. Hannigan, A.G. Hallar, I.
McCubbin, K.
Baustian.2009. The contribution
of biological particles to observed particulate organic carbon at a
remote high
altitude site. Atmospheric Environment. 43: 4278-4282. [pdf] |
| Bowers,
R., C.L.
Lauber, M. Hamady, R. Knight, C. Wiedinmyer, R. Fall, G. Hallar, N.
Fierer.
2009. Characterization
of airborne microbial communities at
a high elevation site and their potential to act as atmospheric ice
nuclei.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75: 5121-5130. [pdf] |
| Fierer, N., A.S.
Grandy, J.
Six, E.A. Paul. 2009. Searching
for unifying principles in soil ecology.
Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 41: 2249-2256. [pdf] |
| Lauber,
C.L., R.
Knight, M. Hamady, N. Fierer. 2009.
Soil pH as a predictor of soil bacterial community structure at the
continental
scale: a pyrosequencing-based assessment. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology. 75: 5111-5120 [pdf] |
| Hamilton,
H.C., M.S. Strickland, K. Wickings,
M.A. Bradford, N. Fierer. 2009.
Surveying soil faunal communities using a direct molecular approach.
Soil
Biology & Biochemistry. 41:1311-1314. [pdf] |
| Strickland, M., C.L. Lauber, N.
Fierer , M.A. Bradford. 2009. Testing
the functional significance of microbial community composition.
Ecology. 90: 441-451 [pdf]
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| Fierer, N., K.
Carney, M.C.
Horner-Devine, J.P. Megonigal. 2009. The
biogeography of
ammonia-oxidizing bacterial communities in soil.
Microbial Ecology. DOI
10.1007/s00248-009-9517-9 [pdf] |
| Grandy,
A.S., M.S. Strickland, C.L. Lauber, M.A. Bradford, N. Fierer. 2009. The
influence of microbial communities, management, and soil
texture on soil organic matter chemistry. Geoderma. 150: 278-286. [pdf] |
| Redford,
A.J., N.
Fierer. 2009. Bacterial succession on the leaf surface: a novel
system for studying
successional dynamics. Microbial Ecology.58: 189-198. [pdf] |
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| Jones,
R.T., M.S. Robeson, C.L.. Lauber, M. Hamady, R. Knight,
N. Fierer. 2009. A comprehensive survey
of soil acidobacterial
diversity using pyrosequencing and clone library analyses. The ISME
Journal. doi:10.1038/ismej.2008.127
[pdf] |
| Colman,
B.P., N. Fierer, J.P. Schimel. 2008. Abiotic nitrate
incorporation, anaerobic microsites, and the ferrous wheel.
Biogeochemistry.DOI
10.1007/s10533-008-9281-9 [pdf] |
| Strickland,
M., E. Osbourn, C.L. Lauber, N. Fierer, M.A. Bradford. 2009.
Litter quality is in the eye of the beholder: initial decomposition
rates as a
function of inoculum characteristics. Functional Ecology. doi:
10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01515.x [pdf] |
| Fierer, N. M. Hamady, C.L.
Lauber, R.
Knight. 2008. The influence of sex, handedness, and washing on the
diversity of
hand surface bacteria. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, USA. 105: 17994-17999. [pdf] |
| Lauber, C.L., M.S. Strickland, M.A. Bradford, N.
Fierer. 2008. The
influence of soil properties on the structure of bacterial and fungal
communities across land-use types. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 40:
2407-2415. [pdf]
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| Nemergut,D.R., A.R.
Townsend, S.R.
Sattin, K.R. Freeman, N. Fierer, J.C. Neff, W.D. Bowman, C.W. Schadt,
M. N. Weintraub, S.K. Schmidt.2008. The effects of chronic nitrogen
fertilization on alpine tundra soil microbial communities: implications
for
carbon and nitrogen cycling. Environmental Microbiology.10:
3093-3105 [pdf] |
| M.A.
Bradford, N. Fierer, R.B. Jackson, T.R. Maddox, J.F. Reynolds. 2008.
Nonlinear root-derived carbon sequestration across a gradient of
nitrogen and
phosphorous deposition in experimental mesocosms. Global Change
Biology. 14: 1113-1124. [pdf] |
| J.W. Leff, N.
Fierer. 2008. Volatile organic
compound (VOC) emissions from soil and litter samples. Soil Biology
&
Biochemistry. 4o: 1629-1636. [pdf] |
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M.A. Bradford, N.
Fierer, J.F. Reynolds. 2008.
Soil carbon stocks in experimental mesocosms are dependent on the rate
of labile carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous inputs to soils. Functional Ecology.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01404.x [pdf]
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| N. Fierer 2008. Microbial biogeography:
patterns in microbial diversity across space and time. In: Accessing
Uncultivated Microorganisms: from the Environment to Organisms and
Genomes and
Back. K. Zengler (editor). ASM
Press, Washington
DC pgs. 95-115. [pdf]
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| N. Fierer, Z.
Liu, M. Rodríguez-Hernández, R. Knight,
M. Henn, M. T. Hernandez. 2008. Short-term temporal variability in
airborne bacterial and fungal populations. Applied & Environmental
Microbiology. 74:200-207. [pdf] |
| N.
Fierer, M. Breitbart, J. Nulton, P. Salamon, C. Lozupone, R. Jones, M.
Robeson, R. Edwards, B. Felts, S. Rayhawk, R. Knight, F. Rohwer, R. B.
Jackson. 2007. Metagenomic and small-subunit RNA analyses reveal the
genetic diversity of
bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses in soil. Applied &
Environmental
Microbiology. 73: 7059-7066. [pdf] |
| N. Fierer, J. Morse, S.
Berthrong,
E.S. Bernhardt, R.B. Jackson. 2007. Environmental controls on the
landscape-scale
biogeography of stream bacterial communities. Ecology. 88: 2162-2173. [pdf] |
| N.
Fierer. 2007. Tilting at windmills: A response to a recent critique
of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) data
[letter to the editor]. Applied & Environmental Microbiology. 73:
8041-8042. [pdf] |
| J.M.
Craine, C. Morrow. N. Fierer. 2007. Microbial N limitation increases
decomposition. Ecology. 88: (8): 2105-2113. [pdf] |
| N. Fierer. 2007. Finding a place for
microorganisms in the field of ecology [book review] Ecology 88 (5):
1336-1337 [pdf] |
| R.B.
Jackson, N. Fierer, J.P. Schimel. 2007. New directions in microbial
ecology. Ecology 88 (6): 1343-1344. |
| N. Fierer, M.A.
Bradford, R.B. Jackson. 2007. Toward an ecological
classification of soil bacteria. Ecology 88 (6): 1354-1364 [pdf] |
| B.P.
Colman, N. Fierer, J.P. Schimel. 2007. Abiotic nitrate incorporation in
soil: is it real? Biogeochemistry. 84: 161-169 [pdf] |
| N.
Fierer, B.P. Colman, J.P. Schimel, R.B.
Jackson. 2006. Predicting the temperature dependence of microbial
respiration in soil: A continental-scale analysis. Global
Biogeochemical Cycles. 20, GB3026, doi: 10.1029/2005GB002644. [pdf] |
| N. Fierer, R.B.
Jackson. 2006. The diversity and
biogeography of soil bacterial communities. PNAS. 103 (3):
626-631. [pdf] |
| E.J. Gabet, N.
Fierer, O.A. Chadwick. 2005.
Prediction of sediment-bound nutrient delivery from semi-arid California
watersheds. J. Geophysical Research.
110, G02001, doi: 10.1029/2005JG000032. |
| N. Fierer, O.A. Chadwick, S.E.
Trumbore. 2005. Production of CO2 in soil profiles of a California
annual
grassland. Ecosystems. 8: 412-429. [pdf] |
| N. Fierer, J.A. Jackson, R. Vilgalys,
R.B. Jackson. 2005. Assessment of soil microbial community structure by
use of
taxon-specific quantitative PCR assays. Applied & Environmental
Microbiology. 71 (7): 4117-4120. [pdf] |
| N. Fierer, J. Craine, K. McLauchlan, J.P. Schimel.
2005. Litter quality and the temperature sensitivity of
decomposition. Ecology. 86 (2): 320-326. [pdf] |
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| P.A.
Holden, N. Fierer. 2005. Microbial processes
in the vadose zone. Vadose Zone Journal. 4: 1-21. [pdf] |
| J.P. Schimel, J.
Bennett, N. Fierer. 2005. Microbial
community composition and soil N cycling: Is
there really a connection? In: Biological Diversity and Function in
Soils, R.D.
Bardgett, D.W. Hopkins, M.B. Usher (Editors). Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, UK.
pp. 171-188. |
| P.A. Holden, N. Fierer. 2004. Vadose
Zone Microbial Ecology. In: Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment,
D. Hillel
(Editor). p 216-224. Elsevier Press, Oxford, UK. |
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N. Fierer, J.P.
Schimel, P.A. Holden. 2003. Controls on microbial CO2
production in surface and
subsurface soil horizons of a California grassland. Global Change
Biology. 9: 1322-1332. [pdf]
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| N. Fierer, J.P. Schimel. 2003.
A
proposed mechanism for the pulse in CO2 production commonly observed following
the rapid rewetting of a dry soil. Soil Science Society of America
Journal. 67: 798-805. [pdf] |
| N. Fierer, J.P. Schimel, P.A. Holden.
2003. Variation in microbial community
composition through two soil depth profiles. Soil Biology &
Biochemistry. 35: 167-176. [pdf] |
| N. Fierer, J.P. Schimel, P.A. Holden.
2003. Influence of drying-rewetting
frequency on soil bacterial community structure. Microbial Ecology. 45:
63-71. [pdf] |
N. Fierer, E.J. Gabet. 2002. Carbon and
nitrogen losses by surface runoff
following changes in vegetation. Journal of Environmental Quality. 31:
1207-1213. [pdf]
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| N. Fierer, J.P. Schimel. 2002. Effects
of drying-rewetting frequency on soil
carbon and nitrogen transformations. Soil Biology & Biochemistry.
34:
777-787.[pdf] |
| N. Fierer, J.P. Schimel, R.G. Cates, J.
Zou. 2001. The influence of balsam
poplar tannin fractions on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in Alaskan
taiga
floodplain soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 33: 1827-1839. [pdf] |
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