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High-throughput fluorometric measurement of potential soil extracellular enzyme activities by Bell, Colin W, Fricks, Barbara E, Rocca, Jennifer D, Steinweg, Jessica M, McMahon, Shawna K, Wallenstein, Matthew D

“…Microbes in soils and other environments produce extracellular enzymes to depolymerize and hydrolyze organic macromolecules so that they can be assimilated for…”
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Linking Microbial Community Structure and Function to Seasonal Differences in Soil Moisture and Temperature in a Chihuahuan Desert Grassland by Bell, Colin W, Acosta-Martinez, Veronica, McIntyre, Nancy E, Cox, Stephen, Tissue, David T, Zak, John C

“…Global and regional climate models predict higher air temperature and less frequent, but larger precipitation events in arid regions within the next century…”
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Precipitation Timing and Magnitude Differentially Affect Aboveground Annual Net Primary Productivity in Three Perennial Species in a Chihuahuan Desert Grassland by Robertson, Traesha R., Bell, Colin W., Zak, John C., Tissue, David T.

“…Plant productivity in deserts may be more directly responsive to soil water availability than to precipitation. However, measurement of soil moisture alone may…”
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Microbial Community Composition as Affected by Dryland Cropping Systems and Tillage in a Semiarid Sandy Soil by Acosta-Martínez, Verónica, Dowd, Scot E., Bell, Colin W., Lascano, Robert, Booker, Jill D., Zobeck, Ted M., Upchurch, Dan R.

“…This study evaluated microbial communities of soil (0–10 cm) as affected by dryland cropping systems under different tillage practices after 5 years. The soil…”
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Soil microbial and nutrient responses to 7 years of seasonally altered precipitation in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland by Bell, Colin W, Tissue, David T, Loik, Michael E, Wallenstein, Matthew D, Acosta ‐ Martinez, Veronica, Erickson, Richard A, Zak, John C

“…Soil microbial communities in Chihuahuan Desert grasslands generally experience highly variable spatiotemporal rainfall patterns. Changes in precipitation…”
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Opposing effects of different soil organic matter fractions on crop yields by Wood, Stephen A., Sokol, Noah, Bell, Colin W., Bradford, Mark A., Naeem, Shahid, Wallenstein, Matthew D., Palm, Cheryl A.

“…Soil organic matter is critical to sustainable agriculture because it provides nutrients to crops as it decomposes and increases nutrient- and water-holding…”
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Physiological responses of two contrasting desert plant species to precipitation variability are differentially regulated by soil moisture and nitrogen dynamics by PATRICK, LISA D, OGLE, KIONA, BELL, COLIN W, ZAK, JOHN, TISSUE, DAVID

“…Alterations in global and regional precipitation patterns are expected to affect plant and ecosystem productivity, especially in water-limited ecosystems. This…”
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Plant nitrogen uptake drives rhizosphere bacterial community assembly during plant growth by Bell, Colin W., Asao, Shinichi, Calderon, Francisco, Wolk, Brett, Wallenstein, Matthew D.

“…When plants establish in novel environments, they can modify soil microbial community structure and functional properties in ways that enhance their own…”
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High-throughput Fluorometric Measurement of Potential Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activities by Bell, Colin W., Fricks, Barbara E., Rocca, Jennifer D., Steinweg, Jessica M., McMahon, Shawna K., Wallenstein, Matthew D.

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