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Microbes follow Humboldt: temperature drives plant and soil microbial diversity patterns from the Amazon to the Andes by Nottingham, Andrew T., Fierer, Noah, Turner, Benjamin L., Whitaker, Jeanette, Ostle, Nick J., Mcnamara, Niall P., Bardgett, Richard D., Leff, Jonathan W., Salinas, Norma, Silman, Miles R., Kruuk, Loeske E. B., Meir, Patrick

“…More than 200 years ago, Alexander von Humboldt reported that tropical plant species richness decreased with increasing elevation and decreasing temperature…”
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Microbial responses to warming enhance soil carbon loss following translocation across a tropical forest elevation gradient by Nottingham, Andrew T., Whitaker, Jeanette, Ostle, Nick J., Bardgett, Richard D., McNamara, Niall P., Fierer, Noah, Salinas, Norma, Ccahuana, Adan J. Q., Turner, Benjamin L., Meir, Patrick, Coulson, Tim

“…Tropical soils contain huge carbon stocks, which climate warming is projected to reduce by stimulating organic matter decomposition, creating a positive…”
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Do soil depth and plant community composition interact to modify the resistance and resilience of grassland ecosystem functioning to drought? by Fry, Ellen L., Wilkinson, Anna, Johnson, David, Pritchard, William James, Ostle, Nick J., Baggs, Elizabeth M., Bardgett, Richard D.

“…While the effect of drought on plant communities and their associated ecosystem functions is well studied, little research has considered how responses are…”
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Soil Methane Sink Capacity Response to a Long-Term Wildfire Chronosequence in Northern Sweden by McNamara, Niall P, Gregg, Ruth, Oakley, Simon, Stott, Andy, Rahman, Md Tanvir, Murrell, J Colin, Wardle, David A, Bardgett, Richard D, Ostle, Nick J

“…Boreal forests occupy nearly one fifth of the terrestrial land surface and are recognised as globally important regulators of carbon (C) cycling and greenhouse…”
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Increased plant carbon translocation linked to overyielding in grassland species mixtures by De Deyn, Gerlinde B, Quirk, Helen, Oakley, Simon, Ostle, Nick J, Bardgett, Richard D

“…Plant species richness and productivity often show a positive relationship, but the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood, especially at the plant…”
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Fire Accelerates Assimilation and Transfer of Photosynthetic Carbon from Plants to Soil Microbes in a Northern Peatland by Ward, Susan E., Ostle, Nick J., Oakley, Simon, Quirk, Helen, Stott, Andrew, Henrys, Peter A., Scott, W. Andrew, Bardgett, Richard D.

“…Northern peatlands are recognized as globally important stores of terrestrial carbon (C), yet we have limited understanding of how global changes, including…”
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Grazing increases the temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition in a temperate grassland by Paz-Ferreiro, Jorge, Medina-Roldán, Eduardo, Ostle, Nick J, McNamara, Niall P, Bardgett, Richard D

“…We tested the effects of ungulate grazing and nutrient availability on the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration (CO2) and methane (CH4) emissions in…”
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Sticky dead microbes: Rapid abiotic retention of microbial necromass in soil by Buckeridge, Kate M., La Rosa, Alfio Fabio, Mason, Kelly E., Whitaker, Jeanette, McNamara, Niall P., Grant, Helen K., Ostle, Nick J.

“…Microbial necromass dominates soil organic matter. Recent research on necromass and soil carbon storage has focused on necromass production and stabilization…”
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Plant soil interactions alter carbon cycling in an upland grassland soil by Thomson, Bruce C, Ostle, Nick J, McNamara, Niall P, Oakley, Simon, Whiteley, Andrew S, Bailey, Mark J, Griffiths, Robert I

“…Soil carbon (C) storage is dependent upon the complex dynamics of fresh and native organic matter cycling, which are regulated by plant and soil-microbial…”
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Plant functional group identity influences short-term peatland ecosystem carbon flux: evidence from a plant removal experiment by Ward, Susan E, Bardgett, Richard D, McNamara, Niall P, Ostle, Nick J

“…1. Northern hemisphere peatlands are globally important stores of organic soil carbon. We examined effects of plant functional group identity on short-term…”
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Additional carbon sequestration benefits of grassland diversity restoration by De Deyn, Gerlinde B., Shiel, Robert S., Ostle, Nick J., McNamara, Niall P., Oakley, Simon, Young, Iain, Freeman, Christopher, Fenner, Nathalie, Quirk, Helen, Bardgett, Richard D.

“…1. In Europe, grassland agriculture is one of the dominant land uses. A major aim of European agri-environment policy is the management of grassland for…”
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Vegetation composition promotes carbon and nitrogen storage in model grassland communities of contrasting soil fertility by De Deyn, Gerlinde B., Quirk, Helen, Yi, Zou, Oakley, Simon, Ostle, Nick J., Bardgett, Richard D.

“…1. The benefits of plant functional group and plant species diversity for sustaining primary productivity have been extensively studied. However, few studies…”
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Vegetation type, not the legacy of warming, modifies the response of microbial functional genes and greenhouse gas fluxes to drought in Oro-Arctic and alpine regions by Fry, Ellen L, Ashworth, Deborah, Allen, Kimberley A J, Chardon, Nathalie Isabelle, Rixen, Christian, Björkman, Mats P, Björk, Robert G, Stålhandske, Thomas, Molau, Mathias, Locke-King, Brady, Cantillon, Isabelle, McDonald, Catriona, Liu, Hongwei, De Vries, Franciska T, Ostle, Nick J, Singh, Brajesh K, Bardgett, Richard D

“…Abstract Climate warming and summer droughts alter soil microbial activity, affecting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Arctic and alpine regions. However, the…”
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Can digital image classification be used as a standardised method for surveying peatland vegetation cover? by Baxendale, Catherine L., Ostle, Nick J., Wood, Claire M., Oakley, Simon, Ward, Susan E.

“…The ability to carry out systematic, accurate and repeatable vegetation surveys is an essential part of long-term scientific studies into ecosystem…”
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Land use not litter quality is a stronger driver of decomposition in hyperdiverse tropical forest by Both, Sabine, Elias, Dafydd M. O., Kritzler, Ully H., Ostle, Nick J., Johnson, David

“…In hyperdiverse tropical forests, the key drivers of litter decomposition are poorly understood despite its crucial role in facilitating nutrient availability…”
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Soil Microbial Community and Litter Quality Controls on Decomposition Across a Tropical Forest Disturbance Gradient by Elias, Dafydd M. O., Robinson, Samuel, Both, Sabine, Goodall, Tim, Majalap-Lee, Noreen, Ostle, Nick J., McNamara, Niall P.

“…Industrial logging and agricultural expansion are driving rapid transformations of tropical ecosystems, modifying patterns in above-ground plant and…”
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Long-Term Consequences of Grazing and Burning on Northern Peatland Carbon Dynamics by Ward, Susan E, Bardgett, Richard D, McNamara, Niall P, Adamson, John K, Ostle, Nick J

“…Using a 50-year-old field experiment, we investigated the effects of the long-term land management practices of repeated burning and grazing on peatland…”
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Litter evenness influences short-term peatland decomposition processes by Ward, Susan E, Ostle, Nick J, McNamara, Niall P, Bardgett, Richard D

“…There is concern that changes in climate and land use could increase rates of decomposition in peatlands, leading to release of stored C to the atmosphere…”
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Effects of sieving, drying and rewetting upon soil bacterial community structure and respiration rates by Thomson, Bruce C., Ostle, Nick J., McNamara, Niall P., Whiteley, Andrew S., Griffiths, Robert I.

“…Soil microcosm studies often require some form of soil homogenisation, such as sieving, to provide a representative sample. Frequently, soils are also…”
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Methane indicator values for peatlands: a comparison of species and functional groups by Gray, Alan, Levy, Peter E., Cooper, Mark D. A., Jones, Timothy, Gaiawyn, Jenny, Leeson, Sarah R., Ward, Susan E., Dinsmore, Kerry J., Drewer, Julia, Sheppard, Lucy J., Ostle, Nick J., Evans, Chris D., Burden, Annette, Zieliński, Piotr

“…Previous studies have shown a correspondence between the abundance of particular plant species and methane flux. Here, we apply multivariate analyses, and…”
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