Search Results - "Waring, Bonnie G."

Differences in fungal and bacterial physiology alter soil carbon and nitrogen cycling: insights from meta-analysis and theoretical models by Waring, Bonnie G., Averill, Colin, Hawkes, Christine V.

“…Since fungi and bacteria are the dominant decomposers in soil, their distinct physiologies are likely to differentially influence rates of ecosystem carbon (C)…”
Get full text

Observed variation in soil properties can drive large variation in modelled forest functioning and composition during tropical forest secondary succession by Medvigy, David, Wang, Gangsheng, Zhu, Qing, Riley, William J., Trierweiler, Annette M., Waring, Bonnie G., Xu, Xiangtao, Powers, Jennifer S.

“…Censuses of tropical forest plots reveal large variation in biomass and plant composition. This paper evaluates whether such variation can emerge solely from…”
Get full text

Scale‐dependent variation in nitrogen cycling and soil fungal communities along gradients of forest composition and age in regenerating tropical dry forests by Waring, Bonnie G, Adams, Rachel, Branco, Sara, Powers, Jennifer S

“…Rates of ecosystem nitrogen (N) cycling may be mediated by the presence of ectomycorrhizal fungi, which compete directly with free‐living microbes for N. In…”
Get full text

Grand challenges in ecosystem restoration by Waring, Bonnie G.

“…Conversely, restoration efforts might employ ‘bottom-up’ approaches that focus on the soil microbes which release and transport plant-available nutrients,…”
Get full text

Will seasonally dry tropical forests be sensitive or resistant to future changes in rainfall regimes? by Allen, Kara, Dupuy, Juan Manuel, Gei, Maria G, Hulshof, Catherine, Medvigy, David, Pizano, Camila, Salgado-Negret, Beatriz, Smith, Christina M, Trierweiler, Annette, Van Bloem, Skip J, Waring, Bonnie G, Xu, Xiangtao, Powers, Jennifer S

“…Seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF) are located in regions with alternating wet and dry seasons, with dry seasons that last several months or more. By the…”
Get full text

Unraveling the mechanisms underlying pulse dynamics of soil respiration in tropical dry forests by Waring, Bonnie G, Powers, Jennifer S

“…Tropical dry forests are already undergoing changes in the quantity and timing of rainfall, but there is great uncertainty over how these shifts will affect…”
Get full text

Forest composition modifies litter dynamics and decomposition in regenerating tropical dry forest by Schilling, Erik M., Waring, Bonnie G., Schilling, Jonathan S., Powers, Jennifer S.

“…We investigated how forest composition, litter quality, and rainfall interact to affect leaf litter decomposition across three successional tropical dry…”
Get full text

Nitrogen, phosphorus, and cation use efficiency in stands of regenerating tropical dry forest by Waring, Bonnie G., Becknell, Justin M., Powers, Jennifer S.

“…Plants on infertile soils exhibit physiological and morphological traits that support conservative internal nutrient cycling. However, potential trade-offs…”
Get full text

Exploring relationships between enzyme activities and leaf litter decomposition in a wet tropical forest by Waring, Bonnie G.

“…The theory of ecological stoichiometry predicts that the microbial biomass should regulate production of extracellular enzymes to target the resource in…”
Get full text

Historical climate controls soil respiration responses to current soil moisture by Hawkes, Christine V., Waring, Bonnie G., Rocca, Jennifer D., Kivlin, Stephanie N.

“…Ecosystem carbon losses from soil microbial respiration are a key component of global carbon cycling, resulting in the transfer of 40–70 Pg carbon from soil to…”
Get full text

Historical precipitation predictably alters the shape and magnitude of microbial functional response to soil moisture by Averill, Colin, Waring, Bonnie G., Hawkes, Christine V.

“…Soil moisture constrains the activity of decomposer soil microorganisms, and in turn the rate at which soil carbon returns to the atmosphere. While increases…”
Get full text

A Meta-analysis of Climatic and Chemical Controls on Leaf Litter Decay Rates in Tropical Forests by Waring, Bonnie G.

“…Although tropical forests occupy a small fraction of the earth's total land area, they play a disproportionately large role in regulating the global carbon…”
Get full text

Stoichiometry of microbial carbon use efficiency in soils by Sinsabaugh, Robert L., Turner, Benjamin L., Talbot, Jennifer M., Waring, Bonnie G., Powers, Jennifer S., Kuske, Cheryl R., Moorhead, Daryl L., Shah, Jennifer J. Follstad

“…The carbon use efficiency (CUE) of microbial communities partitions the flow of C from primary producers to the atmosphere, decomposer food webs, and soil C…”
Get full text

Nitrogen effects on plant productivity change at decadal time‐scales by Liang, Guopeng, Luo, Yiqi, Zhou, Zhenghu, Waring, Bonnie G., Simova, Irena

“…Aim Although some long‐term studies have been conducted to quantify the impacts of nitrogen (N) on plant productivity, uncertainties remain regarding whether…”
Get full text

Overlooking what is underground: Root:shoot ratios and coarse root allometric equations for tropical forests by Waring, Bonnie G., Powers, Jennifer S.

“…•Coarse root stocks in tropical forests are not well quantified.•We synthesized data on root:shoot ratios across tropical forests.•Root:shoot ratios decreased…”
Get full text

Tradeoffs in microbial carbon allocation may mediate soil carbon storage in future climates by Kivlin, Stephanie N, Waring, Bonnie G, Averill, Colin, Hawkes, Christine V

Get full text

Unraveling mechanisms underlying effects of wetting–drying cycles on soil respiration in a dryland by Liang, Guopeng, Reed, Sasha C., Stark, John M., Waring, Bonnie G.

“…Rewetting of dry soils usually stimulates soil carbon (C) emission, a phenomenon known as the Birch effect. Soil C cycling in drylands, which store…”
Get full text

Plant community responses to stand-level nutrient fertilization in a secondary tropical dry forest by Waring, Bonnie G., Pérez-Aviles, Daniel, Murray, Jessica G., Powers, Jennifer S.

“…The size of the terrestrial carbon (C) sink is mediated by the availability of nutrients that limit plant growth. However, nutrient controls on primary…”
Get full text

Broad-Scale Patterns of Soil Carbon (C) Pools and Fluxes Across Semiarid Ecosystems are Linked to Climate and Soil Texture by Smith, Kenneth R., Waring, Bonnie G.

“…Dryland (semiarid and arid) ecosystems are responsible for most of the interannual variation in atmospheric CO₂ concentrations and contain a considerable…”
Get full text

From pools to flow: The PROMISE framework for new insights on soil carbon cycling in a changing world by Waring, Bonnie G., Sulman, Benjamin N., Reed, Sasha, Smith, A. Peyton, Averill, Colin, Creamer, Courtney A., Cusack, Daniela F., Hall, Steven J., Jastrow, Julie D., Jilling, Andrea, Kemner, Kenneth M., Kleber, Markus, Liu, Xiao‐Jun Allen, Pett‐Ridge, Jennifer, Schulz, Marjorie

“…Soils represent the largest terrestrial reservoir of organic carbon, and the balance between soil organic carbon (SOC) formation and loss will drive powerful…”
Get full text