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View article: Warming, Snow Exclusion, and Soil Type Alter the Timing of Plant and Soil Activity and Associated Nutrient Losses
Warming, Snow Exclusion, and Soil Type Alter the Timing of Plant and Soil Activity and Associated Nutrient Losses Open
In seasonally snow‐covered ecosystems, changing temperatures and snowpack dynamics under climate change have increased the occurrence and duration of soil temperatures that support microbial activity during plant dormancy. During these per…
View article: General reversal of N-decomposition relationship during long-term decomposition in boreal and temperate forests
General reversal of N-decomposition relationship during long-term decomposition in boreal and temperate forests Open
Decomposition of dead organic matter is fundamental to carbon (C) and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems, influencing C fluxes from the biosphere to the atmosphere. Theory predicts and evidence strongly supports that the availabili…
View article: Frequent and strong cold‐air pooling drives temperate forest composition
Frequent and strong cold‐air pooling drives temperate forest composition Open
Cold‐air pooling is an important topoclimatic process that creates temperature inversions with the coldest air at the lowest elevations. Incomplete understanding of sub‐canopy spatiotemporal cold‐air pooling dynamics and associated ecologi…
View article: Climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture: a review of the evidence for synergies and tradeoffs
Climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture: a review of the evidence for synergies and tradeoffs Open
Agricultural practices that both support climate change mitigation and facilitate adaptation to a changing climate are critical for reducing greenhouse gas emissions while ensuring food security. This need has led to many claims regarding …
View article: Soil organic carbon stock prediction using multi-spatial resolutions of environmental variables: How well does the prediction match local references?
Soil organic carbon stock prediction using multi-spatial resolutions of environmental variables: How well does the prediction match local references? Open
View article: The impact of ice storms on mycorrhizal fungi varies by season and mycorrhizal type in a hardwood forest
The impact of ice storms on mycorrhizal fungi varies by season and mycorrhizal type in a hardwood forest Open
Extreme weather events, such as ice storms, are increasing and have potentially large impacts on forests, including belowground structures such as fine roots and mycorrhizal fungi. Many forest trees rely on the mutualistic relationship bet…
View article: Winter runoff events pose an unquantified continental-scale risk of high wintertime nutrient export
Winter runoff events pose an unquantified continental-scale risk of high wintertime nutrient export Open
Winters in snow-covered regions have warmed, likely shifting the timing and magnitude of nutrient export, leading to unquantified changes in water quality. Intermittent, seasonal, and permanent snow covers more than half of the global land…
View article: Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates
Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates Open
Deadwood is a large global carbon store with its store size partially determined by biotic decay. Microbial wood decay rates are known to respond to changing temperature and precipitation. Termites are also important decomposers in the tro…
View article: Cold‐air pools as microrefugia for ecosystem functions in the face of climate change
Cold‐air pools as microrefugia for ecosystem functions in the face of climate change Open
Cold‐air pooling is a global phenomenon that frequently sustains low temperatures in sheltered, low‐lying depressions and valleys and drives other key environmental conditions, such as soil temperature, soil moisture, vapor pressure defici…
View article: Metadata for Yancey et al
Metadata for Yancey et al Open
Metadata for Yancey et al Ice Storm Experiment data
View article: Soil Type Modifies the Impacts of Warming and Snow Exclusion on Carbon and Nutrient Losses
Soil Type Modifies the Impacts of Warming and Snow Exclusion on Carbon and Nutrient Losses Open
The varied and wide-reaching impacts of climate change are occurring across heterogeneous landscapes. Despite the known importance of soils in mediating biogeochemical nutrient cycling, there is little experimental evidence of how soil cha…
View article: Complex Drivers of Riparian Soil Oxygen Variability Revealed Using Self-Organizing Maps
Complex Drivers of Riparian Soil Oxygen Variability Revealed Using Self-Organizing Maps Open
Oxygen (O 2 ) is a key regulator of soil reduction-oxidation processes and therefore modulates biogeochemical cycles. The difficulties associated with accurately characterizing soil O 2 variability have prompted the use of soil moisture as…
View article: Measuring the Supply of Ecosystem Services from Alternative Soil and Nutrient Management Practices: A Transdisciplinary, Field-Scale Approach
Measuring the Supply of Ecosystem Services from Alternative Soil and Nutrient Management Practices: A Transdisciplinary, Field-Scale Approach Open
Farmers and policy makers pursue management practices that enhance water quality, increase landscape flood resiliency, and mitigate agriculture’s contribution to climate change, all while remaining economically viable. This study presents …
View article: Land Use and Season Influence Event‐Scale Nitrate and Soluble Reactive Phosphorus Exports and Export Stoichiometry from Headwater Catchments
Land Use and Season Influence Event‐Scale Nitrate and Soluble Reactive Phosphorus Exports and Export Stoichiometry from Headwater Catchments Open
Catchment nutrient export, especially during high flow events, can influence ecological processes in receiving waters by altering nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations and relative amounts (stoichiometry). Event‐scale N and P expo…
View article: Benefits and tradeoffs of reduced tillage and manure application methods in a <i>Zea mays</i> silage system
Benefits and tradeoffs of reduced tillage and manure application methods in a <i>Zea mays</i> silage system Open
A critical question is whether there are agricultural management practices that can attain the multiple management goals of increasing yields, preventing nutrient losses, and suppressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. No‐till and manure a…
View article: Vermont EPSCoR stream stations: 2014-2018 high-frequency discharge, nitrate, and SRP data
Vermont EPSCoR stream stations: 2014-2018 high-frequency discharge, nitrate, and SRP data Open
View article: Influence of land use and hydrologic variability on seasonal dissolved organic carbon and nitrate export: insights from a multi-year regional analysis for the northeastern USA
Influence of land use and hydrologic variability on seasonal dissolved organic carbon and nitrate export: insights from a multi-year regional analysis for the northeastern USA Open
View article: Data from: Ecosystem context illuminates conflicting roles of plant diversity in carbon storage
Data from: Ecosystem context illuminates conflicting roles of plant diversity in carbon storage Open
Plant diversity can increase biomass production in plot‐scale studies, but applying these results to ecosystem carbon (C) storage at larger spatial and temporal scales remains problematic. Other ecosystem controls interact with diversity a…
View article: Early stage litter decomposition across biomes
Early stage litter decomposition across biomes Open
View article: Soil Media CO2 and N2O Fluxes Dynamics from Sand-Based Roadside Bioretention Systems
Soil Media CO2 and N2O Fluxes Dynamics from Sand-Based Roadside Bioretention Systems Open
Green stormwater infrastructure such as bioretention is commonly implemented in urban areas for stormwater quality improvements. Although bioretention systems’ soil media and vegetation have the potential to increase carbon (C) and nitroge…
View article: Evaluating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Promising Tillage and Manure Application Practices at Borderview Farm
Evaluating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Promising Tillage and Manure Application Practices at Borderview Farm Open
A research team at UVM, led by Dr. Carol Adair and Dr. Heather Darby, is evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of four different tillage approaches (conventional, strip, vertical, and no till) and two different methods of manure applicatio…
View article: Accounting for photodegradation dramatically improves prediction of carbon losses in dryland systems
Accounting for photodegradation dramatically improves prediction of carbon losses in dryland systems Open
Traditional models of decomposition fail to capture litter mass loss patterns in dryland systems. This shortcoming has stimulated research into alternative drivers of decomposition, including photodegradation. Here, we use aboveground litt…
View article: Simulation of the effects of photodecay on long‐term litter decay using DayCent
Simulation of the effects of photodecay on long‐term litter decay using DayCent Open
Recent studies have found that solar ultraviolet ( UV ) radiation significantly shifts the mass loss and nitrogen dynamics of plant litter decomposition in semi‐arid and arid ecosystems. In this study, we examined the role of photodegradat…
View article: Coupled impacts of climate and land use change across a river–lake continuum: insights from an integrated assessment model of Lake Champlain’s Missisquoi Basin, 2000–2040
Coupled impacts of climate and land use change across a river–lake continuum: insights from an integrated assessment model of Lake Champlain’s Missisquoi Basin, 2000–2040 Open
Global climate change (GCC) is projected to bring higher-intensity precipitation and higher-variability temperature regimes to the Northeastern United States. The interactive effects of GCC with anthropogenic land use and land cover change…
View article: Appendix C. The effect of choosing an arbitrarily small value to replace zero values.
Appendix C. The effect of choosing an arbitrarily small value to replace zero values. Open
The effect of choosing an arbitrarily small value to replace zero values.
View article: Appendix A. Literature review references: 498 litterbag studies.
Appendix A. Literature review references: 498 litterbag studies. Open
Literature review references: 498 litterbag studies.
View article: Appendix G. Model comparison for Hobbie (2008) litterbag decomposition data.
Appendix G. Model comparison for Hobbie (2008) litterbag decomposition data. Open
Model comparison for Hobbie (2008) litterbag decomposition data.
View article: Supplement 1. R code for performing nonlinear regression, with data (embedded in the R code), and a short description of the program.
Supplement 1. R code for performing nonlinear regression, with data (embedded in the R code), and a short description of the program. Open
File List nonlinear_regression.R Description The "nonlinear_regression.R" program provides a short example (with data) of one way to perform nonlinear regression in R (version 2.8.1). This example is not meant to provide extensive informat…
View article: Appendix D. The effect of additional increases in simulation length on estimates of decomposition rate, k.
Appendix D. The effect of additional increases in simulation length on estimates of decomposition rate, k. Open
The effect of additional increases in simulation length on estimates of decomposition rate, k.
View article: Appendix E. Results of NMDS ordinations of PLFA groups (Gram positive bacteria, Gram negative bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi).
Appendix E. Results of NMDS ordinations of PLFA groups (Gram positive bacteria, Gram negative bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi). Open
Results of NMDS ordinations of PLFA groups (Gram positive bacteria, Gram negative bacteria, actinomycetes, fungi).