Publications

2009

Ayres, E., D. H. Wall and R. D. Bardgett. In press. Trophic interactions and their implications for soil C flux. In M.Bahn, A. Heinemeyer and W. Kutsch, eds. The Role of Soils in the Terrestrial Carbon Balance. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Simmons, B. L. D. H. Wall, B. J. Adams, E. Ayres, J. E. Barrett and R.A. Virginia. 2009. Long- term experimental warming reduces soil nematode populations in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41: 2052-2060, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.07.009.

Carpenter, S. R., V. Armbrust, P. Arzberger, F. S. Chapin III, J. Elser, E. Hackett, A. R. Ives, P. Kareiva, M. Leibold, P. Lundberg, M. Magel, N. Merchant, W. Murdoch, M. Palmer, D. Peters, S. Pickett, K. Smith, D. H. Wall, A. Zimmerman. Accelerate synthesis in Ecology and Environmental Sciences. BioScience 59:699-701.

Simmons, B. L., D. H. Wall, B. J. Adams, E. Ayres, J. E. Barrett and R. A. Virginia. Above- and below-ground community structure of terrestrial mesofauna: Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Polar Biology 97:901-912.

Ayres, E., H. Steltzer, S. Berg, M. D. Wallenstein, B. L. Simmons and D. H. Wall. 2009. Tree species traits influence soil physical, chemical and biological properties in high elevation forests. PLoS ONE 4:e5964.

Ayres, E., H. Steltzer, S. Berg and D. H. Wall. 2009. Soil biota accelerate decomposition in high elevation forests by specializing in the breakdown of litter produced by the plant species above them.  Journal of Ecology 97:901-912, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01539

Ball, B. A., R. A. Virginia, J. E. Barrett, A. N. Parsons and D. H. Wall. 2009. Interactions between physical and biotic factors influence CO₂ flux in Antarctic Dry Valley soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41(7): 1510-1517.  doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.04.011

Adhikari, B.N., D. H. Wall., B.J. Adams. 2009. Desiccation survival in an Antarctic nematode: molecular analysis using expressed sequenced tags. BMC Genomics 10, Article Number: 69.

Ayres, E., Steltzer, H., Simmons, B.L., Simpson, R., Steinweg, J.M., Wallenstein, M.D., Mellor, N., Parton, W.J., Moore, J.C., Wall, D.H. 2009. Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 41:606-610.

Palumbi, S.R., Sandifer, P.A., Allan, J.D., Beck, M.W., Fautin, D.G., Fogarty, M.J., Halpern, B.S., Incze, L.S., Leong, J.A., Norse, E., Stachowicz, J.J., Wall, D.H. 2009. Managing for ocean biodiversity to sustain marine ecosystem services. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7 (4): 204-211.

Reed, H.E., Blair, J.M., Wall, D.H., Seastedt, T.R. 2009. Impacts of management legacies on litter decomposition in response to reduced precipitation in a tallgrass prairie. Applied Soil Ecology 42 (2): 79-85.

Wu, T.H., Ayres, E., Li, G., Bardgett, R.D., Wall, D.H., Garey, J.R. 2009. Molecular profiling of soil animal diversity in natural ecosystems: Incongruence of molecular and morphological results. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41 (4): 849-857.

2008

Ayres, E., Nkem, J.N., Wall, D.H., Adams, B.J., Barrett, J.E., Broos, E.J., Parsons, A.N., Powers, L.E., Simmons, B.L., Virginia, R.A. 2008. Effects of Human Trampling on Populations of Soil Fauna in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Conservation Biology 22 (6): 1544-1551.

Ayres, E., D.H. Wall, B.L. Simmons, C.B. Field, D.G. Milchunas, J.A. Morgan and J. Roy. 2008. Belowground nematode herbivores are resistant to elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations in grassland ecosystems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40:978-985.

Barrett, J.E., Virginia, R.A., Wall, D.H., Adams, B.J. 2008. Decline in a dominant invertebrate species contributes to altered carbon cycling in a low-diversity soil ecosystem. Global Change Biology 14 (8): 1734-1744.

Barrett, J.E., Virginia, R.A., Wall, D.H., Doran, P.T., Fountain, A.G., Welch, K.A., Lyons, W.B. 2008. Persistent effects of a discrete warming event on a polar desert ecosystem. Global Change Biology 14 (10): 2249-2261.

Niederberger, T.D., McDonald, I.R., Hacker, A.L., Soo, R.M., Barrett, J.E., Wall, D.H., Cary, S.C. 2008. Microbial community composition in soils of Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Environmental Microbiology 10 (7): 1713-1724.

Poage, M.A., J.E. Barrett, R.A. Virginia, D.H. Wall. 2008. The influence of soil geochemistry on nematode distribution, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 40:119-128.

Robertson, G.P., Allen, V.G., Boody, G., Boose, E.R., Creamer, N.G., Drinkwater, L.E., Gosz, J.R., Lynch, L., Havlin, J.L., Jackson, L.E., Pickett, S.T.A., Pitelka, L., Randall, A., Reed, A.S., Seastedt, T.R., Waide, R.B., Wall, D.H. 2008. Long-term agricultural research: A research, education, and extension imperative. Bioscience 58 (7): 640-645.

Simmons, B.L., Niles, R.K., Wall, D.H. 2008. Distribution and abundance of field nematodes at various spatial scales. Applied Soil Ecology 38:211-222.

Wall, D.H., Bradford, M.A., John, M.G.S., Trofymow, J.A., Behan-Pelletier, V., Bignell, D.D.E., Dangerfield, J.M., Parton, W.J., Rusek, J., Voigt, W., Wolters, V., Gardel, H.Z., Ayuke, F.O., Bashford, R., Beljakova, O.I., Bohlen, P.J., Brauman, A., Flemming, S., Henschel, J.R., Johnson, D.L., Jones, T.H., Kovarova, M., Kranabetter, J.M., Kutny, L., Lin, K.C., Maryati, M., Masse, D., Pokarzhevskii, A., Rahman, H., Sabara, M.G., Salamon, J.A., Swift, M.J., Varela, A., Vasconcelos, H.L., White, D., Zou, X.M. 2008. Global decomposition experiment shows soil animal impacts on decomposition are climate-dependent. Global Change Biology 14 (11): 2661-2677.

2007

Adams, B.J., Wall, D.H., Gozel, U., Dillman, A.R., Chaston, J.M., Hogg, I.D. 2007. The southernmost worm, Scottnema lindsayae (Nematoda): diversity, dispersal and ecological stability. Polar Biology 30 (7): 809-815.

Adhikari, B.N., Ayres, E., Simmons, B., Wall, D.H., Adams, B.J. 2007. A study of the molecular mechanisms of desiccation tolerance in antarctic dry valley nematodes using Expressed Sequenced Tags (EST). Journal of Nematology 39 (1): 102-102.

Ayres, E., Wall, D.H., Adams, B.J., Barrett, J.E., Virginia, R. A. 2007.  Unique similarity of faunal communities across aquatic terrestrial interfaces in a polar desert ecosystem. Ecosystems 10: 523-535.

Barrett, J.E., Virginia, R.A., Lyons, W.B., McKnight, D.M., Priscu, J.C., Doran, P.T., Fountain, A.G., Wall, D.H., Moorhead, D.L. 2007. Biogeochemical stoichiometry of Antarctic Dry Valley ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research 112, article G01010, doi:10.1029/2005JG000141.

Dillman, A.R., Davie, T.S., Chaston, J.M., Peat, S.M., Ayres, E., Simmons, B., Barrett, J.E., Wall, D.H., Adams, B.J. 2007. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in victoria land nematodes: A molecular approach. Journal of Nematology 39 (1): 103-103.

Hunt, H.W., Treonis, A.M., Wall, D.H., Virginia, R.A. 2007. A mathematical model for variation in water-retention curves among sandy soils. Antarctic Science 19 (4): 427-436.

Johnson, S.N., Crawford, J.W., Gregory, P.J., Grinev, D.V., Mankin, R.W., Masters, G.J., Murray, P.J., Wall, D.H., Zhang, X.X. 2007. Non-invasive techniques for investigating and modelling root-feeding insects in managed and natural systems. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 9 (1): 39-46.

Wall, D.H. 2007.  Global Change tipping points: Above- and below-ground biotic interactions in a low diversity ecosystem. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 362 (1488): 2291-2306.

2006

Adams, B.J., Bardgett, R.D., Ayres, E., Wall, D.H., Aislabie, J., Bamforth, S., Bargagli, R., Cary, C., Cavacini, P., Connell, L., Convey, P., Fell, J.W., Frati, F., Hogg, I.D., Newsham, K.K., O’Donnell, A., Russell, N., Seppelt, R.D., Stevens, M.I. 2006. Diversity and distribution of Victoria Land biota. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38 (10): 3003-3018.

Barrett, J.E., Virginia, R.A., Hopkins, D.W., Aislabie, J., Bargagli, R., Bockheim, J.G., Campbell, I.B., Lyons, W.B., Moorhead, D.L., Nkem, J.N., Sletten, R.S., Steltzer, H., Wall, D.H., Wallenstein, M.D. 2006. Terrestrial ecosystem processes of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38 (10): 3019-3034.

Barrett, J.E., Virginia, R.A., Parsons, A.N., Wall, D.H. 2006. Soil carbon turnover in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38 (10): 3065-3082.

Barrett, J.E., Virginia, R.A., Wall, D.H., Cary, S.C., Adams, B.J., Hacker, A.L., Aislabie, J.M. 2006. Co-variation in soil biodiversity and biogeochemistry in northern and southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 18 (4): 535-548.

Blecker, S.W., Ippolito, J.A., Barrett, J.E., Wall, D.H., Virginia, R.A., Norvell, K.L. 2006. Phosphorus fractions in soils of Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Soil Science of America Journal 70 (3): 806-815.

Hogg, I.D., Cary, S.C., Convey, P., Newsham, K.K., O’Donnell, A.G., Adams, B.J., Aislabie, J., Frati, F., Stevens, M.I., Wall, D.H. 2006. Biotic interactions in Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems: Are they a factor? Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38 (10): 3035-3040.

Nkem, J.N., Virginia, R.A., Barrett, J.E., Wall, D.H., Li, G. 2006. Salt tolerance and survival thresholds for two species of Antarctic soil nematodes. Polar Biology 29: 643-651.

Nkem, J.N., Wall, D.H., Virginia, R.A., Barrett, J.E., Broos, E., Porazinska, D.L., Adams, B.J. 2006. Wind dispersal of soil invertebrates in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Polar Biology 29: 346-352.

Ojima D.S., Wall, D.H., Moore, J., Galvin, K., Hobbs, N.T., Hunt, W.H., Paustian, K., Swift, D., Boone, R.B., Conant, R.T., Klein, J., Christensen, L., Sankaran, M., Ratnam, J., Ayres, E., Steltzer, H., Simmons, B., Williams, G. 2006. Don’t sell social science short. Science 312 (5779): 1470-1470.

St. John, M.G., Wall, D.H., Behan-Pelletier, V.M. 2006. Does plant species co-occurrence influence soil mite diversity? Ecology 87: 625-633.

St. John, M.G., Wall, D.H., Hunt, H.W. 2006. Are soil mite assemblages structured by the identity of native and invasive alien grasses? Ecology 87: 1314-1324.

Wall, D.H., Adams, B.J., Barrett, J.E., Hopkins, D.W. 2006. A synthesis of soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38: 3001-3002.