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Professor Emma Sayer

Professor in Ecosystem Ecology

  1. Published

    Revisiting nutrient cycling by litterfall—Insights from 15 years of litter manipulation in old-growth lowland tropical forest

    Sayer, E. J., Rodtassana, C., Sheldrake, M., Bréchet, L. M., Ashford, O. S., Lopez-Sangil, L., Kerdraon-Byrne, D., Castro, B., Turner, B. L., Wright, S. J. & Tanner, E. V. J., 1/03/2020, Tropical Ecosystems in the 21st Century. Dumbrell, A. J., Turner, E. C. & Fayle, T. M. (eds.). Academic Press, p. 173-223 51 p. (Advances in Ecological Research).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  2. Published

    Seasonal Influence of Biodiversity on Soil Respiration in a Temperate Forest

    Zhang, M., Sayer, E. J., Zhang, W., Ye, J., Yuan, Z., Lin, F., Hao, Z., Fang, S., Mao, Z., Ren, J. & Wang, X., 5/12/2022, In: Plants. 11, 23, 15 p., 3391.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Sex & bugs & rock 'n roll: getting creative about public engagement

    Sayer, E., Featherstone, H. C. & Gosling, W. D., 02/2014, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 29, 2, p. 65-67 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Short- and long-term influence of litter quality and quantity on simulated heterotrophic soil respiration in a lowland tropical forest

    Brechet, L. M., Le Dantec, V., Ponton, S., Goret, J-Y., Sayer, E. J., Bonal, D., Freycon, V., Roy, J. & Epron, D., 09/2017, In: Ecosystems. 20, 6, p. 1190-1204 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Soil carbon dynamics are linked to tree species growth strategy in a naturally regenerating tropical forest

    Wallwork, A., Castro-Trujillo, B., Banin, L. F., Dent, D. H., Skiba, U., Kerdraon, D. & Sayer, E. J., 8/08/2023, In: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 6, 1232694.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Soil carbon release enhanced by increased tropical forest litterfall

    Sayer, E. J., Heard, M. S., Grant, H. K., Marthews, T. R. & Tanner, E. V. J., 09/2011, In: Nature Climate Change. 1, 6, p. 304-307 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Soil carbon storage is related to tree functional composition in naturally regenerating tropical forests

    Wallwork, A., Banin, L. F., Dent, D. H., Skiba, U. & Sayer, E., 31/12/2022, In: Functional Ecology. 36, 12, p. 3175-3187 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Soil microbial biomass and community responses to experimental precipitation change: A meta-analysis

    Xu, S., Geng, W., Sayer, E., Zhou, G., Zhou, P. & Liu, C., 1/06/2020, In: Soil Ecology Letters. 2, 2, p. 93-103 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Soil stoichiometry mediates links between tree functional diversity and soil microbial diversity in a temperate forest

    Sanaei, A., Sayer, E., Yuan, Z., Lin, F., Fang, S., Ye, J., Liu, S., Hao, Z. & Wang, X., 31/03/2022, In: Ecosystems. 25, 2, p. 291-307 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Soils are a non-negligible source of NO in a UK suburban greenspace and SE Australian Eucalyptus forest

    An, H., Sayer, E. J., Allan, J., Flynn, M., Phillips, F., Dominick, D., Naylor, T., Paton-Walsh, C., Emmerson, K. M., Possell, M., Parnell, D. & Ashworth, K., 15/11/2023, In: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 342, 109726.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Spatial and temporal shifts in functional and taxonomic diversity of dung beetles in a human-modified tropical forest landscape

    Beiroz, W., Sayer, E. J., Slade, E. M., Audino, L., Braga, R. F., Louzada, J. N. & Barlow, B. J., 12/2018, In: Ecological Indicators. 95, Part 1, p. 518-526 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Species co-occurrence shapes spatial variability in plant diversity–biomass relationships in natural rangelands under different grazing intensities.

    Sayer, E., 15/09/2021, In: Land Degradation and Development. 32, 15, p. 4390-4401 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Sustainable management of grassland soils

    Sayer, E., 27/10/2020, Soils and Landscape Restoration. Stanturf, J. A. & Callaham Jr., M. A. (eds.). Academic Press, p. 95-124 30 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  14. Published

    The anatomy of an excellent review paper

    Sayer, E. J., 10/2018, In: Functional Ecology. 32, 10, p. 2278-2281 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  15. Published

    The Automated Root Exudate System (ARES): a method to apply solutes at regular intervals to soils in the field

    Lopez-Sangil, L., George, C., Medina Barcenas, E., Birkett, A. J., Baxendale, C. L., Brechet, L. M., Estradera-Gumbau, E. & Sayer, E. J., 09/2017, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 8, 9, p. 1042-1050 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    The diversity of decay

    Sayer, E. J. & Schäfer, R., 4/08/2020, In: eLife. 9

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    The essentials of effective scientific writing – A revised alternative guide for authors

    Sayer, E. J., 30/09/2019, In: Functional Ecology. 33, 9, p. 1576-1579 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  18. Published

    The forest for the trees

    Sayer, E., 2014, In: Frontiers of Biogeography. 6, 3

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineBook/Film/Article reviewpeer-review

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  20. Published

    The grassland carbon cycle: mechanisms, responses to global changes, and potential contribution to carbon neutrality

    Liu, L., Sayer, E. J., Deng, M., Li, P., Liu, W., Wang, X., Yang, S., Huang, J., Luo, J., Su, Y., Grünzweig, J. M., Jiang, L., Hu, S. & Piao, S., 31/03/2023, In: Fundamental Research. 3, 2, p. 209-218 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    The role of tree size in the leafing phenology of a seasonally dry tropical forest in Belize, Central America

    Sayer, E. J. & Newbery, D. M., 09/2003, In: Journal of Tropical Ecology. 19, 5, p. 539-548 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Tree functional diversity affects litter decomposition and arthropod community composition in a tropical forest

    Laird-Hopkins, B., Brechet, L. M., Trujillo, B. C. & Sayer, E. J., 11/2017, In: Biotropica. 49, 6, p. 903-911 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Tree stem bases are sources of CH4 and N2O in a tropical forest on upland soil during the dry to wet season transition

    Welch, B., Gauci, V. & Sayer, E. J., 1/01/2019, In: Global Change Biology. 25, 1, p. 361-372 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Tropical forest above‐ground productivity is maintained by nutrients cycled in litter

    Sayer, E. J., Leitman, S. F., Wright, S. J., Rodtassana, C., Vincent, A. G., Bréchet, L. M., Castro, B., Lopez, O., Wallwork, A. & Tanner, E. V. J., 8/01/2024, In: Journal of Ecology. 112, 4, p. 690-700 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Tropical forest restoration: Fast resilience of plant biomass contrasts with slow recovery of stable soil C stocks

    Wang, F., Ding, Y., Sayer, E. J., Li, Q., Zou, B., Mo, Q., Li, Y., Lu, X., Tang, J., Zhu, W. & Li, Z., 12/2017, In: Functional Ecology. 31, 12, p. 2344-2355 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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