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  1. 2025
  2. Published

    Higher Plant Diversity Does Not Moderate the Influence of Changing Rainfall Regimes on Plant–Soil Feedback of a Semi‐Arid Grassland

    Li, X., Png, G. K., Zhang, Z., Guo, F., Li, Y., Li, F., Luo, S., Ostle, N. J., Quinton, J. N., Schaffner, U. A., Hou, X., Wardle, D. A. & Bardgett, R. D., 31/03/2025, In: Global Change Biology. 31, 3, e70084.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  3. Published

    Plant root carbon inputs drive methane production in tropical peatlands

    Girkin, N. T., Siegenthaler, A., Lopez, O., Stott, A., Ostle, N., Gauci, V. & Sjögersten, S., 25/01/2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 3244.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  4. 2024
  5. Published

    Microbial and mineral interactions decouple litter quality from soil organic matter formation

    Elias, D. M. O., Mason, K. E., Goodall, T., Taylor, A., Zhao, P., Otero-Fariña, A., Chen, H., Peacock, C. L., Ostle, N. J., Griffiths, R., Chapman, P. J., Holden, J., Banwart, S., McNamara, N. P. & Whitaker, J., 20/11/2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, 10063.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  6. Published

    Logging alters tropical forest structure, while conversion reduces biodiversity and functioning

    Marsh, C. J., Turner, E. C., Blonder, B. W., Bongalov, B., Both, S., Cruz, R. S., Elias, D. M. O., Hemprich-Bennett, D., Jotan, P., Kemp, V., Kritzler, U. H., Milne, S., Milodowski, D. T., Mitchell, S. L., Pillco, M. M., Nunes, M. H., Riutta, T., Robinson, S. J. B., Slade, E. M. & Bernard, H. & 21 others, Burslem, D. F. R. P., Chung, A. Y. C., Clare, E. L., Coomes, D. A., Davies, Z. G., Edwards, D. P., Johnson, D., Kratina, P., Malhi, Y., Majalap, N., Nilus, R., Ostle, N. J., Rossiter, S. J., Struebig, M. J., Tobias, J. A., Williams, M., Ewers, R. M., Lewis, O. T., Reynolds, G., Teh, Y. A. & Hector, A., 24/10/2024, bioRxiv, 36 p. (Biorxiv).

    Research output: Working paper › Preprint

  7. Published

    Selective logging impacts on soil microbial communities and functioning in Bornean tropical forest

    Robinson, S. J. B., Elias, D. M. O., Goodall, T., Nottingham, A. T., McNamara, N. P., Griffiths, R., Majalap, N. & Ostle, N. J., 26/09/2024, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 15, 1447999.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  8. Published

    Interactive effects of climate warming and management on grassland soil respiration partitioning

    Barneze, A. S., Whitaker, J., McNamara, N. P. & Ostle, N. J., 31/05/2024, In: European Journal of Soil Science. 75, 3, e13491.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  9. 2023
  10. Published

    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

    Fry, E. L., Ashworth, D., Allen, K. A. J., Chardon, N. I., Rixen, C., Björkman, M. P., Björk, R. G., Stålhandske, T., Molau, M., Locke-King, B., Cantillon, I., McDonald, C., Liu, H., De Vries, F. T., Ostle, N. J., Singh, B. K. & Bardgett, R. D., 31/12/2023, In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 99, 12, fiad145.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  11. Published

    The biogeography of Gabonese savannas: Evidence from termite community richness and composition

    Evouna Ondo, F., Jeffery, K. J., Whytock, R., Abernethy, K., Couteron, P., Eggleton, P., Griffin, C., Ostle, N. J., Koumba Pambo, A., Ngomanda, A., Edzang Ndong, J. & Parr, C. L., 30/09/2023, In: Journal of Biogeography. 50, 9, p. 1505-1518 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  12. Published

    Drought effects on root and shoot traits and their decomposability

    Reinelt, L., Whitaker, J., Kazakou, E., Bonnal, L., Bastianelli, D., Bullock, J. & Ostle, N. J., 30/04/2023, In: Functional Ecology. 37, 4, p. 1044-1054 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  13. Published

    Grassland degradation-induced declines in soil fungal complexity reduce fungal community stability and ecosystem multifunctionality

    Luo, S., Png, G. K., Ostle, N. J., Zhou, H., Hou, X., Luo, C., Quinton, J. N., Schaffner, U., Sweeney, C., Wang, D., Wu, J., Wu, Y. & Bardgett, R. D., 31/01/2023, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 176, 12 p., 108865.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  14. 2022
  15. Published

    Revealing the transfer pathways of cyanobacterial-fixed N into the boreal forest through the feather-moss microbiome

    Arróniz-Crespo, M., Bougoure, J., Murphy, D. V., Cutler, N. A., Souza-Egipsy, V., Chaput, D. L., Jones, D. L., Ostle, N., Wade, S. C., Clode, P. L. & DeLuca, T. H., 9/12/2022, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 13, 12 p., 1036258.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  16. Published

    Predicted Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Climate × Management Interactions in Temperate Grassland

    Barneze, A. S., Abdalla, M., Whitaker, J., McNamara, N. P., Ostle, N. J. & Bellocchi, G. (Editor), 2/12/2022, In: Agronomy. 12, 12, 3055.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  17. Published

    Historical context modifies plant diversity–community productivity relationships in alpine grassland

    Luo, S., Bardgett, R. D., Schmid, B., Johnson, D., Png, K., Schaffner, U., Zhou, H., Yao, B., Hou, X. & Ostle, N. J., 30/09/2022, In: Journal of Ecology. 110, 9, p. 2205-2218 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  18. Published

    Interactions between climate warming and land management regulate greenhouse gas fluxes in a temperate grassland ecosystem

    Barneze, A. S., Whitaker, J., McNamara, N. P. & Ostle, N. J., 10/08/2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 833, 11 p., 155212.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  19. Published

    Microbial necromass carbon and nitrogen persistence are decoupled in agricultural grassland soils

    Buckeridge, K. M., Mason, K. E., Ostle, N., McNamara, N. P., Grant, H. K. & Whitaker, J., 13/05/2022, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 3, 1, 10 p., 114.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  20. Published

    Aridity influences root versus shoot contributions to steppe grassland soil carbon stock and its stability

    Hu, Z., Song, X., Wang, M., Ma, J., Zhang, Y., Xu, H.-J., Zhu, X., Liu, H., Yu, Q., Ostle, N. J., Li, Y. & Yue, C., 1/05/2022, In: Geoderma. 413, 11 p., 115744.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  21. Published

    Microbial “hotspots” of organic matter decomposition in temperate peatlands are driven by local spatial heterogeneity in abiotic conditions and not by vegetation structure

    Briones, M. J. I., Juan-Ovejero, R., McNamara, N. P. & Ostle, N. J., 28/02/2022, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 165, 9 p., 108501.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  22. 2021
  23. Published

    Bacterial and archaeal taxa are reliable indicators of soil restoration across distributed calcareous grasslands

    Armbruster, M., Goodall, T., Hirsch, P., Ostle, N., Puissant, J., Fagan, K., Pywell, R. & Griffiths, R., 30/11/2021, In: European Journal of Soil Science. 72, 6, p. 2430-2444 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  24. Published

    Combatting global grassland degradation

    Bardgett, R. D., Bullock, J. M., Lavorel, S., Manning, P., Schaffner, U., Ostle, N., Chomel, M., Durigan, G., Fry, E. L., Johnson, D., Lavallee, J. M., Provost, G. L., Luo, S., Png, K., Sankaran, M., Hou, X., Zhou, H., Ma, L., Ren, W. & Li, X. & 3 others, Ding, Y., Li, Y. & Shi, H., 31/10/2021, In: Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 2, 10, p. 720-735 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  25. Published

    Flexible soil microbial carbon metabolism across an Asian elevation gradient

    Jiang, Y., Zhang, D., Ostle, N. J., Luo, C., Wang, Y., Ding, P., Cheng, Z., Shen, C. & Zhang, G., 31/10/2021, In: Radiocarbon. 63, 5, p. 1397-1413 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  26. Published

    Does agri-environmental management enhance biodiversity and multiple ecosystem services? A farm-scale experiment

    Bullock, J. M., McCracken, M. E., Bowes, M. J., Chapman, R. E., Graves, A. R., Hinsley, S. A., Hutchins, M. G., Nowakowski, M., Nicholls, D. J. E., Oakley, S., Old, G. H., Ostle, N. J., Redhead, J. W., Woodcock, B. A., Bedwell, T., Mayes, S., Robinson, V. S. & Pywell, R. F., 15/10/2021, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 320, 13 p., 107582.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  27. Published

    Do soil depth and plant community composition interact to modify the resistance and resilience of grassland ecosystem functioning to drought?

    Fry, E. L., Wilkinson, A., Johnson, D., Pritchard, W. J., Ostle, N. J., Baggs, E. M. & Bardgett, R. D., 30/09/2021, In: Ecology and Evolution. 11, 17, p. 11960-11973 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  28. Published

    Plant functional type indirectly affects peatland carbon fluxes and their sensitivity to environmental change

    Whitaker, J., Richardson, H. R., Ostle, N. J., Armstrong, A. & Waldron, S., 20/03/2021, In: European Journal of Soil Science. 72, 2, p. 1042-1053 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  29. Published

    Nitrogen and phosphorus additions accelerate decomposition of slow carbon pool and lower total soil organic carbon pool in alpine meadows

    Li, J. H., Cheng, B. H., Zhang, R., Li, W. J., Shi, X. M., Han, Y. W., Ye, L. F., Ostle, N. J. & Bardgett, R. D., 28/02/2021, In: Land Degradation and Development. 32, 4, p. 1761-1772 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  30. 2020
  31. Published

    Peat Properties, Dominant Vegetation Type and Microbial Community Structure in a Tropical Peatland

    Girkin, N. T., Lopes dos Santos, R. A., Vane, C. H., Ostle, N., Turner, B. L. & Sjögersten, S., 1/10/2020, In: Wetlands. 40, p. 1367–1377 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  32. Published

    Radiocarbon evidence of the impact of forest-to-plantation conversion on soil organic carbon dynamics on a tropical island

    Jiang, Y., Luo, C., Zhang, D., Ostle, N. J., Cheng, Z., Ding, P., Shen, C. & Zhang, G., 1/10/2020, In: Geoderma. 375, 8 p., 114484.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  33. Published

    Sticky Dead Microbes: rapid abiotic retention of microbial necromass in soil

    Buckeridge, K., La Rosa, A. F., Mason, K., Whitaker, J., McNamara, N., Grant, H. & Ostle, N., 1/10/2020, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 149, 4 p., 107929.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  34. Published

    Decoupled Spatial Distribution of PAHs Degraders Determined by Taxonomic 16S rRNA and Degrading Genes Across Chinese Forest Soils

    Jiang, L., Song, M., Luo, C., Zhang, D., Sun, Y., Li, J., Ostle, N. J. & Zhang, G., 30/09/2020, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 125, 9, 15 p., e2020JG005659.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  35. Published

    Soil Microbial Community and Litter Quality Controls on Decomposition Across a Tropical Forest Disturbance Gradient

    Elias, D., Robinson, S., Both, S., Goodall, T., Lee, N. M., Ostle, N. & McNamara, N., 16/07/2020, In: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 3, 15 p., 81.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  36. Published

    Dominant native and non-native graminoids differ in key leaf traits irrespective of nutrient availability

    Broadbent, A. A. D., Firn, J., McGree, J. M., Borer, E. T., Buckley, Y. M., Harpole, W. S., Komatsu, K. J., MacDougall, A. S., Orwin, K. H., Ostle, N. J., Seabloom, E. W., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L., Caldeira, M. C., Eisenhauer, N., Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Moore, J. L., Nogueira, C. & Peri, P. L. & 4 others, Risch, A. C., Roscher, C., Schütz, M. & Stevens, C. J., 1/07/2020, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29, 7, p. 1126-1138 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  37. Published

    Soil fungal community characteristics and mycelial production across a disturbance gradient in lowland dipterocarp rainforest in Borneo

    Robinson, S., Elias, D., Johnson, D., Both, S., Riutta, T., Goodall, T., Majalap, N., McNamara, N., Griffiths, R. & Ostle, N., 26/06/2020, In: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 3, 19 p., 64.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  38. Published

    Root oxygen mitigates methane fluxes in tropical peatlands

    Girkin, N. T., Vane, C. H., Turner, B. L., Ostle, N. J. & Sjögersten, S., 27/05/2020, In: Environmental Research Letters. 15, 6, 11 p., 064013.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  39. Published

    Land-use changes alter soil bacterial composition and diversity in tropical forest soil in China

    Sun, Y., Luo, C., Jiang, L., Song, M., Zhang, D., Li, J., Li, Y., Ostle, N. J. & Zhang, G., 10/04/2020, In: Science of the Total Environment. 712, 10 p., 136526.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  40. Published

    Effects of land use change and grazing on soil carbon dynamics in the semi arid Chaco, Argentina

    Durcan, R., Rufino, M., Ostle, N., Banegas, N. & Viruel, E., 23/03/2020

    Research output: Other contribution

  41. Published

    Interactions between labile carbon, temperature and land use regulate carbon dioxide and methane production in tropical peat

    Girkin, N. T., Dhandapani, S., Evers, S., Ostle, N., Turner, B. L. & Sjögersten, S., 31/01/2020, In: Biogeochemistry. 147, 1, p. 87-97 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  42. 2019
  43. E-pub ahead of print

    Imaging spectroscopy reveals the effects of topography and logging on the leaf chemistry of tropical forest canopy trees

    Swinfield, T., Both, S., Riutta, T., Bongalov, B., Elias, D., Majalap-Lee, N., Ostle, N., Svátek, M., Kvasnica, J., Milodowski, D., Jucker, T., Ewers, R. M., Zhang, Y., Johnson, D., Teh, Y. A., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Malhi, Y. & Coomes, D., 17/12/2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Global Change Biology. 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  44. E-pub ahead of print

    Legumes increase grassland productivity with no effect on nitrous oxide emissions

    Barneze, A. S., Whitaker, J., McNamara, N. P. & Ostle, N. J., 16/11/2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Plant and Soil. 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  45. Published

    Microbial responses to warming enhance soil carbon loss following translocation across a tropical forest elevation gradient

    Nottingham, A. T., Whitaker, J., Ostle, N. J., Bardgett, R. D., McNamara, N. P., Fierer, N., Salinas, N., Ccahuana, A. J. Q., Turner, B. L. & Meir, P., 1/11/2019, In: Ecology Letters. 22, 11, p. 1889-1899 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Letter › peer-review

  46. Published

    Boreal Forest Floor Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across a Pleurozium schreberi-Dominated, Wildfire-Disturbed Chronosequence

    Mason, K. E., Oakley, S., Street, L. E., Arróniz-Crespo, M., Jones, D. L., DeLuca, T. H. & Ostle, N. J., 1/09/2019, In: Ecosystems. 22, 6, p. 1381-1392 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  47. Published

    Drought soil legacy overrides maternal effects on plant growth

    De Long, J. R., Semchenko, M., Pritchard, W. J., Cordero, I., Fry, E. L., Jackson, B. G., Kurnosova, K., Ostle, N. J., Johnson, D., Baggs, E. M. & Bardgett, R. D., 1/08/2019, In: Functional Ecology. 33, 8, p. 1400-1410 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  48. Published

    Soil biota, carbon cycling and crop plant biomass responses to biochar in a temperate mesocosm experiment

    McCormack, S. A., Ostle, N., Bardgett, R. D., Hopkins, D. W., Pereira, M. G. & Vanbergen, A. J., 14/07/2019, In: Plant and Soil. 440, 1-2, p. 341-356 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  49. Published

    Grassland biodiversity restoration increases resistance of carbon fluxes to drought

    Cole, A. J., Griffiths, R. I., Ward, S. E., Whitaker, J., Ostle, N. J. & Bardgett, R. D., 1/07/2019, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 56, 7, p. 1806-1816 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  50. Published

    Relationships between plant traits, soil properties and carbon fluxes differ between monocultures and mixed communities in temperate grassland

    De Long, J. R., Jackson, B. G., Wilkinson, A., Pritchard, W. J., Oakley, S., Mason, K. E., Stephan, J. G., Ostle, N. J., Johnson, D., Baggs, E. M. & Bardgett, R. D., 25/03/2019, In: Journal of Ecology. 107, 4, p. 1704-1719 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  51. Published

    Logging and soil nutrients independently explain plant trait expression in tropical forests

    Both, S., Riutta, T., Paine, C. E. T., Elias, D. M. O., Cruz, R. S., Jain, A., Johnson, D., Kritzler, U. H., Kuntz, M., Majalap-Lee, N., Mielke, N., Montoya Pillco, M. X., Ostle, N. J., Arn Teh, Y., Malhi, Y. & Burslem, D. F. R. P., 1/03/2019, In: New Phytologist. 221, 4, p. 1853-1865 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  52. Published

    Spatial variability of organic matter properties determines methane fluxes in a tropical forested peatland

    Girkin, N. T., Vane, C. H., Cooper, H. V., Moss-Hayes, V., Craigon, J., Turner, B. L., Ostle, N. & Sjögersten, S., 30/01/2019, In: Biogeochemistry. 142, 2, p. 231-245 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  53. Published

    Plastic and genetic responses of a common sedge to warming have contrasting effects on carbon cycle processes

    Walker, T. W. N., Weckwerth, W., Bragazza, L., Fragner, L., Forde, B. G., Ostle, N. J., Signarbieux, C., Sun, X., Ward, S. E. & Bardgett, R. D., 01/2019, In: Ecology Letters. 22, 1, p. 159-169 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Letter › peer-review

  54. 2018
  55. Published

    Composition and concentration of root exudate analogues regulate greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical peat

    Girkin, N. T., Turner, B. L., Ostle, N. & Sjögersten, S., 1/12/2018, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 127, p. 280-285 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  56. Published

    Fungal diversity regulates plant-soil feedbacks in temperate grassland

    Semchenko, M., Leff, J. W., Lozano, Y. M., Saar, S., Davison, J., Wilkinson, A., Jackson, B. G., Pritchard, W. J., De Long, J. R., Oakley, S., Mason, K. E., Ostle, N. J., Baggs, E. M., Johnson, D., Fierer, N. & Bardgett, R. D., 28/11/2018, In: Science Advances. 4, 11, 10 p., 4578.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  57. Published

    Direct isotopic evidence of biogenic methane production and efflux from beneath a temperate glacier

    Burns, R. K., Wynn, P. M., Barker, P. A., McNamara, N., Oakley, S., Ostle, N. J., Stott, A., Tuffen, H., Zhou, Z., Tweed, F., Chesler, A. & Stuart, M., 20/11/2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 8 p., 17118.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  58. Published

    Microbes follow Humboldt: temperature drives plant and soil microbial diversity patterns from the Amazon to the Andes

    Nottingham, A. T., Fierer, N., Turner, B. L., Whitaker, J., Ostle, N. J., McNamara, N. P., Bardgett, R. D., Leff, J. W., Salinas, N., Silman, M. R., Kruuk, L. E. B. & Meir, P., 1/11/2018, In: Ecology. 99, 11, p. 2455-2466 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

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