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Professor Richard Bardgett

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. Published

    Land use alters the resistance and resilience of soil food webs to drought

    De Vries, F., Liiri, M., Bjornlund, L., Bowker, M., Christensen, S., Setala, H. & Bardgett, R., 29/01/2012, In: Nature Climate Change. 2, 4, p. 276-280 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Knowledge needs, available practices, and future challenges in agricultural soils

    Key, G., Whitfield, M. G., Cooper, J., De Vries, F. T., Collison, M., Dedousis, T., Heathcote, R., Roth, B., Mohammed, S., Molyneux, A., Van der Putten, W. H., Dicks, L. V., Sutherland, W. J. & Bardgett, R. D., 10/10/2016, In: SOIL. 2, p. 511-521 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Inter-specific variability in organic nitrogen uptake of three temperate grassland species.

    Weigelt, A., King, R., Bol, R. & Bardgett, R. D., 10/2003, In: Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 166, 5, p. 606-611 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Integrating plant-soil interactions into global carbon cycle models

    Ostle, N. J., Smith, P., Fisher, R., Ian Woodward, F., Fisher, J. B., Smith, J. U., Galbraith, D., Levy, P., Meir, P., McNamara, N. P. & Bardgett, R. D., 1/09/2009, In: Journal of Ecology. 97, 5, p. 851-863 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Integrating belowground ecology into sustainable grassland management.

    Bardgett, R. D., 2005, Optimisation of nutrient cycling and soil quality for sustainable grasslands. Jarvis, S. C., Murray, P. J. & Roker, J. A. (eds.). Wageningen: Academic Publishers, p. 45-52 8 p.

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

  6. Published

    Influence of resource unit distribution and quality on the activity of soil fungi in a particulate medium.

    Griffith, G. S. & Bardgett, R. D., 10/2000, In: New Phytologist. 148, 1, p. 143-151 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Influence of plants on the chemical extractability and biodegradability of 2,4-dichlorophenol in soil.

    Boucard, T. K., Bardgett, R. D., Jones, K. C. & Semple, K. T., 01/2005, In: Environmental Pollution. 133, 1, p. 53-62 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Influence of plant species and soil conditions on plant-soil feedback in mixed grassland communities

    Harrison, K. A. & Bardgett, R. D., 03/2010, In: Journal of Ecology. 98, 2, p. 384-395 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Influence of microbial activity on plant-microbial competition for organic and inorganic nitrogen.

    Dunn, R. M., Mikola, J., Bol, R. & Bardgett, R. D., 11/2006, In: Plant and Soil. 289, 1-2, p. 321-334 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Influence of disturbance and nitrogen addition on plant and soil animal diversity in grassland.

    Cole, L., Buckland, S. M. & Bardgett, R. D., 02/2008, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40, 2, p. 505-514 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Indirect effects of invertebrate herbivory on the decomposer subsystem.

    Wardle, D. A. & Bardgett, R. D., 2004, Insects and ecosystem function. Weisser, W. & Siemann, E. (eds.). Heidelberg: Springer, p. 53-69 17 p.

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

  12. Published

    Increases in soil organic carbon sequestration can reduce the global warming potential of long-term liming to permanent grassland

    Fornara, D. A., Steinbeiss, S., McNamara, N. P., Gleixner, G., Oakley, S., Poulton, P. R., Macdonald, A. J. & Bardgett, R. D., 05/2011, In: Global Change Biology. 17, 5, p. 1925-1934 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Increased plant carbon translocation linked to overyielding in grassland species mixtures

    De Deyn, G., Quirk, H., Oakley, S., Ostle, N. & Bardgett, R., 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 9, e45926.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Impacts of Soil Faunal Community Composition on Model Grassland Ecosystems.

    Bradford, M. A., Jones, T. H., Bardgett, R. D., Black, H. I. J., Boag, B., Bonkowski, M., Cook, R., Eggers, T., Gange, A. C., Grayston, S. J., Kandeler, E., McCaig, A. E., Newington, J. E., Prosser, J. I., Setälä, H., Staddon, P. L., Tordoff, G. M., Tscherko, D. & Lawton, J. H., 18/10/2002, In: Science. 298, 5593, p. 615-618 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Impact of plant species evenness, dominant species identity and spatial arrangement on the structure and functioning of soil microbial communities in a model grassland

    Massaccesi, L., Bardgett, R. D., Agnelli, A., Ostle, N., Wilby, A. & Orwin, K. H., 03/2015, In: Oecologia. 177, 3, p. 747-759 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Impact of coloniser plant species on the development of decomposer microbial communities following deglaciation.

    Bardgett, R. D. & Walker, L. R., 03/2004, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 36, 3, p. 555-559 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Human-induced changes in densities of large herbivorous mammals : consequences for the decomposer subsystem.

    Wardle, D. A. & Bardgett, R. D., 04/2004, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2, 3, p. 145-153 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    How changes in animal diversity within a soil trophic group influence ecosystem processes.

    Cragg, R. G. & Bardgett, R. D., 12/2001, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 33, 15, p. 2073-2081 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    How browsing by red deer impacts on litter decomposition in a native regenerating woodland in the Highlands of Scotland.

    Harrison, K. A. & Bardgett, R. D., 10/2003, In: Biology and Fertility of Soils. 38, 6, p. 393-399 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Hierarchical responses of plant-soil interactions to climate change: consequences for the global carbon cycle

    Bardgett, R., Manning, P., Morrien, E. & De Vries, F., 2013, In: Journal of Ecology. 101, 2, p. 334–343 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Heterotrophic microbial communities use ancient carbon following glacial retreat.

    Bardgett, R. D., Richter, A., Bol, R., Garnett, M. H., Bäumler, R., Xu, X., Lopez-Capel, E., Manning, D., Hobbs, P. J., Hartley, I. R. & Wanek, W., 22/10/2007, In: Biology Letters. 3, 5, p. 487-490 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Herbivore mediated linkages between aboveground and belowground communities.

    Bardgett, R. D. & Wardle, D. A., 09/2003, In: Ecology. 84, 9, p. 2258-2268 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Grazing increases the temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition in a temperate grassland

    Paz-Ferreiro, J., Medina-Roldán, E., Ostle, N. J., McNamara, N. P. & Bardgett, R. D., 2/03/2012, In: Environmental Research Letters. 7, 1, 5 p., 014027.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. 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/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Fire accelerates assimilation and transfer of photosynthetic carbon from plants to soil microbes in a northern peatland

    Ward, S., Ostle, N., Oakley, S., Quirk, H., Stott, A., Henrys, P., Scott, W. A. & Bardgett, R., 12/2012, In: Ecosystems. 15, 8, p. 1245-1257 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Extensive management promotes plant and microbial nitrogen retention in temperate grassland

    De Vries, F., Bloem, J., Quirk, H., Stevens, C., Bol, R. & Bardgett, R., 5/12/2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 12, 12 p., e51201.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Exploitation of immunofluorescence for the quantification and characterisation of small numbers of Pasteuria endospores.

    Costa, S. R., Kerry, B. R., Bardgett, R. D. & Davies, K. G., 12/2006, In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 58, 3, p. 593-600 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Experimental evidence that soil fauna enhance nutrient mineralization and plant nutrient uptake in montane grassland ecosystems.

    Bardgett, R. D. & Chan, K. F., 07/1999, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 31, 7, p. 1007-1014 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Environmental myopia – a diagnosis and remedy

    Silvertown, J., Tallowin, J., Stevens, C., Power, S., Morgan, V., Emmett, B. A., Hester, A., Grime, J. P., Morecroft, M., Jicks, R., Buxton, R., Poulton, P., Jinks, R. & Bardgett, R., 10/2010, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 25, 10, p. 556-561 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Enchytraeid worms (Oligochaeta) enhance carbon mineralisation in organic upland soils.

    Cole, L., Bardgett, R. D. & Ineson, P., 06/2000, In: European Journal of Soil Science. 51, 2, p. 185-192 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Enchytraeid worm (Oligochaeta) influences on microbial community structure, nutrient dynamics, and plant growth in blanket peat subjected to warming.

    Cole, L., Bardgett, R. D., Ineson, P. & Hobbs, P. J., 01/2002, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 34, 1, p. 83-92 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Empirical and theoretical challenges in aboveground-belowground ecology.

    van der Putten, W. H., Bardgett, R. D., de Ruiter, P. C., Hol, W. H. G., Meyer, K. M., Bezemer, T. M., Bradford, M. A., Christensen, S., Eppinga, M. B., Fukami, T., Hemerik, L., Molofsky, J., Schädler, M., Scherber, C., Strauss, S. Y., Vos, M. & Wardle, D. A., 08/2009, In: Oecologia. 161, 1, p. 1-14 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    Ellenberg N value, tissue chemistry and soil chemistry 15 years after the cessation of nitrogen addition

    Stevens, C., Mountford, J. O., Bardgett, R. & Gowing, D. J. G., 08/2012, In: Plant and Soil. 357, 1-2, p. 309-319 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Effects of species evenness and dominant species identity on multiple ecosystem functions in model grassland communities

    Orwin, K., Ostle, N., Wilby, A. & Bardgett, R., 03/2014, In: Oecologia. 174, 3, p. 979-992 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Effect of density and species richness of soil mesofauna on nutrient mineralisation and plant growth.

    Cole, L., Dromph, K. M., Boaglio, V. & Bardgett, R. D., 04/2004, In: Biology and Fertility of Soils. 39, 5, p. 337-343 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Ecosystem response of pasture soil communities to fumigation-induced microbial diversity reductions: an examination of the biodiversity–ecosystem function relationship.

    Griffiths, B. S., Ritz, K., Bardgett, R. D., Cook, R., Christensen, S., Ekelund, F., Sørensen, S. J., Bååth, E., Bloem, J., de Ruiter, P. C., Dolfing, J. & Nicolardot, B., 08/2000, In: Oikos. 90, 2, p. 279-294 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Ecosystem Properties and Forest Decline in Contrasting Long-Term Chronosequences.

    Wardle, D. A., Walker, L. R. & Bardgett, R. D., 17/06/2004, In: Science. 305, 5683, p. 509-513 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Ecosystem processes in natural and managed terrestrial soils and the role of soil organisms in the sustainable delivery of ecosystem goods and services.

    Van der Putten, W. H., Anderson, J. M., Bardgett, R. D., Behan-Pelletier, V., Bignell, D., Brown, G. G., Brown, V. K., Brussaar, L., Hunt, H. W., Ineson, P., Jones, T. H., Lavelle, P., Paul, E. A., St John, M., Wardle, D. A., Wojotowicz, T. & Wall, D. H., 2004, Sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services in soils and sediments. Wall, D. H. (ed.). Washington D. C.: Island Press, p. 15-43 29 p.

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

  39. Published

    Ecosystem feedbacks and cascade processes : understanding their role in the responses of Arctic and alpine ecosystems to environmental change.

    Wookey, P. A., Aerts, R., Bardgett, R. D., Baptist, F., Brathen, K. A., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Gough, L., Hartley, I. P., Hopkins, D. W., Lavorel, S. & Shaver, G. R., 05/2009, In: Global Change Biology. 15, 5, p. 1153-1172 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Ecological linkages between aboveground and belowground biota.

    Wardle, D. A., Bardgett, R. D., Klironomos, J. N., Setälä, H., Van der Puten, W. H. & Wall, D. H., 11/06/2004, In: Science. 304, 5677, p. 1629-1633 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Drying and rewetting effects on soil microbial community composition and nutrient leaching.

    Gordon, H., Haygarth, P. M. & Bardgett, R. D., 02/2008, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40, 2, p. 302-311 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  42. 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/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  43. 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/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Do plant species with different growth strategies vary in their ability to compete with soil microbes for chemical forms of nitrogen?

    Harrison, K. A., Bol, R. & Bardgett, R. D., 01/2008, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40, 1, p. 228-237 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  45. Published

    Do plant species encourage soil biota that specialise in the rapid decomposition of their litter?

    Ayres, E., Dromph, K. M. & Bardgett, R. D., 01/2006, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 38, 1, p. 183-186 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Diversity and distribution of Victorian Land biota.

    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., 10/2006, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 38, 10, p. 3003-3018 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Direct uptake of soil nitrogen by mosses.

    Ayres, E., Van der Wal, R., Sommerkorn, M. & Bardgett, R. D., 22/06/2006, In: Biology Letters. 2, 2, p. 286-288 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    Direct and indirect effects of nitrogen deposition on litter decomposition.

    Manning, P., Saunders, M., Bardgett, R. D., Bonkowski, M., Bradford, M. A., Ellis, R. J., Kandeler, E., Marhan, S. & Tscherko, D., 03/2008, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40, 3, p. 688-698 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. Published

    Determinants of fungal growth and activity in botanically diverse haymeadows : effects of litter type and fertiliser additions.

    Donnison, L. M., Griffith, G. S. & Bardgett, R. D., 02/2000, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 32, 2, p. 289-294 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  50. Published

    Decoupling the direct and indirect effects of nitrogen deposition on ecosystem function.

    Manning, P., Newington, J. E., Robson, H. R., Saunders, M., Eggers, T., Bradford, M. A., Bardgett, R. D., Bonkowski, M., Ellis, R. J., Gange, A. C., Grayston, S. J., Kandeler, E., Marhan, S., Reid, E., Tscherko, D., Godfray, H. C. J. & Rees, M., 09/2006, In: Ecology Letters. 9, 9, p. 1015-1024 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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