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Professor Richard Bardgett

Distinguished Professor of Ecology CBE

  1. Journal article
  2. 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/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Using plant, microbe and soil fauna traits to improve the predictive power of biogeochemical models

    Fry, E., De Long, J., Álvarez Garrido, L., Alvarez, N., Carrillo, Y., Castañeda-Gómez, L., Chomel, M., Dondini, M., Drake, J. E., Hasegawa, S., Hortal, S., Jackson, B. G., Jiang, M., Lavallee, J. M., Medlyn, B. E., Rhymes, J., Singh, B. K., Smith, P., Anderson, I. C. & Bardgett, R. & 2 others, Baggs, E. M. & Johnson, D., 31/01/2019, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 10, 1, p. 146-157 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Management versus site effects on the abundance of nitrifiers and denitrifiers in European mountain grasslands

    Szukics, U., Grigulis, K., Legay, N., Kastl, E. M., Baxendale, C., Bardgett, R. D., Clément, J. C., Lavorel, S., Schloter, M. & Bahn, M., 15/01/2019, In: Science of the Total Environment. 648, p. 745-753 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Root architecture governs plasticity in response to drought

    Fry, E. L., Evans, A. L., Sturrock, C. J., Bullock, J. M. & Bardgett, R. D., 31/12/2018, In: Plant and Soil. 433, 1-2, p. 189-200 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. 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/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. E-pub ahead of print

    Soil multifunctionality and drought resistance are determined by plant structural traits in restoring grassland

    Fry, E. L., Savage, J., Hall, A. L., Oakley, S., Pritchard, W. J., Ostle, N. J., Pywell, R. F., Bullock, J. M. & Bardgett, R. D., 20/08/2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Ecology.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Soil bacterial networks are less stable under drought than fungal networks

    de Vries, F. T., Griffiths, R. I., Bailey, M., Craig, H., Girlanda, M., Gweon, H. S., Hallin, S., Kaisermann, A., Keith, A. M., Kretzschmar, M., Lemanceau, P., Lumini, E., Mason, K. E., Oliver, A., Ostle, N., Prosser, J. I., Thion, C., Thomson, B. & Bardgett, R. D., 2/08/2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 12 p., 3033.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Predicting the structure of soil communities from plant community taxonomy, phylogeny, and traits

    Leff, J. W., Bardgett, R. D., Wilkinson, A., Jackson, B. G., Pritchard, W. J., de Long, J. R., Oakley, S., Mason, K. E., Ostle, N. J., Johnson, D., Baggs, E. M. & Fierer, N., 1/07/2018, In: ISME Journal. 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Evolutionary history resolves global organization of root functional traits

    Ma, Z., Guo, D., Xu, X., Lu, M., Bardgett, R. D., Eissenstat, D. M., McCormack, M. L. & Hedin, L. O., 1/03/2018, In: Nature. p. 94-97 3 p., 555.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    The added value of including key microbial traits to determine nitrogen-related ecosystem services in managed grasslands

    Pommier, T., Amelie, C., Grigulis, K., Lavorel, S., Legay, N., Baxendale, C. L., Bardgett, R. D., Bahn, M., Poly, F. & Clément, J.-C., 01/2018, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 55, 1, p. 49-58 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    The value of trophic interactions for ecosystem function: dung beetle communities influence seed burial and seedling recruitment in tropical forests

    Griffiths, H., Bardgett, R. D., Louzada, J. N. & Barlow, B. J., 14/12/2016, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283, 1844, 9 p., 20161634.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. 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

  14. Published

    Assessing the importance of intraspecific variability in dung beetle functional traits

    Griffiths, H., Louzada, J. N., Bardgett, R. D. & Barlow, B. J., 3/03/2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 3, 14 p., e0145598.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Temperature sensitivity of soil enzymes along an elevation gradient in the Peruvian Andes

    Nottingham, A., Turner, B. L., Whitaker, J., Ostle, N. J., Bardgett, R. D., McNamara, N. P., Salinas, N. & Meir, P., 02/2016, In: Biogeochemistry. 127, 2, p. 217-230 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Soil microbial nutrient constraints along a tropical forest elevation gradient: a belowground test of a biogeochemical paradigm

    Nottingham, A., Turner, B. L., Whitaker, J., Ostle, N. J., McNamara, N., Bardgett, R. D., Salinas, N. & Meir, P., 26/10/2015, In: Biogeosciences. 12, p. 6071-6083 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Soil methane sink capacity response to a long-term wildfire chronosequence in northern Sweden

    McNamara, N. P., Gregg, R., Oakley, S., Stott, A., Rahman, M. T., Murrell, J. C., Wardle, D., Bardgett, R. D. & Ostle, N. J., 15/09/2015, In: PLoS ONE. 10, 9, 12 p., e0129892.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Biodiversity and environmental context predict dung beetle-mediated seed dispersal in a tropical forest field experiment

    Griffiths, H. M., Louzada, J., Bardgett, R. D., Beiroz, W., Machado Franca, F., Tregidgo, D. & Barlow, J., 06/2015, In: Ecology. 96, 6, p. 1607-1619 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Contrasting growth responses of dominant peatland plants to warming and vegetation composition

    Walker, T., Ward, S., Ostle, N. & Bardgett, R., 05/2015, In: Oecologia. 178, 1, p. 141-151 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. 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

  21. Published

    Vegetation exerts a greater control on litter decomposition than climate warming in peatlands

    Ward, S., Orwin, K., Ostle, N., Briones, M., Thomson, B., Griffiths, R., Oakley, S., Quirk, H. & Bardgett, R., 01/2015, In: Ecology. 96, 1, p. 113-123 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Challenging the paradigm of nitrogen cycling: no evidence of in situ resource partitioning by coexisting plant species in grasslands of contrasting fertility

    Wilkinson, A., Hill, P. W., Vaieretti, M. V., Farrar, J. F., Jones, D. L. & Bardgett, R. D., 01/2015, In: Ecology and Evolution. 5, 2, p. 275-287 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Microbial carbon mineralization in tropical lowland and montane forest soils of Peru

    Whitaker, J., Ostle, N., McNamara, N. P., Nottingham, A. T., Stott, A. W., Bardgett, R. D., Salinas, N., Ccahuana, A. J. Q. & Meir, P., 18/12/2014, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 5, 13 p., 720.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Are plant-soil feedback responses explained by plant traits?

    Baxendale, C., Orwin, K., Poly, F., Pommier, T. & Bardgett, R., 10/2014, In: New Phytologist. 204, 2, p. 408-423 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. 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

  26. Published

    Contribution of above- and below-ground plant traits to the structure and function of grassland soil microbial communities

    Legay, N., Baxendale, C., Grigulis, K., Krainer, U., Kastl, E., Schloter, M., Bardgett, R. D., Arnoldi, C., Bahn, M., Dumont, M., Poly, F., Pommier, T., Clement, J. C. & Lavorel, S., 2014, In: Annals of Botany. 114, 5, p. 1011-1021 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Warming effects on greenhouse gas fluxes in peatlands are modulated by vegetation composition

    Ward, S., Ostle, N., Oakley, S., Quirk, H., Henrys, P. & Bardgett, R., 10/2013, In: Ecology Letters. 16, 10, p. 1285-1293 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Soil food web properties explain ecosystem services across European land use systems

    de Vries, F. T., Thébault, E., Liiri, M., Birkhofer, K., Tsiafouli, M. A., Bjørnlund, L., Jørgensen, H. B., Brady, M. V., Christensen, S., de Ruiter, P. C., d’Hertefeldt, T., Frouz, J., Hedlund, K., Hemerik, L., Hol, W. H. G., Hotes, S., Mortimer, S. R., Setälä, H., Sgardelis, S. P. & Uteseny, K. & 3 others, van der Putten, W. H., Wolters, V. & Bardgett, R. D., 27/08/2013, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110, 35, p. 14296-14301 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: the Sustainable Amazon Network

    Gardner, T. A., Ferreira, J., Barlow, J., Lees, A. C., Parry, L., Guimaraes Vieira, I. C., Berenguer, E., Abramovay, R., Aleixo, A., Andretti, C., Aragao, L. E. O. C., Araujo, I., de Avila, W. S., Bardgett, R. D., Batistella, M., Begotti, R. A., Beldini, T., de Blas, D. E., Braga, R. F. & Braga, D. D. L. & 79 others, de Brito, J. G., de Camargo, P. B., dos Santos, F. C., de Oliveira, V. C., Nunes Cordeiro, A. C., Cardoso, T. M., de Carvalho, D. R., Castelani, S. A., Mario Chaul, J. C., Cerri, C. E., Costa, F. D. A., Furtado da Costa, C. D., Coudel, E., Coutinho, A. C., Cunha, D., D'Antona, A., Dezincourt, J., Dias-Silva, K., Durigan, M., Dalla Mora Esquerdo, J. C., Feres, J., de Barros Ferraz, S. F., de Melo Ferreira, A. E., Fiorini, A. C., Flores da Silva, L. V., Frazao, F. S., Garrett, R., Gomes, A. D. S., Goncalves, K. D. S., Guerrero, J. B., Hamada, N., Hughes, R. M., Igliori, D. C., Jesus, E. D. C., Juen, L., Junior, M., de Oliveira Junior, J. M. B., de Oliveira Junior, R. C., Souza Junior, C., Kaufmann, P., Korasaki, V., Leal, C. G., Leitao, R., Lima, N., Lopes Almeida, M. D. F., Lourival, R., Louzada, J., Mac Nally, R., Marchand, S., Maues, M. M., Moreira, F. M. S., Morsello, C., Moura, N., Nessimian, J., Nunes, S., Fonseca Oliveira, V. H., Pardini, R., Pereira, H. C., Pompeu, P. S., Ribas, C. R., Rossetti, F., Schmidt, F. A., da Silva, R., Viana Martins da Silva, R. C., Morello Ramalho da Silva, T. F., Silveira, J., Siqueira, J. V., de Carvalho, T. S., Solar, R. R. C., Holanda Tancredi, N. S., Thomson, J. R., Torres, P. C., Vaz-de-Mello, F. Z., Stulpen Veiga, R. C., Venturieri, A., Viana, C., Weinhold, D., Zanetti, R. & Zuanon, J., 5/06/2013, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 368, 1619, 11 p., 20120166.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Relative contributions of plant traits and soil microbial properties to mountain grassland ecosystem services.

    Grigulis, K., Lavorel, S., Krainer, U., Legay, N., Baxendale, C., Dumont, M., Kastl, E., Arnoldi, C., Bardgett, R. D., Poly, F., Pommier, T., Schloter, M., Tappeiner, U., Bahn, M. & Clément, J.-C., 01/2013, In: Journal of Ecology. 101, 1, p. 47-57 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. Published

    Legacy effects of drought on plant growth and the soil food web

    De Vries, F., Liiri, M., Bjornlund, L., Setala, H., Christensen, S. & Bardgett, R., 11/2012, In: Oecologia. 170, 3, p. 821-833 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Abiotic drivers and plant traits explain landscape-scale patterns in soil microbial communities

    De Vries, F., Manning, P., Tallowin, J., Mortimer, S., Pilgrim, E., Harrison, K., Hobbs, P., Quirk, H., Shipley, B., Cornelissen, H., Kattge, J. & Bardgett, R., 11/2012, In: Ecology Letters. 15, 11, p. 1230-1239 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Plant-microbial linkages and ecosystem N retention: lessons for sustainable agriculture

    De Vries, F. & Bardgett, R., 10/2012, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 10, 8, p. 425-432 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. Published

    Stakeholder perceptions of grassland ecosystem services in relation to knowledge on soil fertility and biodiversity

    Lamarque, P., Tappeiner, U., Baxendale, C., Steinbacher, M., Bardgett, R. D., Szukics, U., Schermer, M. & Lavorel, S., 12/2011, In: Regional Environmental Change. 11, 4, p. 791-804 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  42. Published

    Additional carbon sequestration benefits of grassland diversity restoration

    De Deyn, G., Shiel, R. S., Ostle, N., McNamara, N., Oakley, S., Young, I., Freeman, C., Fenner, N., Quirk, H. & Bardgett, R., 06/2011, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 48, 3, p. 600-608 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  43. 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

  44. Published

    Plant species richness, identity and productivity differentially influence key groups of microbes in grassland soils of contrasting fertility

    De Deyn, G., Quirk, H. & Bardgett, R., 23/02/2011, In: Biology Letters. 7, 1, p. 75-78 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  45. Published

    Plant effects on soil N mineralization are mediated by the composition of multiple soil organic fractions

    Fornara, D. A., Bardgett, R., Steinbeiss, S., Zak, D. R., Gleixner, G. & Tilman, D., 01/2011, In: Ecological Research. 26, 1, p. 201-208 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Rapid transfer of photosynthetic carbon through the plant-soil system in differently managed species-rich grasslands

    De Deyn, G., Quirk, H., Oakley, S., Ostle, N. & Bardgett, R., 2011, In: Biogeosciences. 8, 5, p. 1131-1139 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Reply to 'Erosion and climate'

    Quinton, J. N., Govers, G., Van Oost, K. & Bardgett, R. D., 11/2010, In: Nature Geoscience. 3, 11, p. 738 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    Microorganisms and climate change: terrestrial feedbacks and mitigation options

    Singh, B. J., Bardgett, R., Smith, P. & Reay, D. S., 11/2010, In: Nature Reviews in Microbiology. 8, p. 779-790 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. 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

  50. Published

    Linkages of plant traits to soil properties and the functioning of temperature grassland.

    Orwin, K. H., Buckland, S. M., Johnson, D., Turner, B. J., Smart, S., Oakley, S. & Bardgett, R. D., 09/2010, In: Journal of Ecology. 98, 5, p. 1074-1083 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  51. Published

    The impact of agricultural soil erosion on biogeochemical cycling

    Quinton, J. N., Govers, G., Van Oost, K. & Bardgett, R. D., 05/2010, In: Nature Geoscience. 3, 5, p. 311-314 4 p.

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