selected publications

• conference proceeding

  • LONG-TERM NITROGEN DEPOSITION IN ALPINE TUNDRA ALTERS NEMATODE COMMUNITIES.  Journal of Nematology. 33-33. 2021

• journal article

  • Spring comes early, but do the fungi? Plant phenology mediates plant–fungal interactions under experimental early snowmelt in alpine tundra.  Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 2026
  • Heritable Genetic Differences Affect Sunflower Rhizosphere Archaeal, Bacterial, and Fungal Communities Across All Taxonomic Levels.  Phytobiomes Journal. 127-137. 2026
  • Synergistic Effects of a Microbial Amendment and Crushed Basalt: Soil Geochemical and Microbial Responses..  Global Change Biology. e70705. 2026
  • The first chromosome-scale genome assembly of a microcyclic rust, Puccinia silphii.  BMC Genomics. 2025
  • Wild Andean camelids promote rapid ecosystem development after glacier retreat (vol 14, 31913, 2024).  Scientific Reports. 2025
  • High strain-level diversity of Bradyrhizobium across Australian soils..  The ISME Journal. 2025
  • Biological soil crust microcolonies reveal how microbial communities assemble following retreat of a High Arctic glacier.  FEMS Microbes. 2025
  • The genome of the polyextremophilic yeast, Naganishia friedmannii, reveals adaptations involved in stress response pathways, carbohydrate metabolism expansion, and a limited DNA repair repertoire.  FEMS Yeast Research. 2025
  • Shifting alpine plant distributions with global change: Testing the environmental matching hypothesis.  Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 2024
  • Evidence for rapid ecosystem retrogression along a post-glacial chronosequence in Antarctica.  Polar Biology. 1357-1364. 2024
  • Fungal diversity and function in metagenomes sequenced from extreme environments.  Fungal Ecology. 2024
  • Environment, plant genetics, and their interaction shape important aspects of sunflower rhizosphere microbial communities.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2024
  • Long-Term Alpine Plant Responses to Global Change Drivers Depend on Functional Traits.  Ecology Letters. 2024
  • Microbial Ecology and Site Characteristics Underlie Differences in Salinity-Methane Relationships in Coastal Wetlands.  Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Biogeosciences. 2024
  • Using Evidence-based Scientific Research to Influence Dietary Behavioral Change: Taking a Look in the Mirror.  New Solutions. 10-21. 2024
  • Disentangling the effects of sulfate and other seawater ions on microbial communities and greenhouse gas emissions in a coastal forested wetland.  ISME Communications. 2024
  • Glyphosate-based restoration of a degraded grassland threatens soil health and the diversity of nematode communities.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2024
  • Multiple microbial guilds mediate soil methane cycling along a wetland salinity gradient.  mSystems. 2024
  • Trophic group specific responses of alpine nematode communities to 18 years of N addition and codominant plant removal.  Plant and Soil. 353-371. 2024
  • Adverse impacts of Roundup on soil bacteria, soil chemistry and mycorrhizal fungi during restoration of a Colorado grassland.  Applied Soil Ecology. 2023
  • Drivers of bacterial and fungal root endophyte communities: understanding the relative influence of host plant, environment, and space.  FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2023
  • Methyl-Based Methanogenesis: an Ecological and Genomic Review.  Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 2023
  • Causes and consequences of differences in soil and seed microbiomes for two alpine plants.  Oecologia. 385-396. 2022
  • Dynamic trophic shifts in bacterial and eukaryotic communities during the first 30 years of microbial succession following retreat of an Antarctic glacier.  FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2022
  • Methylphosphonate Degradation and Salt-Tolerance Genes of Two Novel Halophilic Marivita Metagenome-Assembled Genomes from Unrestored Solar Salterns (vol 13, 148, 2022).  Genes. 2022
  • Do plant-soil interactions influence how the microbial community responds to environmental change?.  Ecology. 2022
  • Microbial drivers of methane emissions from unrestored industrial salt ponds.  The ISME Journal. 284-295. 2022
  • Methanogenesis and Salt Tolerance Genes of a Novel Halophilic Methanosarcinaceae Metagenome-Assembled Genome from a Former Solar Saltern.  Genes. 2021
  • Nematode community diversity and function across an alpine landscape undergoing plant colonization of previously unvegetated soils.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2021
  • Structure of Chimpanzee Gut Microbiomes across Tropical Africa.  mSystems. 2021
  • Taking climate change into account: Non-stationarity in climate drivers of ecological response.  Journal of Ecology. 1491-1500. 2021
  • How microbes can, and cannot, be used to assess soil health.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2021
  • The presence of a foreign microbial community promotes plant growth and reduces filtering of root fungi in the arctic-alpine plant Silene acaulis.  Plant Ecology and Diversity. 377-390. 2020
  • Growing-season length and soil microbes influence the performance of a generalist bunchgrass beyond its current range.  Ecology. 2020
  • Limited Response of Indigenous Microbes to Water and Nutrient Pulses in High-Elevation Atacama Soils: Implications for the Cold-Dry Limits of Life on Earth.  Microorganisms. 2020
  • Evidence for phosphorus limitation in high-elevation unvegetated soils, Niwot Ridge, Colorado.  Biogeochemistry. 1-13. 2020
  • Soil Microbial Networks Shift Across a High-Elevation Successional Gradient.  Frontiers in Microbiology. 2019
  • Litter-driven feedbacks influence plant colonization of a high elevation early successional ecosystem.  Plant and Soil. 71-85. 2019
  • Patterns of root colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and dark septate endophytes across a mostly-unvegetated, high-elevation landscape.  Fungal Ecology. 63-74. 2018
  • Rapid temporal changes in root colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and fine root endophytes, not dark septate endophytes, track plant activity and environment in an alpine ecosystem.  Mycorrhiza. 717-726. 2018
  • Limited ecosystem recovery from simulated chronic nitrogen deposition.  Ecological Applications. 1762-1772. 2018
  • Plant diversity and density predict belowground diversity and function in an early successional alpine ecosystem.  Ecology. 1942-1952. 2018
  • Topographic heterogeneity explains patterns of vegetation response to climate change (1972–2008) across a mountain landscape, Niwot Ridge, Colorado.  Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 2018
  • Plant colonization of moss-dominated soils in the alpine: Microbial and biogeochemical implications.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 135-142. 2017
  • Greenhouse trace gases in deadwood.  Biogeochemistry. 215-226. 2016
  • Incorporating biotic factors in species distribution modeling: are interactions with soil microbes important?.  Ecography. 970-980. 2016