Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory

Colin Bell Publications

  1. Nie, M., E. Pendall, C. Bell, C. K. Gasch, S. Raut, S. Tamang, and M. D. Wallenstein. 2012. Positive climate feedbacks of soil microbial communities in a semiarid grassland. Ecology Letters (in press).
  2. Wallenstein, M., M. Stromberger, and C. Bell. 2012. Bridging the gap between modelers and experimentalists. Eos Trans. AGU 93.
  3. Acosta-Martínez, V., S. E. Dowd, C. W. Bell, R. Lascano, J. D. Booker, T. M. Zobeck, and D. R. Upchurch. 2010. Microbial Community Composition as Affected by Dryland Cropping Systems and Tillage in a Semiarid Sandy Soil. Diversity 2:910-931.
  4. Acosta-Martínez V., C. W. Bell, B. E. L. Morris, J. C. Zak, and V. G. Allen. 2009.  Long-term soil microbial community and enzyme responses to integrated cropping-livestock systems in a semi-arid region. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 137:231-240.
  5. Robertson, T. R., C. W. Bell, J. C. Zak, and D. T. Tissue. 2009. Precipitation timing and magnitude differentially affect aboveground annual net primary productivity in three perennial species in a Chihuahuan desert grassland. New Phytologist 181:203-242.
  6. Bell, C.W., V. Acosta-Martinez, N. E. McIntyre, S. B. Cox, D. T. Tissue, and J. C. Zak. 2009. Linking microbial community structure and function to seasonal differences in soil moisture and temperature in a Chihuahuan desert grassland. Microbial Ecology 58:827-842.
  7. Patrick, L., K. Ogle, C. W. Bell, D. T. Tissue, and J. C. Zak. 2008. Physiological responses of two contrasting desert plant species to precipitation variability are differentially regulated by soil moisture and nitrogen dynamics. Global Change Biology 15:1214-1229.
  8. Bell, C. W., N. E. McIntyre, S. B. Cox, D. T. Tissue, and J. C. Zak. 2008. Soil microbial responses to temporal variations of moisture and temperature in a Chihuahuan desert grassland. Microbial Ecology 56:153-167.