Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory

Publications (Published or In Press)

  1. Wallenstein, M.D, M. Haddix, D. Lee, R. Conant, E. Paul. A litter-slurry technique elucidates the key role of enzyme production and microbial dynamics in temperature sensitivity of organic matter decomposition. In press, Soil Biology & Biochemistry.

  2. Graham D., M.D. Wallenstein, et al. Microbes in Thawing Permafrost: The Unknown Variable in the Climate Change Equation. In press, ISME Journal.

  3. Wallenstein, MD., E. Hall. A trait-based framework for predicting when and where microbial adaptation to climate change will affect ecosystem functioning. In press, Biogeochemistry.

  4. Evans, S., M.D. Wallenstein. Soil microbial community response to drying and rewetting stress: do microorganisms adapt to altered rainfall timing? In press, Biogeochemistry.

  5. Wang S-Y, Sudduth EB, Wallenstein MD, Wright JP, Bernhardt ES (2011) Watershed Urbanization Alters the Composition and Function of Stream Bacterial Communities. PLoS ONE 6(8): e22972.

  6. Conant RT, Ryan MG, Ågren GI, Birge HE, Davidson EA, Eliasson PE, Evans SE, Frey SD, Giardina CP, Hopkins F, Hyvönen R, Kirschbaum MUF, Lavallee JM, Leifeld J, Parton WJ, Megan Steinweg J, Wallenstein MD, Martin Wetterstedt JÅ, Bradford MA (2011) Temperature and soil organic matter decomposition rates – synthesis of current knowledge and a way forward. Global Change Biology. DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02496.x

  7. Suseela, V., R. T. Conant, M.D. Wallenstein, J.S. Dukes. Effects of soil moisture on the temperature sensitivity of heterotrophic respiration vary seasonally in an old-field climate change experiment. In press, Global Change Biology.

  8. Finzi, Adrien C., Amy T. Austin, Elsa E. Cleland, Serita Frey, Benjamin Z. Houlton, Matthew D. Wallenstei.n 2011. Alteration of Coupled Biogeochemical Cycles in Response to Global Change in the Terrestrial Biosphere. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 9:61-67.

  9. Goldfarb, K. C., U. Karaoz, C. A. Hanson, C. A. Santee, M. A. Bradford, K. K. Treseder, M. D. Wallenstein, and E. L. Brodie. 2011. Differential growth responses of soil bacterial taxa to carbon substrates of varying chemical recalcitrance. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00094

  10. Hoyt CM, Wallenstein MD (2011) Soil Respiration and Student Inquiry: A Perfect Match. Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas 48(4): 119-128

  11. McMahon, Shawna K., Matthew D. Wallenstein, and Joshua P. Schimel. 2010. A cross-seasonal comparison of active and total bacterial community composition in Arctic tundra soil using bromodeoxyuridine labeling. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 43:287-295.

  12. Wallenstein, M.D., S. Allison, J. Ernakovich*, J.M. Steinweg*, R. Sinsabaugh. 2010. Controls on the temperature sensitivity of soil enzymes: A key driver of in-situ enzyme activity rates. Soil Enzymology. Girish Shukla and Ajit Varma, eds.

  13. Wallenstein, M.D., Richard Burns. Ecology and biochemistry of soil enzymology. In press for “Methods of Soil Enzymology”. R. Dick, ed.

  14. Allison, S., Wallenstein, M. D., Bradford, M. A. 2010. Soil carbon response to warming dependent on microbial physiology. Nature Geosciences 3:336-340.

  15. Wallenstein, M.D., A. Hess, M. Lewis, H. Steltzer, E. Ayres. 2010. Decomposed aspen leaf litter metabolomes differ when decomposed under different tree species. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 42:484-490.

  16. Ayres, E., H. Steltzer, S. Berg, M. D. Wallenstein, B.L. Simmons, D.H Wall. 2009. Tree species traits influence soil physical, chemical, and biological properties in high elevation forests. PLOS One. 4(6): e5964. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005964

  17. Bradford, M., M. D. Wallenstein, S. Allison, K. Treseder, S. Frey, B. Watts, C. Davies, T. Maddox, J. Melillo, J. Mohan, and J. Reynolds. 2009. Decreased mass specific respiration under experimental warming is robust to the microbial biomass method employed. Ecology Letters. 12, E15-E18.

  18. Smith, W. K.*, W. Gao, H. Steltzer, M. Wallenstein, and R. Tree. 2009. Moisture availability influences the effect of ultraviolet-B radiation on leaf litter decomposition. Global Change Biology, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01973.x

  19. Ayres, E., H. Steltzer, B.L. Simmons, R. T. Simpson, J. M. Steinweg*, M. D. Wallenstein, N. Mellor, W. J. Parton, J. C. Moore, Diana H. Wall. 2009. Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41:606-610.

  20. McMahon, S., M. Wallenstein, and J. Schimel. 2009. Microbial growth in Arctic tundra soils at -2 °C. Environmental Microbiology Reports 1:162-166.

  21. Bradford, M. C. A. Davies, S. D. Frey, T. R. Maddox, J. M. Melillo, J. E. Mohan, J. F. Reynolds, K. K. Treseder & M. D. Wallenstein. 2008. Acclimation of soil microbial respiration to elevated temperature. Ecology Letters 11:1316-1327.

  22. Hanson, C., S. Allison, M. Bradford, M. Wallenstein, K. Treseder. 2008. Taxa target different carbon sources in field soil. Ecosystems. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9186-4

  23. Sinsabaugh, Robert, Christian, L. Lauber, Michael N. Weintraub, Bony Ahmed, Steven D. Allison, Chelsea Crenshaw, Alexandra R. Contosta, Daniela Cusack, Serita Frey, Marcy E. Gallo, Tracy B. Gartner, Sarah E. Hobbie, Keri Holland, Bonnie L. Keeler, Jennifer S. Powers, Martina Stursova, Cristina Takacs-Vesbach, Mark P. Waldrop, Matthew D. Wallenstein, Donald R. Zak and Lydia H. Zeglin. 2008. Stochiometry of soil enzyme activity at the global scale. Ecology Letters 11:1252-1264.

  24. Wallenstein, M.D. and M. Weintraub. 2008. Emerging approaches for measuring and modeling in situ soil enzyme activities. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 40:2098-2106.

  25. Wallenstein, M., S. McMahon, J. Schimel. 2008. Seasonal variation in enzyme activities and temperature sensitivities in Arctic tundra soils. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01819.x

  26. Schimel, J., T. Balser, M.D. Wallenstein. 2007. Stress effects on microbial communities and the implications for ecosystem function. Ecology 88:1386-1394.

  27. Wallenstein, M.D., S. McMahon, J. Schimel. 2007. Bacterial and fungal community structure in Arctic tundra tussock and shrub soils. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 59:428-435.

  28. Barrett, J. E., R. A. Virginia, D. W. Hopkins, J. Aislabie, R. Bargagli, J. G. Bockheim, I. B. Campbell, W. B. Lyons, D. Moorhead, T. Seastedt, R. Sletten, H. Steltzer, D. H Wall, and M.D. Wallenstein. 2006. Terrestrial ecosystem processes of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 38:3019-3034.

  29. Wallenstein, M.D., S. McNulty, I. Fernandez, J. Boggs, and W.H. Schlesinger. 2006. Nitrogen fertilization decreases forest soil fungal and bacterial biomass in three long-tern N fertilization experiments. Forest Ecology and Management 222:459-468.

  30. Wallenstein, M.D., D. Myrold, M. Voytek, M. Firestone. 2006. Environmental controls on denitrifying communities and denitrification rates: Insights from molecular methods. Ecological Applications 16: 2143-2152.

  31. Wallenstein, M.D., W. H. Peterjohn, W.H. Schlesinger. 2006. Nitrogen fertilization effects on denitrification and N cycling in an aggrading forest. Ecological Applications 16:2168-2176.

  32. Wallenstein, M.D. and R. Vilgalys. 2005. Quantitative analyses of nitrogen functional genes in soils. Pedobiologia. 49:665-672.

  33. Schlesinger, W.H., J.S. Pippen, M.D. Wallenstein, K.S. Hofmockel, D.M. Klepeis, and B.E. Mahall. 2003. Community composition and photosynthesis by photoautotrophs under quartz pebbles, southern Mojave desert. Ecology 84(12):3222-3231.

  34. Barton, A. M. and M. D. Wallenstein. 1997. Effects of invasion of Pinus virginiana on soil properties in serpentine barrens in southeastern Pennsylvania. J. Torrey Bot. Club 124(4):297-305.