McMurdo LTER Publications
Antarctic ecosystems in transition – life between stresses and opportunities. Biological Reviews. 2020. doi:10.1111/brv.12679.
Genetic diversity of soil invertebrates corroborates timing estimates for past collapses of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020. doi:10.1073/pnas.2007925117.
A global database of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition. Scientific Data. 2020;7(1). doi:10.1038/s41597-020-0437-3.
Biotic interactions are an unexpected yet critical control on the complexity of an abiotically driven polar ecosystem. Communications Biology. 2019;2(1). doi:10.1038/s42003-018-0274-5.
Biotic interactions in experimental Antarctic soil microcosms vary with abiotic stress. Soil Systems. 2019;3(3). doi:10.3390/soilsystems3030057.
. The hydroecology of an ephemeral wetland in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2019. doi:10.1029/2019JG005153.
Nematodes in a polar desert reveal the relative role of biotic interactions in the coexistence of soil animals. Communications Biology. 2019;2(1). doi:10.1038/s42003-018-0260-y.
Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale. Nature. 2019;572(7768). doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1418-6.
Observed trends of soil fauna in the Antarctic Dry Valleys: early signs of shifts predicted under climate change. Ecology. 2018;99(2):312 - 321. doi:10.1002/ecy.2090.
. Soil biological responses to C, N and P fertilization in a polar desert of Antarctica. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2018;122. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.03.025.
. Spatial and temporal patterns of microbial mats and associated invertebrates along an Antarctic stream. Polar Biology. 2018;41(10):1911–1921. doi:10.1007/s00300-018-2331-4.
Stable C and N isotope ratios reveal soil food web structure and identify the nematode Eudorylaimus antarcticus as an omnivore–predator in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Polar Biology. 2018;41(5):1013–1018. doi:10.1007/s00300-017-2243-8.
. Stoichiometric Shifts in Soil C:N:P Promote Bacterial Taxa Dominance, Maintain Biodiversity, and Deconstruct Community Assemblages. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2018;9. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.01401.
. Decadal ecosystem response to an anomalous melt season in a polar desert in Antarctica. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2017;1(9):1334-1338. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0253-0.
Decoupled responses of soil bacteria and their invertebrate consumer to warming, but not freeze-thaw cycles, in the Antarctic Dry Valleys. Ecology Letters. 2017;20(10):1242-1249. doi:10.1111/ele.12819.
. Aerobiology Over Antarctica – A New Initiative for Atmospheric Ecology. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2016;776796194610314927235011365134445142846479110123936574(53307413). doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00016.
Genetic diversity among populations of Antarctic springtails (Collembola) within the Mackay Glacier ecotone 1. Genome. 2016;59(9):762 - 770. doi:10.1139/gen-2015-0194.
Impact of diurnal freeze–thaw cycles on the soil nematode Scottnema lindsayae in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Polar Biology. 2016;39(4):583 - 592. doi:10.1007/s00300-015-1809-6.
. A roadmap for Antarctic and Southern Ocean science for the next two decades and beyond. Antarctic Science. 2015;27(01):3 - 18. doi:10.1017/S0954102014000674.
Soil biodiversity and human health. Nature. 2015. doi:10.1038/nature15744.
. Antarctic Terrestrial Microbiology : Invertebrates. In: Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; 2014:55 - 78. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-45213-0_4.
. Ecological Biogeography of the Terrestrial Nematodes of Victoria Land, Antarctica. ZooKeys. 2014;419:29 - 71. doi:10.3897/zookeys.419.7180.
. Global-scale patterns of assemblage structure of soil nematodes in relation to climate and ecosystem properties. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2014;23(9):968 - 978. doi:10.1111/geb.2014.23.issue-910.1111/geb.12177.
Soil animal responses to moisture availability are largely scale, not ecosystem dependent: insight from a cross-site study. Global Change Biology. 2014;20(8):2631 - 2643. doi:10.1111/gcb.2014.20.issue-810.1111/gcb.12522.
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