Nielsen UN, Ayres E, Wall DH, et al. 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.

Wu T, Ayres E, Bardgett RD, Wall DH, Garey JR. Molecular study of worldwide distribution and diversity of soil animals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2011;108(43):17720 - 17725. doi:10.1073/pnas.1103824108.

Ayres E, Nkem JN, Wall DH, et al. Experimentally increased snow accumulation alters soil moisture and animal community structure in a polar desert. Polar Biology. 2010;33(7):897 - 907. doi:10.1007/s00300-010-0766-3.

Simmons BL, Wall DH, Adams B, Ayres E, Barrett JE, Virginia RA. Long-term experimental warming reduces soil nematode populations in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 2009;41:2052-2060. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.07.009.

Wu T, Ayres E, Li G, Bardgett RD, Wall DH, Garey JR. Molecular profiling of soil animal diversity in natural ecosystems: incongruence of molecular and morphological results. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2009;(41):849-857. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.02.003.

Simmons BL, Wall DH, Adams B, Ayres E, Barrett JE, Virginia RA. Terrestrial mesofauna in above- and below-ground habitats: Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Polar Biology. 2009;32:1549-1558. doi:LTER.

Ayres E, Nkem JN, Wall DH, et al. Effects of Human Trampling on Populations of Soil Fauna in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Conservation Biology. 2008;22(6):1544-1551. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01034.x.

Ayres E, Wall DH, Adams B, Barrett JE, Virginia RA. Unique similarity of faunal communities across aquatic terrestrial interfaces in a polar desert ecosystem. Ecosystems. 2007. doi:LTER.

Adams B, Connell L, Convey P, et al. Diversity and distribution of Victoria Land biota. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2006;38:3003-3018. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.04.030.

Wall DH, Ayres E, Behan-Pelletier V, Covich A, Snelgrove PVR. Soils, freshwater and marine sediments: the need for integrative landscape science. In: Browman H, Stergiou KI Marine Ecology Progress Series.Vol 304. Marine Ecology Progress Series.; 2005:302-307. doi:LTER.