BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS ON SOIL RESPIRATION AND ITS CLIMATIC RESPONSE ACROSS A LARGE TROPICAL ELEVATION GRADIENT

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• 22 Article

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• 2022

  Large contribution of recent photosynthate to soil respiration in tropical dipterocarp forest revealed by girdling

  Nottingham, A. T., Cheesman, A. W., Riutta, T., Doughty, C. E., Telford, E., Huaraca Huasco, W., Svátek, M., Kvasnica, J., Majalap, N., Malhi, Y., Meir, P. & Arn Teh, Y., 9 Feb 2022, In: Journal of Ecology. 110, 2, p. 387-403

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Dipterocarpaceae 100%
  • Soil Respiration 100%
  • Photosynthate 100%
  • Girdling 100%
  • Tropical Forest 83%
• 2021

  Evolutionary diversity peaks at mid-elevations along an Amazon-to-Andes elevation gradient

  Griffiths, A., Silman, M. R., Farfan-Rios, W., Feeley, K. J., Garcia Cabrera, K., Meir, P., Salinas, N., Segovia, R. A. & Dexter, K., 24 Aug 2021, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

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  • Lineages 100%
  • Cladistics 20%
  • Lowlands 20%
  • Gymnosperm 20%
  • Montane Forests 20%
• 2019

  Microbial responses to warming enhance soil carbon loss following translocation across a tropical forest elevation gradient

  Nottingham, A. T., Whitaker, J., Ostle, N. J., Bardgett, R. D., Mcnamara, N. P., Fierer, N., Salinas, N., Ccahuana, A. J. Q., Turner, B. L., Meir, P. & Coulson, T., 6 Sept 2019, In: Ecology Letters. 22, 11, p. 1889-1899

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• Adaptation of soil microbial growth to temperature: using a tropical elevation gradient to predict future changes

  Nottingham, A. T., Bååth, E., Reischke, S., Salinas, N. & Meir, P., 21 Feb 2019, In: Global Change Biology.

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  • Microbial Growth 100%
  • Microbial Activity 100%
  • Bacterial Communities 66%
  • Fungal Communities 66%
  • Tropical Forest 66%

• Carbon and nitrogen inputs differentially affect priming of soil organic matter in tropical lowland and montane soils

  Hicks, L., Meir, P., Nottingham, A., Reay, D., Stott, A. W., Salinas, N. & Whitaker, J., 1 Feb 2019, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 129, p. 212-222

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  • Lowlands 100%
  • Montane Soil 100%
  • Soil Organic Matter 100%
  • Mineralization 100%
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria 50%

• Methane Emissions from a Grassland-Wetland Complex in the Southern Peruvian Andes

  Jones, S., Diem, T., Arn Teh, Y., Salinas, N., Reay, D. & Meir, P., 2019, In: Soil Systems. 3, 1, p. 2

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  • Methane 100%
  • Emissions 100%
  • Grassland 100%
  • Wetland Soil 40%
  • Wet Season 20%
• 2017

  Nutrient limitations to bacterial and fungal growth during cellulose decomposition in tropical forest soils

  Nottingham, A. T., Hicks, L. C., Ccahuana, A. J. Q., Salinas, N., Bååth, E. & Meir, P., 8 Nov 2017, In: Biology and Fertility of Soils.

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  • Bacterial Growth 100%
  • Fungus Growth 100%
  • Microbial Growth 66%
  • Decomposer 33%
  • Carbon Cycle 33%
• 2016

  The variation of productivity and its allocation along a tropical elevation gradient: a whole carbon budget perspective

  Malhi, Y., Girardin, C., Goldsmith, G. R., Doughty, C. E., Salinas Revilla, N., Metcalfe, D. B., Huasco, W. H., Silva-Espejo, J. E., Aguilla-Pasquell, J. D., Farfán-Amézquita, F., Aragao, L. E. O. C., Guerrieri, M., Ishida, F. Y., Bahar, N. H. A., Farfan-rios, W., Phillips, O. L., Meir, P. & Silman, M. R., 21 Oct 2016, (E-pub ahead of print) In: New Phytologist.

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  • Primary Productivity 100%
  • Acclimation 25%
  • Montane Forests 25%
  • Photosystem 25%
  • Growing Season 25%

• Drivers of atmospheric methane uptake by montane forest soils in the southern Peruvian Andes

  Jones, S. P., Diem, T., Huaraca Quispe, L. P., Cahuana, A. J., Reay, D. S., Meir, P. & Teh, Y. A., 21 Jul 2016, In: Biogeosciences. 13, 14, p. 4151-4165

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  • Atmospherics 100%
  • Forest Soil 100%
  • Methane 100%
  • Mountain Forest 100%
  • Montane Forests 100%

• Source to sink: Evolution of lignin composition in the Madre de Dios River system with connection to the Amazon basin and offshore: Lignin evolution in Amazon

  Feng, X., Feakins, S. J., Liu, Z., Ponton, C., Wang, R. Z., Karkabi, E., Galy, V., Berelson, W. M., Nottingham, A. T., Meir, P. & West, A. J., 7 May 2016, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences.

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  • Carbon Sink 100%
  • Soil Carbon 100%
  • Organic Horizons 100%
  • Geochemistry 100%
  • Dry Season 100%

• Temperature sensitivity of soil enzymes along an elevation gradient in the Peruvian Andes

  Nottingham, A., Turner, B. L., Whitaker, J., Ostle, N. J., Bardgett, R. D., McNamara, N. P., Salinas, N. & Meir, P., Feb 2016, In: Biogeochemistry. 127, 2, p. 217-230

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  • Mountain Forest 100%
  • Organic Matter 100%
  • Temperature Sensitivity 100%
  • Soil Enzymes 100%
  • Climate Change Impact 50%
• 2015

  Climate Warming and Soil Carbon in Tropical Forests: Insights from an Elevation Gradient in the Peruvian Andes

  Nottingham, A., Whitaker, J., Turner, B. L., Salinas Revilla, N., Zimmermann, M., Malhi, Y. & Meir, P., 1 Sept 2015, In: BioScience. 65, 9, p. 906-921

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  • Soil Carbon 100%
  • Tropical Forest 100%
  • Soil Organic Matter 100%
  • Temperature Sensitivity 100%
  • Decomposer 20%

• Soil microbial nutrient constraints along a tropical forest elevation gradient: a belowground test of a biogeochemical paradigm

  Nottingham, A. T., Turner, B. L., Whitaker, J., Ostle, N., Mcnamara, N. P., Bardgett, R. D., Salinas, N. & Meir, P., Apr 2015, In: Biogeosciences Discussions. 12, 8, p. 6489-6523

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  • Tropical Forest 100%
  • Lowlands 60%
  • Primary Productivity 20%
  • Carbon Balance 20%
  • Soil Carbon 20%
• 2014

  Microbial community composition explains soil respiration responses to changing carbon inputs along an Andes-to-Amazon elevation gradient

  Whitaker, J., Ostle, N., Nottingham, A. T., Ccahuana, A., Salinas, N., Bardgett, R. D., Meir, P. & McNamara, N. P., Jul 2014, In: Journal of Ecology. 102, 4, p. 1058-1071 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Microbial Community 100%
  • Soil Respiration 100%
  • Community Composition 100%
  • Soil Microbial Community 100%
  • Climate Change 100%

• Methane and nitrous oxide fluxes across an elevation gradient in the tropical Peruvian Andes

  Teh, Y. A., Diem , T., Huaraca-Quispe, L. P., Baggs, L., Morley, N., Richards, M., Smith, P. & Meir, P., 2014, In: Biogeosciences. 11, p. 2325-2339

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  • Methane 100%
  • Nitrous Oxide 100%
  • Mountain Forest 33%
  • Atmospherics 20%
  • Emissions 20%
• 2013

  The productivity, respiration and carbon cycle of two lowland tropical forest plots in south-western Amazonia, Peru

  Malhi, Y., Amezquita , F. F. F., Doughty , C. E., Silva-Espejo , J., Metcalfe, D. B., Aragao , L., Girardin , C., Huaraca-Quispe, L. P., Alzamora-Taype , I., Eguiluz-Mora, L., Marthews, T., Halladay, K., Robertson, A. L., Fisher, J. B., Zaragoza-Castells, J., Rojas-Villagra , C. M., Pelaez-Tapia , Y., Salinas, N., Meir, P. & Phillips, O. L., 2013, In: Plant Ecology and Diversity.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Lowlands 100%
  • Carbon Cycle 100%
  • Primary Production 100%
  • Tropical Forest 100%
  • Primary Productivity 50%
• 2012

  Soil properties in tropical montane cloud forests influence estimates of soil CO2 efflux

  Nottingham, A. T., Ccahuana, A. J. Q. & Meir, P., 15 Dec 2012, In: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 166-167, p. 215-220 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Tropical Montane Cloud Forests 100%
  • Soil Property 100%
  • Cloud Forest 100%
  • Carbon Dioxide 100%
  • Lowlands 50%

• Can composition and physical protection of soil organic matter explain soil respiration temperature sensitivity?

  Zimmermann, M., Leifeld, J., Conen, F., Bird, M. I. & Meir, P., 1 Feb 2012, In: Biogeochemistry. 107, 1-3, p. 423-436 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Soil Respiration 100%
  • Soil Organic Matter 100%
  • Temperature Sensitivity 100%
  • Fractionation 40%
  • Chemical Structure 40%
• 2011

  Environmental distribution and abundance of the facultative methanotroph Methylocella

  Rahman, M. T., Crombie, A., Chen, Y., Stralis-Pavese, N., Bodrossy, L., Meir, P., McNamara, N. P. & Murrell, J. C., Jun 2011, In: The ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology. 5, 6, p. 1061-1066 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Methylocella 100%
  • Methanotroph 100%
  • Microbial Ecology 11%

• Microbes do not follow the elevational diversity patterns of plants and animals

  Fierer, N., McCain, C. M., Meir, P., Zimmermann, M., Rapp, J. M., Silman, M. R. & Knight, R., Apr 2011, In: Ecology. 92, 4, p. 797-804 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Microorganism 100%
  • Soil Minerals 33%
  • Mineral Soils 33%
  • Biogeography 33%
  • Leaf Surface 33%

• Upslope migration of Andean trees

  Feeley, K. J., Silman, M. R., Bush, M. B., Farfan, W., Cabrera, K. G., Malhi, Y., Meir, P., Salinas Revilla, N., Quisiyupanqui, M. N. R. & Saatchi, S., Apr 2011, In: Journal of biogeography. 38, 4, p. 783-791 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Climate Change 100%
  • Tropical Plant 100%
  • Biodiversity 66%
  • Plant Specie 33%
  • Plant Community 33%

• The sensitivity of tropical leaf litter decomposition to temperature: results from a large-scale leaf translocation experiment along an elevation gradient in Peruvian forests

  Salinas, N., Malhi, Y., Meir, P., Silman, M., Cuesta, R. R., Huaman, J., Salinas, D., Huaman, V., Gibaja, A., Mamani, M. & Farfan, F., 1 Mar 2011, In: New Phytologist. 189, 4, p. 967-977 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Leaf Litter 100%
  • Litter Decomposition 100%
  • Plant Litter 100%
  • Heterotrophy 100%
  • Soil Moisture 50%