Publications

Liang, C. & Balser, T.C. "Microbial production of recalcitrant organic matter in global soils: implications for productivity and climate policy." Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 75+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2386-c1]

Liang, C., Sanford, G.R., Jackson, R.D. & Balser, T.C. "Potential legacy effects of biofuel cropping systems on soil microbial communities in southern Wisconsin." Agricultural Sciences 2,2, 131–137+ (2011). [DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.22019]

Liang, C., Zhang, X., Wei, L., He, H., Higbee, A.J. & Balser, T.C. "Investigation of the molecular ion structure for aldononitrile acetate derivatized muramic acid." Journal of Microbiological Methods 86,2, 224–230+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.05.007]

Malmstrom, C.M., Melcher, U. & Bosque-Pérez, N.A. "The expanding field of plant virus ecology: historical foundations, knowledge gaps, and research directions." Virus Research 159,2, 84–94+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2011.05.010]

Meehan, T.D., Werling, B.P., Landis, D.A. & Gratton, C. "Agricultural landscape simplification and insecticide use in the Midwestern United States." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108,28, 11500–11505+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100751108]

Mukherjee, A. & Ané, J.-M. "Germinating spore exudates from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: molecular and developmental responses in plants and their regulation by ethylene." Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 24,2, 260–270+ (2011). [DOI: 10.109/MPMI-06-10-0146]

Mukherjee, A. & Ané, J.-M. "Plant hormones and initiation of legume nodulation and arbuscular mycorrhization." in Ecological Aspects of Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants. 354–396+ (Wiley Blackwell Press, 2011). [DOI: 10.1002/9780470959404.ch16]

Muñoz, J.D. & Kravchenko, A. "Soil carbon mapping using on-the-go near infrared spectroscopy, topography and aerial photographs." Geoderma 166,1, 102–110+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.07.017]

Nichols, J., Kang, S., Post, W., Wang, D., Bandaru, V., Manowitz, D., Zhang, X. & Izaurralde, R.C. "HPC-EPIC for high resolution simulations of environmental and sustainability assessment." Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 79,2, 112–115+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2011.08.012]

Peckham, S.D. & Gower, S.T. "Simulated long-term effects of harvest and biomass residue removal on soil carbon and nitrogen content and productivity for two Upper Great Lakes forest ecosystems." Global Change Biology – Bioenergy 3,2, 135–147+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2010.01067.x]

Robertson, B.A., Doran, P.J., Loomis, E.R., Robertson, R. & Schemske, D.W. "Avian use of perennial biomass feedstocks as post-breeding and migratory stopover habitat." PLOS ONE 6,3, e16941+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016941]

Robertson, B.A., Doran, P.J., Loomis, L.R., Robertson, R. & Schemske, D.W. "Perennial biomass feedstocks enhance avian diversity." Global Change Biology – Bioenergy 3,3, 235–246+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2010.01080.x]

Robertson, G., Hamilton, S.K., Del Grosso, S.J. & Parton, W.J. "The biogeochemistry of bioenergy landscapes: carbon, nitrogen, and water considerations." Ecological Applications 21,4, 1055–1067+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1890/09-0456.1]

Schrotenboer, A.C., Allen, M.S. & Malmstrom, C.M. "Modification of native grasses for biofuel production may increase virus susceptibility." Global Change Biology – Bioenergy 3, 360–374+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01093.x]

Song, F., Zhao, J. & Swinton, S.M. "Switching to perennial energy crops under uncertainty and costly reversibility." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 93,3, 768–783+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aar018]

Swinton, S.M., Babcock, B.A., James, L.K. & Bandaru, V. "Higher US crop prices trigger little area expansion so marginal land for biofuel crops is limited." Energy Policy 39,9, 5254–5258+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.05.039]

Syswerda, S.P., Corbin, A.T., Mokma, D.L., Kravchenko, A.N. & Robertson, G.P. "Agricultural management and soil carbon storage in surface vs. deep layers." Soil Science Society of America Journal 75,1, 92+ (2011). [DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0414]

Werling, B.P., Meehan, T.D., Gratton, C. & Landis, D.A. "Influence of habitat and landscape perenniality on insect natural enemies in three candidate biofuel crops." Biological Control 59,2, 304–312+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.06.014]

Werling, B.P., Meehan, T.D., Robertson, B.A., Gratton, C. & Landis, D.A. "Biocontrol potential varies with biofuel-crop plant community and landscape perenniality." Global Change Biology – Bioenergy 3,5, 347–359+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01092.x]

Xu, C., Liang, C., Wullschleger, S., Wilson, C. & McDowell, N. "Importance of feedback loops between soil inorganic nitrogen and microbial communities in the heterotrophic soil respiration response to global warming." Nature Reviews Microbiology 9,3, 222–222+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2439-c1]

Zenone, T., Chen, J., Deal, M.W., Wilske, B., Jasrotia, P., Xu, J., Bhardwaj, A.K., Hamilton, S.K. & Robertson, P. "CO2 fluxes of transitional bioenergy crops: effect of land conversion during the first year of cultivation." Global Change Biology – Bioenergy 3,5, 401–412+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01098.x]

Zhang, X., Izaurralde, C., Arnold, J.G., Sammons, N.B., Manowitz, D.H., Thomson, A.M. & Williams, J.R. "Comment on “Modeling miscanthus in the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to simulate its water quality effects as a bioenergy crop”." Environmental Science & Technology 45,14, 6211–6212+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1021/es201463x]

Zhang, X., Liang, F., Yu, B. & Zong, Z. "Explicitly integrating parameter, input and structure uncertainties into Bayesian Neural Networks for probabilistic hydrologic forecasting." Journal of Hydrology 409,3-4, 696–709+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.09.002]

Jesus, E. da C., Susilawati, E., Smith, S.L., Wang, Q., Chai, B., Farris, R., Rodrigues, J.L.M., Thelen, K.D. & Tiedje, J.M. "Bacterial communities in the rhizosphere of biofuel crops grown on marginal lands as evaluated by 16S rRNA gene pyrosequences." BioEnergy Research 3,1, 20–27+ (2010). [DOI: 10.1007/s12155-009-9073-7]

Dale, B.E., Bals, B.D., Kim, S. & Eranki, P. "Biofuels done right: land efficient animal feeds enable large environmental and energy benefits." Environmental Science & Technology 44,22, 8385–8389+ (2010). [DOI: 10.1021/es101864b]