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2023

Hülsmann, L. et al. (R.P. Phillips one of 52 authors). In Press. Latitudinal patterns in stabilizing density dependence of forest communities. Nature.

Podzikowski, L.Y., Lee, M., Fahey, C., Wright, J.P., Flory, S.F., and R.P. Phillips. In Press. Testing competing hypotheses about the biogeochemical consequences of invasion. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene: Ecology and Earth Systems.

Smith, M.D., Wilkens, K., Holdrege, M., Wilfart, P., Collins, S.L., Knapp, A.K, Sala, O.E., Dukes, J., Phillips, R.P. and 131 authors). In Press. Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally. PNAS.

Delavaux, C.S., LaManna, J.A., Myers, J.A., Phillips, R.P. (72 additional authors). In Press. Mycorrhizal feedbacks influence global forest structure and diversity. Communications Biology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05410-z

Lang, A., LaRue, E.A., Kivlin, S.N., Edwards, J., Phillips, R.P., Gallion, J., Kong, N., Parker, J.D., McCormick, M.K. Domke, G. and S. Fei. In Press. Forest structural diversity is linked to soil microbial diversity. Ecosphere. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4702

Seyfried, G., Midgley, M.G., Phillips, R.P., and W.H. Yang. 2023. Refining the role of nitrogen mineralization in mycorrhizal nutrient syndromes. Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-023-01038-7

Yang. X., R. Li, Jablonski, A., Stovall, A, Yi, K., Ma, Y., Beverly, D., Phillips, R.P., Novick, K.A., Xu, X and M. Lerdau. 2023. Leaf angle as a leaf and canopy trait: a new frontier for ecosystem science. Ecology Letters. http://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14215

Beidler, K.V., Benson, M.C., Craig, M.E. Oh, Y.E. and R.P. Phillips. 2023. Effects of root litter traits on soil organic matter dynamics depend on decay stage and root branching order. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109008

Lang, A.K., Pett-Ridge, J., McFarlane, K.J., and R.P. Phillips. 2023. Climate, soil mineralogy, and mycorrhizal fungi influence soil organic matter fractions in eastern US temperate forests. J. of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14094

Luo, S., Phillips, R.P.(co-first author), Jo, I., Fei, S., Liang, J., Schmid, B., and N. Eissenhauer. 2023. Mixtures of tree species with different mycorrhizal strategies maximize productivity across US forests. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36888-0

Eagar, A.C., Smemo, K.A., Phillips, R.P., and C.B. Blackwood. 2023. Context-dependence of fungal community responses to dominant tree mycorrhizal types in Northern hardwood forests. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.108971

Zheng, H., Phillips, R.P., Rousk, J., Yue, K., Schmidt, I.K., Pen, Y., Wang, S. and L. Vesterdal. 2023. Imprint of tree species mycorrhizal association on microbial-mediated enzyme activity and stoichiometry. Functional Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14311

2022

Au, T.F., Maxwell, J.T., Robeson, S.M., Li, J., Siani, A.M.O., Novick, K.A., Dannenberg, M. P., Phillips, R.P., Li, T., Chen, Z., and J. Lenoir. 2022. Younger trees in the upper canopy layer are more sensitive but also more resilient to drought. Nature Climate Change. https://doi-org.proxyiub.uits.iu.edu/10.1038/s41558-022-01528-w

Braghiere, R.K., Fisher, J.B., Allen, K., Brzostek, E., Shi, M., Yang, X., Ricciuto, D., Fisher, R., Sulman, B., Zhu, Q and R.P.Phillips. 2022. Global carbon cost of plant nitrogen and phosphorus acquisition. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 14, e2022MS003204 DOI: 10.1029/2022MS003204

Mo, F, Ren, C., Yu, K., Zhou, Z., Phillips, R.P., Zhang, Y, Dang, Y., Luo, Z., Ye, J., Xiong, Y and Y. Wen. 2022. Global pattern of soil priming effect intensity and its environmental drivers. Ecology. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3790

Klink, S., Keller, A.B., Wild, A.J. Meyer, N., Lehndorff, L., Müller, C.W., Phillips, R.P., and J. Pausch. 2022. Stable isotopes reveal that fungal residues contribute more to mineral-associated organic matter pools than plant residues. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108634

Craig, M.A., Guyer, K., Beidler, K.V., Brzostek, E., Frey, S., Grandy, A.S., Liang, C., and R.P. Phillips. 2022. Fast-decaying plant litter enhances soil carbon in temperate forests but not through microbial physiological traits. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28715-9

Fei, S; Kivlin, S., Domke, G., Jo, I., LaRue, E.A. and R.P. Phillips. 2022. Coupling of plant and mycorrhizal fungal diversity - its occurrence, relevance, and possible implications under global change. Tansley Insight. New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/nph.17954

Benson, M.C., Miniat, C.F., Oishi, A.C., Denham, S.O., Domec, J.C., Johnson, D.M., Missik, J.E., Phillips, R.P., Wood, J.D., and K.A. Novick. 2022. The xylem of anisohydric Quercus alba L. is more vulnerable to embolism than isohydric co-dominants. Plant, Cell & Environment. DOI: 10.1111/pce.14244

Novick, K.A., Jo, I., D’Orangeville, L., Benson, M., Au, T.F., Barnes, M., Denham, S., Fei, S., Heilman, K., Hwang, T,. Keyser, T., Maxwell, J.T., Miniat, C., McLauchlan, J., Pederson, N., Wang, L., Wood, J.D. and R.P. Phillips. 2022. The drought response of eastern US oaks in the context of their ongoing decline. BioScience. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biab135

2021

Eagar, A., Mushinski, R.M., Horning, A.L., Smemo, K.A., Phillips, R.P., and C.B. Blackwood. 2021. Arbuscular mycorrhizal tree communities have greater soil fungal diversity and abundances of saprotrophs and pathogens compared to ectomycorrhizal tree communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01782-21

Lin, G., Craig M.A., Wang, X., Zeng, D., Jo, I. and R.P. Phillips. 2021. Mycorrhizal associations of tree species influence soil nitrogen dynamics via effects on soil acid-base chemistry. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13418

Beidler, K.V., Oh, Y.E., Pritchard, S.G. and R.P. Phillips. 2021. Foraging roots and their associated microbes slow the decay of belowground litters in a temperate hardwood forest. Oecologia. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-021-05051-1

Migliavacca, M., et al. (R.P. Phillips one of 67 authors). 2021. The three major axes of terrestrial ecosystem function. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03939-9

Braghiere, R.K., Fisher, J.B., Fisher, R.A., Shi, M., Steidinger, B.S., Sulman, B.N., Soudzilovskaia, N.A., Yang, X., Liang, J., Peay, K.G., Crowther, T.W. and R.P.Phillips. 2021. Mycorrhizal distributions impact global patterns of carbon and nutrient cycling. Geophysical Research Letters. DOI: 10.1029/2021GL094514

Liu, R., He, Y., Zhou, G., Shao, J., Zhou, L., Zhou, H., Lo, N., Song, B., Liang, C., Yan, E., Chen, X., Wang, X., S.H. Bai, Zhou, X., Wang, M., and R.P.Phillips. 2021. Mycorrhizal effects on decomposition and soil CO₂ flux depend on changes in nitrogen availability during succession. Journal of Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13770

Saifuddin, M., Bhatnagar, J.M., Phillips, R.P., and A.C. Finzi. 2021. Ectomycorrhizal fungi are associated with reduced nitrogen cycling rates in temperate forest soils without corresponding trends in bacterial functional groups. Oecologia. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-021-04966-z

Sousa, D., Fisher, J.B., Galvan, F.R., Pavlick, R.P., Cordell, S., Gioambelluca, T.W., Giardina, C.P., Gilbert, G.S., Imran-Narahari, F., Litton, C.M., Lutz, J.A., North, M.P., Orwig, D.A., Osterag, R., Sack, L. and R.P. Phillips. 2021. Tree canopies reflect mycorrhizal composition. Geophysical Research Letters. DOI: 10.1029/2021GL092764

Yin, L., Dijkstra, F.A., Phillips, R.P., Zhu, B., Wang, P., and W. Cheng. 2021. Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees cause a higher carbon to nitrogen ratio of soil organic matter decomposition via rhizosphere priming than ectomycorrhizal trees. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108246

Yahdjian, L. Sala, O.E, Piñeiro, J.M., Smith, M.D., Knapp, A.K., Phillips, R.P., and S.L. Collins, 2021. Why coordinated distributed experiments should go global. BioScience. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biab033

Stoy, P.C., Trowbridge, A.M., Siqueira, M.B., Friere, L.S., Phillips, R.P., Jacobs, L., Wiesner, S., Stevens, P., Turner, R., and K.A. Novick. 2021. Vapor pressure deficit helps explain biogenic volatile organic compound fluxes from the forest floor and canopy of a temperate deciduous forest. Oecologia. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-021-04891-1

Terrer, C., Phillips, R.P., Hungate, B.A., Rosende J., Pett-Ridge, J., Craig, M., van Groenigen, K.J., Keenan, T., Sulman, B., Stocker, B.D., Reich, P.B., Pellegrini, A.F.E., Pendall, E., Zhang, H., Evans, D.R., Carillo, Y., Fisher, J.B., and R.B. Jackson. 2021. A trade-off between plant and soil carbon storage under elevated CO_2. Nature, 591:599-603; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03306-8; highlighted in News & Views; Bastos and Fleischer 2021, Nature, 591: 532-534; DOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-00737-1

Missik, J.E., Oishi, A.C., Benson M.C. Meretsky, V.J., Phillips, R.P., and K.A. Novick. 2021. Performing gas exchange measurements on excised branches – evaluation and recommendations. Photosynthetica. 59 (1): 61-73, DOI: 10.32615/ps.2020.079

Keller, A.B., Brzostek, E., Craig, M.A., Fisher, J.B. and R.P. Phillips. 2021. Root-derived inputs are major contributors to soil carbon in temperate forests but vary by mycorrhizal type. Ecology Letters. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13651

2020

Mushinski, R.M., Payne, Z.C., Raff, J.D., Craig, M.A., Pusede, S.E., Rusch, D.B., White, J.R., and R.P.Phillips. 2020.Nitrogen cycling microbiomes are structured by plant mycorrhizal associations with consequences for nitrogen oxide fluxes in forests. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15439

Davies, S.J., et al. (R.P. Phillips one of 152 authors). 2020. ForestGEO: Understanding Forest Diversity and Dynamics through a Global Observatory Network. Biological Conservation. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108907

Cheeke, T.E., Phillips, R.P., Kuhn, A., Rosling, A. and P. Fransson. 2020. Variation in mycorrhizal hyphal production rather than turnover regulates standing fungal biomass in temperate hardwood forests. Ecology. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3260

Bond-Lamberty, B. (R.P. Phillips one of 96 authors). 2020. COSORE: A community database for continuous soil respiration and other soil-atmosphere greenhouse gas flux data. Global Change Biology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15353

Pastorello, G., et al. (R.P. Phillips one of 287 authors). 2020. The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data. Scientific Data 7, 225 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0534-3

Au, T.F. Maxwell, J.T., Novick, K.A., Robeson, S.R., Lockwood, B.R., Warner, S.M., Harley, G.L., Phillips, R.P., Therrell, M.D., Telewski, F.W., and N. Pederson.2020. Demographic shifts in eastern US forests increases the impact of late-season drought on forest growth. Ecography. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.05055

Allen, K., Fisher, J.B., Phillips, R.P., Powers, J.S. and E.R. Brzostek. 2020. Interactions between the C cost of N and P uptake in an optimal allocation model lead to divergent model predictions of nutrient limitation across tropical and temperate forests. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2020.00043

Trowbridge, A.M., Stoy, P.C., and R.P. Phillips. 2020. Soil biogenic volatile organic compound flux in a mixed hardwood forest: Net uptake at warmer temperatures and the importance of mycorrhizal associations. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences. DOI: 10.1029/2019JG005479; (Commentary by Rinnan and Albers, DOI: 10.1029/2020JG005773 and by Schultz, DOI: 10.1029/2020EO143604).

Beidler, K.V., Phillips, R.P., Andrews, E., Fernandez, C.W., Maillard, F., Mushinski, R.M., See, C.R. and P.G. Kennedy. 2020. Substrate quality drives fungal necromass decay and decomposer community structure under contrasting vegetation types. Journal of Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13385

Kannenberg S.A., and R.P. Phillips. 2020. Non-structural carbohydrate pools not linked to hydraulic strategies or carbon supply in tree saplings during severe drought and subsequent recovery. Tree Physiology. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpz132

Kumar, A., Phillips, R.P., Scheibe, A., Klink, S. and J Pausch. 2020. Organic matter priming by invasive plants depends on dominant mycorrhizal association.Soil Biology and Biochemistry. DOI: https: //doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.107645

2019

Keller, A.B., and R.P. Phillips. 2019. Relationship between belowground carbon allocation and nitrogen uptake in saplings varies by plant mycorrhizal type. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2019.00081

Midgley M.G. and R.P. Phillips. 2019. Spatio-temporal heterogeneity in extracellular enzyme activities tracks variation in saprotrophic fungal production in a temperate forest soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.107600

Song, J. et al. (R.P. Phillips one of 59 authors). 2019. A meta-analysis of 1119 manipulative experiments on terrestrial carbon cycling responses to global change. Nature Ecology and Evolution. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0958-3

Craig, M.E., Lovko, N., Flory, S.F., Wright, J.P., and R.P. Phillips. 2019. Impacts of an invasive grass on soil organic matter pools vary across a tree-mycorrhizal gradient. Biogeochemistry. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-019-00577-2

Zhang, Q., Ficklin, D.L., Manzoni, S., Wang, L., Way, D., Phillips, R.P., and K.A. Novick. 2019. Rising vapor pressure deficit increases water use efficiency during drought. Environmental Research Letters. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab2603

Kannenberg, S.A., Novick, K.A., Alexander, M.R., Maxwell, J.T., Moore, D.J.P, Phillips, R.P., and Anderegg, W.R.L. 2019. Linking drought legacy effects across scales: From leaves to tree rings to ecosystems. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14710

Menge D.N.L., et al (R.P. Phillips one of 81 authors). 2019. Patterns of nitrogen-fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America. Journal of Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13199

Jo, I., Fei., S., Oswalt, C., Domke, G., and R.P. Phillips. 2019. Shifts in dominant tree-mycorrhizal associations in response to anthropogenic impacts. Science Advances. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav6358

Kannenberg, S.A., Novick, K.A., and R.P. Phillips. 2019. Anisohydric behavior linked to persistent hydraulic damage and delayed drought recovery across seven North American tree species. New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/nph.15699

Zak, D.R., Pellitier, P.T., Argiroff, W.A., Castillo, B., James, T.Y., Nave, L.E., Averill, C., Beidler, K., Bhatnagar, J., Blesh, J., Classen, A.T., Craig, M.E., Fernandez, C.W., Johansen, R., Koide, R.T., Lilleskov, E.A., Lindahl, B.D., Nadelhoffer, K., Phillips, R.P., and A. Tunlid. 2019. Exploring the function of ectomycorrhizal fungi in soil organic matter dynamics. Tansley Insight. New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/nph.15679

Mushinski, R.M., Phillips, R.P., Payne, Z.C., Abney, R.B., Jo, I., Fei, S., Pusede, S.E., White, J.R., Rusch, D.B., and J.D. Raff. 2019. Microbial mechanisms and ecosystem flux estimations for aerobic NO_y emissions from hardwood forest soils. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1814632116

Shi, M., Fisher, J.B., Phillips, R.P., and E.R. Brzostek. 2019. Plant-microbe symbioses leads to underestimation of modeled climate impacts. Biogeosciences. DOI: 10.5194/bg-2018-293

Phillips, R.P., Brandt, L., Polly, P.D., Zollner, P., Sunders, M.R., Clay, K., Iverson, L., and S. Fei. 2019. Towards an improved understanding of the ecological and economic consequences of climate change for Indiana forests. Climatic Change. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-018-2326-8

Keller, A.B., and R.P. Phillips. 2019. Leaf litter decay rates differ between mycorrhizal groups in temperate, but not tropical forests. New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/nph.15524

2018

Zhang, Z., Phillips, R.P. (co-first author), Zhao, W., Xiao, J., Liu, Q., and H. Yin. 2018. Mycelia-derived C contributes more to nitrogen cycling than root-derived C in two alpine forests. Functional Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365‐2435.13236

Kannenberg, S.A., Maxwell, J.T., Pederson, N., D’Orangeville, L., Ficklin, D.L., and R.P. Phillips. 2018. Drought legacies are dependent on water table depth, wood anatomy, and drought timing across the eastern U.S. Ecology Letters. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13173

Lee, M.R., Flory, S.L., Phillips, R.P., and J.P. Wright. 2018. Site conditions are more important than abundance in explaining plant invader’s impact on soil nitrogen cycling. Ecosphere. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2454

Asbjornsen, H., Campbell, J.L., Jennings, K.A., Vadeboncoeur, M.A., McIntire, C., Templer, P.H., Phillips, R.P., Bauerle, T.L., Dietze, M.C., Frey, S.D., Groffman, P.M., Guerrieri, R., Hanson, P.J., Kelsey, E.P., Knapp, A.K., McDowell, N.G., Meir, P., Novick, K.A., Ollinger, S.V., Pockman, W.T., Schaberg, P.G., Wullschleger, S.D., Smith, M.D., and L. Rustad. 2018. Guidelines and considerations for designing field experiments simulating precipitation extremes in forest ecosystems. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13094

Yi, K.; Maxwell, J.; Wenzel, M.; Roman, D.T.; Sauer, P.; Phillips, R.P., and K.A. Novick. 2018. Linking variation in intrinsic water-use efficiency to isohydricity: a comparison at multiple spatiotemporal scales. New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/nph.15384

D’Orangeville, L., Houle, D., Duchesne^,L., Phillips, R.P., Bergeron, Y., and D. Kneeshaw. 2018. Beneficial effects of climate warming on boreal tree growth may be transitory. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05705-4

Zhang, Q., Phillips, R.P., Manzoni, S., Scott, R.L., Oishi, A.C., Finzi, A.F., Daly, E., Vargas, R., and K.A. Novick. 2018. Photosynthesis and soil moisture affect the seasonal soil respiration-temperature hysteresis relationship. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.05.005

LaManna J.A. et al. (R.P. Phillips one of 50 authors). 2018. Response to two Comments on “Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale”, Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.aar5245 and DOI: 10.1126/science.aar3824

Lutz, J.A., et al. (R.P. Phillips one of 98 authors). 2018. Global importance of large-diameter trees in forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12747

Zhang, H., Lü^,X., Hartmann, H., Keller, A., Han, X., Trumbore, S.E., and R.P. Phillips. 2018. Foliar nutrient resorption differs between arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal trees at local and global scales. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12738

D’Orangeville, L., Maxwell, J., Kneeshaw, D., Pederson, N., Duchesne, L., Logan, T., Houle, D., Arseneault, D., Beier, C.M., Bishop, D.A., , Druckenbrod, D., Fraver, S., Girard, F., Halman, J., Hansen, C., Hart, J.L., Hartmann, H., Kaye M., Leblanc, D., Manzoni, S., Rayback, S., Rollinson, C., and R.P. Phillips. 2018. Local climate and drought timing determine the sensitivity of eastern temperate forests to drought. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14096

Craig, M.E., Turner, B.L., Liang, C., Clay, K., Johnson, D.J., and R.P. Phillips. 2018. Tree mycorrhizal type predicts within‐site variability in the storage and distribution of soil organic matter. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14132

Jacobs, L.M., Sulman^,B.N., Brzostek, E.R., Feighery, J.J. and R.P. Phillips. 2018. Interactions among decaying leaf litter, root litter, and soil organic matter vary with mycorrhizal type. Journal of Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12921

Johnson, D.J., Clay, K., and R.P. Phillips. 2018. Mycorrhizal associations and the spatial structure of an old-growth forest community. 186: 195-204, Oecologia. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-017-3987-0

2017

Bailey, V.L., Bond-Lamberty, B., DeAngelis, K., Grandy, A.S., Hawkes, C.V., Heckman, K., Lajtha, K., Phillips, R.P., Sulman, B.N., Todd-Brown, K., and M.D. Wallenstein. 2017. Soil carbon cycling proxies: Understanding their critical role in predicting climate change feedbacks. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13926

Terrer, C., Vicca, S., Stocker, B.D., Hungate, B., Phillips, R.P., Reich, P.B., Finzi, A.F., and C.I. Prentice. 2017.Ecosystem responses to elevated CO₂ governed by plant-soil interactions and the cost of nitrogen acquisition. Tansley Review. New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/nph.14872

Kannenberg, S. A., Novick, K., A, and R.P. Phillips. 2017. Coarse roots prevent declines in whole-tree non-structural carbohydrate pools during drought in an isohydric and an anisohydric species. Tree Physiology. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpx119

Montané, F., Fox, A.M., Arellano, A.F., MacBean, N., Alexander, M.R., Dye, A., Bishop, D.A., Trouet, T. Babst, F. Hessl, A.E., Pederson, N., Blanken, P.D., Bohrer, G., Gough, C.M., Litvak, M.C., Novick, K.A., Phillips, R.P., Wood, J.D., and D.J.P. Moore. 2017. Evaluating the effect of alternative carbon allocation schemes in a land surface model on carbon fluxes, pools and turnover in temperate forests. Geoscientific Model Development. DOI: 10.5194/gmd-2017-74

Hwang, T., Gholizadeh, H., Sims, D.A., Novick, K.A., Brzostek, E.R., Phillips, R.P., Roman, D.T., Robeson, S.M., and A.F. Rahman. 2017. Capturing species-level drought responses in a temperate deciduous forest using ratios of photochemical reflectance indices between sunlit and shaded canopies. Remote Sensing of Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.07.033

Flory, S.L., Bauer, J.T., Phillips, R.P. and K. Clay. 2017. Effects of a non-native grass invasion decline over time. J. of Ecology. 105: 1475–1484. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12850

LaManna J.A. et al. (R.P. Phillips one of 50 authors). 2017. Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale. Science. 356: 1389–1392. DOI: 10.1126/science.aam5678. (highlighted Perspective in Science, Vol. 356: 1328-1329).

Sulman, B.N., Brzostek, E.R., Medici,C., Shevliakova, S., Menge., D., and R.P. Phillips. 2017. Feedbacks between plant N demand and rhizosphere priming depend on type of mycorrhizal association. Ecology Letters. 20: 1043–1053. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12802

van Groenigen, K.J., Osenberg, C.W., Carrillo, Y., Dijkstra, F., Heath, J., Nie, M., Pendall, E., Phillips, R.P. and B. A., Hungate. 2017. Faster turnover of new soil carbon inputs under increased atmospheric CO₂. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13752. (Faculty of 1000 Prime recommended; highlighted in News & Views; Bradford, M. 2017, Nature Climate Change, 7:475–476)

Terrer, C., Vicca, S., Hungate, B., Phillips, R.P., Reich, P.B., Franklin, O., Stocker, B.D., Fisher, J.B., and C. Prentice. 2017. Response to Comment on “Mycorrhizal association as a primary control of the CO₂ fertilization effect”. Science, 355: 358-359.

Yi, K., Dragoni, D., Phillips, R.P., Roman, D.T., and Novick, K.A., 2017. Dynamics of stem water uptake among isohydric and anisohydric species experiencing a severe drought. Tree Physiology, DOI:10.1093/treephys/tpw126.

Meier, I.C., Finzi, A.F. and R.P. Phillips, 2017. Root exudates increase N availability by stimulating microbial turnover of fast-cycling N pools. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 106: 119–128 (Faculty of 1000 Prime recommended).

Cheeke, T.E., Phillips, R.P., Brzostek, E.R., Rosling, A., Bever, J.D., and P. Fransson. 2017. Dominant mycorrhizal association of trees alters C and nutrient cycling by selecting for microbial groups with distinct enzyme function. New Phytologist, 214: 432–442.

Kannenberg S.A., and R.P. Phillips. 2017. Soil microbial communities buffer physiological responses to drought stress in three hardwood species. Oecologia, 183: 631-641 (Ehleringer & Hanski Prize for best student paper in Plant Ecology).

Kannenberg S.A., and R.P. Phillips. 2017. Plant responses to stress impacts: The C we do not see. Tree Physiology, 37: 151-153.

2016

Midgley M.G. and R.P. Phillips. 2016. Resource stoichiometry determines the biogeochemical consequences of nitrogen deposition. Ecology, 97: 3369–3378.

Sulman B.N., Roman, D.T., Yi, K., Wang, L., Phillips, R.P., and K. A., Novick. 2016. High atmospheric demand for water can limit forest carbon uptake and transpiration as severely as dry soil. Geophysical Research Letters, 43: 9686–9695.

Knapp A.K., Avolio, M.L., Beier, C., Carroll, J.W.C., Collins, S.L., Dukes, J.S., Fraser, L., Griffin-Nolan, R.J., Hoover, D.L., Loik, M.E., Phillips, R.P., Post, A.K., Sala, O.E., Slette, I.J., Yahdjian, L., and M.D. Smith. 2016. Pushing precipitation to the extremes in distributed experiments: recommendations for simulating wet and dry years. Global Change Biology, 23: 1774–1782

Novick, K.A., Ficklin, D.L., Stoy, P.C., Williams, C.A., Bohrer, G., Oishi, A.C., Papuga, S.A., Blanken, P.D., Noormets, A., Sulman, B.S., Scott, R.L., Wang, L., and R.P. Phillips. 2016. The increasingly important role of atmospheric demand in limiting ecosystem functioning. Nature Climate Change, 6: 1023-1027

Yin, H., Phillips, R.P. (co-first author), Liao, R., and Q. Liu. 2016. Resource stoichiometry mediates soil C loss and nutrient transformations in forest soils. Applied Soil Ecology, 108: 248–257.

Phillips, R.P., Ibáñez, I., Hanson, P.J., Ryan, M.G., and N. McDowell. 2016. A belowground perspective on the drought sensitivity of forests: Towards improved understanding and simulation. Forest Ecology and Management, 380: 309-320.

Terrer, C., Vicca, S., Hungate, B., Phillips, R.P., and C. Prentice. 2016. Mycorrhizal association as a primary control on the CO₂ fertilization effect. Science, 353: 72-74.

Fisher, J.B., Sweeney, S., Brzostek, E.R., Evans, T.P., Johnson, D.J., Myers, J.A., Wolf, A.T., Howe, R.W., Bourg, N.A. and R.P. Phillips. 2016.Remote sensing of mycorrhizal associations from canopy spectral properties. Global Change Biology, 22 (7): 2596–2607.

Rosling, A., Midgley M.G., Cheeke, T., Urbina, H., Fransson, P. and R.P. Phillips. 2016. Phosphorus cycling in deciduous forest soil differs between stands dominated by ecto- and arbuscular mycorrhizal trees. New Phytologist, 209: 1184–1195 (highlighted in a Commentary; Kuyper and Koele 2016, New Phytologist, 209 (3): 894–895)

Shi, M., Fisher, J.B., Brzostek, E.R., and R.P. Phillips. 2016. Carbon cost of plant nitrogen acquisition: Global carbon cycle impact from an improved plant nitrogen cycle in the community land model. Global Change Biology, 22: 1299-1314.

Schlesinger, W.H., Dietze, M.C., Jackson, R.B., Phillips, R.P., Rhoades, C.C., Rustad, L.E., and J.M. Vose. 2016. Forest biogeochemistry in response to drought. Global Change Biology, 22: 2318–2328.

2015

Midgley M.G., Brzostek, E.R. and R.P. Phillips. 2015. Decay rates of high-quality AM leaf litters are more sensitive to soil effects than low-quality ECM litters. Journal of Ecology, 103: 1454-1463.

Roman, D.T., Novick, K.A., Brzostek, E.R., Dragoni, D., Rahman, F. and R.P. Phillips. 2015. The role of isohydric and anisohydric species in determining ecosystem-scale response to severe drought. Oecologia, 179: 641-654.

Shannon-Firestone, S., Reynolds, H.L., Phillips, R.P., Flory, S.L., and A. Yannarelle. 2015. The role of ammonium oxidizing communities in mediating effects of an invasive plant on soil nitrification. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 90: 266-274.

McCormack, M. L., Dickie, I.A., Eissenstat, D.M., Fahey, T.J., Fernandez, C.W., Guo, D., Helmisaari, H-S., Hobbie, E.A., Iversen, C.M., Jackson, R.B., Leppälammi-Kujansuu, J., Norby, R.J., Phillips, R.P., Pregitzer, K.S., Pritchard, S.G., Rewald, B., Zadworny, M. 2015. Redefining fine roots improves understanding of belowground contributions to terrestrial biosphere processes. Tansley Review, New Phytologist, 207: 505-518

Brzostek, E.R., Dragoni, D., Brown, Z.A., and R.P. Phillips. 2015. Mycorrhizal type determines the magnitude and direction of root-induced changes in decomposition in a temperate forest. New Phytologist, 206(4): 1274–1282.

Finzi, A.F., Abramoff, R.Z., Spiller, K.S., Brzostek, E.B., Darby, A.B., Kramer, M.A., and R.P. Phillips. 2015. Rhizosphere processes are quantitatively important components of terrestrial carbon and nutrient cycles. Global Change Biology, 21: 2082–2094

Cheng, S.J., Bohrer, G., Steiner, A.L., Hollinger, D.Y., Suyker, A., Phillips, R.P., and K.J. Nadelhoffer, 2015. Variations in the influence of diffuse light on gross primary productivity in temperate ecosystems. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 201: 98-110.

Toomey, M., Friedl, M. Frolking, S., Hufkens, K., Klosterman^,S., Sonnentag^,O., Baldocchi, D.B., Bernacchi, C.J., Bohrer, G., Brzostek, E.R., Burns, S.P., Coursolle, C., Hollinger, D.Y., Margolis, H.A., McCaughey, H., Monson, R.K., Munger, J.W., Pallardy, S., Phillips, R.P., Torn, M., Wharton, S., Zeri, M., and A.D. Richardson. 2015. Greenness indices from digital cameras predict the timing and seasonal dynamics of canopy-scale photosynthesis. Ecological Applications, 25: 99–115.

Anderson-Teixeira, K. et al. (R.P. Phillips one of 106 authors). 2015. CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change. Global Change Biology, 21: 528–549.

Yan, H., Wang S.Q., Billesbach, D., Oechel W.; Bohrer G., Meyers T., Martin T.A., Matamala R.; Phillips R.P., Rahman A.F, Yu Q., and H.H. Shugart. 2015. Improved global simulations of gross primary product based on a new definition of water stress factor and a separate treatment of C3 and C4 plants. Ecological Modelling, 297: 42-59.

2014

Sulman, B.N., Phillips, R.P., Oishi, C., Shevliakova, E., and S.W. Pacala. 2014. Microbe-driven turnover offsets mineral-mediated storage of soil carbon under elevated CO₂. Nature Climate Change, 4:1099 – 1102 (highlighted in News & Views; Weider, W. 2014, Nature Climate Change, 4:1052–1053)

Meier, I.C., Pritchard, S., Brzostek, E.R., M. L. McCormack, and R.P. Phillips. 2014.Rhizosphere and hyphosphere differ in their impacts on carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests exposed to elevated CO₂. New Phytologist, 205: 1164-1174.

Réjou-Méchain, M., et al. (R.P. Phillips one of 60 authors). 2014. Local spatial structure of forest biomass and its consequences for remote sensing of carbon stocks. Biogeosciences, 11: 5711-5742

Brzostek, E.R., J.B. Fisher and R.P. Phillips. 2014. Modeling the carbon cost of plant nitrogen acquisition: mycorrhizal trade-offs and multi-path resistance. uptake improve predictions of retranslocation. JGR - Biogeosciences, 119: 1684–1697.

Yin, H., Wheeler, E., and R.P. Phillips. 2014. Root-induced changes in nutrient cycling in forests depend on mycorrhizal type. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 78: 213-221.

Midgley M.G. and R.P. Phillips. 2014. Mycorrhizal associations mediate nitrate leaching responses to N deposition: a meta-analysis. Biogeochemistry, 117: 241-253. (Faculty of 1000 Prime recommended).

Brzostek, E.R., Dragoni, D., Schmid, H.P., Rahman, A.F., Sims, D., Wayson, C.A., Johnson, D.J., and R.P. Phillips. 2014. Chronic water stress reduces tree growth and the carbon sink of deciduous hardwood forests. Global Change Biology, 20: 2531–2539.

Sims, D., Rahman, A.F., Brzostek, E.R., Dragoni, D., and R.P. Phillips. 2014. An improved approach for remotely sensing water stress impacts on forest C uptake. Global Change Biology, 20(9): 2856–2866.

Cheng, W., Parton, B, Gonzalez-Meyer, M.A., McNickle G.G, Phillips, R.P., Brzostek, E.R. and J. Jastrow 2014.Synthesis and modeling perspectives of rhizosphere priming. Tansley Review, New Phytologist, 201: 31-44.

2011-2013

Phillips, R.P., Midgley, M.G. and E.R. Brzostek. 2013. The mycorrhizal-associated nutrient economy: A new framework for predicting carbon-nutrient couplings in forests. New Phytologist, 199: 41-51, (Faculty of 1000 Prime recommended).

Drake, J.E., Darby, B.A., Giasson, M.A., Kramer, M.A., Phillips, R.P. and A.C. Finzi. 2013. Stoichiometry constrains microbial response to root exudation–insights from a model and a field experiment in a temperate forest. Biogeosciences, 10: 821-838.

Meier, I.C., Avis, P.G., and R.P. Phillips, 2013. Fungal communities influence root exudation rates in pine seedlings. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 83: 585-95.

Phillips, R.P., Meier, I.C., Bernhardt, E.S., Grandy A.S. Wickings, K, and A.F. Finzi. 2012. Roots and fungi accelerate carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests exposed to elevated CO₂. Ecology Letters. 15: 1042-1049, (Faculty of 1000 Prime recommended); Media Coverage: “Higher CO₂ Levels in Atmosphere May Speed Soil Emissions,” Scientific American Online; July, 2012

Lee, M.A., Flory, S.L. and R.P. Phillips. 2012. “Positive feedbacks to growth of an invasive grass through alteration of nitrogen cycling”. Oecologia,168: 14

Phillips, R.P., A.F. Finzi and E.S. Bernhardt. 2011. Enhanced root exudation induces microbial feedbacks to N cycling in a pine forest under long-term CO₂fumigation. Ecology Letters, 14: 187–194 (Faculty of 1000 Prime recommended; ranking = 3 stars “exceptional”); Media Coverage: “The Root of the Problem: New research suggests that the flow of carbon through plants to underground ecosystems may be crucial to how the environment responds to climate change.” The Scientist (cover story), August 1, 2011

Drake, J.E., DeLucia E.H., Gallet-Budynek, A. Hofmockel K.S., Bernhardt, E.S., Billings, S.A., Jackson R.B., Lichter, J., McCormack, M.L., Moore, D.J.P., Oren, R., Palmroth, S., Phillips, R.P., Pippen, J.S., Pritchard, S.G., Treseder, K.K., and Finzi, A.C. 2011. Increases in the flux of carbon belowground stimulates nitrogen uptake and sustains the long-term enhancement of forest productivity under elevated CO₂. Ecology Letters, 14: 349–357, (Faculty of 1000 Prime recommended).

2005-2010

Phillips, R.P., E.S. Bernhardt and W.H. Schlesinger. 2009. Elevated CO₂ increases root exudation from loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings as an N-mediated response. Tree Physiology, 29:1513-1523

Phillips, R.P., Erlitz, Y., Bier, R., and E.S. Bernhardt. 2008. A new approach for capturing soluble root exudates in forest soils. Functional Ecology, 22: 990-999

Shen, W., Jenerette, G.D., Hui, D., Phillips, R.P. and H. Ren. 2008. Effects of changing precipitation regimes on dryland soil respiration and C pool dynamics at rainfall event, seasonal and interannual scales. J. of Geophysical Research–Biogeosciences,113, G03024, DOI:10.1029/2008JG000685

Phillips, R.P. and T.J. Fahey. 2008. Fertilization suppresses rhizosphere effects in northern hardwood forest soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 72: 453-461

Kiser, M.R., Reid, C.D. Crowell, A.S., Phillips, R.P., and C.R. Howell. 2008. Exploring the transport of plant metabolites using positron emitting radiotracers. HFSP Journal, 2: 189-204

Phillips, R.P. and T.J. Fahey. 2007. Fertilization effects on fine root biomass, rhizosphere microbes and respiratory fluxes in hardwood forest soils. New Phytologist, 176: 655-664

Phillips, R.P. 2007. Towards a rhizo-centric view of plant-microbial feedbacks under elevated atmospheric CO₂. New Phytologist,173: 664-667

Phillips, R.P. and T.J. Fahey. 2006. Tree species and mycorrhizal associations influence the magnitude of rhizosphere effects. Ecology, 87: 1302-1313

Phillips, R.P. and T.J. Fahey. 2005. Patterns of rhizosphere C flux in sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and yellow birch (Betula allegheniensis) saplings. Global Change Biology, 11: 983-995.

Yanai, R.D. Phillips, R.P., Arthur, M.A., Siccama, T.G. and E.N. Hane. 2005. Spatial and temporal variation in calcium and aluminum in northern hardwood forest floors. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 160: 109-118. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-005-3940-4.

Phillips, R.P. and R.D. Yanai. 2005. The effects of AlCl₃ additions on rhizosphere soil and fine root chemistry of sugar maple (Acer saccharum). Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 159: 339-356. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/B:WATE.0000049187.35869.7d.

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