Publications

2013

Garcia-Palacios, P., Milla, R., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Martin-Robles, N., Alvaro-Sanchez, M., and Wall, D.H. (2013) Side-effects of plant domestication: Ecosystem impacts of changes in litter quality. New Phytologist 198: 504-513 [PDF]

Nielsen, U.N. and Wall, D.H. (2013) The future of soil invertebrate communities in polar regions: Different climate change responses in the Arctic and Antarctic. Ecology Letters 16: 409-419 [PDF]

2012

Cheeke, T., D.C. Coleman and D.H. Wall, eds. 2012. Microbial Ecology in Sustainable Agroecosystems. CRC Press Publishers.

Wall, D.H., R.D. Bardgett, V. Behan-Pelletier, J.E. Herrick, H. Jones, K. Ritz, J. Six, D.R. Strong, and W.H. van der Putten, eds. 2012. Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services. Oxford University Press.

Fierer, N., Leff, J.W., Adams, B.J., Nielsen, U.N., Bates, S.T., Lauber, C.L., Owens, S., Gilbert, J.A., Wall, D.H. and Caporaso, J.G. (2012) Cross-biome metagenomic analyses of soil microbial communities and their functional attributes. PNAS 109 (52): 21390-21395 [PDF]

Wall, D.H. (2012) Leaving scientific footprints. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 10 (9): 502-503 [PDF]

Magalhaes, C., Stevens, M.I., Cary, S.C., Ball, B.A., Storey, B.C., Wall, D.H., Turk, R. and Ruprecht, U. (2012) At the limits of life: Multidisciplinary insights reveal environmental constraints on biotic diversity in continental Antarctia. PLoS One 9 (7) [PDF]

Stanish, L.F., Kohler, T.J., Esposito, R.M.M., Simmons, B.L., Nielsen, U.N., Wall, D.H., Nemergut, D.R. and McKnight, D.M. (2012) Extreme streams: Flow intermittency as a control on diatom communities in meltwater streams in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 69 (8): 1405-1419 [PDF]

Chown, S.L., Lee, J.E., Hughes, K.A., Barnes, J., Barrett, P.J., Bergstrom, D.M., Convey, P., Cowan, D.A., Crosbie, K., Dyer, G., Frenot, Y., Grant, S.M., Herr, D., Kennicutt II, M.C., Lamers, M., Murray, A., Possingham, H.P., Reid, K., Riddle, M.J., Ryan, P.G., Sanson, L., Shaw, J.D., Sparrow, M.D., Summerhayes, C., Terauds, A. and Wall, D.H.. (2012) Challenges to the Future Conservation of the Antarctic. Science 337: 158-159 [PDF]

Sabacka, M., Priscu, J.C., Basagic, H.J., Fountain, A.G., Wall, D.H., Virginia, R.A. and Greenwood, M.C. (2012) Aeolian flux of biotic and abiotic material in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Geomorphology 155-156: 102-111 [PDF]

Nielsen, U.N., Wall, D.H., Adams, B.J., Virginia, R.A., Ball, B.A., Gooseff, M.N. and McKnight, D.M. (2012) The ecology of pulse events: insights from an extreme climatic event in a polar desert ecosystem. Ecosphere 3(2) [PDF]

Smith, T.E., Wall, D.H., Hogg, I.D., Adams, B.J., Nielsen, U.N. and Virginia, R.A. (2012) Thawing permafrost alters nematode populations and soil habitat characteristics in an Antarctic polar desert ecosystem. Pedobiologia 55: 75-81 [PDF]

2011

Ball, B.A., Barrett, J.E., Gooseff, M.N., Virginia, R.A. and Wall, D.H. (2011) Implications of meltwater pulse events for soil biology and biogeochemical cycling in a polar desert. Polar Research 30 [PDF]

Hogg, I.D. and Wall, D.H. (2011) Global change and Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity. Polar Biology 34: 1625-1627 [PDF]

Wu, T., Ayres, E., Bardgett, R.D., Wall, D.H., and Garey, J.R. (2011) Molecular study of worldwide distribution and diversity of soil animals. PNAS 108(43): 17720-17725 [PDF]

Bokhorst, S., Huiskes, A., Convey, P., Sinclair, B.J., Lebouvier, M., Van de Vijver, B., and Wall, D.H. (2011) Microclimate impacts of passive warming methods in Antarctica: implications for climate change studies. Polar Biology 34: 1421-1435 [PDF]

Nielsen, U. N., Wall, D.H., Li, G., Toro, M., Adams, B.J., and Virginia, R.A. (2011) Nematode communities of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, maritime Antarctica. Antarctic Science 23(4): 349-357 [PDF]

Nielsen, U.N., Wall, D.H., Adams, B.J. and Virginia, R.A. (2011). Antarctic nematode communities: observed and predicted responses to climate change. Polar Biology 34: 1701-1711 [PDF]

Wall, D.H., Lyons, W.B., Chown, S.L., Convey, P., Howard-Williams, C., Quesada, A. and Vincent, W.F. (2011) Long-term ecosystem networks to record change: an international imperative. Antarctic Science 23(3): 209

Sylvain, Z.A. and Wall, D.H. (2011) Linking soil biodiversity and vegetation: Implications for a changing planet. American Journal of Botany 98: 517-527 [PDF]

Nielsen, U.N., Ayres, E., Wall, D.H., and Bardgett, R.D. (2011) Soil biodiversity and carbon cycling: a review and synthesis of studies examining diversity-function relationships. European Journal of Soil Science 62: 105-116 [PDF]

2010

Adhikari, B.N., Tomasel, C.M., Li, G., Wall, D.H., and Adams, B.J. (2010) Culturing the nematode Plectus murrayi. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5522

Adhikari, B.N., Tomasel, C.M., Wall, D.H., and Adams, B.J. (2010) The Antarctic nematode Plectus murrayi: An emerging model to study multiple stress survival. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols: Emerging Model Organism Series doi:10.1101/pdb.emo142

Ayres, E., Nkem, J.N., Wall, D.H., Adams, B.J., Barrett, J.E., Simmons, B.L., Virginia, R.A., and Fountain, A.G. (2010) Experimentally increased snow accumulation alters soil moisture and animal community structure in a polar desert. Polar Biology 33: 897-907 [PDF]

Gessner, M.O., Swan, C.M., Dang, C.K., McKie, B.G., Bardgett, R.D., Wall, D.H. & Hattenschwiler, S. (2010) Diversity meets decomposition. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25: 372-380 [PDF]

Adhikari, B.N., Wall, D.H., and Adams, BJ. (2010) Effect of slow desiccation and freezing on gene transcription and stress survival of an Antarctic nematode. Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 1803-1812 [PDF]

Wall, D.H., R.D. Bardgett, and E.F. Kelly. 2010. Biodiversity in the dark. Nature Geosciences 3: 297-298 [PDF]

Nielsen, U.N. and Wall, D.H. (2010) Soil biodiversity in extreme soil environments. Section 3:7, Pages 32-35. In: S. Jeffery, C. Giardi, A. Jones, L. Montanarella, L. Marmo, L. Miko, K. Ritz, G. Peres, J. Rombke and W. H. van der Putten (eds). European Atlas of Soil Biodiversity. European Commission, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.

2009

Ayres, E., D. H. Wall and R. D. Bardgett. (2009) Trophic interactions and their implications for soil C flux. In M.Bahn, A. Heinemeyer and W. Kutsch, eds. The Role of Soils in the Terrestrial Carbon Balance. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Simmons, B. L. D. H. Wall, B. J. Adams, E. Ayres, J. E. Barrett and R.A. Virginia. 2009. Long- term experimental warming reduces soil nematode populations in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41: 2052-2060 [PDF]

Carpenter, S. R., V. Armbrust, P. Arzberger, F. S. Chapin III, J. Elser, E. Hackett, A. R. Ives, P. Kareiva, M. Leibold, P. Lundberg, M. Magel, N. Merchant, W. Murdoch, M. Palmer, D. Peters, S. Pickett, K. Smith, D. H. Wall, A. Zimmerman. Accelerate synthesis in Ecology and Environmental Sciences. BioScience 59:699-701 [PDF]

Simmons, B. L., D. H. Wall, B. J. Adams, E. Ayres, J. E. Barrett and R. A. Virginia. Above- and below-ground community structure of terrestrial mesofauna: Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Polar Biology 97:901-912 [PDF]

Ayres, E., H. Steltzer, S. Berg, M. D. Wallenstein, B. L. Simmons and D. H. Wall. 2009. Tree species traits influence soil physical, chemical and biological properties in high elevation forests. PLoS ONE [PDF]

Ayres, E., H. Steltzer, S. Berg and D. H. Wall. 2009. Soil biota accelerate decomposition in high elevation forests by specializing in the breakdown of litter produced by the plant species above them.  Journal of Ecology 97:901-912 [PDF]

Ball, B. A., R. A. Virginia, J. E. Barrett, A. N. Parsons and D. H. Wall. 2009. Interactions between physical and biotic factors influence CO₂ flux in Antarctic Dry Valley soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41(7): 1510-1517 [PDF]

Adhikari, B.N., D. H. Wall., B.J. Adams. 2009. Desiccation survival in an Antarctic nematode: molecular analysis using expressed sequenced tags. BMC Genomics 10, Article Number: 69 [PDF]

Ayres, E., Steltzer, H., Simmons, B.L., Simpson, R., Steinweg, J.M., Wallenstein, M.D., Mellor, N., Parton, W.J., Moore, J.C., Wall, D.H. 2009. Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 41:606-610 [PDF]

Palumbi, S.R., Sandifer, P.A., Allan, J.D., Beck, M.W., Fautin, D.G., Fogarty, M.J., Halpern, B.S., Incze, L.S., Leong, J.A., Norse, E., Stachowicz, J.J., Wall, D.H. 2009. Managing for ocean biodiversity to sustain marine ecosystem services. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7 (4): 204-211 [PDF]

Reed, H.E., Blair, J.M., Wall, D.H., Seastedt, T.R. 2009. Impacts of management legacies on litter decomposition in response to reduced precipitation in a tallgrass prairie. Applied Soil Ecology 42 (2): 79-85 [PDF]

Wu, T.H., Ayres, E., Li, G., Bardgett, R.D., Wall, D.H., Garey, J.R. 2009. Molecular profiling of soil animal diversity in natural ecosystems: Incongruence of molecular and morphological results. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41 (4): 849-857 [PDF]

2008

Ayres, E., Nkem, J.N., Wall, D.H., Adams, B.J., Barrett, J.E., Broos, E.J., Parsons, A.N., Powers, L.E., Simmons, B.L., Virginia, R.A. 2008. Effects of Human Trampling on Populations of Soil Fauna in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Conservation Biology 22 (6): 1544-1551. [PDF]

Ayres, E., D.H. Wall, B.L. Simmons, C.B. Field, D.G. Milchunas, J.A. Morgan and J. Roy. 2008. Belowground nematode herbivores are resistant to elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations in grassland ecosystems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40:978-985. [PDF]

Barrett, J.E., Virginia, R.A., Wall, D.H., Adams, B.J. 2008. Decline in a dominant invertebrate species contributes to altered carbon cycling in a low-diversity soil ecosystem. Global Change Biology 14 (8): 1734-1744. [PDF]

Barrett, J.E., Virginia, R.A., Wall, D.H., Doran, P.T., Fountain, A.G., Welch, K.A., Lyons, W.B. 2008. Persistent effects of a discrete warming event on a polar desert ecosystem. Global Change Biology 14 (10): 2249-2261 [PDF]

Niederberger, T.D., McDonald, I.R., Hacker, A.L., Soo, R.M., Barrett, J.E., Wall, D.H., Cary, S.C. 2008. Microbial community composition in soils of Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Environmental Microbiology 10 (7): 1713-1724. [PDF]

Poage, M.A., J.E. Barrett, R.A. Virginia, D.H. Wall. 2008. The influence of soil geochemistry on nematode distribution, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 40:119-128. [PDF]

Robertson, G.P., Allen, V.G., Boody, G., Boose, E.R., Creamer, N.G., Drinkwater, L.E., Gosz, J.R., Lynch, L., Havlin, J.L., Jackson, L.E., Pickett, S.T.A., Pitelka, L., Randall, A., Reed, A.S., Seastedt, T.R., Waide, R.B., Wall, D.H. 2008. Long-term agricultural research: A research, education, and extension imperative. Bioscience 58 (7): 640-645 [PDF]

Simmons, B.L., Niles, R.K., Wall, D.H. 2008. Distribution and abundance of field nematodes at various spatial scales. Applied Soil Ecology 38:211-222 [PDF]

Wall, D.H., Bradford, M.A., John, M.G.S., Trofymow, J.A., Behan-Pelletier, V., Bignell, D.D.E., Dangerfield, J.M., Parton, W.J., Rusek, J., Voigt, W., Wolters, V., Gardel, H.Z., Ayuke, F.O., Bashford, R., Beljakova, O.I., Bohlen, P.J., Brauman, A., Flemming, S., Henschel, J.R., Johnson, D.L., Jones, T.H., Kovarova, M., Kranabetter, J.M., Kutny, L., Lin, K.C., Maryati, M., Masse, D., Pokarzhevskii, A., Rahman, H., Sabara, M.G., Salamon, J.A., Swift, M.J., Varela, A., Vasconcelos, H.L., White, D., Zou, X.M. 2008. Global decomposition experiment shows soil animal impacts on decomposition are climate-dependent. Global Change Biology 14 (11): 2661-2677. [PDF]

2007

Adams, B.J., Wall, D.H., Gozel, U., Dillman, A.R., Chaston, J.M., Hogg, I.D. 2007. The southernmost worm, Scottnema lindsayae (Nematoda): diversity, dispersal and ecological stability. Polar Biology 30 (7): 809-815. [PDF]

Ayres, E., Wall, D.H., Adams, B.J., Barrett, J.E., Virginia, R. A. 2007.  Unique similarity of faunal communities across aquatic terrestrial interfaces in a polar desert ecosystem. Ecosystems 10: 523-535. [PDF]

Barrett, J.E., Virginia, R.A., Lyons, W.B., McKnight, D.M., Priscu, J.C., Doran, P.T., Fountain, A.G., Wall, D.H., Moorhead, D.L. 2007. Biogeochemical stoichiometry of Antarctic Dry Valley ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research 112, article G01010 [PDF]

Hunt, H.W., Treonis, A.M., Wall, D.H., Virginia, R.A. 2007. A mathematical model for variation in water-retention curves among sandy soils. Antarctic Science 19 (4): 427-436. [PDF]

Johnson, S.N., Crawford, J.W., Gregory, P.J., Grinev, D.V., Mankin, R.W., Masters, G.J., Murray, P.J., Wall, D.H., Zhang, X.X. 2007. Non-invasive techniques for investigating and modelling root-feeding insects in managed and natural systems. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 9 (1): 39-46. [PDF]

Wall, D.H. 2007.  Global Change tipping points: Above- and below-ground biotic interactions in a low diversity ecosystem. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 362 (1488): 2291-2306. [PDF]

2006

Adams, B.J., Bardgett, R.D., Ayres, E., Wall, D.H., Aislabie, J., Bamforth, S., Bargagli, R., Cary, C., Cavacini, P., Connell, L., Convey, P., Fell, J.W., Frati, F., Hogg, I.D., Newsham, K.K., O’Donnell, A., Russell, N., Seppelt, R.D., Stevens, M.I. 2006. Diversity and distribution of Victoria Land biota. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38 (10): 3003-3018. [PDF]

Barrett, J.E., Virginia, R.A., Hopkins, D.W., Aislabie, J., Bargagli, R., Bockheim, J.G., Campbell, I.B., Lyons, W.B., Moorhead, D.L., Nkem, J.N., Sletten, R.S., Steltzer, H., Wall, D.H., Wallenstein, M.D. 2006. Terrestrial ecosystem processes of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38 (10): 3019-3034. [PDF]

Barrett, J.E., Virginia, R.A., Parsons, A.N., Wall, D.H. 2006. Soil carbon turnover in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38 (10): 3065-3082. [PDF]

Barrett, J.E., Virginia, R.A., Wall, D.H., Cary, S.C., Adams, B.J., Hacker, A.L., Aislabie, J.M. 2006. Co-variation in soil biodiversity and biogeochemistry in northern and southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 18 (4): 535-548. [PDF]

Blecker, S.W., Ippolito, J.A., Barrett, J.E., Wall, D.H., Virginia, R.A., Norvell, K.L. 2006. Phosphorus fractions in soils of Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Soil Science of America Journal 70 (3): 806-815. [PDF]

Hogg, I.D., Cary, S.C., Convey, P., Newsham, K.K., O’Donnell, A.G., Adams, B.J., Aislabie, J., Frati, F., Stevens, M.I., Wall, D.H. 2006. Biotic interactions in Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems: Are they a factor? Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38 (10): 3035-3040. [PDF]

Nkem, J.N., Virginia, R.A., Barrett, J.E., Wall, D.H., Li, G. 2006. Salt tolerance and survival thresholds for two species of Antarctic soil nematodes. Polar Biology 29: 643-651. [PDF]

Nkem, J.N., Wall, D.H., Virginia, R.A., Barrett, J.E., Broos, E., Porazinska, D.L., Adams, B.J. 2006. Wind dispersal of soil invertebrates in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Polar Biology 29: 346-352. [PDF]

Ojima D.S., Wall, D.H., Moore, J., Galvin, K., Hobbs, N.T., Hunt, W.H., Paustian, K., Swift, D., Boone, R.B., Conant, R.T., Klein, J., Christensen, L., Sankaran, M., Ratnam, J., Ayres, E., Steltzer, H., Simmons, B., Williams, G. 2006. Don’t sell social science short. Science 312 (5779): 1470-1470. [PDF]

St. John, M.G., Wall, D.H., Behan-Pelletier, V.M. 2006. Does plant species co-occurrence influence soil mite diversity? Ecology 87: 625-633. [PDF]

St. John, M.G., Wall, D.H., Hunt, H.W. 2006. Are soil mite assemblages structured by the identity of native and invasive alien grasses? Ecology 87: 1314-1324. [PDF]

Wall, D.H., Adams, B.J., Barrett, J.E., Hopkins, D.W. 2006. A synthesis of soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38: 3001-3002. [PDF]