2024

McCulloch, L.A., C.M. Prada, W. Liao, M. Bauters, L. Church, M.Y. Lee, L. Toro, V. Van de Velde, A Weissflog, M. Wong, & B.N. Taylor. 2024. Belowground foundations of tropical forest restoration. Biotropica. 56(2): e13296

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2023

Menge, D.N.L., S. Kou-Giesbrecht, B.N. Taylor, P.R. Akana, A. Butler, K.A. Carreras Pereira, S.S. Cooley, V.M. Lau, & E.L. Lauterbach. 2023. Terrestrial phosphorus cycling: Responses to climatic change. Annual Reviews of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 54: 429-449.

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Taylor, B.N., E. Stedman, S.J. Van Bloem, S.L. Whitmire, & S.J. DeWalt. 2023. Widespread stem snapping but limited mortality caused by a category 5 hurricane on the Caribbean Island of Dominica. Forest Ecology & Management. 532: 120833. 

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2022

Chari, N.R. & B.N. Taylor. 2022. Soil organic matter formation and loss mediated by root exudation in a temperate forest. Nature Geoscience. https://www-nature-com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/articles/s41561-022-01079-x

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Cleveland, C. C., Reis, C. R., Perakis, S. S., Dynarski, K. A., Batterman, S. A., Crews, T. E., Gei, M., Gundale, M.J., Menge, D.N.L., Peoples, M.B., Reed, S.C., Soper, F.M., Taylor, B.N., Turner, M.G. & Wurzburger, N. 2022. Exploring the Role of Cryptic Nitrogen Fixers in Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Frontier in Nitrogen Cycling Research. Ecosystems, 1-17. 

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2021

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Taylor, B.N. & D.N.L. Menge. 2021. Light, nitrogen supply, and neighboring plants dictate costs and benefits of nitrogen fixation for seedlings of a tropical nitrogen-fixing tree. New Phytologist. doi: 10.1111/nph.17508

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Soper, F.M., B.N. Taylor, J.B. Winbourne, M.Y. Wong, K.A. Dynarski, C.R.G. Reis, M.B. Peoples, C.C. Cleveland, S.C. Reed, D.N.L. Menge, S.S. Perakis. 2021. A roadmap for sampling and scaling biological nitrogen fixation in terrestrial ecosystems. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12(6): 1122-1137. PDF

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Staccone, A.P., S. Kou-Giesbrecht, B.N. Taylor, D.N.L. Menge. 2021. Nitrogen-fixing trees have no net effect on forest growth in the coterminous United States. Journal of Ecology. 109(2): 877-887. PDF

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2020

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Walker, A.P., Taylor, B.N. et al. 2020. Integrating evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2. New Phytologist Tansley Review. doi: 10.111/nph.16866. PDF

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Taylor, B.N., E.L. Simms, & K.J. Komatsu. 2020. More than a functional group: diversity within the legume-rhizobia mutualism and its relationship with ecosystem function. Diversity. 12(2). PDF

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2019

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Taylor, B.N. & L. R. Ostrowsky. 2019. Nitrogen-fixing and non-fixing trees differ in leaf chemistry and defense but not herbivory in a lowland Costa Rican rainforest. Journal of Tropical Ecology. doi: 10.1017/S0266467419000233. 

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Taylor, B.N., R.L. Chazdon, and D.N.L. Menge. 2019. Successional dynamics of nitrogen cycling and forest growth in regenerating Costa Rican rainforests. Ecology. 100(4): e02637. PDF

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Wilcots, M.E, B.N. Taylor, E.K. Kuprewicz, and D.N.L. Menge. 2019. Small traits with big consequences: How seed traits of nitrogen-fixing plants might influence ecosystem nutrient cycling. Oikos. 128(5): 668-679. PDF

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2018

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Taylor, B.N. & D.N.L. Menge. 2018. Light regulates tropical symbiotic nitrogen fixation more strongly than soil nitrogen. Nature Plants. 4(9): 655-661. PDF

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Menge, D.N.L, A.C. MacPherson, T.A. Bytnerowicz, A.W. Quebbeman, N.B. Schwartz, B.N. Taylor, and A.A. Wolf. 2018. Logarithmic scales in ecological data presentation may cause misinterpretation. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2(9): 1393-1402. PDF

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2017

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Menge, D.N.L, S.A. Batterman, L.O. Hedin, W. Liao, S.W. Pacala, and B.N. Taylor. 2017. Why are nitrogen-fixing trees rare at higher compared to lower latitudes? Ecology 98(12): 3127-3140. PDF

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Taylor, B.N., R.L. Chazdon, B. Bachelot, and D.N.L. Menge. 2017. Nitrogen-fixing trees inhibit growth of regenerating Costa Rican rainforests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(33): 8817-8822. PDF

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Menge, D.N.L, S.A. Batterman, W. Liao, B.N. Taylor, J. Lichstein, and G. Angeles-Perez. 2017. Nitrogen-fixing tree abundance in higher-latitude North America is not constrained by diversity. Ecology Letters. 20: 842-851. PDF

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Taylor, B.N., A.E. Patterson, M. Ajayi, R. Arkebauer, K. Bao, N. Bray, R.M. Elliott,  P.P.G. Gauthier, J. Gersony, R. Givson, M. Guerin, S. Lavenhar, C. Leland, L. Lemordant, W. Liao, J. Melillo, R. Oliver, C.M. Prager, W. Schuster, N.B. Schwartz, C. Shen, K.P. Terlizzi, and K.L. Griffin. 2017. Growth and physiology of a dominant understory shrub, Hamamelis virginiana, following canopy disturbance in a temperate hardwood forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 47: 193-202. PDF

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2015

 

Sistla, S.A., A.P. Appling, A.M. Lewandowska, B.N. Taylor, A.A. Wolf. 2015. Stoichiometric flexibility in response to fertilization along gradients of environmental and organismal nutrient richness. Oikos. 124: 949-959. PDF

 

DeWalt, S.J., B.N. Taylor, K. Ickes. 2015. Density dependence in seedling survival of different life-forms in rainforests of a Caribbean island. Biotropica. 47: 310-319. PDF

 

Beidler, K.V., B.N. Taylor, A.E. Strand, E.R. Cooper, M. Schonholz, S.G. Pritchard. 2015. Changes in root architecture under elevated levels of CO2 and N reflect alternate soil exploration strategies. New Phytologist.  205: 1153-1163. PDF

 

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2014

 

Taylor, B.N., K. Ickes, and S.J. DeWalt. 2014. Effects of an introduced seed disperser on a Caribbean island. Caribbean Journal of Science. 48: 9-17. PDF

 

Taylor, B.N., A.E. Strand, E.R. Cooper, K.V. Beidler, M. Schönholz, S.G. Pritchard. Root length, biomass, tissue chemistry, and mycorrhizal colonization following 14 years of CO2 enrichment and 6 years of N fertilization in a warm temperate forest. Tree Physiology. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpu058. PDF

 

Pritchard, S.G., B.N. Taylor, E.R. Cooper, K.V. Beidler, A.E. Strand, M.L. McCormack, and S. Zhang. 2014. Long-term dynamics of mycorrhizal root tips in a loblolly pine forest grown with free-air-CO2-enrichment and soil N fertilization for six years. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12409. PDF

 

Taylor, B.N., K.V. Beidler, A.E. Strand, and S.G. Pritchard. 2014. Improved scaling of minirhizotron data using an empirically-derived depth of field and correcting for the underestimation of root diameters. Plant & Soil. 374: 941-948.  PDF

 

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2013

 

Taylor, B.N., K.V. Beidler, E.R. Cooper, S.G. Pritchard, and A.E. Strand. 2013. Sampling volume in root studies: The pitfalls of under-sampling exposed using accumulation curves. Ecology Letters. 16: 862-869.  PDF