
PUBLICATIONS
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
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.
2021
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
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
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
2020
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
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
2019
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.
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
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
2018
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
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
2017
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
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
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
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
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
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
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