| Microbial diversity drives carbon use efficiency in a model soil LA Domeignoz-Horta, G Pold, XJA Liu, SD Frey, JM Melillo, ... Nature Communications 11, 3684, 2020 | 342 | 2020 |
| Expansion of the global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophages U Neri, YI Wolf, S Roux, AP Camargo, B Lee, D Kazlauskas, IM Chen, ... Cell 185 (21), 4023-4037. e18, 2022 | 172 | 2022 |
| Labile carbon input determines the direction and magnitude of the priming effect XJA Liu, J Sun, RL Mau, BK Finley, ZG Compson, N van Gestel, JR Brown, ... Applied Soil Ecology 110, 7-13, 2017 | 146 | 2017 |
| The soil priming effect: Consistent across ecosystems, elusive mechanisms XJA Liu, BK Finley, RL Mau, E Schwartz, P Dijkstra, MA Bowker, ... Soil Biology and Biochemistry 140, 107617, 2020 | 110 | 2020 |
| Nutrients cause consolidation of soil carbon flux to small proportion of bacterial community BW Stone, J Li, BJ Koch, SJ Blazewicz, P Dijkstra, M Hayer, ... Nature Communications 12 (1), 1-9, 2021 | 108 | 2021 |
| From pools to flow: The PROMISE framework for new insights on soil carbon cycling in a changing world BG Waring, BN Sulman, S Reed, AP Smith, C Averill, CA Creamer, ... Global Change Biology, 2020 | 98 | 2020 |
| Evolutionary history constrains microbial traits across environmental variation EM Morrissey, RL Mau, M Hayer, XJA Liu, E Schwartz, P Dijkstra, BJ Koch, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 3, 1064-1069, 2019 | 89 | 2019 |
| Predictive genomic traits for bacterial growth in culture versus actual growth in soil J Li, RL Mau, P Dijkstra, BJ Koch, E Schwartz, XJA Liu, EM Morrissey, ... The ISME Journal 13, 2162–2172, 2019 | 88 | 2019 |
| Increased plant uptake of native soil nitrogen following fertilizer addition – not a priming effect? XJA Liu, KJ van Groenigen, P Dijkstra, BA Hungate Applied Soil Ecology 114, 105-110, 2017 | 86 | 2017 |
| Life history strategies among soil bacteria—dichotomy for few, continuum for many BW Stone, P Dijkstra, BK Finley, R Fitzpatrick, MM Foley, M Hayer, ... The ISME Journal, 1-9, 2023 | 81 | 2023 |
| Nitrate accumulation in soil profiles under seasonally open ‘sunlight greenhouses’ in northwest China and potential for leaching loss during summer fallow JB Zhou, ZJ Chen, XJA Liu, BN Zhai, DS Powlson Soil Use and Management 26 (3), 332-339, 2010 | 76 | 2010 |
| Soil mineral assemblage and substrate quality effects on microbial priming BK Finley, P Dijkstra, C Rasmussen, E Schwartz, RL Mau, XJA Liu, ... Geoderma 322, 38-47, 2018 | 67 | 2018 |
| Soil aggregate-mediated microbial responses to long-term warming XJA Liu, G Pold, LA Domeignoz-Horta, KM Geyer, H Caris, H Nicolson, ... Soil Biology and Biochemistry 152, 108055, 2021 | 56 | 2021 |
| Effects of harvest frequency and biosolids application on switchgrass yield, feedstock quality, and theoretical ethanol yield XJA Liu, JH Fike, JM Galbraith, WB Fike, DJ Parrish, GK Evanylo, ... GCB Bioenergy 7, 112–121, 2015 | 28 | 2015 |
| Experimental warming accelerates positive soil priming in a temperate grassland ecosystem X Tao, Z Yang, J Feng, S Jian, Y Yang, CT Bates, G Wang, X Guo, D Ning, ... Nature Communications 15 (1), 1178, 2024 | 20 | 2024 |
| A global atlas of soil viruses reveals unexplored biodiversity and potential biogeochemical impacts EB Graham, AP Camargo, R Wu, RY Neches, M Nolan, D Paez-Espino, ... Nature Microbiology, 1-11, 2024 | 17 | 2024 |
| Switchgrass response to cutting frequency and biosolids amendment: biomass yield, feedstock quality, and theoretical ethanol yield XJA Liu, JH Fike, JM Galbraith, WB Fike BioEnergy Research 7, 1191–1200, 2014 | 14 | 2014 |
| Physical protection regulates microbial thermal responses to chronic soil warming XJA Liu, SD Frey, JM Melillo, KM DeAngelis Soil Biology and Biochemistry 159, 108298, 2021 | 10 | 2021 |
| Substrate stoichiometric regulation of microbial respiration and community dynamics across four different ecosystems XJA Liu, M Hayer, RL Mau, E Schwartz, P Dijkstra, BA Hungate Soil Biology and Biochemistry 163, 108458, 2021 | 9 | 2021 |
| Biosolids amendment and harvest frequency affect nitrogen use dynamics of switchgrass grown for biofuel production XJA Liu, JH Fike, JM Galbraith, WB Fike BioEnergy Research 8, 560-569, 2015 | 9 | 2015 |
Bruce HungateRegents' Professor, Director of Ecoss, Northern Arizona UniversityVerified email at nau.edu