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Juice, S.M., et al. (2025). Modeling plant nutrient acquisition strategies alters projections of carbon and nitrogen dynamics in bioenergy agroecosystems. GCB Bioenergy. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.70042
Bekken, M.A., et al. (2025). Next steps toward improving estimates of golf course net climate impact—The development of a methodology for individual golf courses to measure soil organic carbon stocks and sequestration. International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/its2.70014
Min., K. et al. (2025). Deep-rooted perennials alter microbial respiration and chemical composition of carbon in density fractions along soil depth profiles. Geoderma. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117202
Bybee-Finley, K.A., et al. (2024). Rotational complexity increases cropping system output under poorer growing conditions. One Earth. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.07.008
von Haden, A.C., et al. (2024). Paired resampling to detect field-level soil organic carbon stock change. Comment on “Testing the feasibility of quantifying change in agricultural soil carbon stocks through empirical sampling” by Bradford et al. Geoderma. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.116959
Dietz, C.L., et al. (2024). Soil carbon maintained by perennial grasslands over 30 years but lost in field crop systems in a temperate Mollisol. Communications Earth & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01500-w
Raffeld, A.M., et al. (2024). The importance of accounting method and sampling depth to estimate changes in soil carbon stocks. Carbon Balance and Management. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-024-00249-1
Jayawardena, D.M., et al. (2023). Comparative productivity of six bioenergy cropping systems on marginal lands in the Great Lakes Region, United States. Agronomy Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21416
Liptzin, D., et al. (2023). An evaluation of nitrogen indicators for soil health in long‐term agricultural experiments. Soil Science Society of America Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20558
Rieke, E.L., et al. (2022). Evaluation of aggregate stability methods for soil health. Geoderma. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116156
Bagnall, D.K., et al. (2022). Selecting soil hydraulic properties as indicators of soil health: Measurement response to management and site characteristics. Soil Science Society of America Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20428
Liptzin, D., et al. (2022). An evaluation of carbon indicators of soil health in long-term agricultural experiments. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108708
Rui, Y., et al. (2022). Reply to Lajtha and Silva: Agriculture and soil carbon persistence of grassland-derived Mollisols. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2204142119
Sanford, G.R., et al. (2022). Land use-land cover gradient demonstrates the importance of perennial grasslands with intact soils for building soil carbon in the fertile Mollisols of the North Central US. Geoderma. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115854
Rui, Y., et al. (2022). Reply to Chen et al.: Soil organic carbon stocks and persistence of surface 30 cm of Mollisols. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2204140119
Bagnall, D.K., et al. (2022). Carbon‐sensitive pedotransfer functions for plant available water. Soil Science Society of America Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20395
Rieke, E.L., et al. (2022). Linking soil microbial community structure to potential carbon mineralization: A continental scale assessment of reduced tillage. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108618
Potter, T.S., et al. (2022). Long-term management drives divergence in soil microbial biomass, richness, and composition among upper Midwest, USA cropping systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107718
Rui, Y., et al. (2022). Persistent soil carbon enhanced in Mollisols by well-managed grasslands but not annual grain or dairy forage cropping systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2118931119