Ecosystems harbor a wide variety of plant and animal species and an uncounted diversity of smaller organisms. How biodiversity resides together, and functions is an enthralling challenge for biogeochemical and ecological theories. I have three long-standing collaborative research programs to test ideas. These are: 1) a global network of peatland ecosystems, with a personal focus on sites arrayed along a gradient from central Canada to the southern Appalachian Mountains, 2) a global network of tropical forests, with a personal focus on sites in the Republic of Panama, and, of course, 3) the variety of forest and wetland sites near Cornell.
Burtis JC, Pipes GT, Yavitt JB (2024) How do soil fauna mediate leaf litter decomposition in north temperate forest ecosystems? Pedobiologia 105: 150975.
Fahey TJ, Heinz AK, Mathisson R, Fahey C, Yavitt JB (2024) How Much Soil Carbon is Derived from Woody Detritus? A Ten-Year Study of 13C Incorporation into Soil Organic Matter. Ecosystems 27: 867-78.
Fahey TJ, Fahey C, Goebel M, Antunes PM, Yavitt JB (2024) Fine root decomposition and macronutrient release in temperate forests: Examining the litter bag and intact soil core approaches and their relationship with fungal community composition. Applied Soil Ecology 193: 105147.
Sennett LB, Roco CA, Lim NY, Yavitt JB, Dörsch P, Bakken LR, Shapleigh JP, Frostegård Å (2024) Determining how oxygen legacy affects trajectories of soil denitrifier community dynamics and N2O emissions. Nature Communications15: 7298.
Yavitt JB, Czymmek M, Pipes GT, Levasseur P, Basiliko N (2024) Soil carbon stabilization of mining-degraded, reforested lands in southern Ontario. Geoderma Regional 37: e00809.
Yavitt JB (2024) Soils of Barro Colorado Island. Pages 29-39 In HC Muller-Landau, SJ Wright, Editors. The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado Plant and Ecosystem Science. Smithsonian Scholarly Press, Washington, DC.
Yavitt JB, Lang GE, Knight DH, Wright SJ (2024) Dynamics of a late-stage secondary forest on Barro Colorado Island. Pages 55-60 In HC Muller-Landau, SJ Wright, Editors. The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado Plant and Ecosystem Science. Smithsonian Scholarly Press, Washington, DC.
Wright SJ, Harms KE, Hernández O, Garcia MN, Yavitt JB (2024) A Factorial nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium addition experiment conducted in a mature lowland tropical forest in the Barro Colorado Nature Monument. Pages 539-547 In HC Muller-Landau, SJ Wright, Editors. The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado Plant and Ecosystem Science. Smithsonian Scholarly Press, Washington, DC.
Wright SJ, Mulkey SS, Yavitt JB (2024) A stand-level, water-addition experiment. Pages 583-590 In HC Muller-Landau, SJ Wright, Editors. The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado Plant and Ecosystem Science. Smithsonian Scholarly Press, Washington, DC.
