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- Aber, J. D. 1992. Nitrogen Cycling and Nitrogen
Saturation in Temperate Forest Ecosystems. Trends in Ecology and
Evolution 7: 220-223.
- Aber, J. D. 2002. Nitrogen saturation in temperate
forest ecosystems: current theory, remaining questions and recent
advances. In: Horst, W. J., Burkert, A., Claassen, N., Flessa, H., Progress in Plant Nutrition:
Plenary Lectures of the XIV International Plant Nutrition Colloquium, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
- Aber, J. D., Goodale, C. G., Ollinger, S. V., Hallett, R. A., Magill, A. H., Martin, M. E., Smith, M. L., Stoddard, J. L. 2003. Is Nitrogen Deposition Altering
the Nitrogen Status of Northeastern Forests?. BioScience 53: 375-389.
- Aber, J. D., Magill, A. H. 2004. Chronic nitrogen additions at
the Harvard Forest (USA): the first 15 years of a nitrogen saturation
experiment. Forest Ecology and
Management 196: 1-5.
- Aber, J. D., Magill, A., Boone, R. D., Melillo, J. M., Steudler, P. A., Bowden, R. D. 1993. Plant and soil responses to
chronic nitrogen additions at the Harvard Forest, Massachusetts. Ecological Applications 3: 156-166.
- Aber, J. D., Magill, A., McNulty, S. G., Boone, R. D., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Downs, M. R., Hallett, R. A. 1995. Forest biogeochemistry and
primary production altered by nitrogen saturation. Water, Air and Soil
Pollution 85: 1665-1670.
- Aber, J. D., Magill, A., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Melillo, J., Steudler, P. A., Hendricks, J. J., Bowden, R. D., Currie, W. S., McDowell, W., Berntson, G. M. 2004. Exploring the process of
nitrogen saturation. In: Foster, D. R., Aber, J. D., Forests in Time: The
Environmental Consequences of 1000 Years of Change in New England, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.
- Aber, J. D., McDowell, W. H., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Magill, A. H., Berntson, G. M., Kamekea, M., McNulty, S. G., Currie, W. S., Rustad, L. E., Fernandez, I. 1998. Nitrogen Saturation in Temperate
Forest Ecosystems. BioScience 48: 921-934.
- Aber, J. D., Melillo, J. M., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Pastor, J., Boone, R. D. 1991. Factors controlling nitrogen
cycling and nitrogen saturation in northern temperate forest
ecosystems. Ecological Applications 1: 303-315.
- Aber, J. D., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Steudler, P., Melillo, J. M. 1989. Nitrogen Saturation in Northern
Forest Ecosystems. BioScience 39: 378-386.
- Bauer, G. A., Bazzaz, F. A., Minocha, R., Long, S., Magill, A., Aber, J. D., Berntson, G. M. 2004. Effects of chronic N additions
on tissue chemistry, photosynthetic capacity, and carbon sequestration
potential of a red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) stand in the NE United
States. Forest Ecology and
Management 196: 173-186.
- Bauer, G. A., Berntson, G. M., Bazzaz, F. A. 2001. The effect of elevated CO2 and
increased N availability on regenerating temperate forest communities:
biochemical versus stomatal limitation of photosynthesis. New Phytologist 152: 249-266.
- Bell*, S. 2000. Microbial nitrogen utilization
under nitrogen-saturation conditions in temperate forests. Thesis, University of Oregon.
- Berntson, G. M., Aber, J. D. 2000. Fast nitrate immobilization in
N-saturated temperate forest soils. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 32: 151-156.
- Bogdziewicz, M., Crone, E. E., Steele, Michael A., Zwolak, Rafal 2016. Effects of nitrogen deposition
on reproduction in a masting tree: benefits of higher seed production are
trumped by negative biotic interactions. Journal of Ecology 105: 310-320.
- Bowden, R. D., Melillo, J. M., Steudler, P. A., Aber, J. D. 1991. Effects of nitrogen additions on
annual nitrous oxide fluxes from temperate forest soils in the northeastern
United States. Journal of Geophysical
Research 96: 9321-9328.
- Callahan, H. S., Del Fierro, K., Patterson, A. E., Zafar, H. 2008. Impacts of elevated nitrogen
inputs on oak reproductive and seed ecology. Global Change Biology 14: 285-293.
- Chan, A. S. K., Steudler, P. A., Bowden, R. D., Gulledge, J., Cavanaugh, C. 2005. Consequences of nitrogen
fertilization on soil methane consumption in a productive temperate
deciduous forest. Biology and Fertility of
Soils 41: 182-189.
- Compton, J. E, Watrud, L. S., Porteous, L. A., DeGrood*, S. 2004. Response of soil microbial
biomass and community composition to chronic nitrogen additions at Harvard
Forest. Forest Ecology and
Management 196: 143-158.
- Currie, W. S., Aber, J. D., Driscoll, C. T. 1999. Leaching of nutrient cations
from the forests floor: effects of nitrogen saturation in two long-term
manipulations. Canadian Journal of Forest
Research 29: 609-620.
- Currie, W. S., Aber, J. D., McDowell, W. H., Boone, R. D., McGill, A. H. 1996. Vertical transport of dissolved
organic C and N under long-term N amendments in pine and hardwood
forests. Biochemistry 35: 471-505.
- Currie, W. S., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Aber, J. D. 1999. Soil detrital processes
controlling the movement of 15N tracers to forest vegetation. Ecological Applications 9: 87-102.
- Currie, W. S., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Aber, J. D. 2004. Redistributions of 15N highlight
turnover and replenishment of mineral soil organic N as a long-term control
on forest C balance. Forest Ecology and
Management 196: 109-127.
- Currie, W. S., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Colman, B. P. 2002. Long-term movement of 15N
tracers into fine woody debris under chronically elevated N inputs. Plant and Soil 238: 313-323.
- Dail, D. B., Davidson, E. A., Chrover, J. 2001. Rapid abiotic transformation of
nitrate in an acid forest soil. Biogeochemistry 54: 131-146.
- Domke, G., Williams, C. A., Birdsey, R., Coulston, J., Finzi, A. C., Gough, C., Haight, B., Hicke, J., Janowiak, M., de Jong, B., Kurz, W. A., Lucash, M., Ogle, S., Olguin-Alvarez, M., Pan, Y., Skutsch, M., Smyth, C., Swanston, C., Templer, P., Wear, D., Woodall, C. W. 2018. Forests. In: Cavallaro, N., Shrestha, G., Birdsey, R., Mayes, M. A., Najjar, R. G., Reed, S. C., Romero-Lankao, P., Zhu, Z., Second State of the Carbon Cycle
Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report, U.S. Global Change Research
Program, Washington, DC.
- Driscoll, C. T., Whitall, D., Aber, J. D., Boyer, B., Castro, M. C., Cronan, C., Goodale, C. G., Groffman, P., Hopkinson, C. S., Lambert, K., Lawrence, G., Ollinger, S. 2003. Nitrogen pollution in the
northeastern United States: Sources, effects and management options. BioScience 53: 357-374.
- Driscoll, C. T., Whitall, D., Aber, J. D., Boyer, B., Castro, M. C., Cronan, C., Goodale, C. G., Groffman, P., Hopkinson, C. S., Lambert, K., Lawrence, G., Ollinger, S. 2003. Nitrogen pollution: sources and
consequences in the northeastern United States. Environment 47: 8-22.
- Fenn, M. E., Poth, M., Aber, J. D., Baron, J. S., Bormann, B. T., Johnson, D. W., Lemly, A. D., McNulty, S. G., Ryan, D. F., Stottlemeyer, R. 1998. Nitrogen excess in North
American ecosystems: predisposing factors, ecosystem responses, and
management strategies. Ecological Applications 8: 706-733.
- Finzi, A. C., Giasson, M.-A., Barker Plotkin, A., Aber, J. D., Boose, E. R., Davidson, E. A., Dietze, M. C., Ellison, A. M., Frey, S. D., Goldman, E., Keenan, T. F., Melillo, J. M., Munger, J. W., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Ollinger, S. V., Orwig, D. A., Pederson, N., Richardson, A. D., Savage, K., Tang, J., Thompson, J. R., Williams, C. A., Wofsy, S. C., Zhou, Z., Foster, D. R. 2020. Carbon budget of the Harvard
Forest Long-Term Ecological Research site: pattern, process, and response to
global change. Ecological Monographs 90: e01423, 37 pp.
- Foster, D. R., Aber, J. D., Bowden, R. D., Melillo, J., Bazzaz, F. 2004. Comparison between physical
disturbance and novel stresses. In: Foster, D. R., Aber, J. D., Forests in Time: The
Environmental Consequences of 1000 Years of Change in New England, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.
- Foster, D. R., Aber, J. D., Melillo, J. M., Bowden, R. D., Bazzaz, F. A. 1997. Forest response to disturbance
and anthropogenic stress. Rethinking the 1938 Hurricane and the impact of
physical disturbance vs. chemical and climate stress on forest
ecosystems. BioScience 47: 437-445.
- Foster, D. R., Aber, J. D., Melillo, J., Bowden, R. D., Bazzaz, F. A. 1998. Forest response to natural
disturbance versus human-induced stresses. Arnoldia 58: 35-40.
- Frey, S. D. 2006. Forest ecosystem responses to
chronic nitrogen additions. Teaching Issues and Experiments
in Ecology 4: 1-14.
- Frey, S. D. 2019. Mycorrhizal Fungi as Mediators
of Soil Organic Matter Dynamics. Annual Review of Ecology,
Evolution, and Systematics 50: 237-259.
- Frey, S. D., Knorr, M., Parrent, J. L., Simpson, R. T. 2004. Chronic nitrogen enrichment
affects the structure and function of the soil microbial community in
temperate hardwood and pine forests. Forest Ecology and
Management 196: 159-171.
- Frey, S. D., Ollinger, S. V., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Bowden, R. D., Brzostek, E. R., Burton, A. J., Caldwell, B. A., Crow, S., Goodale, C. G., Grandy, A. S., Finzi, A. C., Kramer, M. G., Lajtha, K., LeMoine, J., Martin, M., McDowell, W. H., Minocha, R., Sadowsky, J. J., Templer, P. H., Wickings, K. 2014. Chronic nitrogen additions
suppress decomposition and sequester soil carbon in temperate
forests. Biogeochemistry 121: 305-316.
- Giasson, M.-A., Ellison, A. M., Bowden, R. D., Crill, P. M., Davidson, E. A., Drake, J. E., Frey, S. D., Hadley, J. L., Lavine, M., Melillo, J. M., Munger, J. W., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Nicoll, L., Ollinger, S. V., Savage, K., Steudler, P. A., Tang, J., Varner, R. K., Wofsy, S. C., Foster, D. R., Finzi, A. C. 2013. Soil respiration in a
northeastern US temperate forest: a 22-year synthesis. Ecosphere 4: article 140.
- Gilliam, F. S., Burns, D. A., Driscoll, C. T., Frey, S. D., Lovett, G. M., Watmough, S. A. 2019. Decreased atmospheric nitrogen
deposition in eastern North America: Predicted responses of forest
ecosystems. Environmental Pollution 244: 560-574.
- Gulledge, J., Hrywna, Y., Cavanaugh, C., Steudler, P. A. 2004. Effects of long-term nitrogen
fertilization on the uptake kinetics of atmospheric methane in temperate
forest soils. FEMS Microbiology
Ecology 49: 389-400.
- Heuck, C., Smolka, G., Whalen, E., Frey, S. D., Gundersen, P., Moldan, F., Fernandez, I. J., Spohn, M. 2018. Effects of long-term nitrogen
addition on phosphorus cycling in organic soil horizons of temperate
forests. Biogeochemistry 141: 167-181.
- Kamble, P. N., Rousk, J., Frey, S. D., Baath, E. 2013. Bacterial growth and growth
limiting nutrients following chronic nitrogen additions to a hardwood forest
soil. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 59: 32-37.
- Keenan, T. F., Davidson, E. A., Munger, J. W., Richardson, A. D. 2013. Rate my data: quantifying the
value of ecological data for the development of models of the terrestrial
carbon cycle. Ecological Applications 23: 273-286.
- Li, J., Wang, G., Mayes, M. A., Allison, S. D., Frey, S. D., Shi, Z., Hu, X., Luo, Y., Melillo, J. M. 2019. Reduced carbon use efficiency
and increased microbial turnover with soil warming. Global Change Biology 25: 900-910.
- Magill, A. H., Aber, J. D. 1998. Long-term effects of chronic
nitrogen additions on foliar litter decay and humus formation in forest
ecosystems. Plant and Soil 203: 301-311.
- Magill, A. H., Aber, J. D. 2000. Dissolved organic carbon and
nitrogen relationships in forest litter as affected by nitrogen
deposition. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 32: 603-613.
- Magill, A. H., Aber, J. D. 2000. Variation in soil net
mineralization rates with dissolved organic carbon additions. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 32: 597-601.
- Magill, A. H., Aber, J. D., Berntson, G. M., McDowell, W. H., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Melillo, J. M., Steudler, P. A. 2000. Long-term nitrogen additions and
nitrogen saturation in two temperate forests. Ecosystems 3: 238-253.
- Magill, A. H., Aber, J. D., Currie, W. S., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Martin, M. E., McDowell, W. H., Melillo, J. M., Steudler, P. A. 2004. Ecosystem Response to 15 years
of Chronic Nitrogen Additions at the Harvard Forest LTER, Massachusetts,
USA. Forest Ecology and
Management 196: 7-28.
- Magill, A. H., Aber, J. D., Hendricks, J. J., Bowden, R. D., Melillo, J. M., Steudler, P. A. 1997. Biogeochemical response of
forest ecosystems to simulated chronic nitrogen deposition. Ecological Applications 7: 402-415.
- McDowell, W. H., Currie, W. S., Aber, J. D., Yano, Y. 1998. Effects of chronic nitrogen
amendment on production of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen in forest
soils. Water, Air and Soil
Pollution 105: 175-182.
- McDowell, W. H., Magill, A., Aikenhead-Peterson, J.
A., Aber, J. D., Merriam, J. L., Kaushal, S. S. 2004. Effects of chronic nitrogen
amendment on dissolved organic matter and inorganic nitrogen soil
solution. Forest Ecology and
Management 196: 29-41.
- Melillo, J. M., Steudler, P. A. 1989. The effect of nitrogen
fertilization on the COS and CS2 emissions from temperate forest
soils. Journal of Atmospheric
Chemistry 9: 411-417.
- Micks, P. 1994. Soil respiration and nitrogen
additions in two forest stands: short- and long-term responses. Thesis, University of New Hampshire.
- Micks, P., Aber, J. D., Boone, R. D., Davidson, E. A. 2004. Short-term soil respiration and
nitrogen immobilization response to nitrogen applications in control and
nitrogen-enriched temperate forests. Forest Ecology and
Management 196: 57-70.
- Micks, P., Downs, M. R., Magill, A. H., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Aber, J. D. 2004. Decomposing litter as a sink for
15N-enriched additions to an oak forest and a red pine plantation. Forest Ecology and
Management 196: 71-87.
- Minocha, R., Long, S., Magill, A. H., Aber, J. D., McDowell, W. H. 2000. Foliar free polyamine and
inorganic ion content in relation to soil and soil solution chemistry in two
fertilized stands at the Harvard Forest, Massachusetts. Plant and Soil 222: 119-137.
- Minocha, R., Turlapati, S., Long, S., McDowell, W. H., Minocha, S. C. 2015. Long-term trends of changes in
pine and oak foliar nitrogen metabolism in response to chronic nitrogen
amendments at Harvard Forest, MA. Tree Physiology 35: 894-909.
- Moore, J. A. M., Anthony, M. A., Pec, G. J., Trocha, L. K., Trzebny, A., Geyer, K. M., van Diepen, L. T. A., Frey, S. D. 2021. Fungal community structure and
function shifts with atmospheric nitrogen deposition. Global Change Biology 27: 1349-1364.
- Morrison, E. 2012. Effects of nitrogen
fertilization on fungal community structure in a temperate hardwood forest:
implicit links between structure, function, and resilience. Thesis, University of New Hampshire.
- Morrison, E. 2017. Fungi as drivers of ecosystem
response to global change. Thesis, University of New Hampshire.
- Morrison, E. W., Frey, S. D., Sadowsky, J. J., van Diepen, L. T. A., Thomas, W. K., Pringle, A. 2016. Chronic nitrogen additions
fundamentally restructure the soil fungal community in a temperate
forest. Fungal Ecology 23: 48-57.
- Morrison, E. W., Pringle, A., Van Diepen, L. T. A., Frey, S. D. 2018. Simulated nitrogen deposition
favors stress-tolerant fungi with low potential for decomposition. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 125: 75-85.
- Nadelhoffer, K. J., Aber, J. D., Downs, M. R., Fry, B., Melillo, J. M. 1992. Biological sinks for nitrogen
additions to a forested catchment. Proceedings of the International Symposium on
Experimental Manipulation of Biota and Biogeochemical Cycling in
Ecosystems. Copenhagen.
- Nadelhoffer, K. J., Colman, B. P., Currie, W. S., Magill, A. H., Aber, J. D. 2004. Decadal scale fates of 15N
tracers added to oak and pine stands under ambient and elevated N inputs at
the Harvard Forest (USA). Forest Ecology and
Management 196: 89-107.
- Nadelhoffer, K. J., Downs, M. R., Fry, B. 1999. Sinks for 15N-enriched additions
to an oak forest and a red pine plantation. Ecological Applications 9: 72-86.
- Pardo, L. H., Templer, P. H., Goodale, C. L., Duke, S., Groffman, P. M., Adams, M. B., Boeckx, P., Boggs, J., Campbell, J. L., Compton, J. E., Emmett, B. A., Gundersen, P., Kjønaas, J., Lovett, G. M., Mack, M., Magill, A. H., Mitchell, M. J., Mbila, M., McGee, G., McNulty, S. G., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Colman, B. P., Ollinger, S. V., Ross, D., Rueth, H., Rustad, L. E., Schaberg, P., Schiff, S., Schleppi, P., Spoelstra, J., Wessel, W. 2006. Regional Assessment of N
saturation using foliar and root d. Biogeochemistry 80: 143-171.
- Rainey, S. M., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Silver, S. L., Downs, M. R. 1999. Effects of chronic nitrogen
additions on understory species abundance and nutrient content in a red pine
plantation. Ecological Applications 9: 949-957.
- Robertson, G. P., Collins, S. L., Foster, D. R., Brokaw, N., Ducklow, H. W., Gragson, T. L., Gries, C., Hamilton, S. K., McGuire, A. D., Moore, J. C., Stanley, E. H., Waide, R. B., Williams, M. W. 2012. Long-Term ecological research in
a human-dominated world. BioScience 62: 342-353.
- Steudler, P. A., Bowden, R. D., Melillo, J. M., Aber, J. D. 1989. Influence of nitrogen
fertilization on methane uptake in temperate forest soils. Nature 341: 314-316.
- Tang, M. H., Porder, S., Lovett, G. M. 2012. Species differences in nitrate
reductase activity are unaffected by nitrogen enrichment in northeastern
U.S. forests. Forest Ecology and
Management 275: 52-59.
- Tonitto, C., Goodale, C. G., Weiss, M. S., Frey, S. D., Ollinger, S. V. 2014. The effect of nitrogen addition
on soil organic matter dynamics: A model analysis of the Harvard Forest
Chronic Nitrogen Amendment experiment and soil carbon response to
anthropogenic N deposition. Biogeochemistry 117: 431-454.
- Turlapati, S. A., Minocha, R., Bhiravarasa, P. S., Tisa, L. S., Thomas, W. K., Minocha, S. C. 2013. Chronic N-amended soils exhibit
an altered bacterial community structure in Harvard Forest, MA, USA. FEMS Microbiology
Ecology 83: 478-493.
- Turlapati, S. A., Minocha, R., Long, S., Ramsdell, J., Minocha, S. C. 2015. Oligotyping reveals stronger
relationship of organic soil bacterial community structure with N-amendments
and soil chemistry in comparison to that of mineral soil at Harvard Forest,
MA, USA. Frontiers in
Microbiology 6: 49, 16 pp.
- Van Diepen, L. T. A., Frey, S. D., Landis, E. A., Morrison, E. W., Pringle, A. 2017. Fungi exposed to chronic
nitrogen enrichment are less able to decay leaf litter. Ecology 98: 5-11.
- Van Diepen, L. T. A., Frey, S. D., Sthultz, C. M., Morrison, E. W., Minocha, R., Pringle, A. 2015. Changes in litter quality caused
by simulated nitrogen deposition reinforce the N-induced suppression of
litter decay. Ecosphere 6: art205.
- Venterea, R. T., Groffman, P. M., Verchot, L. V., Magill, A. H., Aber, J. D. 2004. Gross nitrogen process rates in
temperate forest soils exhibiting symptoms of nitrogen saturation. Forest Ecology and
Management 196: 129-142.
- Venterea, R. T., Groffman, P. M., Verchot, L. V., Magill, A. H., Aber, J. D., Steudler, P. A. 2003. Nitrogen oxide gas emissions
from temperate forest soils receiving long-term nitogen inputs. Global Change Biology 9: 346-357.
- Vitousek, P. M., Aber, J. D., Bayley, S. E., Howarth, R. W., Likens, G. E., Matson, P. A., Schindler, D. W., Schlessinger, W. H., Tilman, G. D. 1997. Human alteration of the global
nitrogen cycle: causes and consequences. Ecological Issues 1: 1-15.
- Whalen, E. D. 2017. Manganese limitation as a
mechanism for reduced decomposition in soils under long-term atmospheric
nitrogen deposition. Thesis, University of New Hampshire.
- Whalen, E. D., Smith, R. G., Grandy, A. S., Frey, S. D. 2018. Manganese limitation as a
mechanism for reduced decomposition in soils under atmospheric nitrogen
deposition. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 127: 252-263.
- Wicklein, H. F., Ollinger, S. V., Martin, M. E., Hollinger, D. Y., Lepine, L. C., Day, M. C., Bartlett*, M. K., Richardson, A. D., Norby, R. J. 2012. Variation in foliar nitrogen and
albedo in response to nitrogen fertilization and elevated CO2. Oecologia 169: 915-925.
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Harmonization database, an open-source synthesis of soil data from research
networks, version 1.0. Earth System Science
Data 13: 1843–1854.
- Yano, Y., McDowell, W. H., Aber, J. D. 2000. Biodegradable dissolved organic
carbon in forest soil solution and effects of chronic nitrogen
deposition. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 32: 1743-1751.