Publications

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2026

Gabrielle J. Feber, Rebecca S. Collins, Natalie Cowan, Rosmery Cruz-O’Byrne, Emmanuel Komolafe, Kristy I. Lam, Susan E. Crow, Noah Fierer, Caley K. Gasch, Michael S. Strickland, Zeli Tan, Rodrigo Vargas, David G. Williams, Zachary E. Kayler, How deep is your soil? Quantifying and spatially analyzing understudied deep soil in the United States, Geoderma, Volume 466, 2026, 117697, ISSN 0016-7061 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2026.117697.

2025

Stephenson, T., D. W.Crowder, E.Osburn, et al. 2025. Apex Scavenger Declines Have Cascading Effects on Soil Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Processes. Global Change Biology, 31, no. 9: e70520.

Stewart, R., Strickland, M. (2025). Advances in soil respiration techniques for assessing soil microbial activity. In: Norton, J., Schimel, J., Lindo, Z. (eds) Measuring and assessing the biological health of soils. Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, vol 173. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK. https://doi.org/10.19103/AS.2025.0159.05

Stephenson, T., D. W.Crowder, E.Osburn, et al. 2025. “Apex Scavenger Declines Have Cascading Effects on Soil Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Processes.” Global Change Biology31, no. 9: e70520. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70520.

Bartel, Savannah L., LaurelLynch, TorreyStephenson, Menna E.Jones, Michael S.Strickland, AndrewStorfer, and David W.Crowder. 2025. “Decline of an Apex Vertebrate Scavenger Increases Carrion Use by Invertebrates.” Ecology106(9): e70214. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70214

Osburn, E.D., Weissman, J.L., Strickland, M.S. et al. Relative abundances of bacterial phyla are strong indicators of community-scale microbial growth rates in soil. Environmental Microbiome 20, 131 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-025-00790-7

Vickery, Z. A., Castro, H. F., Dearth, S. P., Tague, E. D., Classen, A. T., Moore, J. A., Strickland, M. S., & Campagna, S. R. (2025). Untargeted Metabolomics Reveals Distinct Soil Metabolic Profiles Across Land Management Practices. Metabolites, 15(12), 783. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo15120783

2024

Nieland, M.A., Lacy, P., Allison, S.D., Bhatnagar, J.M., Doroski, D.A., Frey, S.D., Greaney, K., Hobbie, S.E., Kuebbing, S.E., Lewis, D.B., McDaniel, M.D., Perakis, S.S., Raciti, S.M., Shaw, A.N., Sprunger, C.D., Strickland, M.S., Templer, P.H., Vietorisz, C., Ward, E.B., Keiser, A.D., 2024. Nitrogen Deposition Weakens Soil Carbon Control of Nitrogen Dynamics Across the Contiguous United States. Global Change Biology, 30: e70016.

Ellington, A. J., Walters, K., Christner, B. C., Fox, S., Bonfantine, K., Walker, C., Lampman, P., Vuono, D. C., Strickland, M., Lambert, K., Kobziar, L. N. 2024. Dispersal of microbes from grassland fire smoke to soils. The ISME Journal, 18:wrae203.

Alexander, K., Strickland, M.S., Jurgensen, M.F., Jusino, M.A., Banik, M.T., Pierson, D.N., Tirocke, J.M., Dumroese, R.K., Page-Dumroese, D.S., Lindner, D.L. 2024. Long-term nitrogen addition in a boreal forest affects wood-inhabiting fungal communities and influences wood decomposition. Forest Ecology and Management, 572:122197.

Osburn, E.D., Baer, S.G., Evans, S.E., McBride, S.G., Strickland, M.S. 2024. Effects of experimentally elevated virus abundance on soil carbon cycling across varying ecosystem types. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 198: 109556.

Osburn, E.D., McBride, S.G., Bahram, M., Strickland, M.S. 2024. Global patterns in the growth potential of soil bacterial communities. Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50382-1.

Dragone, N.B., Hoffert, M., Strickland, M.S., Fierer, N. 2024. The taxonomic and genomic attributes of oligotrophic soil bacteria. ISME Communications, https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycae081.

Osburn, E.D., McBride, S.G., Strickland, M.S. 2024. Microbial dark matter could add uncertainties to metagenomic trait estimations. Nature Microbiology, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-024-01687-w.

Shawver, S., Ishii, S., Strickland, M.S., Badgley, B. 2024. Soil type and moisture content alter soil microbial responses to manure from cattle administered antibiotics. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31: 27259–27272.

Strickland, M.S., Lynch, L. 2024. Decomposer communities are universal in death. Nature Microbiology, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-023-01576-8.

Ramoneda, J., Fan, K., Lucas, J.M., Chu, H., Bissett, A., Strickland, M.S., Fierer, N., 2024. The ecological relevance of flagellar motility in soil bacterial communities. ISME Journal, https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrae067.

Bartel, S.L., Stephenson, T., Crowder, D.W., Jones, M.E., Storfer, A., Strickland, M.S., Lynch, L. 2024. Global change influences scavenging and carrion decomposition. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 39.

2023

Osburn, E.D., Moon, C., Stephenson, T., Kittipalawattanapol, K., Jones, M., Strickland, M.S., Lynch, L. 2023. Disturbance of eucalypt forests alters the composition, function, and assembly of soil microbial communities. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 99: https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiad085.

Osburn, E.D., Yang, G., Rillig, M.C., Strickland, M.S. 2023. Evaluating the role of bacterial diversity in supporting soil ecosystem functions under anthropogenic stress. ISME Communications, 3: 66.

Osburn, E.D., Hoch, P., Prather, C.M., Strickland, M.S. 2023. Effects of micronutrient fertilization on soil carbon pools and microbial community functioning. Applied Soil Ecology, 181: 104664.

Bradford, M. A. et al. 2023. Coarse woody debris accelerates the decomposition of deadwood inputs across temperate forest. Biogeochemistry, doi:10.1007/s10533-023-01045-8.

McBride, S.G., Osburn, E.D., Lucas, J.M., Simpson, J.S., Brown, T., Barrett, J.E., Strickland, M.S. 2022. Volatile and dissolved organic carbon sources have distinct effects on microbial activity, nitrogen content, and bacterial communities. Microbial Ecology, 85: 659-668.

2022

Osburn, E.D., Hoch, P.J., Lucas, J.M., McBride, S.G., Strickland, M.S. 2022. Evaluating the roles of microbial functional breadth and home-field advantage in leaf litter decomposition. Functional Ecology, 36: 1258-1267.

Gyawali, A.J., Strickland, M.S., Thomason, W., Reiter, M., Stewart, R. 2022. Quantifying short-term responsiveness and consistency of soil health parameters in row crop systems. Part 1: Developing a multivariate approach. Soil and Tillage Research, 219: 105354.

2021

Lucas, J.M., Sone, B.S., Whitmore, D., Strickland, M.S. 2021. Antibiotics and temperature interact to disrupt soil communities and nutrient cycling. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 163: 108437.

Shawver, S., Wepking, C., Ishii, S., Strickland, M.S., Badgley, B.D. 2021. Application of manure from cattle administered antibiotics has sustained multi-year impacts on soil resistome and microbial community structure. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 157: 108252.

Bierer, A.M., Maguire, R.O., Strickland, M.S., Stewart, R.D., Thomason, W.E. 2021. Manure injection alters the spatial distribution of soil nitrate, mineralizable carbon, and microbial biomass. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 76: 175-189.

Joseph, N., Lucas, J., Vishwanath, N., Findlay, R., Sprinkle, J., Strickland, M.S., Winford, E., Kolok, A.S. 2021. Investigation of relationships between fecal contamination, cattle grazing, human recreation, and microbial source tracking markers in a mixed-land-use rangeland watershed. Water Research, 194: 116921.

Lucas, J.M., Jonas, J., Laws, A.N., Branson, D.H., Pennings, S.C., Prather, C.M., Strickland, M.S. 2021. Functional and taxonomic diversity of grasshoppers differentially shape above- and below-ground communities and their function. Functional Ecology, 35: 167-180.

2020

McBride, S.G., Choudoir, M., Fierer, N., Strickland, M.S. 2020. Volatile organic compounds from leaf litter decomposition alter soil microbial communities and carbon dynamics. Ecology, 101: e03130.

McBride, S., Wepking, C., Hedin, M.L., Thompson, R.C., Barrett, J.E., Strickland, M. 2020. Livestock manure and antibiotics alter extracellular enzyme activity. Applied Soil Ecology, 155: 103667.

Bierer, A.M., Maguire, R.O., Strickland, M.S., Stewart, R.D., Thomason, W.E. 2020. Evaluating dairy manure application method on soil health and nitrate. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 75: 527-536.

Ulyshen, M., Brownie, C., Strickland, M.S., Wurzburger, N., Zanne, A. 2020. Comparison of decay rates between native and non-native wood species in invaded forests of the southeastern U.S.: A rapid assessment. Biological Invasions, 22: 2619-2632.

Lucas, J.M., McBride, S.G., Strickland, M.S. 2020. Trophic level mediates soil microbial community composition and function. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 143: 107756.

Filho, J., Thomason, W.E., Evanylo, G.K., Zhang, X., Strickland, M.S., Chim, B.K., Diatta, A. 2020. Biochemical and physiological responses of Cannabis sativa to an integrated plant nutrition system. Agronomy Journal, 112: 5237-5248.

Filho, J., Thomason, W.E., Evanylo, G.K., Zhang, X., Strickland, M.S., Chim, B.K., Diatta, A. 2020. An integrated plant nutrition system (IPNS) for corn in the Mid-Atlantic USA. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 44: 704-722.