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Eng AY, Narayanan, Alster CJ, DeAngelis KM 2023. Thermal adaptation of soil microbial growth traits in response to chronic warming. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, e00825-23.
Alster CJ, van de Laar A, Goodrich JP, Arcus VL, Deslippe JR, Marshall AJ, Schipper LA 2023. Quantifying thermal adaptation of soil microbial respiration. Nature Communications 14(1): 5495.
Alster CJ, van de Laar A, Arcus VL, Numa KB, Wall AM, Schipper LA 2023. Estimating the temperature optima of soil priming. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 176: 108879.
Alster CJ, Allison SD, Treseder KK 2022. Trait relationships of fungal decomposers in response to drought using a dual field and laboratory approach. Ecosphere 13(6): e4063.
Alster CJ, Robinson JM, Arcus VL, Schipper LA 2022. Assessing thermal acclimation of soil microbial respiration using macromolecular rate theory. Biogeochemistry 158: 131–141.
Alster CJ, Allison SD, Glassman SI, Martiny AC, Treseder KK 2021. Exploring trait trade-offs for fungal decomposers in a Southern California grassland. Frontiers in Microbiology 12: 665.
Alster CJ, Allison SD, Johnson NG, Glassman SI, Treseder KK 2021. Phenotypic plasticity of fungal traits in response to moisture and temperature. ISME Communications 1(43): 1–8.
Treseder KK, Alster CJ, Cat LA, Gorris ME, Kuhn AL, Lovero KG, Hagedorn F, Kerekes JF, McHugh TA, Solly EF 2021. Nutrient and stress tolerance traits linked to fungal responses to global change: four case studies. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 2: 1–19.
Alster CJ, Allison SD, Treseder KK 2020. Carbon budgets for soil and plants do not respond to long-term warming in a boreal Alaskan forest. Biogeochemistry 150: 345–353.
Alster CJ, von Fischer JC, Allison SD, Treseder KK 2020. Embracing a new paradigm for temperature sensitivity of soil microbes. Global Change Biology 26(6): 3221–3229.
Diatta S, Diakhaté S, Founoune-Mboup H, Alster CJ, Diouf D, Dick RP, Chapuis‑Lardy L, Cournac L, Badiane-Ndour NY 2019. Temporal microbial response to wetting-drying cycles in soils within and outside the influence of a shrub in the Sahel. Open Journal of Soil Science 9: 284–297.
Alster CJ, Weller ZD, von Fischer JC 2018. A meta-analysis of temperature sensitivity as a microbial trait. Global Change Biology 24(9): 4211–4224.
Alster CJ, Baas P, Wallenstein MD, Johnson NG, von Fischer JC 2016. Toward temperature sensitivity as a Microbial trait using parameters from macromolecular rate theory. Frontiers in Microbiology 7(1821): e50961.
Alster CJ, Koyama A, Johnson NG, Wallenstein MD, von Fischer JC 2016. Temperature sensitivity of soil microbial communities: an application of macromolecular rate theory to microbial respiration. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 121(6): 1420–1433.
Alster CJ, German DP, Lu Y, Allison SD 2013. Microbial enzymatic responses to drought and to nitrogen addition in a southern Californian grassland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 64: 68–79.
Hernandez DL, Esch EH, Alster CJ, McKone MJ, Camill P 2013. Rapid accumulation of soil carbon and nitrogen in a prairie restoration chronosequence. Soil Science Society of America Journal 77: 2029–2038.
Eng AY, Narayanan, Alster CJ, DeAngelis KM 2023. Thermal adaptation of soil microbial growth traits in response to chronic warming. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, e00825-23.
Alster CJ, van de Laar A, Goodrich JP, Arcus VL, Deslippe JR, Marshall AJ, Schipper LA 2023. Quantifying thermal adaptation of soil microbial respiration. Nature Communications 14(1): 5495.
Alster CJ, van de Laar A, Arcus VL, Numa KB, Wall AM, Schipper LA 2023. Estimating the temperature optima of soil priming. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 176: 108879.
Alster CJ, Allison SD, Treseder KK 2022. Trait relationships of fungal decomposers in response to drought using a dual field and laboratory approach. Ecosphere 13(6): e4063.
Alster CJ, Robinson JM, Arcus VL, Schipper LA 2022. Assessing thermal acclimation of soil microbial respiration using macromolecular rate theory. Biogeochemistry 158: 131–141.
Alster CJ, Allison SD, Glassman SI, Martiny AC, Treseder KK 2021. Exploring trait trade-offs for fungal decomposers in a Southern California grassland. Frontiers in Microbiology 12: 665.
Alster CJ, Allison SD, Johnson NG, Glassman SI, Treseder KK 2021. Phenotypic plasticity of fungal traits in response to moisture and temperature. ISME Communications 1(43): 1–8.
Treseder KK, Alster CJ, Cat LA, Gorris ME, Kuhn AL, Lovero KG, Hagedorn F, Kerekes JF, McHugh TA, Solly EF 2021. Nutrient and stress tolerance traits linked to fungal responses to global change: four case studies. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 2: 1–19.
Alster CJ, Allison SD, Treseder KK 2020. Carbon budgets for soil and plants do not respond to long-term warming in a boreal Alaskan forest. Biogeochemistry 150: 345–353.
Alster CJ, von Fischer JC, Allison SD, Treseder KK 2020. Embracing a new paradigm for temperature sensitivity of soil microbes. Global Change Biology 26(6): 3221–3229.
Diatta S, Diakhaté S, Founoune-Mboup H, Alster CJ, Diouf D, Dick RP, Chapuis‑Lardy L, Cournac L, Badiane-Ndour NY 2019. Temporal microbial response to wetting-drying cycles in soils within and outside the influence of a shrub in the Sahel. Open Journal of Soil Science 9: 284–297.
Alster CJ, Weller ZD, von Fischer JC 2018. A meta-analysis of temperature sensitivity as a microbial trait. Global Change Biology 24(9): 4211–4224.
Alster CJ, Baas P, Wallenstein MD, Johnson NG, von Fischer JC 2016. Toward temperature sensitivity as a Microbial trait using parameters from macromolecular rate theory. Frontiers in Microbiology 7(1821): e50961.
Alster CJ, Koyama A, Johnson NG, Wallenstein MD, von Fischer JC 2016. Temperature sensitivity of soil microbial communities: an application of macromolecular rate theory to microbial respiration. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 121(6): 1420–1433.
Alster CJ, German DP, Lu Y, Allison SD 2013. Microbial enzymatic responses to drought and to nitrogen addition in a southern Californian grassland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 64: 68–79.
Hernandez DL, Esch EH, Alster CJ, McKone MJ, Camill P 2013. Rapid accumulation of soil carbon and nitrogen in a prairie restoration chronosequence. Soil Science Society of America Journal 77: 2029–2038.