BOOKS

Bardgett, R.D. (2005) The Biology of Soil: A Community and Ecosystem Approach. Oxford University Press. Oxford. Winner of The British Ecological Society Book of the Year Award 2006

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Bardgett, R.D., Usher, M.B. and Hopkins, D.W. (2005) Biological Diversity and Function in Soils. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.

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Bardgett, R.D. and Wardle, D.A. (2010) Aboveground-Belowground Linkages: Biotic Interactions, Ecosystem Processes, and Global Change. Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution, Oxford University Press. http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199546886.do

PAPERS

Cover Story: Bardgett, R.D. (2011) The Root of the Problem. The Scentist, 25, 32-37. http://the-scientist.com/2011/08/01/the-root-of-the-problem/

De Vries, F.T., Liiri. M., Bjørnlund, L., Bowker, M.A., Christensen, S., Setala, H.M. & Bardgett, R.D. (2012). Land use alters the resistance and resilience of soil food webs to drought. Nature Climate Change, in press.

De Vries, F.T. & Bardgett, R.D. (2012) Plant-microbial linkages and ecosystem N retention: lessons for sustainable agriculture. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, in press.

De Vries, F.T. & Bardgett, R.D. (2012) Soil Ecology. In Oxford Bibliographies Online: Ecology. Ed. David Gibson. New York: Oxford University Press.

Medina-Roldan, E., Paz-Ferreiro, J. & Bardgett,R.D. (2012)  Grazing-induced effects on soil properties modify plant competitive interactions in semi-natural mountain grasslands. Oecologia, in press.

Medina-Roldan, E., J. Paz-Ferreir & Bardgett, R.D. (2012) Grazing exclusion affects soil and plant communities, but has no impact on soil carbon storage in an upland grassland. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, in press.

Bloor, J. & Bardgett, R.D. (2012) Stability of above-ground and below-ground processes to extreme drought in model grassland ecosystems: interactions with plant species diversity and soil nitrogen availability. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, in press.

Stevens, C.J., Mountford, J.O., Gowing, D. J.G. and Bardgett, R.D. (2012) Differences in yield, Ellenberg N value, tissue chemistry and soil chemistry 15 years after the cessation of nitrogen addition. Plant and Soil, in press.

Wardle, D.A., Bardgett, R.D., Callaway, R.M. & van der Putten, W.H. (2011) Terrestrial ecosystem responses to species loss and gain. Science, 332, 1273-1277.

Wu, T.H., Ayres, E., Bardgett, R.D., Wall, D.H. & Garey, J.R. (2011) Molecular study of the worldwide distribution and diversity of soil animals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108, 17720-17725.  

Bardgett, R.D. (2011) Plant-soil interactions in a changing world. F1000 Biology Reports, 3,16.

Bardgett, R.D., Campbell, C.D., Emmett, B.A., Jenkins, A. and Whitmore, A.P. (2011) Supporting Services. In: UK National Ecosystem Assessment: Technical Report. 4999-532.

Deyn, G.B. Quirk, H. & Bardgett, R.D. (2011) Plant species richness, identity and productivity differentially influence key groups of microbes in grassland soils of contrasting fertility. Biology Letters, 7, 75-78.

De Deyn, G.B., Shiel, R.S., Ostle, N.J., McNamara, N.P., Oakly, S., Young, I., Freeman, C., Fenner, N., Quirk, H. & Bardgett, R.D. (2011). Additional benefits for carbon sequestration of grassland biodiversity restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology, 48, 600-608.

De Deyn, G.B., Quirk, H., Oakley, S., Ostle, N & Bardgett, R.D. (2011) Rapid transfer of photosynthetic carbon through the plant-soil system in differently managed species-rich grasslands. Biogeosciences, 8,  1131-1139.  

Fornara, D.A., Steinbeiss, S., McNamara, N.P., Gleixner, G., Oakley, S., Poulton, P.R., MacDonald, A.J. & Bardgett, R.D. (2011) Increases in soil organic carbon sequestration can reduce the global warming potential of long-term liming to permanent grassland. Global Change Biology, 17, 2762-2762.

Nielsen, U.N., Ayres, E., Wall, D.H. & Bardgett, R.D. (2011) Soil biodiversity and carbon cycling: a synthesis of studies examining diversity-function relationships. European Journal of Soil Science, 62, 105-116.

Weber, P. & Bardgett, R.D. (2011) Influence of single trees on spatial and temporal patterns of belowground properties in native pine forest Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 43, 1356-1361.

Mendina-Roldan, E. & Bardgett, R.D. (2011) Plant and soil responses to defoliation: a comparative study of grass species with contrasting life history strategies. Plant and Soil, 344, 377-388.

Lamarque, P., Tappeiner, U., Turner, C., Steinbacher, M., Bardgett, R.D., Szukics, U., Schermer, M., & Lavorel, S. (2011) Stakeholder perceptions of grassland ecosystem services in relation to knowledge on soil fertility and biodiversity. Regional Environmental Change, 11, 791-804.

Hill, P.W., Farrar, J., Roberts, P., Farrell, M., Grant, H., Newsham, K.K., Hopkins, D.W., Bardgett, R.D. & Jones, D.L. (2011) Vascular plant success in a warming Antarctic may be due to efficient nitrogen acquisition. Nature Climate Change, 1, 50-53.

Hill, P.W., Quilliam, R.S., DeLuca, T.H., Farrar, J., Farrell, M., Roberst, P., Newsham, K.K., Hopkins, D.W., Bardgett, R.D. & Jones, D.L. (2011) Acquisition and assimilation of nitrogen as peptide-bound and D-enantiomers of amino acids by wheat. PloS One 6(4): e19220. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019220

Farrell, M., Hill, P.W., Wanniarachchi, S.D., Farrar, J. Bardgett, R.D. & Jones, D.L. (2011) Rapid peptide metabolism: a major component of soil nitrogen cycling. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 25, Article Number: GB3014   DOI: 10.1029/2010GB003999.

Farrell, M., Hill. P.W., Farrar, J., Bardgett, R.D. & Jones, D.J. (2011). Seasonal variation in soiluble carbon and nitrogen across a grassland productivity gradient. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 43, 835-844.

Wardle, D.A., Hyodo, F., Bardgett, R.,D., Yeates, G.W. & M-C Nilsson. (2011) Long-term aboveground and belowground consequences of red wood ant exclusion in boreal forest. Ecology, 92, 645-656.

Garnett, M.H., Bol, R., Bardgett, R.D., Wanek. W., Baumler, R. & Richter, A. (2011) Natural abundance radiocarbon in soil microbial biomass: Results from a glacial foreland. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 43, 1356-1361.

Singh, B.K., Bardgett, R.D., Smith, P.& Reay, D.S. (2010) Microorganisms and climate change: terrestrial feedbacks and mitigation options. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 8, 779-790.

Quinton, J.N., G. Govers, Van Ooost, K.V & Bardgett, R.D. (2010) The impact of agricultural soil erosion on biogeochemical sampling. Nature Geoscience, 3, 311-314.

Wall, D.H., Bardgett, R.D., & Kelly, E.F.. (2010) Biodiversity in the dark. Nature Geoscience, 3, 297-298.

Ward, S.E., Ostle, N.J., McNamara, N.P. & Bardgett, R.D. (2010) Litter evenness influences short-term peatland decomposition processes.  Oecologia, 164, 511-520.

Harrison, K.A. & Bardgett, R.D. (2010) Influence of plant species and soil conditions on plant-soil feedback in mixed grassland communities Journal of Ecology, 98, 384-395.

Orwin, K.A., Buckland, S.M., Johnson, D., Turner, B., Oakley, S., Smart, S. & Bardgett, R.D. (2010) Linkages between plant traits and soil properties related to the functioning of temperate grassland. Journal of Ecology, 98, 1074-1083.

Walker, L.R., Wardle, D.A., Bardgett, R.D. & Clarkson, B.D. (2010) The use of chronosequences in studies of ecological succession  and soil development. Journal of Ecology, 98, 725-736.

Gessner, M.O., Swan, C.M., Dang, C.K., McKie, B.G., Bardgett, R.D., Wall, D.H. & Hättenschwiler, S. (2010) Diversity meets decomposition. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 25, 372-380

De Bello, F., Lavorel, S., Diaz, S., Harrington, R., Cornellisesen, J.H.C., Bardgett, R.D. et al. (2010) Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits. Biodiversity and Conservation, 19, 2873-2893.

Wright, D.G., Van der Wal, R, Wanless, S & Bardgett, R.D. (2010) The influence of seabird nutrient enrichment and grazing on the structure and function of island soil food webs. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 42, 592-600.  

Wardle, D.A., Hyodo, F., Bardgett, R.D., Yeates, G.W. & M-C Nilsson. (2010) Long-term aboveground and belowground consequences of red wood ant exclusion in boreal forest. Ecology, in press.

Peltzer, D.A., Wardle, D.A., Allison, V.J., Baisden, W. T., Bardgett, R.D., Chadwick, O.A, Condron, L.M., Parfitt, R.L., Porder, S., Richardson, S.J., Turner, B.L., Vitousek, P.M., Walker, J. & Walker, L.R. (2010) Understanding ecosystem retrogression. Ecological Monographs, in press.

Bardgett, R.D., De Deyn, G.B & Ostle, N.J. (2009) Plant-soil interactions and the carbon cycle. Journal of Ecology, 97, 838-839

Ostle, N.J., Smith, P., Fisher, R., Woodward, F.I., Fisher, J.B., Smith, J.U., Gilbraith, D. Levy, P., Meir, P., McNamara, N. & Bardgett, R.D. (2009) Integrating carbon cycling into global carbon cycle models. Journal of Ecology, 97, 851-863

De Deyn, G. B., Quirk, H., Zou, Y., Oakley, S, Ostle, N.J. & Bardgett, R.D. (2009) Vegetation composition promotes carbon and nitrogen storage in model grassland communities of contrasting soil fertility. Journal of Ecology, 97, 864-875.

Wu, T., Ayres, E., Li, G., Bardgett, R.D., Wall, D.H. & Garey, J.R. (2009) Molecular profiling of soil animal diversity in natural ecosystems: incongruence of molecular and morphological results. Soil Biology Biochemistry, 41 ,  849-857.  

Woodward, F.I., Bardgett, R.D., Raven, J.A. & Hetherington, A.M. (2009) Biological approaches to global environmental change mitigation and remediation. Current Biology, 19, R615-R623.

Wookey, P.A., Aerts, R., Bardgett, R.D., Baptist, F., Bråthen, K.A., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Gough, L., Hartley, I.P., Hopkins, D.W., Lavorel, S. & Shaver, G.S. (2009) Ecosystem feedbacks and cascade processes: understanding their role in the responses of arctic and alpine ecosystems to environmental change. Global Change Biology,  5, 1153-1172.  

Ward, S.E., Bardgett, R.D., McNamara, N.P & Ostle, N. J. (2009) Plant functional group identity influences short-term peatland ecosystem carbon flux: evidence from a plant removal experiment. Functional Ecology,  23 ,  454-462.   

Wardle, D.A., Bardgett, R.D., Walker, L.R. & Bonner, K. (2009) Among- and within-species variation in plant litter decomposition in contrasting long term chronosequences. Functional Ecology, 23,  442-453.   

Roberts, P., Newsham, K.N., Bardgett, R.D., Farrar, J.H. & Jones, D.L. (2009) Vegetation cover regulates the quantity, quality and temporal dynamics of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen in Antarctic soils. Polar Biology, 32 ,  999-1008.   

Van der Putten, W.H. Bardgett, R.D., de Ruiter, P.C., Hol, W.H.G., Meyer, K.M., Bezemer, T.M., Bradford, M.A., Christensen, S., Eppinga, M.B., Fukami, T., Hemerik, L., Molofsky, J., Schädler, M., Scherber, C., Strauss, S.Y., Vos. M. & Wardle, D.A. (2009) Empirical and theoretical challenges in aboveground-belowground ecology. Oecologia, 161 , 1-14.   

Ayres E, Wall DH & Bardgett RD (2009) Trophic interactions and their implications for soil carbon fluxes. In: Integrated methodology on soil carbon flux measurements (eds. Bahn M, Heinemeyer A, Kutsch W). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Bardgett, R.D., Freeman, C. and Ostle , N.J. (2008) Microbial contributions to climate change through carbon-cycle feedbacks. The ISME Journal, 2, 805-814.

Manning, P, Morrison, S.A, Bonkowski, M. and Bardgett, R.D. (2008) Nitrogen enrichment modifies plant community structure via changes to plant-soil feedback. Oecologia, 157, 661-673

De Deyn, G.B., Cornelissen, J.H.C. and Bardgett, R.D. (2008) Plant functional traits and soil carbon sequestration in contrasting biomes. Ecology Letters, 11, 516-531.

Van der Heijden, M.G.A., Bardgett, R.D. and van Straalen, N.M. (2008) The unseen majority: soil microbes as drivers of plant diversity and productivity in terrestrial ecosystems. Ecology Letters, 11, 296-310.

Harrison, K.A., Bol, R. and Bardgett, R.D. (2008) A response to 'Preferences for different nitrogen forms by coexisting plant species and soil microbes: comment'. Ecology, 89, 879-880.

Weber, P., Bol, R., Dixon, L and Bardgett, R.D. (2008) Large old trees influence patterns of δ 13C and δ 15N in native forest. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 22, 1627-1630.

Smith, R.S, Shiel, R.S., Bardgett, R.D., Millward, D., Corkhill, P., Evans, P., Quirk, H., Hobbs, P. Kometa, S. (2008) Long-term change in vegetation and soil microbial communities during the phased restoration of traditional meadow grassland. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45, 670-679.

Manning, P., Saunders, M., Bardgett, R.D., Bonkowski, M., Bradford, M.A., Elllis, R.J., Kandeler, E., Marhan, S. and Tscherko, D. (2008). Direct and indirect effects of nitrogen deposition on litter decomposition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 40, 688-698

Harrison, K.A., Bol, R. and Bardgett, R.D. (2008) Do plant species with different growth strategies vary in their ability to compete with soil microbes for chemical forms of nitrogen? Soil Biology and Biochemistrity, 40, 228-237

Wardle, D.A., Bardgett, R.D., Walker, L.R., Peltzer, D.A. and Lagerström A. (2008) The response of plant diversity to ecosystem retrogression: evidence from contrasting long-term chronosequences. Oikos, 117, 93-103

Gordon, H., Haygarth, P.M. and Bardgett, R.D. (2008) Drying and rewetting effects on soil microbial community composition and nutrient leaching. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 40, 302-311

Cole, L., Buckland, S.M. and Bardgett, R.D. (2008) Responses of belowground animal communities to stress and disturbance. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 40, 505-514.

Ward, S.E., Bardgett, R.D., McNamara, N.P., Adamson, J.K. and Ostle, N. J. (2007). Long-term consequences of grazing and burning on northern peatland carbon dynamics. Ecosystems, 10, 1069-1083

Bardgett, R.D., Richter, A., Bol, R., Garnett, M.H., Bäumler, R., Xu, X., Lopez-Capel, E., Manning, D., Hobbs, P.J., Hartley, I.R. and Wanek, W. (2007) Heterotrophic microbial communities use ancient carbon following glacial retreat. Biology Letters, 3, 487-490

Harrison, K.A., Bol, R. and Bardgett, R.D. (2007) Preferences for uptake of different nitrogen forms by co-existing plant species and soil microbes in temperate grasslands. Ecology, 88, 989-999

Ayres, E., Ostle, N.J., Cook, R. and Bardgett, R.D. (2007). The influence of below-ground herbivory and defoliation of a legume on nitrogen transfer to neighbouring plants. Functional Ecology, 21, 256-263 * Winner of the JBS Haldane prize for best paper by a young author in Functional Ecology

Bardgett, R.D., Van der Wal, R., Jõnsdõttir, I.S., Helen Quirk and Stephen Dutton (2007) Temporal variability in plant and soil nitrogen pools in a high Arctic ecosystem. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 39, 2129-2137

Dunn, R., Mikola, J., Bol, R. and Bardgett, R.D. (2006) Influence of microbial activity on plant-microbial competition for organic and inorganic nitrogen. Plant and Soil, 289, 321-334

Manning, P., Newington, J., Robson, H., Saunders, M., Eggers, T., Bradford. M., Bardgett, R.D., Bonkowski. M., Ellis, R., Gange, A., Grayston, S., Kandeler, E., Marhan, S., Reid, E., Tscherko, D., Godfray, C. and Rees, M. (2006) Decoupling the direct and indirect effects of nitrogen deposition on ecosystem function. Ecology Letters, 9, 1015-1024

Costa, S.R., Kerry, B.R., Bardgett, R.D., and Davies K.G. (2006) Exploitation of immunofluorescence for the quantification and characterization of small numbers of Pasteuria endospores. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 58, 593-600

Ayres, E., Van der Wal, R, Sommerkorn, M and Bardgett, R.D. (2006) Direct uptake of soil nitrogen by mosses. Biology Letters, 2, 286-288

Bardgett, R.D. , Smith, R.S., Shiel, R.S., Peacock, S., Simkin, J.M., Quirk, H. and Hobbs, P.J. (2006) Parasitic plants indirectly regulate belowground properties in grassland ecosystems. Nature, 439, 969-972

Cole, L., Bradford, M.A., Shaw, P.J.A. and Bardgett, R.D. (2006) The abundance, richness and functional role of soil meso- and macrofauna in temperate grassland - A case study. Applied Soil Ecology 33, 186-198

Dromph, K., Cook, R., Ostle, N.J. and Bardgett, R.D. (2006) Root parasite induced nitrogen transfer between plants is density dependent. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 38, 2495-2498

Ayres E, Wall DH & Bardgett RD (In Press) Trophic interactions and their implications for soil carbon fluxes. In: Integrated methodology on soil carbon flux measurements (eds. Bahn M, Heinemeyer A, Kutsch W). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

Bardgett, R.D. (2006) Soils considered holistically. BioScience 56, 9-10

Ayres, E., Dromph, K. and Bardgett, R.D. (2006) Do plant species encourage soil biota that specialise in the rapid decomposition of their litter? Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 38, 183-186

Adams, B., Bardgett, R.D., Ayres, E., Wall, D.H., Aislabie, J., Bamforth, S., Bargagli R, Cary C, Cavacini P, Connell P, Convey P, Fell J, Frati F, Hogg I, Newsham K, O'Donnell T, Russell N, Seppeldt R & Stevens M (2006) Diversity and distribution of Victoria Land biota. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 38, 3003-3018

Carline, K.A. and Bardgett, R.D. (2005) Changes in tree growth resulting from simulated browsing have limited effects on soil biological properties. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 37, 2306-2314

Van der Koppel, J., Bardgett, R.D., Bengtsson, J., Rodriguez-Barrueco, C., Rietkerk, M. and Wolters, V. (2005) Trophic interactions in a changing world: The role of spatial scale. Ecosystems 8, 801-807

Bardgett, R.D., Bowman, W.D., Kaufmann, R. and Schmidt, S.K. (2005) Linking aboveground and belowground communities: A temporal approach Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20, 634-641

Heath, J., Ayres, E., Possell, M., Bardgett, R.D., Black, H.I.J., Grant, H., Ineson, P. and Kersteins, G. (2005) Rising atmospheric CO2 reduces soil carbon sequestration. Science 309, 1711-1713

Johnson, D., Kresk, M., Stott, A.W., Cole, L., Bardgett, R.D., Read, D.J. and Leake, J.R. (2005) Soil invertebrates disrupt carbon flow through fungal networks. Science 309, 1047-1047

Wardle, D.A, Walker, L.R., and Bardgett, R.D. (2005) Response to comment on ecosystem properties and forest decline in contrasting long-term chronosequences. Science 308, 633-633

Bardgett, R.D., Yeates, G.W. and Anderson, J.M. (2005) Patterns and determinants of soil biological diversity. In: Biological Diversity and Function in Soil, (Edited by Bardgett, R.D., Usher, M.B., and Hopkins, D.W.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 100-118

Carline, K.A., Jones, H.E. and Bardgett, R.D. (2005) Large herbivores affect the stoichiometry of nutrients in a regenerating woodland ecosystem. Oikos, 110, 453-460

Cole, L., Buckland, S. and Bardgett, R.D. (2005) Relating microarthropod diversity and abundance to fertility manipulations in temperate grassland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 37, 1707-1717

Bardgett, R.D. (2005) Integrating belowground ecology into sustainable grassland management. In: Optimisation of nutrient cycling and soil quality for sustainable grasslands, edited by S.C. Jarvis, P.J. Murray and J.A. Roker, pp 45-52, Wageningen Academic Publishers, The Netherlands

Weigelt, A., Bol, R. and Bardgett, R.D. (2005) Preferential uptake of soil nitrogen forms by grassland plant species. Oecologia 142, 627-635

Boucard, T., Bardgett, R.D., Jones, K.C., and Semple, K.T. (2005) Effects of plants on the extractability and biodegradability of 2,4-Dichlorophenol. Environmental Pollution 133,  53-62

Bardgett, R.D. (2005) Primary Succession and Ecosystem Rehabilitation, by Walker and Moral. Book Review. Ecoscience

Wardle, D.A., Walker, L.R. and Bardgett, R.D. (2004) Ecosystem properties and forest decline in contrasting long-term chronosequences. Science 305, 509-513

Wardle, D.A. Bardgett, R.D., Klironomos, J.N., Setälä, H., van der Putten, W.H. and Wall, D.H. (2004) Ecological linkages between aboveground and belowground biota, Science 304, 1634-1637

Ayres, E., Heath, J., Possell, M., Black, H.I.J., Kerstiens, G. and Bardgett, R.D. (2004) Tree physiological responses to above-ground herbivory directly modify below-ground processes of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling. Ecology Letters, 7, 469-479. (Featured as Editors Choice in Science)

Innes, L., Hobbs, P.J. and Bardgett, R.D. (2004) The impacts of individual plant species on rhizosphere microbial communities varies in soils of different fertility. Biology and Fertility of Soils 40, 7-13

Bardgett, R.D. (2004) Connections between soils and sediments: implications for sustaining ecosystems. In: Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Soils and Sediments, pp 191-192 (Ed. by D. H. Wall). Island Press, Washington , D. C 

Wall, D.H., Bardgett, R.D., Covich, A.P. and Snelgrove, P.V.R. (2004).Understanding the functions of biodiversity in soils and sediments will enhance global ecosystem sustainability and societal well-being In: Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Soils and Sediments, pp 249-254 (Ed. by D. H. Wall). Island Press, Washington , D. C. 

Wall, D.H., Bardgett, R.D., Covich, A.P. and Snelgrove, P.V.R. (2004). The need for understanding how biodiversity and ecosystem functioning affect ecosystem services in soils and sediments. In: Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Soils and Sediments, pp 1-12 (Ed. by D. H. Wall). Island Press, Washington , D. C. 

Wardle, D. A., Brown, V. K., Behan-Pelletier, V., St. John, M., Wojtowicz, T., Bardgett, R. D., Brown, G. G., Ineson, P., Lavelle, P., Van der Putten, W. H., Anderson, J. M., Brussaard, L., Hunt, H. W., Paul, E. A. and Wall, D. H. (2004) Vulnerability to global change of ecosystem goods and services driven by soil biota. In: Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Soils and Sediments, pp101-136 (Ed. by D. H. Wall). Island Press, Washington , D. C.

Van der Putten, W. H., Anderson J. M., Bardgett R. D., Behan-Pelletier V., Bignell D., Brown G. G., Brown V. K., Brussaard L., Hunt H. W., Ineson P., Jones T. H., Lavelle P., Paul E. A., St. John M., Wardle D. A., Wojtowicz T. and Wall, D. H. (2004) Ecosystem processes in natural and managed terrestrial soils and the role of soil organisms in the sustainable delivery of ecosystem goods and services. In: Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Soils and Sediments,pp15-43 (Ed. by D. H. Wall). Island Press, Washington, D. C.  

Ineson P., Levin, L. A., Kneib, R., Hall, R. O., Weslawski, J. M., Bardgett, R. D., Wardle, D. A., Wall, D. H. and Van der Putten, W H. and Zadeh, H. (2004). Terrestrial soils and freshwater and marine sediments: cascading effects of deforestation on ecosystem services across spatially separated habitats. In: Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Soils and Sediments, pp 225-248 (Ed. by D. H. Wall). Island Press, Washington, D. C.

Cole, L.C. , Staddon, P.L. Sleep, D. and Bardgett, R.D. (2004) Soil animals influence microbial abundance, but not plant-microbial competition for soil organic. Functional Ecology, 18, 631-640

Wardle, D. A. and Bardgett, R. D. (2004) Indirect effects of invertebrate herbivory on the decomposer subsystem. In: Insects and Ecosystem Function (Ed. by W. Weisser and E. Siemann). Ecological Studies 173. Springer, Heidelberg, pp53-69

Wardle, D.A. and Bardgett, R.D. (2004) Human-induced changes in densities of large herbivorous mammals: consequences for the decomposer subsystem. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2, 145-153

Van der Wal, R., Bardgett, R.D., Harrison, K.A., Stien, A. (2004) Vertebrate herbivores and ecosystem control: cascading effects of faeces on tundra ecosystems. Ecography, 27, 242-252

Bardgett, R.D. and Walker, L.R. (2004) Impact of coloniser plant species on the development of decomposer microbial communities following deglaciation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 36, 555-559

Cole, L., Dromph, K.M., Boaglio, V. and Bardgett, R.D. (2004) Effect of density and species richness of soil mesofauna on nutrient mineralization and plant growth. Biology and Fertility of Soils,39, 337-343

Harrison, K.A. and Bardgett, R.D. (2004) Browsing by red deer negatively impacts on soil nitrogen availability in regenerating woodland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 36, 115-126

Grayston S, J., Campbell C.D., Bardgett, R.D., Mawdsley, J.L, Clegg C.D., Ritz, K., Griffiths, B,S., Rodwell, J.S., Edwards, S. J., Davies., W. J. and Elston D.J. (2004) Assessing shifts in soil microbial community structure across a range of grasslands of differing management intensity using CLPP, PLFA and community DNA techniques. Applied Soil Ecology, 25, 63-84

Weigelt, A. King, R., Bol, R. and Bardgett, R.D. (2003) Inter-specific variability in the uptake of organic nitrogen in three dominant grasses of temperate grassland. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 166, 1-6

Harrison, K.A. and Bardgett, R.D. (2003) How browsing by red deer impacts on litter decomposition in a native regenerating woodland in the Highlands of Scotland. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 38, 393-399

Bardgett, R.D. and Wardle, D.A. (2003) Herbivore mediated linkages between aboveground and belowground communities. Ecology, 84, 2258-2268

Bardgett, R.D., Streeter, T. and Bol, R. (2003) Soil microbes compete effectively with plants for organic nitrogen inputs to temperate grasslands. Ecology, 84, 1277-1287

Porazinska, D.L., Bardgett, R.D., Blaauw, M.B., Hunt, W.H., Parsons, A., Seastedt, T.R. and Wall, D.H. (2003). Relationships at the aboveground-belowground interface: plants, soil microflora and microfauna, and soil processes. Ecological Monographs 73, 377-395

Smith, R.S, R.S.Shiel, R.D. Bardgett, D. Millward, P. Corkhill, G. Rolph, P.J. Hobbs. (2003) Soil microbial community, fertility, vegetation and diversity as targets in the restoration management of a meadow grassland. Journal of Applied Ecology, 40, 51-64

Williamson, J. Jones, D., Rowe, E, Healey, J.R., Bardgett, R.D., and Hobbs, P.J. (2003) Soil functioning in natural and planted woodlands on slate waste. In: Land Reclamation: Extending the Boundaries, H.M. Moore, H.R. Fox, S. Elliott (Editors). A.A. Balkema, pp 315-8

Bardgett, R.D. (2002) Causes and consequences of biological diversity in soil. Zoology, 105, 367-374

Bradford, M. A. T. H. Jones, R. D. Bardgett, H. I. J. Black, B. Boag, M. Bonkowski, R. Cook, T. Eggers, A. C. Gange, S. J. Grayston, E. Kandeler, A. E. McCaig, J. E. Newington, J. I. Prosser, H. Setälä, P. L. Staddon, G. M. Tordoff, D. Tscherko, J. H. Lawton. 2002. Impacts of soil faunal community composition on model grassland ecosystems. Science 298, 615-618

Cowgill, S.E., Bardgett, R.D., Kiezebrink, D.T. and Atkinson, H. J. (2002) The effect of transegnic nematode resistence on non-target organisms in the potato rhizosphere. Journal of Applied Ecology, 39, 915-923

King, R., Dromph, K. and Bardgett, R.D. (2002) Changes in species evenness of litter have no effect on decomposition processes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry,34, 1959-1963

Mikola, J., Bardgett, R.D. and Hedlund, K. (2002) Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and soil decomposer food webs. In: Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: synthesis and perspectives (M. Loreau, S. Naeem, P. Inchausti, Eds.) Oxford University Press, 169-180

Cole, L. and Bardgett, R.D. (2002) Soil animals, microbial activity, and nutrient cycling. Encyclopedia of Soil Science, pp. 72-75. Marcel Dekker, New York.

Parekh N. R. and Bardgett, R.D. (2002) The characterisation of microbial communities in environmental samples. In: Radionulcides in the environment. (M. J. Keith-Roach and F.R. Livens, Eds.) pp 37-60 Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Keith-Roach, M.J., Bryan, N.D., Bardgett, R.D. and Livens, F.R. (2002). Seasonal changes in the microbial community of a salt marsh, measured by phospholipid fatty acid analysis. Biogeochemistry, 60, 77-96

Cole, L. Bardgett, R.D., Ineson, P. and Adamson, J. (2002) Relationships between enchytraeid worms (Oligochaeta), temperature, and the release of dissolved organic carbon from blanket peat in northern England. Soil Biology and Biochemsitry, 34, 599-607

Bardgett, R.D. Streeter, T.C., Cole, L. and Hartley I. R. (2002) Linkages between soil biota, nitrogen availability, and plant nitrogen uptake in a mountain ecosystem in the Scottish Highlands. Applied Soil Ecology, 19,  121-134

Cole, L. Bardgett, R.D., Ineson, P. and Hobbs, P.J. (2002) Enchytraeid worm (Oligochaeta) influences on microbial community structure, nutrient dynamics, and plant growth in blanket peat subjected to warming. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 34, 83-92

Cragg, R.H. and Bardgett, R.D. (2001) How changes in animal diversity within a soil trophic group influence ecosystem processes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry , 33, 2073-2081

Bardgett, R.D., Anderson, J.M., Behan-Pelletier, B., Brussaard, L., Coleman D.C., Ettema, C, Moldenke, A., Schimel, S.P. and Wall, D.H. (2001) The role of soil biodiversity in the transfer of materials between terrestrial and aquatic systems. Ecosystems, 4, 421-429

Bardgett, R.D., Jones, A.C., Jones D.L., Kemmitt S.J., Cook R. and Hobbs P.J. (2001) Soil microbial community patterns related to the history and intensity of grazing in sub-montane ecosystems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 33, 1653-1664

Zeller, V., Bardgett, R.D. and Tappeiner, U. (2001) Site and management effects on soil microbial properties of subalpine meadows: A study of land abandonment along a north-south gradient in the European Alps. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 33, 639-650

Bardgett, R.D. (2001) Plant succession. Biological Science Reviews, 14: 2-6

Grayston, S., Griffiths, G., Mawdsley, J.L., Campbell, C. and Bardgett, R.D. (2001) Accounting for variability in soil microbial communities of temperate upland grasslands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 33, 533-551

Cook, R. , Bardgett, R. D. ,Eason, W. R. , Skot, L. , Webb, K. J. (2001) Biological interactions in grassland soils and productivity. In: Grassland Ecosystems: An Outlook into the 21st Century (Eds. Gomide, J. A. , Mattos, W. R. S. , Carneiro da Silva, S.) Proceedings 19th International Grassland Congress, pp 167-168, Fundacao Estudos Agrarios Luiz Queiroz (Fealq), Piracicaba.

Kandeler, E., Tscherko, D., Bruce, K.D., Stemmer, M., Hobbs, P.J., Bardgett, R.D. and Amelung, W. (2000) Structure and function of the soil microbial community in microhabitats of a heavy metal polluted soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 32, 390-400

Griffith, G.S. and Bardgett, R.D. (2000) Influence of resource unit distribution and quality on the activity of soil fungi in particulate medium. New Phytologist, 148, 143-151

Streeter, T.C., Bol, R. and Bardgett, R.D. (2000) Amino acids as a nitrogen source in temperate upland grasslands: the use of dual labelled (13C 15N) glycine to test for direct uptake by dominant grasses. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 14, 1351-1355

Cole, L., Bardgett, R.D. and Ineson, P. (2000) Enchytraeid worms (Oligochaeta) enhance carbon mineralization in organic upland soils. European Journal of Soil Science, 51, 185-192

Donnison, L.M., Griffith, G.S., Hedger, J., Hobbs, P.J. and Bardgett, R.D. (2000) Management influences on soil microbial communities and their function in botanically diverse haymeadows of northern England and Wales. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 32, 253-263

Donnison, L.M., Griffith, G.S. and Bardgett, R.D. (2000) Determinants of fungal growth and activity in botanically diverse haymeadows: effects of litter type and fertilizer additions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 32, 289-294

Guitian, R. and Bardgett, R.D. (2000) Plant and soil microbial responses to defoliation in temperate semi-natural grassland. Plant and Soil, 220, 271-277

Griffiths, B.S., K. Ritz, R. Bardgett, R.Cook, S. Christensen, F. Ekelund, S. Sørensen, E. Bååth, J. Bloem, P. De Ruiter, J. Dolfing and B. Nicolardo (2000) Ecosystem response of pasture soil communities to fumigation-induced microbial diversity reductions: an examination of the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship. Oikos, 90, 279-294

Bardgett, R.D. (2000) Patterns of below-ground primary succession at Glacier Bay, south-east Alaska. Bulletin of the British Ecological Society 31, 40-42

Bardgett, R.D. (1999) Biodiversity and ecosystem function. Biological Science Reviews, 11: 18-23

Bardgett, R.D. (1999) The influence of herbivory on soil organisms and their function in grassland ecosystems. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 89, 105-110

Bardgett, R.D., Denton, C.S. and Cook, R. (1999) Below-ground herbivory promotes soil nutrient transfer and root growth in grassland. Ecology Letters, 2, 357-360

Bardgett, R.D., Cook, R., Yeates, G.W. and Denton, C.S. (1999) The influence of nematodes on below-ground processes in grassland ecosystems. Plant and Soil, 212, 23-33

Bardgett, R.D. and Kin F. Chan (1999) Experimental evidence that soil fauna enhance nutrient mineralization and plant nutrient uptake in montane grassland ecosystems Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 31, 1007-1014

Bardgett, R.D., Mawdsley, J.L., Edwards, S., Hobbs, P.J., Rodwell, J.S. and Davies, W.J. (1999) Plant species and nitrogen effects on soil biological properties of temperate upland grasslands. Functional Ecology, 13, 650-660

Wardle, D.A., Bonner, K.L., Barker, G.M., Yeates, G.W., Nicholson, K.S., Bardgett, R.D., Watson, R.N. and Ghani, A. (1999) Plant removals in perennial grassland: vegetation dynamics, decomposers, soil biodiversity, and ecosystem properties. Ecological Monographs, 69, 535-568

Bardgett, R.D., Lovell, R.D., Hobbs, P.J. and Jarvis S.C. (1999) Dynamics of below-ground microbial communities in temperate grasslands: influence of management intensity. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 31, 1021-1030

Bardgett, R.D. and McAlister, E. (1999) The measurement of soil fungal:bacterial biomass ratios as an indicator of ecosystem self-regulation in temperate grasslands. Biology and Fertility of Soils 19, 282-290

Bardgett, R.D. and Shine, A. (1999) Linkages between plant litter diversity, soil microbial biomass and ecosystem function in temperate grasslands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 31: 317-321

Bardgett, R.D., Kandeler, E., Tscherko, D., Hobbs, P.J., Jones, T.H., Thompson, L.J. and Bezemer, T.M. (1999) Below-ground microbial community development in a high temperature world. Oikos, 85, 193-203

Denton, C.S., Bardgett, R.D., Cook, R. and Hobbs, P.J. (1999) Low amounts of root herbivory positively influences the rhizosphere microbial community of a temperate grassland soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 31: 155-165

Yeates, G.W., Bardgett, R.D., Mercer, C.F., Saggar, S. and Feltham, C.W. (1999). The impact of feeding by five nematodes on 14C distribution in soil microbial biomass and nematodes: initial observations. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 26, 87

Bardgett, R. D. , Denton, C. S. , Cook, R. (1998) The influence of low-levels of root herbivory by nematodes on soil microorganisms, nitrogen transfer and plant growth. Nematologica, 44, 458-459

Bardgett, R.D., Wardle, D.A. and Yeates, G.W. (1998) Linking above-ground and below-ground food webs: how plant responses to foliar herbivory influence soil organisms. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 30: 1867-1878

Bardgett, R.D. and Cook, R. (1998) Functional aspects of soil animal diversity in agricultural grasslands. Applied Soil Ecology, 10: 263-276

Bardgett, R.D., Keiller, S., Cook, R. & Gilburn, A. (1998) Dynamic interactions between soil fauna and microorganisms in upland grassland soils: a microcosm experiment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 30: 531-539

Jones, T.H., Thompson, L.J., Lawton, J.H., Bezemer, T.M., Bardgett, R.D., Blackburn, T.M., Bruce, K.D, Cannon, P.F., Hall, G.S., Howson, G., Jones, C.G., Kampichler, C., Kandeler, E. and Ritchie, D. (1998) Impacts of rising atmospheric CO2 on model terrestrial ecosystems. Science, 280: 441-443

Kampichler, C., Kandeler, E., Bardgett, R.D., Jones, T.H. & Thompson, L.J. (1998) Impact of elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations on soil microbial biomass and activity in a complex, weedy field model ecosystem. Global Change Biology 4: 335-346

Kandeler, E., Tscherko, D., Bardgett, R.D., Hobbs, P.J., Kampichler, C. and Jones, T.H. (1998) The response of soil microorganisms and roots to elevated CO2 and temperature in a terrestrial model ecosystem. Plant and Soil, 202: 251-262

Grayston, S. J. , Campbell, C. D. , Bardgett, R. D. , Mawdsley, J. L. , Griffith, G. S. , Rodwell, J. S. , Davies, W. M. , Edwards, S. J. (1998) Biodiversity of soil microbial communities across a range of grasslands of differing management intensity. Journal of Experimental Botany 49, 40

Bardgett, R.D., Leemans, D.K., Cook, R. and Hobbs, P.J. (1997) Seasonality of soil biota of grazed and ungrazed hill grasslands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 29: 1285-1294

Mawdsley, J.L. and Bardgett, R.D. (1997) Continuous defoliation of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and white clover (Trifolium repens) and associated changes in the microbial population of an upland grassland soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 24: 52-58

Bardgett, R.D. (1997) A review of Plant Microbe Symbiosis: Molecular Approaches, by Fitter et al (Eds). Journal of Experimental Botany 48: 1751-1752

Yeates, G.W., Bardgett, R.D., Cook, R., Hobbs, P.J., Bowling, P.J and Potter, J.F. (1997) Faunal and microbial diversity in three Welsh grassland soils under conventional and organic management regimes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 34: 453-471

Bardgett, R.D., Cook, R., Yeates, G.W., Donnison, L., Hobbs, P.J and McAlister, E. (1997) Grassland management to promote soil biodiversity. In: Grassland Management in Environmentally Sensitive Areas (R.D. Sheldrick Ed) pp 132-137. British Grassland Society.

Bardgett R.D. and Griffiths, B. (1997) Ecology and biology of soil protozoa, nematodes and microarthropods. In: Modern Soil Microbiology (J.D. van Elasas, E. Wellington, and J.T. Trevors, Eds.) Marcell Dekker, pp129-163

Griffiths, B. and Bardgett, R.D. (1997) Interactions between microbial feeding invertebrates and soil microorganisms. In: Modern Soil Microbiology (J.D. van Elasas, E. Wellington, and J.T. Trevors, Eds.) Marcell Dekker, pp 165-182

Bardgett, R.D. (1997) Soil animals - the missing link. Biological Science Review, 9: 2-6

Alcock, R., Bacon, J., Bardgett, R.D., Beck, A.J., Haygarth, P.H., Lee, R.G.M, Parker, C.A. and Jones, K.C. (1996) Persistence and fate of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in sewage sludge amended agricultural soils. Environmental Pollution 93: 83-92

Bardgett, R.D., Hobbs, P.J. and Frostegärd, Ä (1996) Changes in fungal:bacterial biomass ratios following reductions in the intensity of management on an upland grassland. Biology and Fertility of Soils 22:261-264

Bardgett, R.D. and Leemans, D.K. (1996) Soil microbial activity on exposed mountain soils in Snowdonia (Eryri), North Wales. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 28: 1533-1536

Cook, R. , Bardgett, R. D. , Denton, C. S. , Yeates, G. W. (1996) Responses of nematode populations to grassland manuring and management practices. Nematropica, 26, 215

Davies, A., Shao, J., Brignall, P., Bardgett, R.D., Parry, M.L. and Pollock, C.J. (1996) Specification of climatic sensitivity of forage maize to climatic change. Grass and Forage Science, 51: 306-317

Bardgett, R.D. (1996) Potential effects on the soil mycoflora of changes in the UK agricultural policy for upland grasslands. In: Fungi and Environmental Change (J.C. Frankland, N. Magan, G.M. Gadd, Eds.), Chapter 11. British Mycological Society Symposium, CambridgeUniversity Press. Pp 163-183

Cook, R., Bardgett, R.D., Denton, C.S., Donnison, L., Hobbs, P.J., Leemans, D.K., Yeates, G.W. (1996) Interactions of grassland managements, soil fauna and microbial populations and activities. In: Grassland into the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities (G.E.Pollott, Ed). Proc 50th Anniversary Meeting of the British Grassland Society Society.

Bardgett, R.D., James, L. and Leemans, D.K. (1995) Microbial biomass and activity in a grassland soil amended with different rates of silage effluent - a laboratory study. Bioresource Technology 52: 175-180

Bardgett, R.D. and Leemans D.L (1995) The effects of cessation of fertiliser application, liming and grazing on microbial biomass and activity in a reseeded upland pasture. Biology and Fertility of Soils 19: 148-154

Bardgett, R.D., Marsden, J.H. and Howard, D.H. (1995). The extent and condition of heather on moorland in the uplands of England and Wales. Biological Conservation 71: 155-161

Lovell, R.D., Jarvis, S.C. and Bardgett, R.D. (1995) Soil microbial biomass and activity in long-term grassland: Effects of management change. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 27: 969-975

Mawdsley, J.L., Bardgett, R.D., Merry, R.J., Pain, B.F. and Theodorou, M.K. (1995) Pathogens in livestock waste, their potential for movement through soil and environmental pollution. Applied Soil Ecology, 2: 1-15

Bardgett, R.D., Marsden, J.H., Howard, D.C. and Hossell J.E. (1995) The extent and condition of heather on moorland and the potential impact of climate change. In: Heaths and Moorlands - Cultural Landscapes (D.B.A Thompson, A Hester and M.B. Usher, Eds), pp 43-50. HMSO, Edinburgh.

Bardgett, R.D. (1995) Microbes in the soil. Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research Annual Report 1994/95, p34-35

Bardgett, R.D., Speir, T.W., Ross, D.J., Yeates, G.W. and Kettles, H.A. (1994) Impact of pasture contamination by copper, chromium and arsenic timber preservative on soil microbial properties and nematodes. Biology and Fertility of Soils 18: 71-79

Bardgett, R.D. and Saggar, S. (1994) Effects of heavy metal contamination on the short- term decomposition of labelled 14C-glucose in a pasture soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 26: 727-733

Bardgett, R.D. (1994) The effects of cessation of fertiliser inputs, liming and grazing on microbial biomass and activity in an upland grassland soil. In: Grassland Management and Nature Conservation (R.J. Hagger and S Peel, Eds), pp 228-229, British Grassland Society Occasional Symposium No. 28.

Saggar, S. and Bardgett, R.D. (1994) Microbial biomass dynamics during 14C decomposition in heavy metal contaminated soils. In: The Efficient Use of Fertilizers in a Changing Environment: Reconciling Productivity with Sustainability (L.D.Currie and P. Loganathan, Eds), pp 310-317. Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre, Massey University, New Zealand.

Bardgett, R.D. and Hobbs, P.J. (1994) Changes in soil microbial community structure following modifications of the management of upland pastures. AFRC Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research Annual Report 1993, p67-68

Bardgett, R.D. (1993) Effects of agricultural practices on microbial biomass and activity in upland grassland soils. AFRC Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research Annual Report 1992, p81

Bardgett, R.D., Frankland, J.C. and Whittaker, J.B. (1993) The effects of agricultural practices on the soil biota of some upland grasslands. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 45: 25-45

Bardgett, R.D., Whittaker, J.B. and Frankland, J.C. (1993) The effect of collembolan grazing on fungal activity in differently managed upland pastures - a microcosm study. Biology and Fertility of Soils 16: 255-262

Bardgett, R.D., Whittaker, J.B. and Frankland, J.C. (1993) The diet and food preferences of Onychiurus procampatus (Collembola) from upland grassland soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils 16: 296-298

Bardgett, R.D. (1992) "Review of Acid Soil and Acid Rain", by I.R. Kennedy (2nd Edition). Journal of Agricultural Sciences 119: 289

Bardgett, R.D. and Marsden J.H. (1992) Heather condition and management in England and Wales. English Nature, Peterborough.

Bardgett, R.D. (1991) The use of the membrane filter technique for comparative measurements of hyphal lengths in different grassland sites. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 34: 115-119