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Marin-Spiotta, E., J. Diaz-Vallejo, R.T. Barnes, A. Mattheis, B. Schneider, A.A. Berhe, M.G. Hastings, B. Williams and V. Magley. 2023. Exclusionary behaviors reinforce historical biases and contribute to loss of talent in the earth sciences. Earth’s Future. doi.org/10.1029/2022EF002912
Primack, R., T. Miller, C. Terry, E. Marin-Spiotta, P. Templer, A.A. Berhe, E. Diaz-Vallejo, M. Hastings, V. Magley, A. Mattheis, B. Schneider and R. Barnes. Historically excluded groups in ecology are undervalued and poorly treated. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. doi.org/10.1002/fee.2613
-2022-
McDaniel, M.D., J.A. Bird, J. Pett-Ridge, E. Marin-Spiotta, T.M. Schmidt and A.S. Grandy. 2022. Past agroecosystem diversity subtly alters retention of new carbon and nitrogen from crop residue. Ecological Applications. doi.org/10.1002/eap.2784
McDowell, A., T. Vo, J.A. Mason and Marín-Spiotta. 2022. Hydrology of a Semiarid Loess-Paleosol Sequence, and Implications for Buried Soil Connection to the Modern Climate, Plant-Available Moisture, and Loess Tableland Persistence. Journal of Geophysical Research- Earth Surface 127: doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006800
Jakovac, C. et al. 2022. Strong floristic distinctiveness across Neotropical successional forests. Science Advances 8: doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abn17
Marín-Spiotta, E. and E.U. Hobley. 2022. Carbon in deep soils. In: Y. Yang, M. Keiluweit, N. Senesi and B. Xing. (Eds) Multi-scale Biogeochemical Processes in Soil Ecosystems: Critical Reactions and Resilience to Climate Changes. Volume 5 Wiley Series Volume 5. IUPAC in Biophysico-Chemical Processes in Environmental Systems. pp: 193-206.
Marin-Spiotta, E., L. Gundersen, R. Barnes, M. Hastings, B. Schneider and J. Stemwedel. 2022. Harassment as scientific misconduct. In: J. Faintuch and S. Faintuch (eds). Integrity of Scientific Research: Fraud, Misconduct and Fake News in the Academic, Medical and Social Environment. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99680-2_17
Mattheis, A., E. Marin-Spiotta, S. Nandihalli, Schneider and R.T. Barnes. 2022. “Maybe this is just not the place for me:” An intersectional analysis of gender harassment and discrimination in the geosciences. PLOS ONE doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268562
Marin-Spiotta, E., A. Mattheis, C.F. Bell, R.T. Barnes, A.A. Berhe, M.G. Hastings, J. Maertens, B. Schneider and B.M. Williams. 2022. A critical feminist approach to transform workplace climate in partnership with professional associations. ADVANCE Journal 3 doi.org/10.5399/osu/ADVJRNL.3.1.11.
Berhe, A.A., R.T. Barnes, M.G. Hastings, A. Mattheis, B. Schneider, B.M. Williams and E. Marin-Spiotta. 2022. Scientists from historically excluded groups face a hostile obstacle course. Nature Geoscience. doi: 10.1038/s41561-021-00868-0
-2021-
Heckman, K. et al. 2021. Beyond bulk: Density fractions explain heterogeneity in global soil carbon abundance and persistence. Global Change Biology. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16023
Poorter, L., Craven, D., Jakovac, C.C., van der Sande, M.T., Amissah, L., Bongers, F., Chazdon, R.L., Farrior, C.E., Kambach, S., Meave, J.A., Muñoz, R., Norden, N., Rüger, N., van Breugel, M., Almeyda Zambrano, A.M., Amani, B., Andrade, J.L., Brancalion, P.H.S., Broadbent, E.N., de Foresta, H., Dent, D.H., Derroire, G., DeWalt, S.J., Dupuy, J.M., Durán, S.M., Fantini, A.C., Finegan, B., Hernández-Jaramillo, A., Hernández-Stefanoni, J.L., Hietz, P., Junqueira, A.B., N’dja, J.K., Letcher, S.G., Lohbeck, M., López-Camacho, R., Martínez-Ramos, M., Melo, F.P.L., Mora, F., Müller, S.C., N’Guessan, A.E., Oberleitner, F., Ortiz-Malavassi, E., Pérez-García, E.A., Pinho, B.X., Piotto, D., Powers, J.S., Rodríguez-Buriticá, S., Rozendaal, D.M.A., Ruíz, J., Tabarelli, M., Teixeira, H.M., Valadares de Sá Barretto Sampaio, E., van der Wal, H., Villa, P.M., Fernandes, G.W., Santos, B.A., Aguilar-Cano, J., de Almeida-Cortez, J.S., Alvarez-Davila, E., Arreola-Villa, F., Balvanera, P., Becknell, J.M., Cabral, G.A.L., Castellanos-Castro, C., de Jong, B.H.J., Nieto, J.E., Espírito-Santo, M.M., Fandino, M.C., García, H., García-Villalobos, D., Hall, J.S., Idárraga, A., Jiménez-Montoya, J., Kennard, D., Marín-Spiotta, E., Mesquita, R., Nunes, Y.R.F., Ochoa-Gaona, S., Peña-Claros, M., Pérez-Cárdenas, N., Rodríguez-Velázquez, J., Villanueva, L.S., Schwartz, N.B., Steininger, M.K., Veloso, M.D.M., Vester, H.F.M., Vieira, I.C.G., Williamson, G.B., Zanini, K., and Hérault, B. 2021. Multidimensional tropical forest recovery. Science 374: 1370–1376. doi:10.1126/science.abh3629
Poorter, L., Rozendaal, D.M.A., Bongers, F., Almeida, de J.S., Álvarez, F.S., Andrade, J.L., Villa, L.F.A., Becknell, J.M., Bhaskar, R., Boukili, V., Brancalion, P.H.S., César, R.G., Chave, J., Chazdon, R.L., Colletta, G.D., Craven, D., Jong, B.H.J. de, Denslow, J.S., Dent, D.H., DeWalt, S.J., García, E.D., Dupuy, J.M., Durán, S.M., Santo, M.M.E., Fernandes, G.W., Finegan, B., Moser, V.G., Hall, J.S., Hernández-Stefanoni, J.L., Jakovac, C.C., Kennard, D., Lebrija-Trejos, E., Letcher, S.G., Lohbeck, M., Lopez, O.R., Marín-Spiotta, E., Martínez-Ramos, M., Meave, J.A., Mora, F., Moreno, V. de S., Müller, S.C., Muñoz, R., Muscarella, R., Nunes, Y.R.F., Ochoa-Gaona, S., Oliveira, R.S., Paz, H., Sanchez-Azofeifa, A., Sanaphre-Villanueva, L., Toledo, M., Uriarte, M., Utrera, L.P., Breugel, M. van, Sande, M.T. van der, Veloso, M.D.M., Wright, S.J., Zanini, K.J., Zimmerman, J.K. and Westoby, M. 2021. Functional recovery of secondary tropical forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences doi:10.1073/pnas.2003405118
Fischer, E., B. Bloodhart, K.L. Rasmussen, I.B. Pollack, M.G. Hastings, E. Marin-Spiotta, A.R. Desai, J.P. Schwarz, S. Nesbitt and D. 2021. Leveraging Field-Campaign Networks to Identify Sexual Harassment in Atmospheric Science and Pilot Promising Interventions. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0341.1
Ali, H., S. Sheffield, J. Bauer, R. Caballero-Gill, N. Gasparini, J. Libarkin, K. Gonzales, J. Willenbring, E. Amir-Lin, J. Cisneros, D. Desai, M. Erwin, E. Gallant, K. Gomez, B. Keisling, R. Mahon, E. Marin-Spiotta, L. Welcome and B. Schneider. 2021. An actionable anti-racism plan for geoscience organizations. Nature Communications 12:3794 doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23936-w
Diaz-Vallejo, E., M. Seeley, A.P. Smith and E. Marin-Spiotta. 2021. A meta-analysis of tropical land change effects on the soil microbiome: Emerging patterns and knowledge gaps. Biotropica 53: 738-752.
-2020-
Bruno, B.C., R. Haacker, M. Hubenthal and Marin-Spiotta. 2020. Sexual harassment prevention. In: Sloan, V., & Haacker, R. (Eds.). GEO REU Handbook: A Guide for Running Inclusive and Engaging Geoscience Research Internship Programs (1st ed.). doi:10.5065/ycba-qw42.
Carter, T., L. Jennings, Y. Pressler, A. Gallo, A.A. Berhe, E. Marin-Spiotta, C. Shepard, T. Ghezzehei and K. Vaughan. Toward diverse representation and inclusion in soil science in the United States. Soil Science Society of America Journal 85: 963-974. doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20210
Marin-Spiotta, E., R.T. Barnes, A.A. Berhe, M.G. Hastings, A. Mattheis, B. Schneider and B.M. Williams. Hostile climates are barriers to diversifying the geosciences. Advances in Geosciences 53: 117-127.
Berhe, A.A., M.G Hastings, B. Schneider and E. Marin-Spiotta. 2020. Changing academic cultures to respond to sexual harassment through bystander intervention and workplace climate training. In: Azad, S. (Ed). Addressing Gender Bias in Science: Research-based Solutions. American Chemical Society Symposium Series, Washington, D.C. Pp. 109-125. (Invited)
Lawrence, C., J. Beem-Miller, A. Hoyt, G. Monroe, C. Sierra, S. Stoner, K. Heckman, J. Blankinship, S. Crow, G. McNicol, S. Trumbore, P. Levine, O. Vindušková, K. Todd-Brown, C. Rasmussen, C. Hicks Pries, C. Schädel, K. McFarlane, S. Doetterl, C. Hatté, Y. He, C. Treat, J. Harden, M. Torn, C. Estop-Aragonés, A. A. Berhe, M. Keiluweit, E. Marín-Spiotta, A. Plante, A. Thomson, J. Schimel, L. Vaughn and R. Wagai. 2020. An open source database for the synthesis of soil radiocarbon data: ISRaD version 1.0. Earth System Science Data Discussions 12: 61-76.
Cusack, D. and E. Marín-Spiotta. 2020. Wet tropical soils and global change. In: Busse, M., C. Giardina, D. Morris and D.S. Page-Dumroese (eds). Global Change and Forest Soils: Cultivating Stewardship of a Finite Natural Resource. Developments in Soil Science Vol 36. Elsevier. Pp. 131-169 (Invited)
Nave, L., E. Marín-Spiotta, T. Ontl, M. Peters and C. Swanston. Soil carbon management. 2020. In: Busse, M. C. Giardina, D. Morris and D.S. Page-Dumroese (eds). Global Change and Forest Soils: Cultivating Stewardship of a Finite Natural Resource. Developments in Soil Science Vol 36. Elsevier. Pp. 215-257 (Invited)
González, G., Marín-Spiotta, E., and Matos, M. 2020. Appendix A: Regional Summaries, Caribbean. In: Forest and Rangeland Soils of the Unites States Under Changing Conditions. R. V. Pouyat, D.S. Page-Dumroese, T. Patel-Weynand, and L. Geiser (Eds). Springer Nature Switzerland AG, pp. 217-229. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45216-2 (Invited)
-2019-
Lewandowski, T.E., J. Forrester, D.J. Mladenoff, E. Marín-Spiotta, A.W. D’Amato, B.J. Palik and R.K. Kolka. 2019. Long term effects of intensive biomass harvesting and compaction on the forest soil ecosystem. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. In press Lewandowski et al. 2019
von Haden, A., Marín-Spiotta, R.D. Jackson, and C.J. Kucharik. 2019. Soil microclimates influence annual carbon loss via heterotrophic soil respiration in maize and switchgrass bioenergy cropping systems. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology 79: 107731.
Mattheis, A., E. Marín-Spiotta and M. Murphy. 2019. Examining intersectionality and inclusivity in Geosciences Education Research: A Synthesis of the literature 2008-2018. Journal of Geoscience Education 67: https://doi.org/10.1080/10899995.2019.1656522
Vaughan, E., M. Matos, S. Rios, C. Santiago and E. Marín-Spiotta. 2019. Clay and climate are poor predictors of regional-scale soil carbon storage in the US Caribbean. Geoderma 354: 113841. PDF
von Haden, A., C.J. Kucharik, R.D. Jackson and E. Marín-Spiotta. 2019. Litter quantity, litter chemistry, and soil texture control changes in soil organic carbon fractions under bioenergy cropping systems of the North Central U.S. Biogeochemistry 143: 313-326.
Poorter, L., D.M.A. Rozendaal , F. Bongers, J. S. de Almeida-Cortez, A. M. Almeyda Zambrano, F.S. Álvarez, J.L. Andrade, L.F. Arreola Villa, P. Balvanera, J.M. Becknell, T.V. Bentos, R.Bhaskar, V.Boukili, P.H.S. Brancalion, E.N. Broadbent, R.G. César, J.Chave, R.L. Chazdon, G.D. Colletta, D. Craven, B.H.J. de Jong, J.S. Denslow, D.H. Dent, S.J. DeWalt, E. Díaz García, J.M. Dupuy, S.M. Durán, M. M. Espírito Santo, M. C. Fandiño, G. Wilson Fernandes, B. Finegan, V. Granda Moser, J.S. Hall, J.L. Hernández-Stefanoni, C.C. Jakovac, A.B. Junqueira, D. Kennard, E. Lebrija-Trejos, S.G. Letcher, M. Lohbeck, O. R. Lopez, E. Marín-Spiotta, M. Martínez-Ramos, S. V. Martins, P.E.S. Massoca, J.A. Meave, R. Mesquita, F. Mora, V. de Souza Moreno, S.C. Müller, R. Muñoz, R. Muscarella, S. Nolasco de Oliveira Neto, Y.R.F. Nunes, S. Ochoa-Gaona, H.Paz, M. Peña-Claros, D. Piotto, J. Ruíz, L. Sanaphre-Villanueva, A. Sanchez-Azofeifa, N.B. Schwartz, M.K. Steininger, W.W. Thomas, M. Toledo, M. Uriarte, L.P. Utrera, M. van Breugel, M.T. van der Sande, H. van der Wal, M.D.M. Veloso, H.F.M. Vester, I.C.G. Vieira, P.M. Villa, G.B. Williamson, S. J. Wright, K.J. Zanini, J.K. Zimmerman, and M. Westoby. 2019. Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time. Nature Ecology and Evolution 13: 928-934.
Poorter, L., D.M.A. Rozendaal , F. Bongers, J. S. de Almeida-Cortez, A. M. Almeyda Zambrano, F.S. Álvarez, J.L. Andrade, L.F. Arreola Villa, P. Balvanera, J.M. Becknell, T.V. Bentos, R.Bhaskar, V.Boukili, P.H.S. Brancalion, E.N. Broadbent, R.G. César, J.Chave, R.L. Chazdon, G.D. Colletta, D. Craven, B.H.J. de Jong, J.S. Denslow, D.H. Dent, S.J. DeWalt, E. Díaz García, J.M. Dupuy, S.M. Durán, M. M. Espírito Santo, M. C. Fandiño, G. Wilson Fernandes, B. Finegan, V. Granda Moser, J.S. Hall, J.L. Hernández-Stefanoni, C.C. Jakovac, A.B. Junqueira, D. Kennard, E. Lebrija-Trejos, S.G. Letcher, M. Lohbeck, O. R. Lopez, E. Marín-Spiotta, M. Martínez-Ramos, S. V. Martins, P.E.S. Massoca, J.A. Meave, R. Mesquita, F. Mora, V. de Souza Moreno, S.C. Müller, R. Muñoz, R. Muscarella, S. Nolasco de Oliveira Neto, Y.R.F. Nunes, S. Ochoa-Gaona, H.Paz, M. Peña-Claros, D. Piotto, J. Ruíz, L. Sanaphre-Villanueva, A. Sanchez-Azofeifa, N.B. Schwartz, M.K. Steininger, W.W. Thomas, M. Toledo, M. Uriarte, L.P. Utrera, M. van Breugel, M.T. van der Sande, H. van der Wal, M.D.M. Veloso, H.F.M. Vester, I.C.G. Vieira, P.M. Villa, G.B. Williamson, S. J. Wright, K.J. Zanini, J.K. Zimmerman, and M. Westoby. 2019. Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests. Science Advances 5: doi: 10.1126.sciadv.aau3114.
Szymanski, L.M., G.R. Sanford, K. Heckman, R.D. Jackson and E. Marín-Spiotta. 2019. Conversion to bioenergy crops alters the amount and age of microbially-respired soil carbon. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 128: 35-44.
Wiesmeier, von Lützow, M., U. Wollschläger, H.-J. Vogel, N. Garcia Franco, M. Ließ, L. Urbanski, E. Hobley, E. Marín-Spiotta, B. van Wesemael, B. Lang, E. Rabot, and I. Kögel-Knabner. 2019. Soil organic carbon storage as a key function of soils – a review of drivers and indicators at multiple scales. Geoderma 333: 149-162.
-2018-
Blankinship, J.C., S.E. Crow, A.A. Berhe, J.L. Druhan, K.A. Heckman, M. Keiluweit, C.R. Lawrence, E. Marín-Spiotta, A.F. Plante, C. Rasmussen, C. Schädel, J.P. Schimel, C.A. Sierra, A. Thompson, R. Wagai and W.R. Wieder. 2018. Improving understanding of soil organic matter dynamics by triangulating theories, measurements, and models. Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0478-2
Marín-Spiotta, E., S.M. Nandihalli and M. Murphy. 2018. Changing Academic Culture: Responding to Sexual Harassment. Recognizing and Addressing Power Dynamics in Science and Academia. pp. 9-16. Washington, DC : Society for Neuroscience.
Marín-Spiotta, E. 2018. Harassment should count as scientific misconduct. Nature 557: 141.
Maga, G., D.M.A. Rozendaal, L. Poorter, F. Bongers, J.I. Sprent, M. D. Garner, T. M. Aide, J.L. Andrade, P. Balvanera, J.M. Becknell, P.H.S. Brancalion, G.A. Cabral, R.G. César, R.L. Chazdon, R. Cole, G. Colletta, B. de Jong, J.S. Denslow, D. Dent, S. DeWalt, J. Dupuy, S.Durán, M. do E. Santo, G. Fernandes, Y. F. Nunes, B. Finegan, V.G Moser, J. Hall, J.L. Hernandez-Stefanoni, A. Junqueira, D. Kennard, E. Lebrija-Trejos, S. Letcher, M. Lohbeck, E. Marin-Spiotta, M. Martinez-Ramos, J. Meave, D. Menge, F. Mora, R. Munoz, R. Muscarella, S. Ochoa-Gaona, E. Orihuela-Belmonte, R. Ostertag, M. Peña Claros, E.A. Perez-Garcia, D. Piotto, P. Reich, C. Reyes-García, J. Rodríguez-Velázquez, I.E. Romero-Perez, L. Sanaphre, A. Sanchez-Azofeifa, N. Schwartz, A.S. de Almeida, J. Almeida-Cortez, W. Silver, V.S. Moreno, B. Sullivan, N. Swenson, M. Uriarte, M. van Breugel, H. van der Wal, M. Veloso, H. Vester, I. Vieira, J. Zimmerman and J.Powers. Legume abundance along successional and rainfall gradients in Neotropical forests. 2018. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 1104–1111.
** See S.A. Batterman’s News and Views piece “Fixing tropical forests” on our paper.
Rasmussen, C., K. Heckman, W.R. Wieder, M. Keiluweit, A.A. Berhe, J.C Blankinship, S. Crow, J. Druhan, C. Hicks Pries, E. Marín-Spiotta, C. Lawrence, A.F Plante, C. Schadel, J.P Schimel, C.A. Sierra, A. Thompson, and R. Wagai. 2018. Beyond clay: towards an improved set of variables for predicting soil organic matter content. Biogeochemistry 137: 297-306.
Marín-Spiotta, E. and B. Schneider. Time’s Up for Harassers in Academia. The POSTDOCket 3(16) March 2018
Schneider, B., M.A. Holmes and Marín-Spiotta. Sexual harassment in the sciences: Response by professional societies. Geoscience Currents No. 125. American Geosciences Institute. 14 March 2018
Barnes, R.T., E. Marín-Spiotta and A.R. Morris. 2018. Building community to advance women in the geosciences through the Earth Science Women’s Network. In: B. Johnson, (ed.) Women and Geology: Who Are We, Where Have We Come From, and Where Are We Going? Geological Society of America Press. (INVITED)
Berhe, A.A., R. Barnes, J. Six and E. Marín-Spiotta. 2018. Role of erosional mass movement on the biogeochemical cycling of essential elements: carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Accepted (INVITED)
-2017-
Powers, J.S. and E. Marín-Spiotta. 2017. Ecosystem processes and biogeochemical cycles during secondary tropical forest succession. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 48:497-519. PDF
Marín-Spiotta, E., A. S. Adams, R. T. Barnes, A.A. Berhe, M. Burt, E. Fischer, M. H. Okoro, M. Hastings, T. Holloway, A. Morris, C. Wiedinmyer. Lessons from the Earth Science Women’s Network. Earthzine. Published May 23, 2017
Erb, K.H., S. Luyssaert, P. Meyfroidt, J. Pongratz, A. Don, S. Kloster, T. Kuemmerle, T. Fetzel, R. Fuchs, M. Herold, H. Haberl, C. Jones, E. Marín-Spiotta, I. McCallum, E. Robertson, V. Seufert, S. Fritz, A. Valade, A. Wiltshire and A. Dolman. 2017. Land management: data availability and process understanding for global change studies. Global Change Biology 23: 512-533. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13443 PDF
-2016-
Hudson, L.N., T. Newbold et al. (> 200 authors, including E. Marin-Spiotta) The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity in Changing Terrestrial Systems) Project. Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.1002/ece3.2579
Dialynas, Y., S. Bastola, R.L. Bras, E. Marín-Spiotta, W.L. Silver, E. Arnone and L. Noto. 2016. Impact of hydrologically driven hillslope erosion and landslide occurrence on soil organic carbon dynamics in tropical watersheds. Water Resources Research 52: 8895–8919. doi: 10.1002/2016WR018925 PDF
Uriarte, M., N. Schwartz, J.S. Powers, E. Marín-Spiotta, W. Liao and L. Werden. Impacts of climate variability on tree demography in second-growth tropical forests: the importance of regional context for predicting successional trajectories. Biotropica 48: 780-797. doi: 10.1111/btp.12380
Hinckley, E.S., G.B. Bonan, G.J. Bowen, B.P. Colman, P.A. Duffy, C.L. Goodale, B.Z. Houlton, E. Marín-Spiotta, K. Ogle, S.V. Ollinger, E.A. Paul, P.M. Vitousek, K.C. Weathers and D.G. Williams. 2016. The soil and plant biogeochemistry sampling design for the National Ecological Observatory Network. Ecosphere 7. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.1234
Marín-Spiotta, E. and R. Ostertag. Recovery of ecosystem processes: carbon and energy flows in restored wetlands, grasslands and forests. 2016. In: M.A. Palmer, J.B. Zedler and D.A. Falk (eds.) Foundations of Restoration Ecology. Island Press. Pp. 366-394. (Invited Chapter)
Marín-Spiotta, E., B. Schneider, and M. A. Holmes. 2016. Steps to building a no-tolerance culture for sexual harassment, Eos, 97, doi:10.1029/2016EO044859. Published on 28 January 2016.
Poorter, L., F. Bongers, T.M. Aide, A.M. Almeyda Zambrano, P. Balvanera, J. Becknell, V. Boukili, P.H.S. Brancalion, E.N. Broadbent, R.L. Chazdon, D. Craven, J.S. de Almeida-Cortez, G.A.L. Cabral, B. de Jong, J. Denslow, D. Dent, S.J. DeWalt, J.M. Dupuy, S.M. Durán, M.M. Espírito-Santo, M.C. Fandino, R.G. César, J.S. Hall, J.L. Hernandez Stefanoni, C.C. Jakovac, A.B. Junqueira, D. Kennard, S. Letcher, J.C. Licona, M. Lohbeck, E. Marín-Spiotta, M. Martínez-Ramos, P. Massoca, J.A. Meave, R. Mesquita, F. Mora, R. Muñoz, R. Muscarella, Y.R.F. Nunes, S. Ochoa-Gaona, A. de Oliveira , E. Orihuela-Belmonte, M. Peña-Claros, E.A. Pérez-García, D. Piotto, J.S. Powers, J. Rodríguez-Velazquez, I.E. Romero-Pérez, J. Ruíz, J.G. Saldarriaga, A. Sanchez-Azofeifa, N.B. Schwartz, M.K. Steininger, N.G. Swenson, M. Toledo, M. Uriarte, M. van Breugel, H. van der Wal, M.D.M. Veloso, H. Vester, A. Vicentini, I.C.G. Vieira, T. Vizcarra Bentos, G.B. Williamson and D.M.A. Rozendaal. 2016. Biomass resilience of tropical secondary forests. Nature 530: 211-214 doi:10.1038/nature16512
-2015-
Radeloff, V. C., J.W. Williams, B.L. Bateman, K.D. Burke, S.K. Carter, E.S. Childress, K.J. Cromwell, C. Gratton, A.O. Hasley, B.M. Kraemer, A.W. Latzka, E. Marín-Spiotta, C.D. Meine, S.E. Munoz, T.M. Neeson, A.M. Pidgeon, A.R. Rissman, R J. Rivera, L.M. Szymanski and J. Usinowicz. 2015. The rise of novelty in ecosystems. Ecological Applications 25: 2051-2068. PDF
Craine, J.M., E.N.J. Brookshire, M.D. Cramer, N.J. Hasselquist, K. Koba, E. Marín-Spiotta and L. Wang. 2015. Ecological interpretations of nitrogen isotope ratios of terrestrial plants and soils. Plant and Soil. 396: 1. doi:10.1007/s11104-015-2542-1 PDF
Smith, A.P., E. Marín-Spiotta and T. Balser. 2015. Successional and seasonal variations in soil and litter microbial community structure and function during tropical postagricultural forest regeneration: a multiyear study. Global Change Biology 21: 3532–3547. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12947 PDF
Tiemann, L.K., A.S. Grandy, E.E. Atkinson, E. Marín-Spiotta and M.D. McDaniel. 2015. Plant biodiversity enhances belowground communities and functions in an agroecosystem. Ecology Letters 18: 761-771. doi: 10.1111/ele.12453 PDF
Locatelli, B., C. Catterall, P. Imbach, C. Kumar, R. Lasco, E. Marín-Spiotta, B. Mercer, J. Powers, N. Schwartz and M. Uriarte. 2015. Tropical reforestation and climate change: beyond carbon. Restoration Ecology 23: 337-343. doi: 10.1111/rec.12209 PDF
Craine, J.M., A.J. Elmore, L. Wang, L. Augusto, W.T. Baisden, E.N.J. Brookshire, M.D. Cramer, N.J. Hasselquist, E.A. Hobbie, A. Kahmen, K. Koba, J.M. Kranabetter, M.C. Mack, E. Marín-Spiotta, J.R. Mayor, K.K. McLauchlan, A. Michelsen, G.B. Nardoto, R.S. Oliveira, S.S. Perakis, P.L. Peri, C.A. Quesada, A. Richter, L.A. Schipper, B.A. Stevenson, B.L. Turner, R.A.G. Viani, W. Wanek and B. Zeller. 2015. Convergence of soil nitrogen isotopes across global climate gradients. Scientific Reports 5: 8280. doi:10.1038/srep08280 PDF
Ponette-González, A.G., K.A. Brauman, E. Marín-Spiotta, K.A. Farley, K.C. Weathers, L. Curran and K.R. Young. 2015. Managing water services in tropical regions: From land cover proxies to hydrologic fluxes. Ambio 44: 367. doi:10.1007/s13280-014-0578-8 PDF
Atkinson, E. and E. Marín-Spiotta. 2015. Land use legacy effects on structure and composition of subtropical dry forests in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Forest Ecology and Management 335: 270-280. PDF
-2014-
Hudson, L.N., T. Newbold et al. (>200 authors, including E. Marín-Spiotta). 2014. The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts. Ecology and Evolution 4: 4701-4735. PDF
Smith, A.P., E. Marín-Spiotta, M.A. De Graaf and T. Balser. 2014. Microbial community structure varies across soil organic matter pools during tropical land cover change. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 77: 292-303. PDF
Mayes, M., E. Marín-Spiotta, L. Szymanski, M. Clayton, M. Ozdogan, and A. Erdogan. 2014. Soil type mediates effects of land use on soil carbon and nitrogen in the Konya Basin, Turkey. Geoderma 232-234: 517-527. PDF
Marín-Spiotta, E., N.T. Chaopricha, A.F. Plante, A.F. Diefendorf, C.W. Müller, S. Grandy, and J.A. Mason. 2014. Long-term stabilization of deep soil carbon by fire and burial during early Holocene climate change. Nature Geoscience 7: 428-432. PDF
Our buried soil carbon paper made the cover of Nature Geoscience
** See W.C. Johnson’s News and Views piece “Carbon cycle: Sequestration in buried soils” on our paper.
Marín-Spiotta, E., K.E. Gruley, J. Crawford, E.A. Atkinson, J.R. Miesel, S. Greene, C. Cardona-Correa and R.G.M. Spencer. 2014. Paradigm shifts in soil organic matter research affect aquatic carbon turnover interpretations: Transcending disciplinary and ecosystem boundaries. Biogeochemistry 117: 279-297.
Ponette-González, A.G., E. Marín-Spiotta, K.A. Brauman, K.A. Farley, K.C. Weathers and K.R. Young. 2014. Hydrologic connectivity in the high-elevation tropics: Heterogeneous responses to land change. BioScience 64: 92-104. PDF
Our Hydrologic Connectivity paper made the BioScience cover
Chaopricha, N.T. and E. Marín-Spiotta. 2014. Soil burial contributes to deep soil organic carbon storage. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 69: 251-264. PDF
-2013-
Santiago, C. and E. Marín-Spiotta. 2013. The Importance of conducting the Rapid Carbon Assessment (RaCA) study in the Caribbean Area. National Cooperative Soil Survey Newsletter August 2013 Issue 64: 10-12.
Marín-Spiotta, E. and S. Sharma. 2013. Carbon storage in successional and plantation forest soils: a tropical analysis. Global Ecology and Biogeography 22: 105-117. PDF
Marín-Spiotta, E. 2013. Novel Ecosystems. p. 923-925. In: R.W. Howarth and J. Mohan, eds. Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia. Salem Press.
-2012-
Renzas, J.M. and E. Marín-Spiotta. 2012. A Primer on methods for measuring soil carbon. Tenure Brief 16. Land Tenure Center. University of Wisconsin, Madison. PDF
-2011-
Marín-Spiotta, E., O.A. Chadwick, M. Kramer and M. Carbone. 2011. Carbon delivery to deep mineral horizons in Hawaiian rainforest soils. Journal of Geophysical Research 116, G03011, doi:10.1029/2010JG001587 PDF
-2010-
Atkinson, E. and E. Marín-Spiotta. 2010. Tropical land use change and soil carbon: Implications for REDD. Tenure Brief 12: 1-5. Land Tenure Center. University of Wisconsin, Madison. PDF
Marín-Spiotta, E. and D. Cusack. 2010. Advances in biochemical methods for studying organic matter dynamics in an ecological context. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 91: 94-99. doi: 10.1890/0012-9623-91.1.94 PDF
-Prior to 2009-
Marín-Spiotta, E., W.L. Silver, C.W Swanston, and R. Ostertag. 2009. Soil organic matter dynamics during 80 years of reforestation of tropical pastures. Global Change Biology 15:1584-1597. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01805.x PDF
Ostertag, R., E. Marín-Spiotta, W.L. Silver and J. Schulten. 2008. Litterfall and decomposition in relation to soil carbon pools along a secondary forest chronosequence in Puerto Rico. Ecosystems 11: 701-71. PDF
Marín-Spiotta, E., C.W. Swanston, M.S. Torn, W.L. Silver and S.D. Burton. 2008. Chemical and mineral control of soil carbon turnover in abandoned tropical pastures. Geoderma 143: 49-62. PDF
Marín-Spiotta, E., D.F. Cusack, R. Ostertag and W.L. Silver. 2008. Trends in above and belowground carbon with forest regrowth after agricultural abandonment in the Neotropics. Pp. 22-72. In: R. Myster, ed. Post-agricultural Succession in the Neotropics. Springer, New York, NY. PDF
Marín-Spiotta, E., R. Ostertag and W.L. Silver. 2007. Long-term patterns in tropical reforestation: plant community composition and aboveground biomass accumulation. Ecological Applications 17:828-839. PDF
Birdsey, R.A., J.C. Jenkins, M. Johnston, E. Huber-Sannwald, B. Amiro, B. de Jong, J.D. Etchevers Barra, N. French, F. Garcia-Oliva, M. Harmon, L.S. Heath, V.J. Jaramillo, K. Johnsen, B. Law, E. Marín-Spiotta, O. Masera, R. Neilson, Y. Pan, K.S. Pregitzer. 2007. North American Forests. In: A.W. King, L. Dilling, G.P. Zimmerman, D.M. Fairman, R.A. Houghton, G. Marland, A.Z. Rose and T.J. Wilbanks (eds.) The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR): The North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC: 117-126, 173-176. PDF
Silver, W.L., E. Marín-Spiotta and A. Lugo. 2000. The Caribbean region. In: A.D. Brown and M. Kappelle, eds. Neotropical Montane Cloud Forests. IUCN, Netherlands.
Schneider, S.H. and E. Marín-Spiotta. 1999. Distinguishing fact from value? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14: 205-206.
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