Publications

The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks Mo, L., Crowther, T. W., Maynard, D. S., van den Hoogen, J., Ma, H., Bialic-Murphy, L., Liang, J., de-Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G.-J., Reich, P. B., Phillips, O. L., Abegg, M., Adou Yao, Y. C., Alberti, G., Almeyda Zambrano, A. M., Alvarado, B. V., Alvarez-Dávila, E., Alvarez-Loayza, P., Alves, L. F., … Zohner, C. M. (2024). The global distribution and drivers of wood density and their impact on forest carbon stocks. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02564-9

Natural forest regeneration is projected to reduce local temperatures Alibakhshi, S., Cook-Patton, S. C., Davin, E., Maeda, E. E., Araújo, M. B., Heinlein, D., Heiskanen, J., Pellikka, P., & Crowther, T. W. (2024). Natural forest regeneration is projected to reduce local temperatures. Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01737-5

The pace of life for forest trees

Bialic-Murphy, L., McElderry, R. M., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., van den Hoogen, J., Zuidema, P. A., Phillips, O. L., de Oliveira, E. A., Loayza, P. A., Alvarez-Davila, E., Alves, L. F., Maia, V. A., Vieira, S. A., Arantes da Silva, L. C., Araujo-Murakami, A., Arets, E., Astigarraga, J., Baccaro, F., Baker, T., Banki, O., … Crowther, T. W. (2024). The pace of life for forest trees. Science, 386(6717), 92–98. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adk9616

Animals in restoration to achieve climate biodiversity targets Bello, C., Dent, D. H., & Crowther, T. W. (2024). Animals in restoration to achieve climate biodiversity targets. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.08.011

Assessing innovations for upscaling forest landscape restoration Werden, L. K., Cole, R. J., Schönhofer, K., Holl, K. D., Zahawi, R. A., Averill, C., Schweizer, D., Calvo-Alvarado, J. C., Hamilton, D., Joyce, F. H., San-José, M., Hofhansl, F., Briggs, L., Rodríguez, D., Tingle, J. W., Chiriboga, F., Broadbent, E. N., Quirós-Cedeño, G. J., & Crowther, T. W. (2024). Assessing innovations for upscaling forest landscape restoration. One Earth, 7(9), 1515–1528. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.07.011

Scientists’ call to action: Microbes, planetary health, and the Sustainable Development Goals Crowther, T. W., Rappuoli, R., Corinaldesi, C., Danovaro, R., Donohue, T. J., Huisman, J., Stein, L. Y., Timmis, J. K., Timmis, K., Anderson, M. Z., Bakken, L. R., Baylis, M., Behrenfeld, M. J., Boyd, P. W., Brettell, I., Cavicchioli, R., Delavaux, C. S., Foreman, C. M., Jansson, J. K., … Galen, L. G. van. (2024). Scientists’ call to action: Microbes, planetary health, and the Sustainable Development Goals. Cell, 187(19), 5195–5216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.07.051

Mapping safe drinking water use in low- and middle-income countries Greenwood, E. E., Lauber, T., van den Hoogen, J., Donmez, A., Bain, R. E. S., Johnston, R., Crowther, T. W., & Julian, T. R. (2024). Mapping safe drinking water use in low- and middle-income countries. Science, 385(6710), 784–790. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adh9578

Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats Hordijk, I., Bialic-Murphy, L., Lauber, T., Routh, D., Poorter, L., Rivers, M. C., ter Steege, H., Liang, J., Reich, P. B., de-Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G.-J., Gamarra, J. G. P., Chen, H. Y. H., Zhou, M., Wiser, S. K., Pretzsch, H., Paquette, A., Picard, N., Hérault, B., … Crowther, T. W. (n.d.). Dominance and rarity in tree communities across the globe: Patterns, predictors and threats. Global Ecology and Biogeography, n/a(n/a), e13889. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13889

Functional and phylogenetic dimensions of tree biodiversity reveal unique geographic patterns Paz, A., Crowther, T. W., & Maynard, D. S. (n.d.). Functional and phylogenetic dimensions of tree biodiversity reveal unique geographic patterns. Global Ecology and Biogeography, n/a(n/a), e13877. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13877

Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types Zou, Y., Zohner, C. M., Averill, C., Ma, H., Merder, J., Berdugo, M., Bialic-Murphy, L., Mo, L., Brun, P., Zimmermann, N. E., Liang, J., de-Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G.-J., Reich, P. B., Niinements, U., Dahlgren, J., Kändler, G., Ratcliffe, S., Ruiz-Benito, P., … Crowther, T. W. (2024). Positive feedbacks and alternative stable states in forest leaf types. Nature Communications, 15(1), 4658. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48676-5

Reading tea leaves worldwide: Decoupled drivers of initial litter decomposition mass-loss rate and stabilization Sarneel, J. M., Hefting, M. M., Sandén, T., van den Hoogen, J., Routh, D., Adhikari, B. S., Alatalo, J. M., Aleksanyan, A., Althuizen, I. H. J., Alsafran, M. H. S. A., Atkins, J. W., Augusto, L., Aurela, M., Azarov, A. V., Barrio, I. C., Beier, C., Bejarano, M. D., Benham, S. E., Berg, B., … Keuskamp, J. A. (2024). Reading tea leaves worldwide: Decoupled drivers of initial litter decomposition mass-loss rate and stabilization. Ecology Letters, 27(5), e14415. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14415

Forest restoration in practice across Latin America

Cole, R. J., Werden, L. K., Arroyo, F. C., Quirós, K. M., Cedeño, G. Q., & Crowther, T. W. (2024). Forest restoration in practice across Latin America. Biological Conservation, 294, 110608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110608

Frugivores enhance potential carbon recovery in fragmented landscapes

Bello, C., Crowther, T. W., Ramos, D. L., Morán-López, T., Pizo, M. A., & Dent, D. H. (2024). Frugivores enhance potential carbon recovery in fragmented landscapes. Nature Climate Change, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-01989-1

Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics Plowright, R. K., Ahmed, A. N., Coulson, T., Crowther, T. W., Ejotre, I., Faust, C. L., Frick, W. F., Hudson, P. J., Kingston, T., Nameer, P. O., O’Mara, M. T., Peel, A. J., Possingham, H., Razgour, O., Reeder, D. M., Ruiz-Aravena, M., Simmons, N. B., Srinivas, P. N., Tabor, G. M., … Keeley, A. T. H. (2024). Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics. Nature Communications, 15(1), 2577. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46151-9

Accounting for albedo change to identify climate-positive tree cover restoration

Hasler, N., Williams, C. A., Denney, V. C., Ellis, P. W., Shrestha, S., Terasaki Hart, D. E., Wolff, N. H., Yeo, S., Crowther, T. W., Werden, L. K., & Cook-Patton, S. C. (2024). Accounting for albedo change to identify climate-positive tree cover restoration. Nature Communications, 15(1), 2275. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46577-1

Fungal community composition predicts forest carbon storage at a continental scale Anthony, M. A., Tedersoo, L., De Vos, B., Croisé, L., Meesenburg, H., Wagner, M., Andreae, H., Jacob, F., Lech, P., Kowalska, A., Greve, M., Popova, G., Frey, B., Gessler, A., Schaub, M., Ferretti, M., Waldner, P., Calatayud, V., Canullo, R., … Averill, C. (2024). Fungal community composition predicts forest carbon storage at a continental scale. Nature Communications, 15(1), 2385. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46792-w

Review and assessment of smartphone apps for forest restoration monitoring

Schweizer, D., Cole, R. J., Werden, L. K., Cedeño, G. Q., Rodriguez, D., Navarro, K., Esquivel, J. M., Max, S., Chiriboga, F. E., Zahawi, R. A., Holl, K. D., & Crowther, T. W. (n.d.). Review and assessment of smartphone apps for forest restoration monitoring. Restoration Ecology, n/a(n/a), e14136. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14136

Improving access and use of climate projections for ecological research through the use of a new Python tool

Paz, A., Lauber, T., Crowther, T. W., & van den Hoogen, J. (n.d.). Improving access and use of climate projections for ecological research through the use of a new Python tool. Ecography, n/a(n/a), e07186. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.07186

Mutualisms weaken the latitudinal diversity gradient among oceanic islands Delavaux, C. S., Crowther, T. W., Bever, J. D., Weigelt, P., & Gora, E. M. (2024). Mutualisms weaken the latitudinal diversity gradient among oceanic islands. Nature, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07110-y

Treemendous: An R package for integrating taxonomic information across backbones Specker, F., Paz, A., Crowther, T. W., & Maynard, D. S. (2024). Treemendous: An R package for integrating taxonomic information across backbones. PeerJ, 12, e16896. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16896

Ten simple rules for using large language models in science, version 1.0 Smith, G. R., Bello, C., Bialic-Murphy, L., Clark, E., Delavaux, C. S., Lauriere, C. F. de, Hoogen, J. van den, Lauber, T., Ma, H., Maynard, D. S., Mirman, M., Mo, L., Rebindaine, D., Reek, J. E., Werden, L. K., Wu, Z., Yang, G., Zhao, Q., Zohner, C. M., & Crowther, T. W. (2024). Ten simple rules for using large language models in science, version 1.0. PLOS Computational Biology, 20(1), e1011767. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011767

Public policies and global forest conservation: Empirical evidence from national borders Wuepper, D., Crowther, T., Lauber, T., Routh, D., Le Clec’h, S., Garrett, R. D., & Börner, J. (2024). Public policies and global forest conservation: Empirical evidence from national borders. Global Environmental Change, 84, 102770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102770

Nitrogen redistribution and seasonal trait fluctuation facilitate plant N conservation and ecosystem N retention

Zhao, Q., Wang, P., Smith, G. R., Hu, L., Liu, X., Tao, T., Ma, M., Averill, C., Freschet, G. T., Crowther, T. W., & Hu, S. (n.d.). Nitrogen redistribution and seasonal trait fluctuation facilitate plant N conservation and ecosystem N retention. Journal of Ecology, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14246

Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential Mo, L., Zohner, C. M., Reich, P. B., Liang, J., de Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G.-J., Renner, S. S., van den Hoogen, J., Araza, A., Herold, M., Mirzagholi, L., Ma, H., Averill, C., Phillips, O. L., Gamarra, J. G. P., Hordijk, I., Routh, D., Abegg, M., Adou Yao, Y. C., … Crowther, T. W. (2023). Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential. Nature, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06723-z

The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit Ma, H., Crowther, T. W., Mo, L., Maynard, D. S., Renner, S. S., van den Hoogen, J., Zou, Y., Liang, J., de-Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G.-J., Reich, P. B., Niinemets, Ü., Abegg, M., Adou Yao, Y. C., Alberti, G., Almeyda Zambrano, A. M., Alvarado, B. V., Alvarez-Dávila, E., Alvarez-Loayza, P., … Zohner, C. M. (2023). The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit. Nature Plants, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01543-5

Mycorrhizal feedbacks influence global forest structure and diversity

Delavaux, C. S., LaManna, J. A., Myers, J. A., Phillips, R. P., Aguilar, S., Allen, D., Alonso, A., Anderson-Teixeira, K. J., Baker, M. E., Baltzer, J. L., Bissiengou, P., Bonfim, M., Bourg, N. A., Brockelman, W. Y., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Chang, L.-W., Chen, Y., Chiang, J.-M., Chu, C., … Averill, C. (2023). Mycorrhizal feedbacks influence global forest structure and diversity. Communications Biology, 6(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05410-z

Poleward shifts in the maximum of spring phenological responsiveness of Ginkgo biloba to temperature in China Wu, Z., Fu, Y. H., Crowther, T. W., Wang, S., Gong, Y., Zhang, J., Zhao, Y.-P., Janssens, I., Penuelas, J., & Zohner, C. M. (2023). Poleward shifts in the maximum of spring phenological responsiveness of Ginkgo biloba to temperature in China. New Phytologist, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19229

Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions Delavaux, C. S., Crowther, T. W., Zohner, C. M., Robmann, N. M., Lauber, T., van den Hoogen, J., Kuebbing, S., Liang, J., de-Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G.-J., Reich, P. B., Abegg, M., Adou Yao, Y. C., Alberti, G., Almeyda Zambrano, A. M., Alvarado, B. V., Alvarez-Dávila, E., Alvarez-Loayza, P., Alves, L. F., … Maynard, D. S. (2023). Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions. Nature, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06440-7

Effect of climate warming on the timing of autumn leaf senescence reverses after the summer solstice Zohner, C. M., Mirzagholi, L., Renner, S. S., Mo, L., Rebindaine, D., Bucher, R., Palouš, D., Vitasse, Y., Fu, Y. H., Stocker, B. D., & Crowther, T. W. (2023). Effect of climate warming on the timing of autumn leaf senescence reverses after the summer solstice. Science, 381(6653), eadf5098. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adf5098

Home-based microbial solution to boost crop growth in low-fertility soil Jiang, M., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Yuan, M. M., Ding, J., Yergeau, E., Zhou, J., Crowther, T. W., & Liang, Y. (n.d.). Home-based microbial solution to boost crop growth in low-fertility soil. New Phytologist, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18943

Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness Hordijk, I., Maynard, D. S., Hart, S. P., Lidong, M., ter Steege, H., Liang, J., de-Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G.-J., Reich, P. B., Abegg, M., Adou Yao, C. Y., Alberti, G., Almeyda Zambrano, A. M., Alvarado, B. V., Esteban, A.-D., Alvarez-Loayza, P., Alves, L. F., Ammer, C., Antón-Fernández, C., … Crowther, T. W. (n.d.). Evenness mediates the global relationship between forest productivity and richness. Journal of Ecology, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14098

Land-use- and climate-mediated variations in soil bacterial and fungal biomass across Europe and their driving factors Siles, J. A., Vera, A., Díaz-López, M., García, C., van den Hoogen, J., Crowther, T. W., Eisenhauer, N., Guerra, C., Jones, A., Orgiazzi, A., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., & Bastida, F. (2023). Land-use- and climate-mediated variations in soil bacterial and fungal biomass across Europe and their driving factors. Geoderma, 434, 116474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116474

Macroevolutionary decline in mycorrhizal colonization and chemical defense responsiveness to mycorrhization Formenti, L., Ahlstrand, N. I., Hassemer, G., Glauser, G., Hoogen, J. van den, Rønsted, N., Heijden, M. van der, Crowther, T. W., & Rasmann, S. (2023). Macroevolutionary decline in mycorrhizal colonization and chemical defense responsiveness to mycorrhization. IScience, 26(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106632

Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails Potapov, A. M., Guerra, C. A., van den Hoogen, J., Babenko, A., Bellini, B. C., Berg, M. P., Chown, S. L., Deharveng, L., Kováč, Ľ., Kuznetsova, N. A., Ponge, J.-F., Potapov, M. B., Russell, D. J., Alexandre, D., Alatalo, J. M., Arbea, J. I., Bandyopadhyaya, I., Bernava, V., Bokhorst, S., … Scheu, S. (2023). Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36216-6

Acclimation of phenology relieves leaf longevity constraints in deciduous forests Marqués, L., Hufkens, K., Bigler, C., Crowther, T. W., Zohner, C. M., & Stocker, B. D. (2023). Acclimation of phenology relieves leaf longevity constraints in deciduous forests. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01946-1

Integrating pH into the metabolic theory of ecology to predict bacterial diversity in soil. Luan, L., Jiang, Y., Dini-Andreote, F., Crowther, T. W., Li, P., Bahram, M., Zheng, J., Xu, Q., Zhang, X.-X., & Sun, B. (2023). Integrating pH into the metabolic theory of ecology to predict bacterial diversity in soil. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(3), e2207832120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2207832120

Below-ground traits mediate tree survival in a tropical dry forest restoration Werden, L. K., Averill, C., Crowther, T. W., Calderón-Morales, E., Toro, L., Alvarado, J. P., Gutiérrez, L. M., Mallory, D. E., & Powers, J. S. (2022). Below-ground traits mediate tree survival in a tropical dry forest restoration. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 378(1867), 20210067. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0067

Nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacteria act as a global filter for plant establishment on islands Delavaux, C. S., Weigelt, P., Magnoli, S. M., Kreft, H., Crowther, T. W., & Bever, J. D. (2022). Nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacteria act as a global filter for plant establishment on islands. Communications Biology, 5(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04133-x

Prevalence and drivers of abrupt vegetation shifts in global drylands Berdugo, M., Gaitán, J. J., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Crowther, T. W., & Dakos, V. (2022). Prevalence and drivers of abrupt vegetation shifts in global drylands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(43), e2123393119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2123393119

Defending Earth’s terrestrial microbiome Averill, C., Anthony, M. A., Baldrian, P., Finkbeiner, F., van den Hoogen, J., Kiers, T., Kohout, P., Hirt, E., Smith, G. R., & Crowther, T. W. (2022). Defending Earth’s terrestrial microbiome. Nature Microbiology, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-022-01228-3

Ways forward for Machine Learning to make useful global environmental datasets from legacy observations and measurements

Ways forward for Machine Learning to make useful global environmental datasets from legacy observations and measurements. (2022). Nature Communications, 13(1), 5178. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32693-3

Links across ecological scales: Plant biomass responses to elevated CO2 Maschler, J., Bialic-Murphy, L., Wan, J., Andresen, L. C., Zohner, C. M., Reich, P. B., Lüscher, A., Schneider, M. K., Müller, C., Moser, G., Dukes, J. S., Schmidt, I. K., Bilton, M. C., Zhu, K., & Crowther, T. W. (n.d.). Links across ecological scales: Plant biomass responses to elevated CO2. Global Change Biology, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16351

Using ecological networks to answer questions in global biogeography and ecology

Windsor, F. M., van den Hoogen, J., Crowther, T. W., & Evans, D. M. (2022). Using ecological networks to answer questions in global biogeography and ecology. Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14447

Direct and indirect impacts of urbanization on vegetation growth across the world’s cities Zhang, L., Yang, L., Zohner, C. M., Crowther, T. W., Li, M., Shen, F., Guo, M., Qin, J., Yao, L., & Zhou, C. (2022). Direct and indirect impacts of urbanization on vegetation growth across the world’s cities. Science Advances, 8(27), eabo0095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abo0095

Global relationships in tree functional traits Maynard, D. S., Bialic-Murphy, L., Zohner, C. M., Averill, C., van den Hoogen, J., Ma, H., Mo, L., Smith, G. R., Acosta, A. T. R., Aubin, I., Berenguer, E., Boonman, C. C. F., Catford, J. A., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Dias, A. S., González-Melo, A., Hietz, P., Lusk, C. H., Mori, A. S., … Crowther, T. W. (2022). Global relationships in tree functional traits. Nature Communications, 13(1), 3185. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30888-2

Carbon source reduction postpones autumn leaf senescence in a widespread deciduous tree Maschler, J., Keller, J., Bialic-Murphy, L., Zohner, C. M., & Crowther, T. W. (2022). Carbon source reduction postpones autumn leaf senescence in a widespread deciduous tree. Frontiers in Plant Science, 1645. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.868860

Restor: Transparency and connectivity for the global environmental movement Crowther, T. W., Thomas, S. M., van den Hoogen, J., Robmann, N., Chavarría, A., Cottam, A., Cole, R., Elliott, T., Clark, E., Max, S., Danylo, O., Rowe, C. (2022). Restor: Transparency and connectivity for the global environmental movement. One Earth, 5(5), 476–481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.003

Strategy games to improve environmental policymaking Garcia, C.A., Savilaakso, S., Verburg, R.W. et al. (2022). Strategy games to improve environmental policymaking. Nature Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00881-0

Uniting the scales of microbial biogeochemistry with trait‐based modeling Wan, J., & Crowther, T. W. (2022). Uniting the scales of microbial biogeochemistry with trait‐based modeling. Functional Ecology. http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14035

The number of tree species on Earth Gatti, R. C., Reich, P. B., Gamarra, J. G. P., Crowther, T., Hui, C., Morera, A., Bastin, J.-F., de-Miguel, S., Nabuurs, G.-J., Svenning, J.-C., Serra-Diaz, J. M., Merow, C., Enquist, B., Kamenetsky, M., Lee, J., Zhu, J., Fang, J., Jacobs, D. F., Pijanowski, B., … Liang, J. (2022). The number of tree species on Earth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(6). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2115329119

Forest tree growth is linked to mycorrhizal fungal composition and function across Europe Anthony, M. A., Crowther, T. W., van der Linde, S., Suz, L. M., Bidartondo, M. I., Cox, F., Schaub, M., Rautio, P., Ferretti, M., Vesterdal, L., De Vos, B., Dettwiler, M., Eickenscheidt, N., Schmitz, A., Meesenburg, H., Andreae, H., Jacob, F., Dietrich, H.-P., Waldner, P., … Averill, C. (2022). Forest tree growth is linked to mycorrhizal fungal composition and function across Europe. The ISME Journal, 16(5), 1327–1336. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01159-7

Increased CO2 emissions surpass reductions of non-CO2 emissions more under higher experimental warming in an alpine meadow Wang, J., Quan, Q., Chen, W., Tian, D., Ciais, P., Crowther, T. W., Mack, M. C., Poulter, B., Tian, H., Luo, Y., Wen, X., Yu, G., & Niu, S. (2021). Increased CO2 emissions surpass reductions of non-CO2 emissions more under higher experimental warming in an alpine meadow. Science of The Total Environment, 769, 144559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144559

A ‘debt' based approach to land degradation as an indicator of global change Wuepper, D., Borrelli, P., Panagos, P., Lauber, T., Crowther, T., Thomas, A., & Robinson, D. A. (2021). A ‘debt' based approach to land degradation as an indicator of global change. Global Change Biology, 27(21), 5407-5410. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15830

Alternative stable states of the forest mycobiome are maintained through positive feedbacks Averill, C., Fortunel, C., Maynard, D. S., van den Hoogen, J., Dietze, M. C., Bhatnagar, J. M., & Crowther, T. W. (2022). Alternative stable states of the forest mycobiome are maintained through positive feedbacks. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01663-9

Using Model Analysis to Unveil Hidden Patterns in Tropical Forest Structures Picard, N., Mortier, F., Ploton, P., Liang, J., Derroire, G., Bastin, J.-F., Narayanan, A., Bénédet, F., Bosela, F., Clark, C., Crowther, T., Obiang, N., Forni, É., Harris, D., Ngomanda, A., Poulsen, J., Sonké, B., Couteron, P., & Gourlet-Fleury, S. (2021). Using Model Analysis to Unveil Hidden Patterns in Tropical Forest Structures. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.599200

Past climate conditions predict the influence of nitrogen enrichment on the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration Tian, P., Liu, S., Zhao, X., Sun, Z., Yao, X., Niu, S., Crowther, T. W., & Wang, Q. (2021). Past climate conditions predict the influence of nitrogen enrichment on the temperature sensitivity of soil respiration. Communications Earth & Environment, 2(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00324-2

Mapping tree species for restoration potential resilient to climate change Tiel, N. van, Lyu, L., Fopp, F., Brun, P., Hoogen, J. van den, Karger, D. N., Zimmermann, N. E., Crowther, T. W., & Pellissier, L. (2021). Mapping tree species for restoration potential resilient to climate change (p. 2021.06.04.447113). https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.04.447113

Lowland plant migrations into alpine ecosystems amplify soil carbon loss under climate warming (p Walker, T. W. N., Gavazov, K., Guillaume, T., Lambert, T., Mariotte, P., Routh, D., Signarbieux, C., Block, S., Münkemüller, T., Nomoto, H., Crowther, T. W., Richter, A., Buttler, A., & Alexander, J. M. (2021). Lowland plant migrations into alpine ecosystems amplify soil carbon loss under climate warming (p. 2021.07.21.453211). https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.21.453211

High stability and metabolic capacity of bacterial community promote the rapid reduction of easily decomposing carbon in soil Huang, R., Crowther, T. W., Sui, Y., Sun, B., & Liang, Y. (2021). High stability and metabolic capacity of bacterial community promote the rapid reduction of easily decomposing carbon in soil. Communications Biology, 4(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02907-3

Global maps of soil temperature Lembrechts, J. J., van den Hoogen, J., Aalto, J., Ashcroft, M. B., De Frenne, P., Kemppinen, J., Kopecký, M., Luoto, M., Maclean, I. M. D., Crowther, T. W., Bailey, J. J., Haesen, S., Klinges, D. H., Niittynen, P., Scheffers, B. R., Van Meerbeek, K., Aartsma, P., Abdalaze, O., Abedi, M., … Lenoir, J. (2021). Global maps of soil temperature. Global Change Biology, n/a(n/a). https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16060

A geospatial mapping pipeline for ecologists (p Hoogen, J. van den, Robmann, N., Routh, D., Lauber, T., Tiel, N. van, Danylo, O., & Crowther, T. W. (2021). A geospatial mapping pipeline for ecologists (p. 2021.07.07.451145). https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.07.451145

Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity Guerra, C. A., Bardgett, R. D., Caon, L., Crowther, T. W., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Montanarella, L., Navarro, L. M., Orgiazzi, A., Singh, B. K., Tedersoo, L., Vargas-Rojas, R., Briones, M. J. I., Buscot, F., Cameron, E. K., Cesarz, S., Chatzinotas, A., Cowan, D. A., Djukic, I., van den Hoogen, J., … Eisenhauer, N. (2021). Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity. Science, 371(6526), 239-241. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd7926

Belowground community turnover accelerates the decomposition of standing dead wood Bradford, M. A., Maynard, D. S., Crowther, T. W., Frankson, P. T., Mohan, J. E., Steinrueck, C., Veen, G. F. (Ciska), King, J. R., & Warren II, R. J. (2021). Belowground community turnover accelerates the decomposition of standing dead wood. Ecology, 102(11), e03484. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3484

Mycorrhizal Distributions Impact Global Patterns of Carbon and Nutrient Cycling Braghiere, R. K., Fisher, J. B., Fisher, R. A., Shi, M., Steidinger, B. S., Sulman, B. N., Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Yang, X., Liang, J., Peay, K. G., Crowther, T. W., & Phillips, R. P. (2021). Mycorrhizal Distributions Impact Global Patterns of Carbon and Nutrient Cycling. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(19), e2021GL094514. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094514

Pan-tropical forest carbon storage within 350 million hectares of land Crowther, T. W., van den Hoogen, J., & Lauber, T. (2021). Pan-tropical forest carbon storage within 350 million hectares of land. Forum For Responsibility. https://www.forum-fuer-verantwortung.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/ETH-Studie_2021.pdf

Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warming García-Palacios, P., Crowther, T. W., Dacal, M., Hartley, I. P., Reinsch, S., Rinnan, R., Rousk, J., van den Hoogen, J., Ye, J.-S., & Bradford, M. A. (2021). Evidence for large microbial-mediated losses of soil carbon under anthropogenic warming. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2(7), 507-517. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-021-00178-4

Fungal functional ecology: Bringing a trait-based approach to plant-associated fungi Zanne, A. E., Abarenkov, K., Afkhami, M. E., Aguilar-Trigueros, C. A., Bates, S., Bhatnagar, J. M., Busby, P. E., Christian, N., Cornwell, W. K., Crowther, T. W., Flores-Moreno, H., Floudas, D., Gazis, R., Hibbett, D., Kennedy, P., Lindner, D. L., Maynard, D. S., Milo, A. M., Nilsson, R. H., … Treseder, K. K. (2020). Fungal functional ecology: Bringing a trait-based approach to plant-associated fungi. Biological Reviews, 95(2), 409-433. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12570

A global database of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition van den Hoogen, J., Geisen, S., Wall, D. H., Wardle, D. A., Traunspurger, W., de Goede, R. G. M., Adams, B. J., Ahmad, W., Ferris, H., Bardgett, R. D., Bonkowski, M., Campos-Herrera, R., Cares, J. E., Caruso, T., de Brito Caixeta, L., Chen, X., Costa, S. R., Creamer, R., da Cunha e Castro, J. M., … Crowther, T. W. (2020). A global database of soil nematode abundance and functional group composition. Scientific Data, 7(1), 103. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0437-3

Summer average urban-rural surface temperature differences do not indicate the need for urban heat reduction Manoli, G., Fatichi, S., Schläpfer, M., Yu, K., Crowther, T. W., Meili, N., Burlando, P., Katul, G., & Zeid, E. B. (2020). Reply to Martilli et al. (2020): Summer average urban-rural surface temperature differences do not indicate the need for urban heat reduction. OSF Preprints. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/mwpna

How plastic mulching affects net primary productivity, soil C fluxes and organic carbon balance in dry agroecosystems in China Mo, F., Yu, K.-L., Crowther, T. W., Wang, J.-Y., Zhao, H., Xiong, Y.-C., & Liao, Y.-C. (2020). How plastic mulching affects net primary productivity, soil C fluxes and organic carbon balance in dry agroecosystems in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 263, 121470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121470

Ten years to restore a planet Mrema, E. M., Crowther, T. W., Mathai, W., Brooks, T., Archibald, S., Brancalion, P., Barbier, E. B., Obura, D., Reyes-García, V., Bond, W. J., Koh, L. P., Christophersen, T., & Brondizio, E. S. (2020). Ten years to restore a planet. One Earth, 3(6), 647-652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.11.015

Nutrient availability controls the impact of mammalian herbivores on soil carbon and nitrogen pools in grasslands Sitters, J., Wubs, E. R. J., Bakker, E. S., Crowther, T. W., Adler, P. B., Bagchi, S., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L., Borer, E. T., Cleland, E. E., Eisenhauer, N., Firn, J., Gherardi, L., Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Hobbie, S. E., Knops, J. M. H., MacDougall, A. S., McCulley, R. L., … Veen, G. F. (Ciska). (2020). Nutrient availability controls the impact of mammalian herbivores on soil carbon and nitrogen pools in grasslands. Global Change Biology, 26(4), 2060-2071. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15023

Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth Cook-Patton, S. C., Leavitt, S. M., Gibbs, D., Harris, N. L., Lister, K., Anderson-Teixeira, K. J., Briggs, R. D., Chazdon, R. L., Crowther, T. W., Ellis, P. W., Griscom, H. P., Herrmann, V., Holl, K. D., Houghton, R. A., Larrosa, C., Lomax, G., Lucas, R., Madsen, P., Malhi, Y., … Griscom, B. W. (2020). Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth. Nature, 585(7826), 545-550. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2686-x

The emergence of trait-based approaches in fungal ecology Crowther, T. W. (2020). The emergence of trait-based approaches in fungal ecology. Fungal Ecology, 46, 100946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100946

SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature Lembrechts, J. J., Aalto, J., Ashcroft, M. B., De Frenne, P., Kopecký, M., Lenoir, J., Luoto, M., Maclean, I. M. D., Roupsard, O., Fuentes-Lillo, E., García, R. A., Pellissier, L., Pitteloud, C., Alatalo, J. M., Smith, S. W., Björk, R. G., Muffler, L., Ratier Backes, A., Cesarz, S., … Nijs, I. (2020). SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature. Global Change Biology, 26(11), 6616-6629. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15123

A trait-based understanding of wood decomposition by fungi Lustenhouwer, N., Maynard, D. S., Bradford, M. A., Lindner, D. L., Oberle, B., Zanne, A. E., & Crowther, T. W. (2020). A trait-based understanding of wood decomposition by fungi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(21), 11551-11558. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1909166117

Distinct Assembly Processes and Microbial Communities Constrain Soil Organic Carbon Formation Anthony, M. A., Crowther, T. W., Maynard, D. S., van den Hoogen, J., & Averill, C. (2020). Distinct Assembly Processes and Microbial Communities Constrain Soil Organic Carbon Formation. One Earth, 2(4), 349-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.03.006

Climate change impacts on mycorrhizae amplify nitrogen limitation on global plant growth (world) [Preprint] Braghiere, R. K., Fisher, J., Fisher, R. A., Shi, M., Steidinger, B. N., Sulman, B. N., Soudzilovskaia, N., Yang, X., Liang, J., Peay, K. G., Crowther, T. W., & Phillips, R. P. (2020, September 18). Climate change impacts on mycorrhizae amplify nitrogen limitation on global plant growth (world) [Preprint]. Earth and Space Science Open Archive; Earth and Space Science Open Archive. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10504333.1

Recent deforestation drove the spike in Amazonian fires Cardil, A., de-Miguel, S., Silva, C. A., Reich, P. B., Calkin, D., Brancalion, P. H. S., Vibrans, A. C., Gamarra, J. G. P., Zhou, M., Pijanowski, B. C., Hui, C., Crowther, T. W., Hérault, B., Piotto, D., Salas-Eljatib, C., Broadbent, E. N., Zambrano, A. M. A., Picard, N., Aragão, L. E. O. C., … Liang, J. (2020). Recent deforestation drove the spike in Amazonian fires. Environmental Research Letters, 15(12), 121003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abcac7

Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale van den Hoogen, J., Geisen, S., Routh, D., Ferris, H., Traunspurger, W., Wardle, D. A., de Goede, R. G. M., Adams, B. J., Ahmad, W., Andriuzzi, W. S., Bardgett, R. D., Bonkowski, M., Campos-Herrera, R., Cares, J. E., Caruso, T., de Brito Caixeta, L., Chen, X., Costa, S. R., Creamer, R., … Crowther, T. W. (2019). Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale. Nature, 572(7768), 194-198. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1418-6

The scaling of fine root nitrogen versus phosphorus in terrestrial plants: A global synthesis Wang, Z., Yu, K., Lv, S., Niklas, K. J., Mipam, T. D., Crowther, T. W., Umaña, M. N., Zhao, Q., Huang, H., & Reich, P. B. (2019). The scaling of fine root nitrogen versus phosphorus in terrestrial plants: A global synthesis. Functional Ecology, 33(11), 2081-2094. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13434

Land surface black-sky albedo at a fixed solar zenith angle and its relation to forest structure during peak growing season based on remote sensing data Alibakhshi, S., Crowther, T. W., & Naimi, B. (2020). Land surface black-sky albedo at a fixed solar zenith angle and its relation to forest structure during peak growing season based on remote sensing data. Data in Brief, 31, 105720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.105720

Quantitative analysis of the links between forest structure and land surface albedo on a global scale Alibakhshi, S., Naimi, B., Hovi, A., Crowther, T. W., & Rautiainen, M. (2020). Quantitative analysis of the links between forest structure and land surface albedo on a global scale. Remote Sensing of Environment, 246, 111854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111854

Global distribution of earthworm diversity Phillips, H. R. P., Guerra, C. A., Bartz, M. L. C., Briones, M. J. I., Brown, G., Crowther, T. W., Ferlian, O., Gongalsky, K. B., van den Hoogen, J., Krebs, J., Orgiazzi, A., Routh, D., Schwarz, B., Bach, E. M., Bennett, J. M., Brose, U., Decaëns, T., König-Ries, B., Loreau, M., … Eisenhauer, N. (2019). Global distribution of earthworm diversity. Science, 366(6464), 480-485. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax4851

Chapter 8—Temperature sensitivity of soil carbon Tang, J., Bradford, M. A., Carey, J., Crowther, T. W., Machmuller, M. B., Mohan, J. E., & Todd-Brown, K. (2019). Chapter 8—Temperature sensitivity of soil carbon. In J. E. Mohan (Ed.), Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming (pp. 175-208). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813493-1.00009-0

Sapwood biomass carbon in northern boreal and temperate forests Thurner, M., Beer, C., Crowther, T., Falster, D., Manzoni, S., Prokushkin, A., & Schulze, E.-D. (2019). Sapwood biomass carbon in northern boreal and temperate forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28(5), 640-660. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12883

The Importance of Consistent Global Forest Aboveground Biomass Product Validation Duncanson, L., Armston, J., Disney, M., Avitabile, V., Barbier, N., Calders, K., Carter, S., Chave, J., Herold, M., Crowther, T. W., Falkowski, M., Kellner, J. R., Labrière, N., Lucas, R., MacBean, N., McRoberts, R. E., Meyer, V., Næsset, E., Nickeson, J. E., … Williams, M. (2019). The Importance of Consistent Global Forest Aboveground Biomass Product Validation. Surveys in Geophysics, 40(4), 979-999. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-019-09538-8

Climate warming alters subsoil but not topsoil carbon dynamics in alpine grassland Jia, J., Cao, Z., Liu, C., Zhang, Z., Lin, L., Wang, Y., Haghipour, N., Wacker, L., Bao, H., Dittmar, T., Simpson, M. J., Yang, H., Crowther, T. W., Eglinton, T. I., He, J.-S., & Feng, X. (2019). Climate warming alters subsoil but not topsoil carbon dynamics in alpine grassland. Global Change Biology, 25(12), 4383-4393. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14823

Magnitude of urban heat islands largely explained by climate and population Manoli, G., Fatichi, S., Schläpfer, M., Yu, K., Crowther, T. W., Meili, N., Burlando, P., Katul, G. G., & Bou-Zeid, E. (2019). Magnitude of urban heat islands largely explained by climate and population. Nature, 573(7772), 55-60. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1512-9

Consistent trade-offs in fungal trait expression across broad spatial scales Maynard, D. S., Bradford, M. A., Covey, K. R., Lindner, D., Glaeser, J., Talbert, D. A., Tinker, P. J., Walker, D. M., & Crowther, T. W. (2019). Consistent trade-offs in fungal trait expression across broad spatial scales. Nature Microbiology, 4(5), 846-853. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0361-5

Scientists' warning to humanity: Microorganisms and climate change Cavicchioli, R., Ripple, W. J., Timmis, K. N., Azam, F., Bakken, L. R., Baylis, M., Behrenfeld, M. J., Boetius, A., Boyd, P. W., Classen, A. T., Crowther, T. W., Danovaro, R., Foreman, C. M., Huisman, J., Hutchins, D. A., Jansson, J. K., Karl, D. M., Koskella, B., Mark Welch, D. B., … Webster, N. S. (2019). Scientists' warning to humanity: Microorganisms and climate change. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 17(9), 569-586. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-019-0222-5

Sensitivity of global soil carbon stocks to combined nutrient enrichment Crowther, T. W., Riggs, C., Lind, E. M., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Hobbie, S. E., Wubs, J., Adler, P. B., Firn, J., Gherardi, L., Hagenah, N., Hofmockel, K. S., Knops, J. M. H., McCulley, R. L., MacDougall, A. S., Peri, P. L., Prober, S. M., Stevens, C. J., & Routh, D. (2019). Sensitivity of global soil carbon stocks to combined nutrient enrichment. Ecology Letters, 22(6), 936-945. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13258

The global soil community and its influence on biogeochemistry Crowther, T. W., van den Hoogen, J., Wan, J., Mayes, M. A., Keiser, A. D., Mo, L., Averill, C., & Maynard, D. S. (2019). The global soil community and its influence on biogeochemistry. Science, 365(6455), eaav0550. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aav0550

Handbook for the measurement of macrofungal functional traits: A start with basidiomycete wood fungi Dawson, S. K., Boddy, L., Halbwachs, H., Bässler, C., Andrew, C., Crowther, T. W., Heilmann-Clausen, J., Nordén, J., Ovaskainen, O., & Jönsson, M. (2019). Handbook for the measurement of macrofungal functional traits: A start with basidiomycete wood fungi. Functional Ecology, 33(3), 372-387. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13239

Cross-biome patterns in soil microbial respiration predictable from evolutionary theory on thermal adaptation Bradford, M. A., McCulley, R. L., Crowther, T. W., Oldfield, E. E., Wood, S. A., & Fierer, N. (2019). Cross-biome patterns in soil microbial respiration predictable from evolutionary theory on thermal adaptation. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3(2), 223-231. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0771-4

Intransitive competition is common across five major taxonomic groups and is driven by productivity, competitive rank and functional traits Soliveres, S., Lehmann, A., Boch, S., Altermatt, F., Carrara, F., Crowther, T. W., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Kempel, A., Maynard, D. S., Rillig, M. C., Singh, B. K., Trivedi, P., & Allan, E. (2018). Intransitive competition is common across five major taxonomic groups and is driven by productivity, competitive rank and functional traits. Journal of Ecology, 106(3), 852-864. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12959

Field-warmed soil carbon changes imply high 21st-century modeling uncertainty Todd-Brown, K., Zheng, B., & Crowther, T. W. (2018). Field-warmed soil carbon changes imply high 21st-century modeling uncertainty. Biogeosciences, 15(12), 3659-3671. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3659-2018

A salamander's top down effect on fungal communities in a detritivore ecosystem Walker, D. M., Murray, C. M., Talbert, D., Tinker, P., Graham, S. P., & Crowther, T. W. (2018). A salamander's top down effect on fungal communities in a detritivore ecosystem. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 94(12), fiy168. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiy168

Substrate identity and amount overwhelm temperature effects on soil carbon formation Oldfield, E. E., Crowther, T. W., & Bradford, M. A. (2018). Substrate identity and amount overwhelm temperature effects on soil carbon formation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 124, 218-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.06.014

Detecting macroecological patterns in bacterial communities across independent studies of global soils Ramirez, K. S., Knight, C. G., de Hollander, M., Brearley, F. Q., Constantinides, B., Cotton, A., Creer, S., Crowther, T. W., Davison, J., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Dorrepaal, E., Elliott, D. R., Fox, G., Griffiths, R. I., Hale, C., Hartman, K., Houlden, A., Jones, D. L., Krab, E. J., … de Vries, F. T. (2018). Detecting macroecological patterns in bacterial communities across independent studies of global soils. Nature Microbiology, 3(2), 189-196. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-017-0062-x

A global test of ecoregions Smith, J. R., Letten, A. D., Ke, P.-J., Anderson, C. B., Hendershot, J. N., Dhami, M. K., Dlott, G. A., Grainger, T. N., Howard, M. E., Morrison, B. M. L., Routh, D., San Juan, P. A., Mooney, H. A., Mordecai, E. A., Crowther, T. W., & Daily, G. C. (2018). A global test of ecoregions. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(12), 1889-1896. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0709-x

Monitoring global tree mortality patterns and trends Hartmann, H., Schuldt, B., Sanders, T. G. M., Macinnis-Ng, C., Boehmer, H. J., Allen, C. D., Bolte, A., Crowther, T. W., Hansen, M. C., Medlyn, B. E., Ruehr, N. K., & Anderegg, W. R. L. (2018). Monitoring global tree mortality patterns and trends. Report from the VW symposium ‘Crossing scales and disciplines to identify global trends of tree mortality as indicators of forest health.' New Phytologist, 217(3), 984-987. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14988

Internet Blogs, Polar Bears, and Climate-Change Denial by Proxy Harvey, J. A., van den Berg, D., Ellers, J., Kampen, R., Crowther, T. W., Roessingh, P., Verheggen, B., Nuijten, R. J. M., Post, E., Lewandowsky, S., Stirling, I., Balgopal, M., Amstrup, S. C., & Mann, M. E. (2018). Internet Blogs, Polar Bears, and Climate-Change Denial by Proxy. BioScience, 68(4), 281-287. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix133

Species associations overwhelm abiotic conditions to dictate the structure and function of wood-decay fungal communities Maynard, D. S., Covey, K. R., Crowther, T. W., Sokol, N. W., Morrison, E. W., Frey, S. D., van Diepen, L. T. A., & Bradford, M. A. (2018). Species associations overwhelm abiotic conditions to dictate the structure and function of wood-decay fungal communities. Ecology, 99(4), 801-811. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2165

More Data But No New Answers Crowther, T. W., Machmuller, M. B., Carey, J. C., Allison, S. D., Blair, J. M., Bridgham, S. D., Burton, A. J., Dijkstra, F. A., Elberling, B., Estiarte, M., Larsen, K. S., Laudon, H., Lupascu, M., Marhan, S., Mohan, J., Niu, S., J. Peñuelas, J., Schmidt, I. K., Templer, P. H., … Bradford, M. A. (2018). More Data But No New Answers; Crowther et al. Reply. Nature, 554(7693), E7-E8. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25746

Navigating the unfolding open data landscape in ecology and evolution Culina, A., Baglioni, M., Crowther, T. W., Visser, M. E., Woutersen-Windhouwer, S., & Manghi, P. (2018). Navigating the unfolding open data landscape in ecology and evolution. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(3), 420-426. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0458-2

How to do meta-analysis of open datasets Culina, A., Crowther, T. W., Ramakers, J. J. C., Gienapp, P., & Visser, M. E. (2018). How to do meta-analysis of open datasets. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(7), 1053-1056. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0579-2

A trillion trees Goymer, P. (2018). A trillion trees. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(2), 208-209. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0464-z

Climate shapes the protein abundance of dominant soil bacteria Bastida, F., Crowther, T. W., Prieto, I., Routh, D., García, C., & Jehmlich, N. (2018). Climate shapes the protein abundance of dominant soil bacteria. Science of The Total Environment, 640-641, 18-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.288

The use of artificial media in fungal ecology Crowther, T. W., Boddy, L., & Maynard, D. S. (2018). The use of artificial media in fungal ecology. Fungal Ecology, 32, 87-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2017.10.007

The great acceleration of plant phenological shifts Vitasse, Y., Baumgarten, F., Zohner, C. M., Rutishauser, T., Pietragalla, B., Gehrig, R., ... & Sparks, T. H. (2022). The great acceleration of plant phenological shifts. Nature Climate Change, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01283-y

Global trade-offs in tree functional traits Maynard, D. S., Bialic-Murphy, L., Zohner, C. M., Averill, C., van den Hoogen, J., Ma, H., Mo, L., Smith, G. R., Aubin, I., Berenguer, E., Boonman, C. C. F., Catford, J., Cerabolini, B. E. L., Dias, A. S., González-Melo, A., Hietz, P., Lusk, C. H., Mori, A. S., Niinemets, Ü., … Crowther, T. W. (2021). Global trade-offs in tree functional traits (p. 2021.09.16.458157). https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.16.458157

The global distribution and environmental drivers of aboveground versus belowground plant biomass Ma, H., Mo, L., Crowther, T. W., Maynard, D. S., van den Hoogen, J., Stocker, B. D., Terrer, C., & Zohner, C. M. (2021). The global distribution and environmental drivers of aboveground versus belowground plant biomass. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5(8), 1110-1122. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01485-1

How changes in spring and autumn phenology translate into growth-experimental evidence of asymmetric effects Zohner, C. M., Renner, S. S., Sebald, V., & Crowther, T. W. (2021). How changes in spring and autumn phenology translate into growth-experimental evidence of asymmetric effects. Journal of Ecology, 109(7), 2717-2728. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13682

Increased growing-season productivity drives earlier autumn leaf senescence in temperate trees Zani, D., Crowther, T. W., Mo, L., Renner, S. S., & Zohner, C. M. (2020). Increased growing-season productivity drives earlier autumn leaf senescence in temperate trees. Science, 370(6520), 1066-1071. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd8911

Late-spring frost risk between 1959 and 2017 decreased in North America but increased in Europe and Asia Zohner, C. M., Mo, L., Renner, S. S., Svenning, J.-C., Vitasse, Y., Benito, B. M., Ordonez, A., Baumgarten, F., Bastin, J.-F., Sebald, V., Reich, P. B., Liang, J., Nabuurs, G.-J., de-Miguel, S., Alberti, G., Antón-Fernández, C., Balazy, R., Brändli, U.-B., Chen, H. Y. H., … Crowther, T. W. (2020). Late-spring frost risk between 1959 and 2017 decreased in North America but increased in Europe and Asia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(22), 12192-12200. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1920816117

Interactive climate factors restrict future increases in spring productivity of temperate and boreal trees Zohner, C. M., Mo, L., Pugh, T. A. M., Bastin, J.-F., & Crowther, T. W. (2020). Interactive climate factors restrict future increases in spring productivity of temperate and boreal trees. Global Change Biology, 26(7), 4042-4055. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15098

The biogeography of soil fungal and bacterial biomass is tied to the efficiency of decomposition at global scale Yu, K., Hoogen, J. V. D., Wang, Z., Averill, C., Routh, D., Smith, G. R., Drenovsky, R., Scow, K., Mo, F., Waldrop, M., Yang, Y., Vries, F. D., Bardgett, R., Manning, P., Bastida, F., Baer, S., Bach, E., García, C., Wang, Q., … Crowther, T. (2020). The biogeography of soil fungal and bacterial biomass is tied to the efficiency of decomposition at global scale. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.158514379.96037923

Building a global database of soil microbial biomass and function: A call for collaboration Smith, G. R., Crowther, T. W., Eisenhauer, N., & van den Hoogen, J. (2020). Building a global database of soil microbial biomass and function: A call for collaboration. Soil Organisms, 91(3), 139-142. https://doi.org/10.25674/so91iss3pp140

Response to Comment on "The global tree restoration potential" Bastin, J.-F., Finegold, Y., Garcia, C., Mollicone, D., Rezende, M., Routh, D., Zohner, C. M., & Crowther, T. W. (2019). Response to Comment on "The global tree restoration potential." Science, 366(6469), eaaz0493. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz0493

Forest restoration: Transformative trees—Response Bastin, J.-F., Finegold, Y., Garcia, C., Mollicone, D., Rezende, M., Routh, D., Zohner, C. M., & Crowther, T. W. (2019). Forest restoration: Transformative trees—Response. Science, 366(6463), 317-317. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz2148

Response to Comments on "The global tree restoration potential" Bastin, J.-F., Finegold, Y., Garcia, C., Gellie, N., Lowe, A., Mollicone, D., Rezende, M., Routh, D., Sacande, M., Sparrow, B., Zohner, C. M., & Crowther, T. W. (2019). Response to Comments on "The global tree restoration potential." Science, 366(6463), eaay8108. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay8108

Understanding climate change from a global analysis of city analogues Bastin, J.-F., Clark, E., Elliott, T., Hart, S., Hoogen, J. van den, Hordijk, I., Ma, H., Majumder, S., Manoli, G., Maschler, J., Mo, L., Routh, D., Yu, K., Zohner, C. M., & Crowther, T. W. (2019). Understanding climate change from a global analysis of city analogues. PLOS ONE, 14(7), e0217592. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217592

The global tree restoration potential Bastin, J.-F., Finegold, Y., Garcia, C., Mollicone, D., Rezende, M., Routh, D., Zohner, C. M., & Crowther, T. W. (2019). The global tree restoration potential. Science, 365(6448), 76–79. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax0848

Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses Steidinger, B. S., Crowther, T. W., Liang, J., Van Nuland, M. E., Werner, G. D. A., Reich, P. B., Nabuurs, G. J., de-Miguel, S., Zhou, M., Picard, N., Herault, B., Zhao, X., Zhang, C., Routh, D., & Peay, K. G. (2019). Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses. Nature, 569(7756), 404-408. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1128-0

Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

Liang, J., Crowther, T. W., Picard, N., Wiser, S., Zhou, M., Alberti, G., Schulze, E.-D., McGuire, A. D., Bozzato, F., Pretzsch, H., de-Miguel, S., Paquette, A., Hérault, B., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Barrett, C. B., Glick, H. B., Hengeveld, G. M., Nabuurs, G.-J., Pfautsch, S., … Reich, P. B. (2016). Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests. Science, 354(6309), aaf8957. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf8957

Mapping tree density at a global scale

Crowther, T. W., Glick, H. B., Covey, K. R., Bettigole, C., Maynard, D. S., Thomas, S. M., Smith, J. R., Hintler, G., Duguid, M. C., Amatulli, G., Tuanmu, M.-N., Jetz, W., Salas, C., Stam, C., Piotto, D., Tavani, R., Green, S., Bruce, G., Williams, S. J., … Bradford, M. A. (2015). Mapping tree density at a global scale. Nature, 525(7568), Article 7568. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14967