Christopher B. Blackwood, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
2001 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 
Area:
Soil Science Agriculture, Microbiology Biology, Ecology Biology

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2024 Miller T, Blackwood CB, Case AL. Assessing the utility of SoilGrids250 for biogeographic inference of plant populations. Ecology and Evolution. 14: e10986. PMID 38476701 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10986  0.378
2024 Gacura MD, Zak DR, Blackwood CB. From individual leaves to forest stands: importance of niche, distance decay, and stochasticity vary by ecosystem type and functional group for fungal community composition. Fems Microbiology Ecology. PMID 38373845 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiae016  0.395
2022 Droz AG, Coffman RR, Eagar AC, Blackwood CB. Drivers of fungal diversity and community biogeography differ between green roofs and adjacent ground-level green space. Environmental Microbiology. PMID 36054483 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16190  0.399
2021 Eagar AC, Mushinski RM, Horning AL, Smemo KA, Phillips RP, Blackwood CB. Arbuscular mycorrhizal tree communities have greater soil fungal diversity and relative abundances of saprotrophs and pathogens compared to ectomycorrhizal tree communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. AEM0178221. PMID 34669435 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01782-21  0.495
2020 Mason LM, Eagar A, Patel P, Blackwood CB, DeForest JL. Potential microbial bioindicators of phosphorus mining in a temperate deciduous forest. Journal of Applied Microbiology. PMID 32619072 DOI: 10.1111/Jam.14761  0.446
2020 Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Maherali H, Baraloto C, Blackwood CB. Independent evolutionary changes in fine-root traits among main clades during the diversification of seed plants. The New Phytologist. PMID 32535912 DOI: 10.1111/Nph.16729  0.381
2020 Eagar AC, Cosgrove CR, Kershner MW, Blackwood CB. Dominant community mycorrhizal types influence local spatial structure between adult and juvenile temperate forest tree communities Functional Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13674  0.399
2020 Ayayee PA, Taura J, Roberto AA, Blackwood CB, Leff LG. Patterns of Denitrification and Methanogenesis Rates from Vernal Pools in a Temperate Forest Driven by Seasonal, Microbial Functional Gene Abundances, and Soil Chemistry Wetlands. 1-11. DOI: 10.1007/S13157-019-01225-Z  0.334
2018 Minerovic AJ, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Blackwood CB. Physical and microbial mechanisms of decomposition vary in importance among root orders and tree species with differing chemical and morphological traits Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 124: 142-149. DOI: 10.1016/J.Soilbio.2018.06.006  0.481
2017 Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Smemo KA, Feinstein LM, Kershner MW, Blackwood CB. Patterns in spatial distribution and root trait syndromes for ecto and arbuscular mycorrhizal temperate trees in a mixed broadleaf forest. Oecologia. PMID 29243085 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-017-4044-8  0.433
2017 Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Freschet GT, Roumet C, Blackwood CB. A worldview of root traits: the influence of ancestry, growth form, climate and mycorrhizal association on the functional trait variation of fine-root tissues in seed plants. The New Phytologist. PMID 28440574 DOI: 10.1111/Nph.14571  0.404
2017 Iversen CM, McCormack ML, Powell AS, Blackwood CB, Freschet GT, Kattge J, Roumet C, Stover DB, Soudzilovskaia NA, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, van Bodegom PM, Violle C. A global Fine-Root Ecology Database to address below-ground challenges in plant ecology. The New Phytologist. PMID 28245064 DOI: 10.1111/Nph.14486  0.403
2017 Freschet GT, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Tucker CM, Craine JM, McCormack ML, Violle C, Fort F, Blackwood CB, Urban-Mead KR, Iversen CM, Bonis A, Comas LH, Cornelissen JHC, Dong M, Guo D, et al. Climate, soil and plant functional types as drivers of global fine-root trait variation Journal of Ecology. 105: 1182-1196. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12769  0.499
2017 Horton DJ, Kershner MW, Blackwood CB. Suitability of PCR primers for characterizing invertebrate communities from soil and leaf litter targeting metazoan 18S ribosomal or cytochrome oxidase I (COI) genes European Journal of Soil Biology. 80: 43-48. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ejsobi.2017.04.003  0.477
2016 Gacura MD, Sprockett DD, Heidenreich B, Blackwood CB. Comparison of pectin-degrading fungal communities in temperate forests using glycosyl hydrolase family 28 pectinase primers targeting Ascomycete fungi. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 123: 108-13. PMID 26899925 DOI: 10.1016/J.Mimet.2016.02.013  0.428
2016 Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Freschet GT, Roumet C, Blackwood CB. Root traits at global scale: factors influencing the distribution of root traits globally F1000research. 5. DOI: 10.7490/F1000Research.1112833.1  0.319
2016 Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Horning AL, Smemo KA, Blackwood CB. Phylogenetically structured traits in root systems influence arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in woody angiosperms Plant and Soil. 1-12. DOI: 10.1007/S11104-016-2820-6  0.444
2015 Abiala MA, Odebode AC, Hsu SF, Blackwood CB. Phytobeneficial Properties of Bacteria Isolated from the Rhizosphere of Maize in Southwestern Nigerian Soils. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81: 4736-43. PMID 25956774 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.00570-15  0.343
2015 Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Smemo KA, Feinstein LM, Kershner MW, Blackwood CB. Aggregated and complementary: symmetric proliferation, overyielding, and mass effects explain fine-root biomass in soil patches in a diverse temperate deciduous forest landscape. The New Phytologist. 205: 731-42. PMID 25441303 DOI: 10.1111/Nph.13179  0.516
2015 Mahaney WM, Gross KL, Blackwood CB, Smemo KA. Impacts of prairie grass species restoration on plant community invasibility and soil processes in abandoned agricultural fields Applied Vegetation Science. 18: 99-109. DOI: 10.1111/Avsc.12128  0.479
2015 Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Smemo KA, Blackwood CB. Fine root morphology is phylogenetically structured, but nitrogen is related to the plant economics spectrum in temperate trees Functional Ecology. 29: 796-807. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12384  0.439
2014 Maul JE, Buyer JS, Lehman RM, Culman S, Blackwood CB, Roberts DP, Zasada IA, Teasdale JR. Microbial community structure and abundance in the rhizosphere and bulk soil of a tomato cropping system that includes cover crops Applied Soil Ecology. 77: 42-50. DOI: 10.1016/J.Apsoil.2014.01.002  0.527
2013 Hovatter S, Blackwood CB, Case AL. Conspecific plant-soil feedback scales with population size in Lobelia siphilitica (Lobeliaceae). Oecologia. 173: 1295-307. PMID 23839262 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-013-2710-Z  0.438
2013 Feinstein LM, Blackwood CB. The spatial scaling of saprotrophic fungal beta diversity in decomposing leaves. Molecular Ecology. 22: 1171-84. PMID 23293849 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.12160  0.479
2013 Blackwood C, Kershner M, Smemo K, Valverde-Barrantes O, Feinstein L. An ecotone effect on tree community composition: mass effects and decoupling from the soil environment F1000research. 4. DOI: 10.7490/F1000Research.1094163.1  0.489
2013 Blackwood CB, Smemo KA, Kershner MW, Feinstein LM, Valverde-Barrantes OJ. Decay of ecosystem differences and decoupling of tree community-soil environment relationships at ecotones Ecological Monographs. 83: 403-417. DOI: 10.1890/12-1513.1  0.546
2013 Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Smemo KA, Feinstein LM, Kershner MW, Blackwood CB. The distribution of below-ground traits is explained by intrinsic species differences and intraspecific plasticity in response to root neighbours Journal of Ecology. 101: 933-942. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12087  0.519
2012 Feinstein LM, Blackwood CB. Taxa-area relationship and neutral dynamics influence the diversity of fungal communities on senesced tree leaves. Environmental Microbiology. 14: 1488-99. PMID 22489632 DOI: 10.1111/J.1462-2920.2012.02737.X  0.457
2012 Antibus DE, Leff LG, Hall BL, Baeseman JL, Blackwood CB. Cultivable bacteria from ancient algal mats from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Extremophiles : Life Under Extreme Conditions. 16: 105-14. PMID 22065250 DOI: 10.1007/S00792-011-0410-3  0.323
2011 Hovatter SR, Dejelo C, Case AL, Blackwood CB. Metacommunity organization of soil microorganisms depends on habitat defined by presence of Lobelia siphilitica plants. Ecology. 92: 57-65. PMID 21560676 DOI: 10.1890/10-0332.1  0.503
2011 Sprockett DD, Piontkivska H, Blackwood CB. Evolutionary analysis of glycosyl hydrolase family 28 (GH28) suggests lineage-specific expansions in necrotrophic fungal pathogens. Gene. 479: 29-36. PMID 21354463 DOI: 10.1016/J.Gene.2011.02.009  0.311
2011 Wu L, Feinstein LM, Valverde-Barrantes O, Kershner MW, Leff LG, Blackwood CB. Placing the effects of leaf litter diversity on saprotrophic microorganisms in the context of leaf type and habitat. Microbial Ecology. 61: 399-409. PMID 20972562 DOI: 10.1007/S00248-010-9760-0  0.477
2010 McGuire KL, Zak DR, Edwards IP, Blackwood CB, Upchurch R. Slowed decomposition is biotically mediated in an ectomycorrhizal, tropical rain forest. Oecologia. 164: 785-95. PMID 20577764 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-010-1686-1  0.408
2009 Feinstein LM, Sul WJ, Blackwood CB. Assessment of bias associated with incomplete extraction of microbial DNA from soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75: 5428-33. PMID 19561189 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.00120-09  0.434
2009 Hassett JE, Zak DR, Blackwood CB, Pregitzer KS. Are basidiomycete laccase gene abundance and composition related to reduced lignolytic activity under elevated atmospheric NO3(-) deposition in a northern hardwood forest? Microbial Ecology. 57: 728-39. PMID 18791762 DOI: 10.1007/S00248-008-9440-5  0.464
2009 Wu L, Blackwood CB, Leff LG. Effect of single-species and mixed-species leaf leachate on bacterial communities in biofilms Hydrobiologia. 636: 65-76. DOI: 10.1007/S10750-009-9935-1  0.476
2008 Culman SW, Gauch HG, Blackwood CB, Thies JE. Analysis of T-RFLP data using analysis of variance and ordination methods: a comparative study. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 75: 55-63. PMID 18584903 DOI: 10.1016/J.Mimet.2008.04.011  0.375
2007 Blackwood CB, Hudleston D, Zak DR, Buyer JS. Interpreting ecological diversity indices applied to terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism data: insights from simulated microbial communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73: 5276-83. PMID 17601815 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.00514-07  0.428
2007 Blackwood CB, Waldrop MP, Zak DR, Sinsabaugh RL. Molecular analysis of fungal communities and laccase genes in decomposing litter reveals differences among forest types but no impact of nitrogen deposition. Environmental Microbiology. 9: 1306-16. PMID 17472642 DOI: 10.1111/J.1462-2920.2007.01250.X  0.463
2007 Blackwood CB, Buyer JS. Evaluating the physical capture method of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism for comparison of soil microbial communities Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 39: 590-599. DOI: 10.1016/J.Soilbio.2006.09.010  0.349
2007 Hofmockel KS, Zak DR, Blackwood CB. Does atmospheric NO3 - deposition alter the abundance and activity of ligninolytic fungi in forest soils? Ecosystems. 10: 1278-1286. DOI: 10.1007/S10021-007-9096-X  0.412
2006 Waldrop MP, Zak DR, Blackwood CB, Curtis CD, Tilman D. Resource availability controls fungal diversity across a plant diversity gradient. Ecology Letters. 9: 1127-35. PMID 16972876 DOI: 10.1111/J.1461-0248.2006.00965.X  0.529
2006 Zak DR, Blackwood CB, Waldrop MP. A molecular dawn for biogeochemistry. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 21: 288-95. PMID 16769427 DOI: 10.1016/J.Tree.2006.04.003  0.304
2006 Blackwood CB, Dell CJ, Smucker AJM, Paul EA. Eubacterial communities in different soil macroaggregate environments and cropping systems Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 38: 720-728. DOI: 10.1016/J.Soilbio.2005.07.006  0.621
2006 Morris SJ, Blackwood CB. The ecology of soil organisms Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry: Third Edition. 195-229.  0.319
2005 Blackwood CB, Oaks A, Buyer JS. Phylum- and class-specific PCR primers for general microbial community analysis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71: 6193-8. PMID 16204538 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.71.10.6193-6198.2005  0.38
2004 Blackwood CB, Buyer JS. Soil microbial communities associated with Bt and non-Bt corn in three soils. Journal of Environmental Quality. 33: 832-6. PMID 15224917 DOI: 10.2134/Jeq2004.0832  0.496
2003 Blackwood CB, Marsh T, Kim SH, Paul EA. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism data analysis for quantitative comparison of microbial communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69: 926-32. PMID 12571013 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.69.2.926-932.2003  0.564
2003 Blackwood CB, Paul EA. Eubacterial community structure and population size within the soil light fraction, rhizosphere, and heavy fraction of several agricultural systems Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 35: 1245-1255. DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(03)00188-3  0.616
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